Nexo Health & Pharma
A protein in slow motion
We study one of the many proteins in our body. In Alzheimer's disease it is altered inside neurons and stops doing its job properly.
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The challenge
Why it matters
What this protein does is fairly well known, but much less so how it moves. That detail, at the scale of atoms and millionths of a second, is very hard to see in the lab.
How we solve it
Data, model, solution
- 01
Data
The protein's structure and the physical parameters of each atom and its surroundings.
- 02
Model
Molecular dynamics simulation on supercomputers: millions of time steps.
- 03
Solution
Trajectories showing how it folds and moves: what a microscope cannot see.
What's included
In detail
- Simulation of the protein in its environment, atom by atom
- Analysis of conformations and flexible regions
- Intensive supercomputing
- A basis to guide the design of future drugs
It is not a treatment: it helps to understand the disease and guide future therapies.
FAQ
Questions we often get
What is molecular dynamics?
A simulation technique that calculates, step by step, the forces between the atoms of a molecule to reproduce how it moves over time.
Why is supercomputing needed?
A protein with its surroundings has hundreds of thousands of atoms and millions of very short steps must be simulated: only feasible with high-performance computing.
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