Abstract
In this session, experts in molecular biophysics described the dynamics of biopolymers across a wide range of length and time scales. This discussion highlighted numerous techniques that span from highly detailed simulations, to coarse-grained theoretical models, as well as high-resolution structural analysis. The topics were equally diverse, where there was discussion of biological processes at small (individual atoms), intermediate (assemblies) and very large scales (phase separation).
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PCW was supported by NSF grant MCB-1915843. This work was supported by the Center for Theoretical Biological Physics sponsored by the NSF (Grant PHY-2019745).
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Whitford, P.C. Overview of the Biomolecular Association and Dynamics session at the 20th IUPAB congress, 45th Brazilian congress of SBBF, and the 50th annual meeting of SBBq. Biophys Rev 13, 863–865 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12551-021-00884-9
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