Design and simulation of DNA, RNA and hybrid protein–nucleic acid nanostructures with oxView

J Bohlin, M Matthies, E Poppleton, J Procyk, A Mallya… - Nature protocols, 2022 - nature.com
Molecular simulation has become an integral part of the DNA/RNA nanotechnology
research pipeline. In particular, understanding the dynamics of structures and single …

Graphics processing units in bioinformatics, computational biology and systems biology

MS Nobile, P Cazzaniga, A Tangherloni… - Briefings in …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Several studies in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Systems Biology rely
on the definition of physico-chemical or mathematical models of biological systems at …

A rhythmically pulsing leaf-spring DNA-origami nanoengine that drives a passive follower

M Centola, E Poppleton, S Ray, M Centola… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Molecular engineering seeks to create functional entities for modular use in the bottom-up
design of nanoassemblies that can perform complex tasks. Such systems require fuel …

Rapid prototy** of arbitrary 2D and 3D wireframe DNA origami

H Jun, X Wang, MF Parsons, WP Bricker… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Wireframe DNA origami assemblies can now be programmed automatically from the top-
down using simple wireframe target geometries, or meshes, in 2D and 3D, using either rigid …

Design, optimization and analysis of large DNA and RNA nanostructures through interactive visualization, editing and molecular simulation

E Poppleton, J Bohlin, M Matthies… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
This work seeks to remedy two deficiencies in the current nucleic acid nanotechnology
software environment: the lack of both a fast and user-friendly visualization tool and a …

Introducing improved structural properties and salt dependence into a coarse-grained model of DNA

BEK Snodin, F Randisi, M Mosayebi, P Šulc… - The Journal of …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We introduce an extended version of oxDNA, a coarse-grained model of deoxyribonucleic
acid (DNA) designed to capture the thermodynamic, structural, and mechanical properties of …

OxDNA. org: a public webserver for coarse-grained simulations of DNA and RNA nanostructures

E Poppleton, R Romero, A Mallya… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
OxDNA and oxRNA are popular coarse-grained models used by the DNA/RNA
nanotechnology community to prototype, analyze and rationalize designed DNA and RNA …

In-situ study of the impact of temperature and architecture on the interfacial structure of microgels

S Bochenek, F Camerin, E Zaccarelli, A Maestro… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The structural characterization of microgels at interfaces is fundamental to understand both
their 2D phase behavior and their role as stabilizers that enable emulsions to be broken on …

How to design an icosahedral quasicrystal through directional bonding

EG Noya, CK Wong, P Llombart, JPK Doye - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Icosahedral quasicrystals (IQCs) are materials that exhibit long-range order but lack
periodicity in any direction. Although IQCs were the first reported quasicrystals, they have …

Automated design of 3D DNA origami with non-rasterized 2D curvature

D Fu, R Pradeep Narayanan, A Prasad, F Zhang… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Improving the precision and function of encapsulating three-dimensional (3D) DNA
nanostructures via curved geometries could have transformative impacts on areas such as …