Determining the quality of a force field based on a small range of structural properties or proteins? Researchers at UQ News and BOKU University establish a framework and test set to compare and validate force fields for biomolecular simulation. Chris Oostenbrink go.acs.org/9xY

Very happy to see this work published! It was the result of a research visit of Martina to the university of Queensland a couple of years ago! We finally managed to wrap it up! #compchem doi.org/10.1021/acs.jp…

We have two joint UOW and University of Surrey PhD positions available - deadline 31 July 2024 and starting Jan/Feb 2025. The first one is with Lezanne, Youngchan Kim, Jim Al-Khalili on molecular mechanisms of neurodegenerative disease Molecular Horizons @ UOW ARC Centre of Excellence in Quantum Biotechnology Quantum Biology Doctoral Training Centre #compchem

We're 2 weeks away from #AI4Mat submission deadline! Submit your work and join us for a day of exciting research, ideas, and amazing talks Register here openreview.net/group?id=BOKU.… before **July 17th** More here sites.google.com/view/ai4mat/su… #Materials #AI #MatSci #BOKU #ICML

We are hiring a department manager for a soon-to-establish new department BOKU University ! Great opportunity to help shape the university of the future. Here’s link to the advertisement (in German): boku.ac.at/fileadmin/data…

Yesterday Enikő Hermann did a wonderful job presenting and defending her PhD thesis BioToP PhD School. She combined molecular simulations and experimental work in an interdisciplinary project on dye-decolorizing peroxidases and pyranose oxidases. Congratulations!

We are looking for a postdoc in #computchem #machinelearning at UOW ARC Centre of Excellence in Quantum Biotechnology Molecular Horizons @ UOW #chemjobs #ozchem · 3 years, full-time · Level A: $90,795 - $106,374 + 17% Superannuation · Deadline: 01/09/2024 Apply bit.ly/UOW_QUBIC_Post… to join us in the beautiful Wollongong!

Recently, Nature had an article on the importance of publishing negative results and incentives for doing so. nature.com/articles/d4158… We wanted to point out that we have a "Lessons learned" category of articles for precisely this reason! livecomsjournal.org/index.php/live… #compchem

Caspase-Based Fusion Protein Technology: Substrate Cleavability Described by Computational Modeling and Simulation #MolecularDynamics pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… @nico_lingg Chris Oostenbrink #JCIM Vol64 Issue14 #PharamceuticalModeling

Today we celebrate the first first-author paper of Johannes Stöckelmaier ! He asks the question how sensitive predicted chemical shifts of an IDP are to their conformation. Great work, congratulations! doi.org/10.1039/D4CP02…

Methods for Classical-Mechanical Molecular Simulation in Chemistry: Achievements, Limitations, Perspectives #MolecularDynamics pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… Chris Oostenbrink #JCIM Vol64 Issue16 #Review

Our department is inviting applications for the position of a full professor of thermo-chemical synthesis gas generation BOKU University The deadline is September 15th, so there is still time to apply! short.boku.ac.at/5vz2ek

Congratulations to Michael Baumschabl, a recent PhD graduate from BioToP PhD School, Department for Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) for receiving this year's ÖGBMT Life Science PhD Award Austria! 👏🎉 #ÖGMBT2024

🚀 Big news for sustainable innovation! We just secured €16M from FWF for cutting-edge research on eco-friendly bioprocesses 🌱 50 PhD + 20 postdoc positions coming soon! Learn more: circularbioengineering.at #CircularBioengineering #Sustainability

🔬🚀 16 Mio. Euro für Circular Bioengineering! Unter der Leitung der @BOKUVienna arbeiten @uni_graz, TU Graz, Universität Wien & TU Wien an nachhaltigen Bioprozessen und Materialien – unterstützt vom FWF. ℹ️: short.boku.ac.at/exkqq4 & circularbioengineering.at

Delighted to be a part of the CoE Circular Bioengineering, which was today awarded 16 million euros for frontier research 🔬. We’ve a fantastic team and we’re very much looking forward to getting underway!

Super exciting news from FWF today! The cluster of excellence Circular Bioengineering got funded and will start December 1st!! Looking forward to fill the cluster with life and to work on a sustainable future! #circularbioengineering #sustainability

Check out the website of the Cluster of Excellence, Circular Bioengineering! circularbioengineering.at Today, FWF announced that it will find this cluster with € 16 million, which will be topped up by the five universities to € 26 million! Great opportunities ahead!

Check out a first statement of our Director of Research, Roland Ludwig, of the freshly funded cluster of excellence Circular Bioengineering! ⁦FWF⁩ ⁦BOKU University⁩