In humans, amyloid aggregation is related to up to thirty-six degenerative protein misfolding disorders, including non-neurologic and neurologic illnesses, such as type 2 diabetes or Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. Amyloids are characterized by their capacity to bind Congo red (CR), one of the most used amyloid-specific dyes. The structural features of CR binding were unknown for years. In…
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School on Computational Biochemistry
Together with Prof. Victor Guallar (Barcelona Supercomputing Center) and Prof. Jaime Rubio (University of Barcelona), we are organizing a school on Computational Biochemistry on 15-19th May 2017: School on Computational Biochemistry The school is organized at the ZCAM(Zaragoza Scientific Center for Advanced Modeling), the Spanish node of the CECAM (Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire). It involves…
Energy transfer course at the II Brazilian School on Molecular Modelling
This month, I was invited to Brazil by the organizers of the II Brazilian School on Molecular Modelling to give a course on energy transfer. The school was held at the UFABC (Universidade Federal do ABC), at the Santo André campus. Santo André is a city of the big São Paulo area. A part from…
XXVIII Anual Meeting of the Reference Network on Theoretical and Computational Chemistry of Catalonia
In Catalonia, we have a quite active and large community working in computational and theoretical chemistry. The backbone of this community is the Reference Network on Theoretical and Computational Chemistry of Catalonia, which holds and anual meeting aimed at boosting the communication among research groups, as well as providing young students with the possibility to…