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…
Category: QM/MM
Teaching on embedding methods and energy transfer
Last week Marina and Carles, together with Toni, Ph.D. student of Prof. Luque, assisted to the the traditional Workshop on Theoretical Chemistry held every year in Mariapfarr, a nice town in Austria typically full of snow during winter. This year the workshop focused on Modelling of Environment Effects in Quantum Chemistry, and was scientifically organized…