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Analyzing Correlation Structure in a Model of Neural Activity-Dependent Homeostatic Plasticity (ADHP)
13 Dec 2022 | Contributor(s):: Stolting, Lindsay, Waldow, Grant Christian
Users can manipulate the parameters of an abstract model of ADHP and analyze the correlation structures that arise (or don't arise) as a result.
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biomoca
30 May 2006 | | Contributor(s):: Reza Toghraee, Umberto Ravaioli
Ion channel simulator
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BioMOCA Suite
04 Feb 2008 | | Contributor(s):: David Papke, Reza Toghraee, Umberto Ravaioli, Ankit Raj
Simulates ion flow through a channel.
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Computing the Horribleness of Soft Condensed Matter
19 Oct 2007 | | Contributor(s):: Eric Jakobsson
A great triumph of computer simulations 40 years ago was to make the liquid state of matter understandable in terms of physical interactions between individual molecules. Prior to the first simulations of liquid argon and liquid water in the 1960's, there was no quantitatively rigorous molecular...
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Discussion about Ion Channels Using Reduced Model Approaches
21 Sep 2011 | | Contributor(s):: James Fonseca
The seminar will cover the reasons how the channels are able to selectively permit the flow of certain species of ions while blocking other physiological cations.
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From Research to Learning in Chemistry through Visualization and Computation
17 May 2007 | | Contributor(s):: Eric Jakobsson
Modern chemistry research and high school chemistry education are separated by institutional and geographical boundaries. As such, much of secondary chemistry education is still based on the periodic table instead of the computational methods that drive current chemistry research. In this talk,...
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Hierarchy of Simulation Approaches for Charge Transport Simulation
01 Aug 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Omar N Sobh, Umberto Ravaioli
General considerations Model simulation hierarchy Continuum model Particle Transport Monte Carlo model Examples of simulations Umberto Ravaioli - University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignNCN@Purdue Student Leadership Team Network for Computational Nanotechnology The Institute for Nanoelectronics...
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Illinois iOptics Lecture 1: Super Accuracy and Super-Resolution of Molecular Motors and Ion Channels
15 Apr 2010 | | Contributor(s):: Paul R Selvin
The standard diffraction limit of light is about 250 nm, meaning that you cannot "resolve" objects closer than this distance. Despite this, we have come up with a method to measure individual biomolecules with 1.5 nm spatial localization in x-y plane and 1-500 msec temporal resolution,...
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Ion Selectivity in Synthetic and Natural Channels
31 Mar 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Susan Rempe
Transport across membranes and nanopores can be characterized by static equilibrium properties as well as by nonequilibrium dynamic properties. For example, equilibrium selectivity properties of a nanopore can be characterized by the difference in interaction free energy for transferring one ion...
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Ionic Interactions in Biological and Physical Systems: a Variational Treatment
14 Feb 2014 | | Contributor(s):: Bob Eisenberg
All biology occurs in ionic mixtures loosely called Ringer solutions. Biology depends on interactions of ions. Interactions of Na+, K+, and Ca2+ with channel proteins produce electrical signals of nerves and coordinate muscle contraction including the heart. Proteins, channels, and nucleic acids...
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Ionic Selectivity in Channels: complex biology created by the balance of simple physics
05 Jun 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Bob Eisenberg
An important class of biological molecules—proteins called ionic channels—conduct ions (like Na+ , K+ , Ca2+ , and Cl− ) through a narrow tunnel of fixed charge (‘doping’). Ionic channels control the movement of electric charge and current across biological membranes...
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Lecture 21: Nerves
24 Apr 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Paul R Selvin
Ion Channels,Ionic current, Gating current, Digital Ion Channels, Structural studies, X-ray Crystallography
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Lecture 22: Conformational Changes in Ion Channels
24 Apr 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Paul R Selvin
Voltage dependence, Spontaneous shut-off, Nerve Impulse propagation, Structure Pore Domain, Voltage Sensor
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Lecture 23: Vision
26 Apr 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Paul R Selvin
Summary of Ion Channels, Vision , Visual System, The Eye, Structure of the Eye, Signal Processing, Diffraction and Pupil
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Mathematics of Ions in Channels and Solutions: Stochastic Derivations, Direct, Variational and Inverse Solutions that fit Data
03 Feb 2014 | | Contributor(s):: Bob Eisenberg
Literally thousands of biologists study the properties of channels in experiments every day. My collaborators and I have shown how the relevant equations can be derived (almost) from stochastic differential equations, and how they can be solved in inverse, variational, and direct problems using...
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P-N Semiconductor Membranes for Ion Filtering and Rectification
06 Apr 2008 | | Contributor(s):: J. P. Leburton
Jean-Pierre Leburton's research at the Beckman Institute deals with transport and optical processes in semiconductor nanostructures such as quantum wires and quantum dots that exhibit a high degree of quantization dependent on the semiconductor materials and geometrical confinement. This...
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PNP Cyclic Peptide Ion Channel Model
04 Apr 2007 | | Contributor(s):: Brian Radak, Hyonseok Hwang, George C. Schatz, Mark Ratner
This tool simulates ion flow in a system modeled after cyclic peptide ion channels using Poisson-Nernst-Planck (PNP) theory.
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Potassium Channels: Conduction, Selectivity, Blockage, Inactivation, and Gating
03 Nov 2006 | | Contributor(s):: Benoit Roux, NCN at Northwestern University
The determination of the structure of the KcsA K+ channel fromStreptomyces lividan has made it possible to investigate the functionof a biological channel at the atomic level. Because of its structuralsimilarity with eukaryotic K-channels, investigations of KcsA areexpected to help understand a...
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Review of Several Quantum Solvers and Applications
11 Jun 2004 | | Contributor(s):: Umberto Ravaioli
Review of Several Quantum Solvers and Applications
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Spectroscopy and Modeling to Infer Channel Structure and Function
23 Mar 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Vishwanath Jogini
We are particularly interested in issues about ion permeation, ion selectivity, gating, and channel inhibitors. We are currently working on the KcsA channel, the OmpF porin, and the gramicidin A> channel. We are also spending our efforts in the development of new computational approaches for...