Nano in Biotechnology and Medicine
Bio-Related Simulation Tools
Database of Online nanoBIO-related Tools
This database provides the worldwide community of nanoBIO users a way to browse, explore and download information about tools available at nanoHUB and elsewhere.
Click on a link to the tool to go directly to the tool resource page in nanoHUB.
Biosensor Lab
BioSensorLab is a tool to evaluate and predict the performance parameters of a label-free, electronic biosensor (see figure). The sensor basically consist of a field effect device, whose surface is functionalized with capture probe (receptor) molecules. Some of the target molecules, which are introduced to the system, diffuse through the solution and reach the field effect device and get captured by the receptors thereby binding them close to the surface.
The performance parameters of nanobiosensors (Settling time, Sensitivity and Selectivity) can be estimated using this tool. The theoretical model is based on self-consistent solutions of Diffusion-Capture model (for the time response), Poisson-Boltzmann and Drift-Diffusion Equations (for electrolyte screening and conductance modulation) and the statistical properties of bio-molecule adsorption (Selectivity).
Through this tool, you can now analyze the performance of a wide variety of sensors like: Planar ISFETS, cylindrical NWs, Nanosphere, magnetic particle based schemes and Double gate FETs.
The nanoHUB-U course, Principles of Electronic Nanobiosensors uses this simulation tool.
Ions in Nanoconfinement
This app empowers users to simulate ions confined between material surfaces that are nanometers apart, and extract the associated ionic structure. The app facilitates investigations for a wide array of ionic and environmental parameters using standard molecular dynamics (MD) method for unpolarizable surfaces.
pc4nanobio: cancer nanotherapy simulator
This app allows users to design and explore new and novel nanotherapies, where engineered nanoparticles are conjugated to novel cancer therapeutics. Users can simulate the growth and migration of cancer cells in the tissue environment, as well as pharamcodynamic response to user-designed therapeutics.
CompuCell3D
This app allows users to perform single-cell and multi-cell modeling of tissues in an open-source simulation environment.
Nanosphere Electrostatics Lab
This app allows users to simulate the self-assembly of ions near a spherically shaped nanoparticle, and extract the effective electrostatic properties..