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The Aksimentiev Group

Theoretical and Computational Research at the Interface of Physics, Biology, and Nanotechnology

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    • Aleksei Aksimentiev
    • Christopher Maffeo
    • Jim Wilson
    • David Winogradoff
    • Himanshu Joshi
    • Kumar Sarthak
    • Kush Coshic
    • Lauren Quednau
    • Manish Shankla
    • Shalini JohnLovis
    • Shidi Zhao
    • Wei Si
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  • Research
    • DNA in biology
      • DNA–DNA interactions
    • Nanopores
    • Synthetic molecular systems
  • Models & Methodologies
    • DNA nanotechnology
    • CUFIX: Champaign-Urbana Non-bonded Fix (NBFIX)
    • Atomic Resolution Brownian Dynamics
    • Grid-steered molecular dynamics
  • Tutorials
    • Bionanotechnology Tutorial
    • Electrostatic Maps and Ion Conduction
    • Introduction to MD simulation of DNA-protein systems
    • Membrane Proteins Tutorial
    • Modeling Nanopores for Sequencing DNA
    • Modeling Synthetic Ion Channels with Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics
    • Rendering with Tachyon
    • User-Defined Forces in NAMD
    • VMD Images and Movies Tutorial
    • Visualizing MD Results: Stretching dsDNA Mini Tutorial
    • A Practical Guide to DNA Origami Simulations Using NAMD
    • Analyzing DNA Flexibility

The Aksimentiev Group

Postdocs

Himanshu Joshi

Christopher Maffeo

David Winogradoff

Graduate Students

Shidi Zhao

Kumar Sarthak

Lauren Quednau

Kush Coshic

Han-Yi Chou

Behzad Mehrafrooz

Undergraduate Researchers

Swan Y. Htun

Former Group Members and Visitors

Manish Shankla
Jim Wilson
Wei Si
Shalini JohnLovis
Chen-Yu Li
Jejoong Yoo
Karl Decker
Maxim Belkin
Scott Michael Slone
Shu-Han Chao
Rogan Carr
David B. Wells
Swati Bhattacharya
Jeffrey Comer
Anthony Ho
Derek Van Damme

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