Projekt

The modeling of biomembranes still poses a big challenge. A previous project phase resulted in the development of key elements for a genuine multiscale method, that rigorously couples different mesoscopic representations (molecular field and coarse-grained particles) and different kinetic descriptions (diffusive Langevin and hydrodynamic Lattice-Boltzmann field) in a consistent way. Now the aim is to integrate these couplings into a single simulation platform and to continue the validation efforts. The greater goal, and of high scientific impact, is to build a flexible and efficient simulation platform for realistic modeling of large biomimetic structures and structure dynamics, that includes all the necessary detail to explain fundamental mechanisms in biomembranes and at membrane-liquid interfaces.

• Agur Sevink, Ph. D.

  Leiden University
  Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
  Leiden Institute of Chemistry/Soft Matter
  Chemistry
  Leiden
  Niederlande
  

• Prof. Dr. Friederike Schmid

  Universität Mainz
  Fachbereich 08
  Institut für Physik
  Mainz