Charmm-GUI Martini Maker

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Last Updated: Tuesday, 12 January 2016 12:57

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Graphical user interface to build Martini membranes

Wonpil Im and coworkers developed a GUI for Martini as part of CHARMM-GUI. You can build complex bilayers, micelles, vesicles, and more, with proteins embedded. Try it out here!

The paper describing Martini Maker is now online:
Y. Qi, H.I. Ingólfsson, X. Cheng, J. Lee, S.J. Marrink, W. Im. CHARMM-GUI Martini Maker for coarse-grained simulations with the Martini force field. JCTC, 2015. abstract

Martini DNA released

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Last Updated: Thursday, 27 August 2015 09:07

Martini DNA parameters are now available at toc-v4the website: 

Martini DNA

For the publication, see:
J.J. Uusitalo, H.I. Ingólfsson, P. Akhshi, D.P. Tieleman, S.J. Marrink
Martini coarse-grained force field: extension to DNA, JCTC
(doi: 10.1021/acs.jctc.5b00286)

New lipid topology website

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Last Updated: Wednesday, 12 August 2015 10:04

We just opened a new Martini lipid webpage, with even more lipids and supporting files. See for yourself here.

It's insane!

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Last Updated: Thursday, 27 August 2015 09:06

The Insane Paper is out. Read about the background, the philosophy and features.

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T.A. Wassenaar, H.I. Ingólfsson, R.A. Böckmann, D.P. Tieleman, S.J. Marrink. Computational lipidomics with insane: a versatile tool for generating custom membranes for molecular simulations. JCTC, 11:2144–2155, 2015. doi: 10.1021/acs.jctc.5b00209 abstract

The DAFT approach to membrane protein assembly

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Last Updated: Wednesday, 12 August 2015 09:47

Setting up and running many association simulation is now easier than ever. Check out the new tool here and find the paper here.

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T.A. Wassenaar, K. Pluhackova, A. Moussatova, D. Sengupta, S.J. Marrink, D.P. Tieleman, R.A. Böckmann. High-throughput simulations of dimer and trimer assembly of membrane proteins. The DAFT approach. JCTC, 11:2278–2291, 2015. DOI: 10.1021/ct5010092 abstract

Announcing the 2015 Martini Coarse-Graining Workshop

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Last Updated: Wednesday, 12 August 2015 09:47

Are you impressed by the interesting science done by using the Martini coarse-grained model, and do you want to hear from the developers about the philosophy, back-ground, current, and future developments of Martini? Moreover, do you want to practice coarse-graining skills under the guidance of Martini experts? The Martini summerschool is the place for you!

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED - WE ARE FULL!

Read more: Announcing the 2015 Martini Coarse-Graining Workshop