Dirk Matthes (2008 -)

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PCGG activities

Reports:

• Project week in the solid-state NMR group: Structural determination of the K18 tau-fragment

• ♦ D. Matthes, B. L. de Groot, Secondary structure propensities in peptide folding simulations: A systematic comparison of molecular mechanics interaction schemes., Biophys. J. 2009, 97, 599-608.
• ♦ J. Haas, E. Vöhringer-Martinez, A. Bögehold, D. Matthes, U. Hensen, A. Pelah, B. Abel, H. Grubmüller, Primary Steps of pH-dependent Insulin Aggregation Kinetics Are Governed by Conformational Flexibility, ChemBioChem 2009, 10, 1816-1822.

• Talk: Sept 30 2010 Steric Zipper Peptide Oligomerization Studied with Molecular Dynamics (16th Workshop)
• Talk: Jun 23 2010 The spontaneous aggregation of steric zipper peptides studied with molecular dynamics simulations (Joint CBC seminar series 2010, FZ Jülich, invited talk)
• Poster: April 16 2010 Structure and dynamics of spontaneous steric zipper peptide aggregation (Computer Simulation and Theory of Macromolecules 2010 - Huenfeld, Germany)
• Talk: April 16 2010 Structure and dynamics of spontaneous steric zipper peptide aggregation (Computer Simulation and Theory of Macromolecules 2010 - Huenfeld, Germany)
• Poster: April 16 2010 Primary steps of pH-dependent insulin aggregation kinetics are governed by conformational flexibility (Computer Simulation and Theory of Macromolecules 2010 - Huenfeld, Germany)
• Poster: April 08 2010 Structure and dynamics of spontaneous steric zipper peptide aggregation. (15th Workshop)
• Poster: Feb 20 2010 The spontaneous aggregation of steric zipper peptides studied with molecular dynamics simulations (Biophysical Society Meeting 2010: "54th Annual Meeting", San Francisco, California)
• Talk: Sept 12 2009 The spontaneous aggregation of steric zipper peptides studied with molecular dynamics simulations (14th Workshop)
• Poster: Sept 01 2009 The spontaneous aggregation of steric zipper peptides studied with molecular dynamics (Science Tent (Lab Day) Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry - Goettingen)
• Organization: May 06 2009 Host student of Prof. Kästner
• Poster: April 17 2009 Secondary structure propensities in peptide folding simulations: A systematic comparison of molecular mechanics interaction schemes. (Computer Simulation and Theory of Macromolecules 2008 - Huenfeld, Germany)
• Poster: April 02 2009 The spontaneous aggregation of steric zipper peptides studied with molecular dynamics simulations (13th Workshop)
• Organization: April 02 2009 Co-organization of the 13th Workshop, Göttingen
• Poster: Feb 08 2009 The Spontaneous Aggregation of Steric Zipper Peptides studied with Molecular Dynamics Simulations (International Bunsen Discussion Meeting on STRUCTURE OF AMYLOID FIBRILS AND MECHANISM OF AMYLOID FORMATION - Halle an der Saale, Germany)
• Organization: Nov 19 2008 Host student of M. Fändrich
• Talk: Oct 06 2008 Molecular dynamics of Amyloid proteins with steric zipper motifs (1st Leipzig-Workshop on „Frontiers in Physical, Analytical and Theoretical Chemistry“)
• Talk: Sept 17 2008 Spontaneous aggregation of fibril-forming steric zipper peptides (Joint Workshop of the "Physical & Chemical Graduate School Göttingen" and the "Dahlem Research School of Molecular Science" (12th Workshop))
• Poster: Sept 16 2008 Spontaneous aggregation of fibril-forming steric zipper peptides (Joint Workshop of the "Physical & Chemical Graduate School Göttingen" and the "Dahlem Research School of Molecular Science" (12th Workshop))
• Poster: April 18 2008 Spontaneous aggregation of fibril-forming steric zipper peptides (Computer Simulation and Theory of Macromolecules 2008 - Huenfeld, Germany)
• Talk: April 07 2008 Studying the spontaneous and induced aggregation of peptides and proteins in vitro and in silico (11th Workshop)