M. Bermúdez
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M. Bermúdez
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Münster | Scientist | Computer-Aided Drug Design | GPCRs | In-Silico Pharmacology
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Congratulations to Dmitrii Kalinin, Verena Spiegler, and Diddo Diddens who officially completed their habilitation procedures @uni-muenster.de this month. Thank you for your inspiring inaugural lectures!
(Photos: Uni MS - Hauke Engler, Alina Siutkina)
October 31, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Here, we present MDPath, a novel tool to study allosteric communication pathways within protein structures:
Unraveling Allosteric Communication Paths of Drug Targets through Molecular Dynamics Simulations.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
MDPath: Unraveling Allosteric Communication Paths of Drug Targets through Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Understanding allosteric communication in proteins remains a critical challenge for structure-based, rational drug design. We present MDPath, a Python toolkit for analyzing allosteric communication paths in molecular dynamics simulations using NMI-based analysis. We demonstrate MDPath’s ability to identify both established and novel GPCR allosteric mechanisms using the β2-adrenoceptor, adenosine A2A receptor, and μ-opioid receptor as model systems. The toolkit reveals ligand-specific allosteric effects in β2-adrenoceptor and MOR, illustrating how protein–ligand interactions drive conformational changes. Analysis of ABL1 kinase in complex with allosteric and orthosteric inhibitors demonstrates the broader applicability of the approach. Ultimately, MDPath provides an open-source framework for mapping allosteric communication within proteins, advancing structure-based drug design (https://github.com/wolberlab/mdpath).
pubs.acs.org
October 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Reposted by M. Bermúdez
It is a great pleasure to share that our extensive review on "The Chemistry and Biology of the Tetrodotoxin Natural Product Family" has been accepted for publication at Angewandte Chemie: doi.org/10.1002/anie....
June 18, 2025 at 9:14 AM
📣 We are hiring a PhD candidate in computer-aided drug design with passion for MD simulations and ion channels to join our enthusiastic team at the University of Münster.
For more details and information how to apply, please visit: uni.ms/j49p2
Doctoral Research Associate Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (salary level E 13 TV-L, 65%)
uni.ms
June 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM