Research team led by Raffaello Potestio at the University of Trento, Italy. Multi-scale modelling, computational biophysics, statistical mechanics, and pizza.

Joined November 2016
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Biophysics, Stat Mech and Machine Learning will meet in Trento from July 7th to 11th, 2025 in our StatPhys29 Satellite Workshop "Molecular biophysics at the transition state: from statistical mechanics to AI": indico.ectstar.eu/event/252/. Co-organized with @ai_ngrosso.
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Closely-packed group meeting! 😊 #physics #biophysics #teamwork
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Our findings provide a detailed characterization of the density of states across network configurations, shedding light on the interplay between data structure, network architecture, and class imbalance.
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This research is the result of a collaborative effort among the teams at the University of Trento, INFN-TIFPA, and the Donders Institute, and we are grateful for the support of our colleagues and institutions. #MachineLearning #DeepLearning #NeuralNetworks #StatPhysics
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šŸ“¢šŸ„³ PAPER ALERT! šŸ„³šŸ“¢ We are happy to advertise the publication on JPCB of the paper ā€œA Multiscale Analysis of the CzrA Transcription Repressor Highlights the Allosteric Changes Induced by Metal Ion Bindingā€, by M. Rigoli, R. Potestio and R. Menichetti. pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102…
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The method, which is based on concepts from coarse-graining theory, allowed us to make better sense of the allosteric mechanism of CzrA through a novel, intrinsically multi-body analysis of plain MD simulations.
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Our PhD student Camilla Spreti @Camilla_Spreti just gave a talk at the yearly PhD Workshop of the Physics Dept. of the University of Trento @UniTrento, illustrating her research on enhanced sampling of small stat mech systems. Excellent job! 🄳 ppw2024.physics.unitn.it/hom…
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šŸ“¢šŸ“¢šŸ“¢ Paper alert! šŸ“¢šŸ“¢šŸ“¢ Our latest effort is out! "Molecular Dynamics Characterization of the Free and Encapsidated RNA2 of CCMV with the oxRNA Model", by G. Mattiotti,Ā M. Micheloni,Ā L. Petrolli,Ā L. Rovigatti,Ā L. Tubiana,Ā S. Pasquali,Ā R. Potestio onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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The role of the N-terminal tails of the CCMV subunits is also highlighted as a critical feature in the construction of a proper electrostatic model of the CCMV capsid.
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This work proposes a novel protocol for the in silico study of complex, relevant, and fascinating systems such as RNA viruses, and discusses the potential and the challenges inherent in multi-scale modelling of RNA molecules.
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For a PhD student, choosing a good lab is 10 times more important than choosing a particular topic to study
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