Introduction Week: DNA Fundamentals
The LightDyNAmics Introduction Week will be held on 21 - 25 January 2019 the Institute for Biostructures and Bioimaging (CNR) in Naples, Italy. The ESRs will be introduced to their new field of light/soft-matter interaction and will take the vital first steps in forming the key relationships across the LightDyNAmics network. ESRs will be introduced to the basic principles of genetics, DNA and RNA structure.
Programme
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Day 5
- Intervening with DNA in drug discovery (K. Herlihy, AZ)
- Basics of the photochemistry of Polynucleotides: Calculations (R. Improta, IBB-CNR)
- Team Exercises: Short MD simulations and QM calculations on the photochemistry of oligonucleotides