{"id":171197,"date":"2023-09-03T19:26:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T00:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/exascale-revolution-supercomputers-unleash-a-new-era-in-biophysics-discovery"},"modified":"2023-09-03T19:26:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T00:26:07","slug":"exascale-revolution-supercomputers-unleash-a-new-era-in-biophysics-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/exascale-revolution-supercomputers-unleash-a-new-era-in-biophysics-discovery","title":{"rendered":"Exascale revolution: Supercomputers unleash a new era in biophysics discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/exascale-revolution-supercomputers-unleash-a-new-era-in-biophysics-discovery2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a recently published article featured on the cover of the <i>Biophysical Journal<\/i>, Dr. Rafael Bernardi, assistant professor of biophysics at the Department of Physics at Auburn University, and Dr. Marcelo Melo, a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Bernardi\u2019s group, shed light on the transformative capabilities of the next generation of supercomputers in reshaping the landscape of biophysics.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers at Auburn delve into the harmonious fusion of computational modeling and experimental <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/biophysics\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">biophysics<\/a>, providing a perspective for a future in which discoveries are made with unparalleled precision. Rather than being mere observers, today\u2019s biophysicists, with the aid of advanced high-performance computing (HPC), are now trailblazers who can challenge longstanding biological assumptions, illuminate intricate details, and even create new proteins or design novel molecular circuits.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most important aspects discussed in their perspective article is the new ability of computational biophysicists to simulate complex <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/biological+processes\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">biological processes<\/a> that range from the subatomic to whole-cell models, in extraordinary detail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recently published article featured on the cover of the Biophysical Journal, Dr. Rafael Bernardi, assistant professor of biophysics at the Department of Physics at Auburn University, and Dr. Marcelo Melo, a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Bernardi\u2019s group, shed light on the transformative capabilities of the next generation of supercomputers in reshaping the landscape [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biological","category-supercomputing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171197\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}