Illinois Bio-Grid Random Walk Framework

Particles suspended in solution undergo random movement in time and space (taken as continuum variables) that is often referred to as "Brownian motion." Such random displacements can be studied by adopting a simpler, lattice model, in which time and space are taken as discretized variables. The dynamics of such a "random walk" model can then be studied using computer simulation, and we are presently designing a generalized, computational framework within which chemical/physical/biological problems that can be characterized as coupling diffusion and reaction can be studied.

The Illinois Bio-Grid Random Walk Framework addresses these issues by creating a framework for computer simulations, allowing researchers to observe probable results and concentrate their experiments.

Applications

• Intra-chain Electron Transfer in Polypeptides

• Intra-chain Energy Transfer in Polypeptides

-- DaveAngulo - 10 Sep 2007