Why simulating an entire cell cycle took years, multiple GPUs and six days per run

By simulating the life cycle of a minimal bacterial cell—from DNA replication to protein translation to metabolism and cell ...

Scientists create the most detailed digital simulation of life ever attempted

A remarkably small bacterium containing fewer than 500 genes serves as the basis for one of the most detailed digital life ...
Nature

‘Virtual cell’ captures the most-basic process of life: bacterial division

To model bacterial life, Thornburg and his colleagues turned to one of its simplest examples: a bacterial cell with a ...
Nanowerk

First computer simulation that captures every molecule in a living cell through its full life cycle (w/video)

By simulating the life cycle of a minimal bacterial cell, from DNA replication to protein translation to metabolism and cell ...

Sugar-processing enzyme has a hidden second job—controlling when cells divide

A metabolic enzyme studied for over seven decades has a hidden second function—it can unwind RNA and promote cell cycle progression, an additional function beyond its role in energy production, ...
The Roanoke Times

Virginia Tech professor's CAREER grant will help understand cell cycle model

Professor Yang Cao of Virginia Tech's computer science department has been awarded $550,000 from the National Science Foundation. His research will develop computer simulations to help understand the ...