The PSI Laboratory of Biomolecular Research studies the structure and dynamics of proteins on the atomic level by state-of-the-art structural biology techniques at Swiss Universities and the X-ray large research facilities of PSI.
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Lab News & Scientific Highlights
Calcium sensor helps us to see the stars
New insight into how the protein calmodulin interacts with an ion channel in the eye could explain how our eyes achieve remarkable sensitivity to dim light.
How vision begins
PSI scientists have discovered the very first step occurring in the eye when light hits the retina.
Using light to switch drugs on and off
PSI researchers record a molecular film of a cancer drug fitted with a photoswitch. This opens new insights for drug developers.
Publications
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Albà A, Adelmann A, Rochman D
Uncertainty quantification of spent nuclear fuel with multifidelity Monte Carlo
Annals of Nuclear Energy. 2025; 211: 110892 (17 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2024.110892
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Berry L, Vasiliev A, Rochman D, Hursin M, Frankl M, Ferroukhi H
Application of the PSI cycle check-up methodology for full-core Monte Carlo simulations verified using pin power estimates and validated for hot zero power conditions
Annals of Nuclear Energy. 2025; 211: 110939 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2024.110939
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Cherezov A, Vasiliev A, Ferroukhi H
Application of backward differential formula and Anderson's method for multigroup diffusion transient equation
Annals of Nuclear Energy. 2025; 210: 110837 (19 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2024.110837
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