25/06/2017 Lichtenberg Junior Research Group Biouid Simulation and Modeling

BIOFLUID SIMULATION AND MODELING

Imagine a human being made entirely of solid materials. Seems strange, right? Indeed, nearly all
processes in living organisms take place in a liquid environment. Oxygen transport in blood, swimming
of bacteria, or the stability of cell membranes are but a few examples for the importance of biofluids.

Simulations using the power of present-day supercomputers allow the investigation of many of these
phenomena in enormous detail. Such simulations have become an indispensable tool in all areas of
modern physics which - after proper validation through closely corresponding experiments - opens the
path for theoretical modeling and eventually for a complete understanding of the involved phenomena.
The large range of time and length scales occuring in biofluids motivates the use of continuum
(Boundary-Integral), mesoscopic (Lattice-Boltzmann) as well as atomistic (Molecular Dynamics)
methods within our group.

Out of the vast subject of biofluids, our current research interest focusses on three areas: drug
delivery agents in blood flow, interfacial water and molecular dynamics of liquid organic
solar cells.

Funding for the group through the Lichtenberg program of the Volkswagen Foundation is
gratefully acknowledged. Our simulations are mainly run on the SuperMUC and JUROPA
supercomputing systems.

Upcoming talks

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