We develop and apply advanced computational methods to study RNA, the most intriguing actor in molecular biology. We are part of the Molecular and Statistical Biophysics group at SISSA. Starting in spring 2026, our group will receive substantial funding from a FIS3 Advanced Grant to explore RNA dynamics across scales, from base pairs to viral genomes.
Contact
Giovanni Bussi
Principal Investigator, Full Professor
- Email: bussi@sissa.it
- Phone: +39 040 3787 407
- Office: A-338, SISSA, via Bonomea 265, 34136 Trieste, Italy
Resources
- Explore our software on GitHub. Highlights:
- MDRefine, a package to perform refinement of molecular dynamics simulation trajectories
- py-bussilab, a collection of Python tools
- SimpleMD, an educational Lennard-Jones molecular dynamics code
- Thermostats/barostats:
- Stochastic velocity rescaling (a.k.a. v-rescale)
- Stochastic cell rescaling (a.k.a. c-rescale)
- PLUMED related links:
- RNA force fields are here (please checkout the correct branch)
- Find our open reviews in the news section
- Our previous webpage is available as a historical archive
- Our Slack workspace (internal)
Funding
Our research has been funded by the following sources:
- SISSA, institutional funds
- FIS3, Advanced Grant 2025, Exploring RNA Dynamics across Scales: From Base Pairs to Viral Genomes.
- PNRR, National Centre for HPC, Big Data, and Quantum Computing. See publications.
- MSCA, two post-doctoral fellowships:
- EMBO, one post-doctoral fellowship (ALTF 399-2022). See publications.
- PRIN, PRIN 2022, Hunting metal ions within cryo-EM derived RNA structures. See publications.
- ERC, Starting Grant 2012, Small RNAs in silico. See publications.
- FIRB, Futuro in Ricerca 2010. See publications.
- CINECA and EuroHPC for computer time. Recent projects:
- EuroHPC 2024. See publications.
