Northeastern’s Prof Paul Whitford uses high performance computing to study the dynamics of biological systems to understand the physical principles that govern the dynamics of cells.

A particular interest is bacterial ribosomes. “With the ribosome we are trying to understand the dynamics of a very complex molecular system,” says Whitford. In this video, Whitford lifts the lid on the interior landscape of the ribsosome, and his research seeking a nanoscale biomechanical understanding of how it works.