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19. Information-theoretical measures identify accurate low-resolution representations of protein configurational space

Margherita Mele, Roberto Covino, Raffaello Potestio.
arXiv prprint

18. Sampling Rare Conformational Transitions with a Quantum Computer
Danial Ghamari, Philipp Hauke, Roberto Covino*, Pietro Faccioli* (*shared corresponding authors).
arXiv prprint

17. Autonomous artificial intelligence discovers mechanisms of molecular self-organization in virtual experiments
Hendrik Jung*, Roberto Covino*, A Arjun, Peter G. Bolhuis, Gerhard Hummer (*shared first authors).
arXiv preprint

16. The evolutionary making of SARS-CoV-2
Ruben Iruegas, Julian Dosch, Mateusz Sikora, Gerhard Hummer, Roberto Covino, Ingo Ebersberger.
bioRxiv preprint

15. Cysteine crosslinking in native membranes establishes the transmembrane architecture of Ire1
Kristina Väth, Carsten Mattes, John Reinhard, Roberto Covino, Heike Stumpf, Gerhard Hummer, and Robert Ernst.
Journal of Cellular Biology 220 (8): e202011078 (2021)

14. Computational epitope map of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein
Mateusz Sikora*, Florian E. C. Blanc*, Sören von Bülow*, Michael Gecht*, Roberto Covino*, and Gerhard Hummer (*shared first authors).
PLoS Comput Biol 17(4): e1008790 (2021) — bioRxiv preprint

13. In situ structural analysis of SARS-CoV-2 spike reveals flexibility mediated by three hinges
Beata Turoňová, Mateusz Sikora, Christoph Schürmann, Wim J. H. Hagen, Sonja Welsch, Florian E. C. Blanc, Sören von Bülow, Michael Gecht, Katrin Bagola, Cindy Hörner, Ger van Zandbergen, Jonathan Landry, Nayara Trevisan Doimo de Azevedo, Shyamal Mosalaganti, Andre Schwarz, Roberto Covino, Michael D. Mühlebach, Gerhard Hummer, Jacomine Krijnse Locker, and Martin Beck.
Science 370(6513) 203 (2020) — Cover article (issue 08.10.2020)
Long coverage on the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and the New York Times.

12. Regulation of lipid saturation without sensing membrane fluidity 

Stephanie Ballweg, Erdinc Sezgin, Milka Doktorova, Roberto Covino, John Reinhard, Dorith Wun- nicke, Inga Hänelt, Ilya Levental, Gerhard Hummer, and Robert Ernst.

Nature Communications 11 756 (2020)

11. Molecular free energy profiles from force spectroscopy experiments by inversion of observed committors
Roberto Covino*, Michael T. Woodside, Gerhard Hummer, Attila Szabo, and Pilar Cossio* (*shared corresponding authors).
Journal of Chemical Physics 151 154115 (2019) – Featured article. 

10. Osh proteins control nanoscale lipid organization necessary for PI(4,5)P2 synthesis
Taki Nishimura, Michael Gecht, Roberto Covino, Gerhard Hummer, Hiroyuki Arai, Nozomu Kono, and Christopher J. Stefan.
Molecular Cell 75(5) 1043 (2019)

9. The active roles of biological membranes and the hidden side of the unfolded protein response 
Roberto Covino, Gerhard Hummer, and Robert Ernst. 
Molecular Cell 71(3) 458 (2018)

8. The molecular recognition of phosphatidic acid by an amphipathic helix in Opi1 
Harald F. Hofbauer, Michael Gecht, Sabine C. Fischer, Anja Seybert, Achilleas S. Frangakis, Ernst H.K. Stelzer, Roberto Covino, Gerhard Hummer, and Robert Ernst.
Journal of Cell Biology 217(9) 3109-3126 (2018)

7. Variational identification of markovian transition states 
Linda Martini, Adam Kells, Roberto Covino, Gerhard Hummer, Nicolae-Viorel Buchete, and Edina Rosta.
Physical Review X 7(3) 031060 (2017)

6. Activation of the unfolded protein response by lipid bilayer stress 
Kristina Halbleib, Kristina Pesek, Roberto Covino, Harald F. Hofbauer, Dorith Wunnicke, Inga Hanelt, Gerhard Hummer, and Robert Ernst.
Molecular Cell 67(4) 673 (2017)
Featured in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 18 471(2017) 

5. Intrinsic map dynamics exploration for uncharted effective free-energy landscapes 
Eliodoro Chiavazzo, Roberto Covino, Ronald R. Coifman, C. William Gear, Anastasia S. Georgiou, Gerhard Hummer, and Ioannis G. Kevrekidis.
PNAS 114(28) E5494 (2017)

4. A eukaryotic sensor for membrane lipid saturation 
Roberto Covino*, Stephanie Ballweg*, Claudius Stordeur*, Jonas B. Michaelis, Kristina Puth, Florian Wernig, Amir Bahrami, Andreas M. Ernst, Gerhard Hummer, and Robert Ernst (*shared first authors). 
Molecular Cell 63(1) 49 (2016)

3. The role of non-native interactions in the folding of knotted proteins: insights from molecular dynamics simulations
Roberto Covino*, Tatjana Škrbić, Silvio a Beccara, Pietro Faccioli, and Cristian Micheletti (*corresponding author). 
Biomolecules 4(1) 1 (2013)

2. Folding pathways of a knotted protein with a realistic atomistic force field 
Silvio a Beccara, Tatjana Škrbić, Roberto Covino, Cristian Micheletti, and Pietro Faccioli. 
PLoS Comput Biol 9(3) e1003002 (2013)

1. Dominant folding pathways of a WW domain 
Silvio a Beccara, Tatjana Škrbić, Roberto Covino, and Pietro Faccioli. 
PNAS 109(7) 2330 (2012)