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Benjamin Bardiaux is a permanent research associate at CNRS UMR3528 within the Structural Bioinformatics Unit at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, affiliated with the Department of Structural Biology and Chemistry. He has been actively contributing to research since December 2012, focusing on integrative and computational structural biology with applications in bacterial pathogenesis and membrane systems.
His research interests include Structural Bioinformatics, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), Molecular Dynamics, Hybrid Structure Determination, Bacterial Transmembrane Systems, and Protein Structure Analysis. His work integrates computational modeling with experimental data to understand the dynamics and function of complex biomolecular systems, particularly in Gram-negative bacteria.
The recent publications highlight a strong trend in integrative structural biology, combining NMR, cryo-EM, and molecular dynamics to study bacterial secretion systems, nutrient transporters, and protein fibrils. There is a growing emphasis on AI and big data in structural modeling, reflected in his involvement in workshops on AI for 3D structure prediction. His research spans from atomic-resolution structures to functional mechanisms in bacterial envelopes.
Benjamin Bardiaux leads the ARIA-based projects, including the ARIAweb server for automated NMR structure calculation and cloud-based hybrid structure determination. He collaborates extensively with leading scientists such as Michael Nilges, Nadia Izadi-Pruneyre, and Olivera Francetic.
He actively contributes to education and training, serving as an instructor in AI-focused workshops for PhD students at the Institut Pasteur. His participation in seminars and conferences underscores his engagement with the structural biology community.
