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Computational chemist Mona Minkara simulates the molecular dynamics required for lung function and boosts access for visually impaired chemists.
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Mona Minkara sitting at a desk in her office. On the desk is a 3D textured Molecular Modelling kit and a braille notetaker

Mona Minkara is a computational chemist at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Credit: Kayana Szymczak for Nature

My group wants to understand the components of lung surfactants — complex substances that keep our air sacs from collapsing. Bioengineers would like to make synthetic surfactants to treat lung disease, but we must understand the real ones first.

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Nature 595, 756 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02042-3

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