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Manuel is the head of the Multiscale Modeling lab within the MOSTMICRO unit of ITQB NOVA. His work is centered on elucidating the molecular-level details of lipid-lipid, lipid-protein, and protein-protein interactions; recent collaborations also focus on modeling bacterial structures. Manuel's research employs coarse-grained, atomistic, and hybrid molecular dynamic simulations, and tackles both the construction of models (as a developer within the Martini coarse-grain framework) and their application to biological questions. Manuel actively develops simulation and analysis software (he was a core developer of the MDAnalysis Python package), with emphasis on large-scale parallelization of analysis, and he is also Community Facilitator of 3D-BioInfo-PT (community of Portuguese structural computational biology researchers) within the BioData.pt infrastructure. Manuel's work, both in method development and in applied multidisciplinary research -- often in collaboration with experimental biochemistry and biology -- has ensured an impactful output, currently at an h-index of 32. As a Marie Curie Fellow, and later as a Dutch NWO VENI Fellow, Manuel carried out postdoctoral work at the Marrink lab, at the University of Groningen -- where he became involved in the development and application of Martini. Manuel pursued his Ph.D. on the molecular level interactions of antimicrobial peptides with cellular membranes, using spectroscopic techniques coupled to mathematical modeling, connecting biophysics to microbiology.
Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo
Manuel Nuno de Sousa Pereira Simões de Melo

Nomes de citação

  • Manuel N. Melo

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID
2415-3C0E-8ED6
ORCID iD
0000-0001-6567-0513
Google Scholar ID
1aCENrwAAAAJ

Websites

Domínios de atuação

  • Ciências Naturais - Ciências Biológicas - Biofísica
Formação
Grau Classificação
2006/01/01 - 2010/09/28
Concluído
Bioquímica (Doutoramento)
Especialização em Biofísica Molecular
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Estudo do Mecanismo de Acção de Péptidos Microbicidas Ribossomais de Interesse Clínico" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
Aprovado com distinção e louvor
Percurso profissional

Ciência

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento
Empregador
2019/06/16 - Atual Investigador Auxiliar (carreira) (Investigação) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2016/11/01 - 2019/06/15 Investigador Auxiliar (carreira) (Investigação) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Microbiologia Molecular Estrutural e Celular, Portugal
Produções

Publicações

Artigo em conferência
  1. MELO, MANUEL. "MDAnalysis: a Python package for the rapid analysis of molecular dynamics simulations". 2016.
    10.25080/Majora-629e541a-00e
Artigo em revista
  1. Catarina J. Gaspar; Tiago Gomes; Joana C. Martins; Manuel N. Melo; Colin Adrain; Tiago N. Cordeiro; Pedro M. Domingos. "Xport-A functions as a chaperone by stabilizing the first five transmembrane domains of rhodopsin-1". iScience (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.108309.
    10.1016/j.isci.2023.108309
  2. Marini, Eleonora; Olivença, Carmen; Ramalhete, Sara; Aguirre, Andrea Martinez; Ingle, Patrick; Melo, Manuel N.; Antunes, Wilson; et al. "A sporulation signature protease is required for assembly of the spore surface layers, germination and host colonization in Clostridioides difficile". PLOS Pathogens 19 11 (2023): e1011741. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011741.
    10.1371/journal.ppat.1011741
  3. Borges-Araújo, Luís; Borges-Araújo, Ana C.; Ozturk, Tugba Nur; Ramirez-Echemendia, Daniel P.; Fábián, Balázs; Carpenter, Timothy S.; Thallmair, Sebastian; et al. "Martini 3 Coarse-Grained Force Field for Cholesterol". Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 19 20 (2023): 7387-7404. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.3c00547.
    Publicado • 10.1021/acs.jctc.3c00547
  4. Valdivieso González, David; Makowski, Marcin; Lillo, M. Pilar; Cao-García, Francisco J.; Melo, Manuel N.; Almendro-Vedia, Víctor G.; López-Montero, Iván. "Rotation of the c-Ring Promotes the Curvature Sorting of Monomeric ATP Synthases". Advanced Science 10 31 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202301606.
    Publicado • 10.1002/advs.202301606
  5. J. Karl Spinti; Fernando Neiva Nunes; Manuel N. Melo. "Room for improvement in the initial martini 3 parameterization of peptide interactions". Chemical Physics Letters (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2023.140436.
    10.1016/j.cplett.2023.140436
  6. Erik Strandberg; Parvesh Wadhwani; Jochen Bürck; Patrick Anders; Christian Mink; Jonas van den Berg; Raffaele A. M. Ciriello; et al. "Temperature-Dependent Re-alignment of the Short Multifunctional Peptide BP100 in Membranes Revealed by Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics Simulations". ChemBioChem (2023): https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.202200602.
    10.1002/cbic.202200602
  7. Siewert J. Marrink; Luca Monticelli; Manuel N. Melo; Riccardo Alessandri; D. Peter Tieleman; Paulo C. T. Souza. "Two decades of Martini: Better beads, broader scope". WIREs Computational Molecular Science (2023): https://doi.org/10.1002/wcms.1620.
    10.1002/wcms.1620
  8. Mariana Valério; Diogo A. Mendonça; João Morais; Carolina C. Buga; Carlos H. Cruz; Miguel A.R.B. Castanho; Manuel N. Melo; et al. "Parainfluenza Fusion Peptide Promotes Membrane Fusion by Assembling into Oligomeric Porelike Structures". ACS Chemical Biology (2022): https://doi.org/10.1021/acschembio.2c00208.
    10.1021/acschembio.2c00208
  9. Borges-Araújo, Luís; Souza, Paulo C. T.; Fernandes, Fábio; Melo, Manuel N.. "Improved Parameterization of Phosphatidylinositide Lipid Headgroups for the Martini 3 Coarse-Grain Force Field". Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 18 1 (2021): 357-373. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.1c00615.
    Publicado • 10.1021/acs.jctc.1c00615
  10. Borges-Araújo, Luís; Domingues, Marco M.; Fedorov, Alexander; Santos, Nuno C.; Melo, Manuel N.; Fernandes, Fábio. "Acyl-chain saturation regulates the order of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate nanodomains". Communications Chemistry 4 1 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42004-021-00603-1.
    Publicado • 10.1038/s42004-021-00603-1
  11. Mink, Christian; Strandberg, Erik; Wadhwani, Parvesh; Melo, Manuel N.; Reichert, Johannes; Wacker, Irene; Castanho, Miguel A. R. B.; Ulrich, Anne S.. "Overlapping Properties of the Short Membrane-Active Peptide BP100 With (i) Polycationic TAT and (ii) a-helical Magainin Family Peptides". Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 11 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2021.609542.
    Acesso aberto • 10.3389/fcimb.2021.609542
  12. Sousa, Filipe M.; Lima, Luís M. P.; Arnarez, Clément; Pereira, Manuela M.; Melo, Manuel N.. "Coarse-Grained Parameterization of Nucleotide Cofactors and Metabolites: Protonation Constants, Partition Coefficients, and Model Topologies". Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling 61 1 (2021): 335-346. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jcim.0c01077.
    10.1021/acs.jcim.0c01077
  13. Borges-Araújo, Luis; Domingues, Marco; A.A. Fedorov, ; Nuno C. Santos; Manuel N. Melo; FERNANDES, FABIO. Autor correspondente: FERNANDES, FABIO. "Acyl-chain saturation regulates the order of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-biphosphate nanodomains". Communications chemistry 4 1 (2021): 164. https://DOI.org/10.1038/s42004-021-00603-.
    Publicado • DOI:10.1038/s42004-021-00603-1
  14. Juanjuan Su; Siewert J. Marrink; Manuel N. Melo. "Localization Preference of Antimicrobial Peptides on Liquid-Disordered Membrane Domains". Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, section Cellular Biochemistry (2020):
    Acesso aberto • Aceite para publicação
  15. Schroer, Carsten F. E.; Baldauf, Lucia; van Buren, Lennard; Wassenaar, Tsjerk A.; Melo, Manuel N.; Koenderink, Gijsje H.; Marrink, Siewert J.. "Charge-dependent interactions of monomeric and filamentous actin with lipid bilayers". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 11 (2020): 5861-5872. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1914884117.
    10.1073/pnas.1914884117
  16. MELO, MANUEL. "Pitfalls of the Martini Model". Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.9b00473.
    10.1021/acs.jctc.9b00473
  17. MELO, MANUEL. "Self-assembly Stability Compromises the Efficacy of Tryptophan-Containing Designed Anti-measles Virus Peptides". Journal of Nanomedicine & Nanotechnology (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.35248/2157-7439.19.10.528.
    10.35248/2157-7439.19.10.528
  18. Dadsena, Shashank; Bockelmann, Svenja; Mina, John G.M.; Hassan, Dina G.; Korneev, Sergei; Razzera, Guilherme; Jahn, Helene; et al. "Ceramides bind VDAC2 to trigger mitochondrial apoptosis". Nature Communications (2019): http://hdl.handle.net/10362/92533.
    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09654-4
  19. Corradi, V.; Mendez-Villuendas, E.; Ingólfsson, H.I.; Gu, R.-X.; Siuda, I.; Melo, M.N.; Moussatova, A.; et al. "Lipid-Protein Interactions Are Unique Fingerprints for Membrane Proteins". ACS Central Science 4 6 (2018): 709-717. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85049133840&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/acscentsci.8b00143
  20. Su, J.; Thomas, A.S.; Grabietz, T.; Landgraf, C.; Volkmer, R.; Marrink, S.J.; Williams, C.; Melo, M.N.. "The N-terminal amphipathic helix of Pex11p self-interacts to induce membrane remodelling during peroxisome fission". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes 1860 6 (2018): 1292-1300. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85043475518&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.bbamem.2018.02.029
  21. Figueira, Tiago Nascimento; Mendonça, Diogo A.; Gaspar, Diana; Melo, Manuel N.; Moscona, Anne; Porotto, Matteo; Castanho, Miguel A. R. B.; Veiga, Ana Salomé. "Structure-stability-function mechanistic links in the anti-measles virus action of Tocopherol-derivatized peptide nanoparticles". (2018): http://hdl.handle.net/10451/37690.
    10.1021/acsnano.8b01422
  22. Van Eerden, F.J.; Melo, M.N.; Frederix, P.W.J.M.; Marrink, S.J.. "Prediction of Thylakoid Lipid Binding Sites on Photosystem II". Biophysical Journal 113 12 (2017): 2669-2681. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85038395928&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.bpj.2017.09.039
  23. Van Eerden, F.J.; Melo, M.N.; Frederix, P.W.J.M.; Periole, X.; Marrink, S.J.. "Exchange pathways of plastoquinone and plastoquinol in the photosystem II complex". Nature Communications 8 (2017): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85038408628&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/ncomms15214
  24. Melo, M.N.; Arnarez, C.; Sikkema, H.; Kumar, N.; Walko, M.; Berendsen, H.J.C.; Kocer, A.; Marrink, S.J.; Ingólfsson, H.I.. "High-Throughput Simulations Reveal Membrane-Mediated Effects of Alcohols on MscL Gating". Journal of the American Chemical Society 139 7 (2017): 2664-2671. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85013499843&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/jacs.6b11091
  25. Zavadlav, J.; Podgornik, R.; Melo, M.N.; Marrink, S.J.; Praprotnik, M.. "Adaptive resolution simulation of an atomistic DNA molecule in MARTINI salt solution". European Physical Journal: Special Topics 225 8-9 (2016): 1595-1607. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84978786373&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1140/epjst/e2016-60117-8
  26. Smeets, C.J.L.M.; Zmorzynska, J.; Melo, M.N.; Stargardt, A.; Dooley, C.; Bakalkin, G.; McLaughlin, J.; et al. "Altered secondary structure of Dynorphin A associates with loss of opioid signalling and NMDA-mediated excitotoxicity in SCA23". Human Molecular Genetics 25 13 (2016): 2728-2737. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85016079961&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/hmg/ddw130
  27. Arnarez, C.; Uusitalo, J.J.; Masman, M.F.; Ingólfsson, H.I.; De Jong, D.H.; Melo, M.N.; Periole, X.; De Vries, A.H.; Marrink, S.J.. "Dry martini, a coarse-grained force field for lipid membrane simulations with implicit solvent". Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 11 1 (2015): 260-275. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84921411802&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/ct500477k
  28. Melo, M.N.; Ingólfsson, H.I.; Marrink, S.J.. "Parameters for Martini sterols and hopanoids based on a virtual-site description". Journal of Chemical Physics 143 24 (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84952332821&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1063/1.4937783
  29. Zavadlav, J.; Melo, M.N.; Marrink, S.J.; Praprotnik, M.. "Adaptive resolution simulation of polarizable supramolecular coarse-grained water models". Journal of Chemical Physics 142 24 (2015): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84934294910&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1063/1.4923008
  30. Goga, N.; Melo, M.N.; Rzepiela, A.J.; De Vries, A.H.; Hadar, A.; Marrink, S.J.; Berendsen, H.J.C.. "Benchmark of schemes for multiscale molecular dynamics simulations". Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 11 4 (2015): 1389-1398. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84927767282&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/ct501102b
  31. Uytterhoeven, V.; Lauwers, E.; Maes, I.; Miskiewicz, K.; Melo, M.N.; Swerts, J.; Kuenen, S.; et al. "Hsc70-4 Deforms Membranes to Promote Synaptic Protein Turnover by Endosomal Microautophagy". Neuron 88 4 (2015): 735-748. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84959871737&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.neuron.2015.10.012
  32. Zavadlav, J.; Melo, M.N.; Marrink, S.J.; Praprotnik, M.. "Adaptive resolution simulation of an atomistic protein in MARTINI water". Journal of Chemical Physics 140 5 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84902200025&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1063/1.4863329
  33. Zavadlav, J.; Melo, M.N.; Cunha, A.V.; De Vries, A.H.; Marrink, S.J.; Praprotnik, M.. "Adaptive resolution simulation of MARTINI solvents". Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 10 6 (2014): 2591-2598. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84902176050&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/ct5001523
  34. Ingólfsson, H.I.; Melo, M.N.; Van Eerden, F.J.; Arnarez, C.; Lopez, C.A.; Wassenaar, T.A.; Periole, X.; et al. "Lipid organization of the plasma membrane". Journal of the American Chemical Society 136 41 (2014): 14554-14559. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84908374604&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/ja507832e
  35. Serrano, I.D.; Freire, J.M.; Carvalho, M.V.; Neves, M.; Melo, M.N.; Castanho, M.A.R.B.. "The mechanisms and quantification of the selective permeability in transport across biological barriers: The example of kyotorphin". Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry 14 2 (2014): 99-110. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84894043648&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2174/1389557514666140123130058
  36. Van Hell, A.J.; Melo, M.N.; Van Blitterswijk, W.J.; Gueth, D.M.; Braumuller, T.M.; Pedrosa, L.R.C.; Song, J.-Y.; et al. "Defined lipid analogues induce transient channels to facilitate drug-membrane traversal and circumvent cancer therapy resistance". Scientific Reports 3 (2013): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84902941080&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/srep01949
  37. Cruz, V.L.; Ramos, J.; Melo, M.N.; Martinez-Salazar, J.. "Bacteriocin AS-48 binding to model membranes and pore formation as revealed by coarse-grained simulations". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes 1828 11 (2013): 2524-2531. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84882696543&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.bbamem.2013.05.036
  38. Melo, M.N.; Castanho, M.A.R.B.; Melo, Manuel N.; Castanho, Miguel A. R. B.. "The mechanism of action of antimicrobial peptides: Lipid vesicles vs. bacteria". Frontiers in Immunology 3 AUG (2012): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84874199480&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3389/fimmu.2012.00236
  39. Melo, M.N.; Ferre, R.; Feliu, L.; Bardají, E.; Planas, M.; Castanho, M.A.R.B.. "Prediction of antibacterial activity from physicochemical properties of antimicrobial peptides". PLoS ONE 6 12 (2011): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-83355168944&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0028549
  40. Freire, João M.; Domingues, Marco M.; Matos, Joana; Melo, Manuel N.; Veiga, Ana Salomé; Santos, Nuno C.; Castanho, Miguel A. R. B.; et al. "Using zeta-potential measurements to quantify peptide partition to lipid membranes". European Biophysics Journal 40 4 (2011): 481-487. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00249-010-0661-4.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00249-010-0661-4
  41. Alves, C.S.; Melo, M.N.; Franquelim, H.G.; Ferre, R.; Planas, M.; Feliu, L.; Bardají, E.; et al. "Escherichia coli cell surface perturbation and disruption induced by antimicrobial peptides BP100 and pepR". Journal of Biological Chemistry 285 36 (2010): 27536-27544. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77956238793&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1074/jbc.M110.130955
  42. Ribeiro, M.M.B.; Melo, M.N.; Serrano, I.D.; Santos, N.C.; Castanho, M.A.R.B.; Ribeiro, Marta M. B.; Melo, Manuel N.; et al. "Drug-lipid interaction evaluation: Why a 19th century solution?". Trends in Pharmacological Sciences 31 10 (2010): 449-454. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77956909526&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.tips.2010.06.007
  43. Ferre, R.; Melo, M.N.; Correia, A.D.; Feliu, L.; Bardaji, E.; Planas, M.; Castanho, M.; et al. "Synergistic effects of the membrane actions of cecropin-melittin antimicrobial hybrid peptide BP100". Biophysical Journal 96 5 (2009): 1815-1827. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-65549119292&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.bpj.2008.11.053
  44. Melo, M.N.; Ferre, R.; Castanho, M.A.R.B.. "Antimicrobial peptides: Linking partition, activity and high membrane-bound concentrations". Nature Reviews Microbiology 7 3 (2009): 245-250. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-60749118913&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1038/nrmicro2095
  45. Melo, M.N.; Sousa, F.J.R.; Carneiro, F.A.; Castanho, M.A.R.B.; Valente, A.P.; Almeida, F.C.L.; Da Poian, A.T.; et al. "Interaction of the Dengue Virus Fusion Peptide with Membranes Assessed by NMR: The Essential Role of the Envelope Protein Trp101 for Membrane Fusion". Journal of Molecular Biology 392 3 (2009): 736-746. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-69549116106&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jmb.2009.07.035
  46. Stauffer, F.; Melo, M.N.; Carneiro, F.A.; Sousa, F.J.R.; Juliano, M.A.; Juliano, L.; Mohana-Borges, R.; Da Poian, A.T.; Castanho, M.A.R.B.. "Interaction between dengue virus fusion peptide and lipid bilayers depends on peptide clustering". Molecular Membrane Biology 25 2 (2008): 128-138. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-39849096708&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/09687680701633091
  47. Gutierrez, A.L.S.; Farage, L.; Melo, M.N.; Mohana-Borges, R.S.; Guerardel, Y.; Coddeville, B.; Mendonça-Previato, L.. "Characterization of glycoinositolphosphoryl ceramide structure mutant strains of Cryptococcus neoformans". Glycobiology 17 6 (2007): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34447297313&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/glycob/cwm030
  48. Henriques, S.T.; Melo, M.N.; Castanho, M.A.R.B.. "How to address CPP and AMP translocation? Methods to detect and quantify peptide internalization in vitro and in vivo (review)". Molecular Membrane Biology 24 3 (2007): 173-185. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34249036121&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/09687860601102476
  49. Melo, M.N.; Castanho, M.A.R.B.. "Omiganan interaction with bacterial membranes and cell wall models. Assigning a biological role to saturation". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes 1768 5 (2007): 1277-1290. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34047249400&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.bbamem.2007.02.005
  50. Melo, M.N.; Dugourd, D.; Castanho, M.A.. "Omiganan pentahydrochloride in the front line of clinical applications of antimicrobial peptides.". Recent patents on anti-infective drug discovery 1 2 (2006): 201-207. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33749376228&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2174/157489106777452638
  51. Henriques, S.T.; Melo, M.N.; Castanho, M.A.R.B.. "Cell-penetrating peptides and antimicrobial peptides: How different are they?". Biochemical Journal 399 1 (2006): 1-7. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33749385780&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1042/BJ20061100
Capítulo de livro
  1. Melo, Manuel N.. Autor correspondente: Melo, Manuel N.. "Coarse-Grain Simulations of Membrane-Adsorbed Helical Peptides". In Computational Peptide Science, editado por Simonson, Thomas, 137-150. New York, Estados Unidos: Springer US, 2022.
    Publicado • 10.1007/978-1-0716-1855-4_7
  2. Goga, N.; Rzepiela, A.; Melo, M.N.; de Vries, A.H.; Hadar, A.; Markvoort, A.J.; Nedea, S.; Berendsen, H.J.C.. "Methods for Multiscale Modeling of Membranes". In Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes, 139-170. Elsevier, 2012.
    10.1016/b978-0-12-396533-2.00003-3
  3. Freire, João Miguel; Domingues, Marco M.; Matos, Joana; Melo, Manuel N.; Veiga, Ana Salomé; Santos, Nuno C.; Castanho, Miguel A. R. B.. "Quantifying molecular partition of charged molecules by Zeta-potential measurements". European Peptide Society, 2010.
Poster em conferência
  1. Teixeira, Rita I.; Valério, Mariana; Borges-Araújo, Luis; Manuel N. Melo; Vicente, João B.; Lousa, Diana; Soares, Claudio M.. "Probing the RBD-ACE2 interactions to unlock the design of biologics against SARS-CoV-2 variants". Trabalho apresentado em PEGS Europe: Protein & Antibody Engineering Summit, 2023.
  2. Barriga, Rodrigo; Lotfi, Maryam; Pereira, Manuela M.; Manuel N. Melo. Autor correspondente: Manuel N. Melo. "P-06.3-001 The analysis of Staphylococcus aureus' NDH-2 Coarse-Grain simulations might be the beginning to unveil a future therapeutical target". Trabalho apresentado em The Biochemistry Global Summit 25th IUBMB Congress 46th FEBS Congress 15th PABMB Congress, 2022.
    10.1002/2211-5463.13440
  3. Barriga, Rodrigo; Lotfi, Maryam; Pereira, Manuela M.; Manuel N. Melo. Autor correspondente: Manuel N. Melo. "P49 The analysis of Staphylococcus aureus¿ NDH2 CoarseGrain simulations might be the beginning to unveil a future therapeutical target". Trabalho apresentado em 2nd Chem And Biochem Students Meeting, 2022.
  4. Teixeira, Rita I.; Valério, Mariana; Borges-Araújo, Luis; Manuel N. Melo; Vicente, João B.; Lousa, Diana; Soares, Claudio M.. Autor correspondente: Lousa, Diana. "The impact of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant on the human ACE2 binding: a computational study". Trabalho apresentado em 2nd Portuguese Young Biophysicists¿ Meeting, Biophysics Festival 2022,, 2022.
  5. Mariana Valério; Diogo A. Mendonça; João M. Morais; Buga, Carolina C.; Carlos H. Cruz; Miguel A.R.B. Castanho; Manuel N. Melo; et al. "Together we fuse: Parainfluenza virus fusion peptides oligomerize to promote membrane fusion". Trabalho apresentado em Biophysics Festival 2022 - 2nd Meeting of Young Biophysicists, 2022.
  6. Barriga, Rodrigo; Lotfi, Maryam; Pereira, Manuela M.; Manuel N. Melo. Autor correspondente: Manuel N. Melo. "P35 THE ANALYSIS OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS¿ NDH2 COARSEGRAIN SIMULATIONS MIGHT BE THE BEGINNING TO UNVEIL A FUTURE THERAPEUTICAL TARGET". Trabalho apresentado em 2nd Meeting of Portuguese Young Biophysicists, 2022.
    10.5281/zenodo.6772805
  7. Barriga, Rodrigo; Lotfi, Maryam; Pereira, Manuela M.; Manuel N. Melo. Autor correspondente: Manuel N. Melo. "P2 Parameterization of nucleotide cofactors and metabolites for the Martini 3 Coarse-Grain force field". Trabalho apresentado em VIII EJIBCE (Encontro de Jovens Investigadores de Biologia Computacional Estrutural), 2021.
  8. MELO, MANUEL. "Extending the Adress Multiscale Scheme for Protein and Bilayer Applications". 2016.
    10.1016/j.bpj.2015.11.3444
  9. MELO, MANUEL. "Computational Lipidomics and the Lipid Organization of Cell Envelopes". 2015.
    10.1016/j.bpj.2014.11.1875
Pré-impressão
  1. Paulo C. T. Souza; Luis P. Borges Araujo; Chris Brasnett; Rodrigo A. Moreira; Fabian Grunewald; Peter Park; Liguo Wang; et al. "GoMartini 3: From large conformational changes in proteins to environmental bias corrections". 2024. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.04.15.589479.
    10.1101/2024.04.15.589479
  2. Catarina J Gaspar; Joana C Martins; Manuel N Melo; Tiago N Cordeiro; Colin Adrain; Pedro M Domingos. "Xport-A functions as a chaperone by stabilizing the first 5 transmembrane domains of Rhodopsin-1". 2022. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.01.486763.
    10.1101/2022.04.01.486763
  3. J. Karl Spinti; Fernando Neiva Nunes; Manuel Nuno Melo. "Room for Improvement in the Initial Martini 3 Parameterization of Peptide Interactions". 2022. https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-wgz1j.
    10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-wgz1j
  4. Luis Borges-Araújo; Paulo Souza; Fábio Fernandes; Manuel N. Melo. "Improved Parameterization of Phosphatidylinositide Lipid Headgroups for the Martini 3 Coarse Grain Force Field". 2021. https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.14759991.v2.
    10.26434/chemrxiv.14759991.v2
  5. Valério, Mariana; Borges-Araújo, Luís; Melo, Manuel N.; Lousa, Diana; Soares, Cláudio M.. "SARS-CoV-2 variants impact RBD conformational dynamics and ACE2 accessibility". 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.30.470470.
    10.1101/2021.11.30.470470
  6. Riccardo Alessandri; Paulo C. T. Souza; Sebastian Thallmair; Manuel N. Melo; Alex H. de Vries; Siewert-Jan Marrink. "Pitfalls of the Martini Model". 2019. https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.8113172.v1.
    10.26434/chemrxiv.8113172.v1
Recurso online
  1. Gaspar, Catarina J.; Joana C Martins; Manuel N. Melo; Tiago N Cordeiro; Adrain, Colin; Domingos, Pedro. Autor correspondente: Domingos, Pedro. Xport-A functions as a chaperone by stabilizing the first 5 transmembrane domains of Rhodopsin-1. 2022. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.04.01.486763v1.
    https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.01.486763
Tese / Dissertação
  1. Melo, Manuel Nuno, 1982-. "A study on the mode of action of clinically relevant antimicrobial peptides". Doutoramento, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/1881.

Outros

Outra produção
  1. MDAnalysis. A Python package for the analysis of molecular dynamics simulations.. 2012. MELO, MANUEL. https://www.mdanalysis.org/.
  2. MDreader. A package to boost MD data analysis with parallelization. 2012. MELO, MANUEL. https://github.com/mnmelo/MDreader.
Atividades

Orientação

Título / Tema
Papel desempenhado
Curso (Tipo)
Instituição / Organização
2019/09/01 - 2023/12/06 Unlocking viral entry: The key role of fusion proteins
Coorientador
Biociências Moleculares (Doutoramento)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal
Distinções

Outra distinção

2018 FCT Scientific Employment Stimulus Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2013 NWO VENI Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Países Baixos
2010 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Intra-European Postdoctoral Fellowship
EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, Bélgica