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Studying chemical reactions in biological systems with MBN Explorer: implementation of molecular mechanics with dynamical topology. Image credit: Ilia A. Solov’yov, Andrey V. Solov’yov. Eur. Phys. J. D, 70: 1-12, 2016.

Spontaneous Binding of Molecular Oxygen at the Qo-Site of the bc1 Complex Could Stimulate Superoxide Formation. Image credit: P. Husen, I.A. Solov'yov. URL: <a href='http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.6b04849'>http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.6b04849</a>.

Electron spin relaxation in cryptochrome-based magnetoreception. Image credit: Ilia A. Solov'yov, P. J. Hore, Daniel R. Kattnig. URL: <a href='http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5CP06731F'>http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5CP06731F</a>.

Identification of Ubiquinol Binding Motifs at the Qo-Site of the Cytochrome bc1 Complex; Image credit: Angela M. Barragan, Klaus Schulten, Ilia A. Solov'yov. URL: <a href='http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp510022w'>http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp510022w</a>

Efficient 3D Kinetic Monte Carlo Method for Modeling of Molecular Structure and Dynamics. Image credit: Mikhail Panshenskov, Ilia A. Solov'yov and Andrey V. Solov'yov. URL: <a href='http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcc.23613/abstract'>http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcc.23613/abstract</a>.

An Introduction to Cluster Science. Image credit: Paul-Gerhard Reinhard, Eric Suraud, Phuong Mai Dinh, Ilia A. Solov'yov, Andrey V. Solov'yov. URL: <a href='http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-3527411186.html'>http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-3527411186.html</a>.

An atomic model of the human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) capsid within a representation of the viral envelope. Image credit: Juan R. Perilla, John Stone, Ilia A. Solov'yov, Olga Svinarski, Klaus Schulten and Peijun Zhang. URL: <a href='http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v497/n7451/index.html'>http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v497/n7451/index.html</a>

Decrypting Cryptochrome: Revealing the Molecular Identity of the Photoactivation. Image credit: Ilia A. Solov'yov, Tatiana Domratcheva, Abdul Rehaman Moughal Shahi, and Klaus Schulten. URL: <a href='http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja3074819'>http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja3074819</a>

MesoBioNano Explorer — A universal program for multiscale computer simulations of complex molecular structure and dynamics. Image credit: Ilia A. Solov'yov, Alexander V. Yakubovich, Pavel V. Nikolaev, Ilya Volkovets, Andrey V. Solov'yov. URL: <a href='http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcc.23086/abstract'>http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcc.23086/abstract</a>

Vibrationally assisted electron transfer mechanism of olfaction: myth or reality? Image credit: Ilia A. Solov'yov, Po-Yao Chang, and Klaus Schulten. URL: <a href='http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22899100'>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22899100</a>

How birds and other animals orient in the Earth magnetic field. Image credit: Ilia A. Solov'yov, Klaus Schulten, and Walter Greiner. Physik Journal, 9:23-28, 2010

Magnetoreception through cryptochrome may involve superoxide. Image credit: Ilia A. Solov'yov and Klaus Schulten. Biophysical Journal, 96:4804-4813, 2009.

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Structure of European robin cryptochrome 1 reveals a role in circadian rhythms, not magnetoreception, Anushka C. Wickramaratne, Emil Sjulstok Rasmussen, Yogarany Chelliah, Fabian Schuhmann, Ilia A. Solov'yov, Henrik Mouritsen, Carla B. Green, Brian D. Zoltowski, Joseph S. Takahashi, iScience, 28, 114015-(1-11), (2025)

Protein and Solvent Reorganization Drives Radical Pair Stability in Avian Cryptochrome 4a, Jiate Luo, Jonathan Hungerland, Ilia A. Solov'yov, Joseph E. Subotnik, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147, 43934-43945, (2025)

Light-induced conformational switching and magnetic sensitivity of Drosophila cryptochrome, Shane A. Chandler, Angela S. Gehrckens, Laila M.N. Shah, Katherine E. Buckton, Guodong Cao, Navoneel Sen, Tilo Zollitsch, Ryan Rodriguez, Ilia A. Solov'yov, Erik Schleicher, Stefan Weber, P.J. Hore, Christiane R. Timmel, Stuart R. Mackenzie, Justin L.P. Benesch, Structure, 33, 1930-1943, (2025)

Distance-Dependence of Photo-CIDNP in Biomimetic Tryptophan-Flavin Diads, Tobias Theiss, Guzel Musabirova, Luca Gerhards, Irina S. Anisimova, Ben G. E. Zoller, Thi Ngoc Ha Nguyen, Dmitry Denisov, Anton Schmidt, Sabrina Panter, Stefan Weber, Christoph Tegenkamp, Ilia A. Solov'yov, J"org Matysik, Tanja Gulder, Angewandte Chemie -- International Edition in English, 64, e202510116, (2025)

Weak Radiofrequency Field Effects on Biological Systems Mediated through the Radical Pair Mechanism, Luca Gerhards, Andreas Deser, Daniel R. Kattnig, Jörg Matysik, Ilia A. Solov'yov, Chemical Reviews, 125, 8051-8088, (2025)

Magnetosensitivity of Model Flavin-Tryptophan Radical Pairs in a Dynamic Protein Environment, Philip L. Benjamin, Luca Gerhards, Ilia A. Solov'yov, P. J. Hore, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 129, 5937-5947, (2025)

Fast-Track Signaling: A Non-Adiabatic Photoactivation Pathway in Plant Cryptochromes, Jorim M. Kornblueh, Ilia A. Solov'yov, ACS Central Science, 11, 1026-1028, (2025)

Revealing the Impact of g-Tensor Anisotropy on the Charge Recombination in Donor-Acceptor Dyads under High Magnetic Fields, Paul Mentzel, Luca Gerhards, Denise Koppenhöfer, Alexander Schmiedel, Marco Holzapfel, Nikita N. Lukzen, Ilia A. Solov'yov, Ulrich E. Steiner, Christoph Lambert, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147, 23068-23078, (2025)

European Robin Cryptochrome-4a Associates with Lipid Bilayers in an Ordered Manner, Fulfilling a Molecular-Level Condition for Magnetoreception, Marta Majewska, Maja Hanić, Rabea Bartölke, Jessica Schmidt, Justyna Bo\'zek, Luca Gerhards, Henrik Mouritsen, Karl-Wilhelm Koch, Ilia A. Solov'yov, Izabella Brand, ACS Chemical Biology, 20, 592-606, (2025)

Different receptor models show differences in ligand binding strength and location: a computational drug screening for the tick-borne encephalitis virus, Felicitas Finke, Jonathan Hungerland, Ilia A. Solov'yov, Fabian Schuhmann, Molecular Diversity, 29, 281-292, (2025)