Exploring the role of Memory in Biomolecular Dynamics

Biological systems are inherently non-equilibrium, and therefore coarse-grained methods, models or experiments, even at the molecular scale, may have to account for memory effects and hysteresis. This special topic is designed to capture recent experimental and theoretical advances in areas such as: stochastic gene expression networks; non-Markovian dynamics of biological assemblies or in-cell; interplay of memory storage (e.g. epigenetics) and dynamics on multiple time scales; technical approaches to coarse graining from the atomistic level up to the cell level; hydrodynamic and non-local interactions in biomolecular solvation; friction at the single-molecule level; quantum scrambling in photosynthesis and electron transfer.