How to cite OpenMiChroM

Please acknowledge the use of this software within the body of your publication for example by copying or adapting the following formulation:

The chromatin dynamics simulations were performed using Open-MiChroM package[1].

Open-MiChroM - [1] Oliveira Jr, A. B., Contessoto, V. G., Mello, M. F., & Onuchic, J. N. (2020). A scalable computational approach for simulating complexes of multiple chromosomes. Journal of Molecular Biology, 433(6), 166700.

Optimization - [2] Oliveira Jr, A. B., et al. “Chromosome Modeling on Downsampled Hi-C Maps Enhances the Compartmentalization Signal.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 125, no. 31, Aug. 2021, pp. 8757–67.

CNDB file format - [3] Contessoto, Vinícius G, et al. “The Nucleome Data Bank: Web-Based Resources to Simulate and Analyze the Three-Dimensional Genome.” Nucleic Acids Research, vol. 49, no. D1, Jan. 2021, pp. D172–82.

The paper are available online at:

[1] Journal of Molecular Biology (JMB).

[2] Journal of Physical Chemistry B (JPCB).

[3] Nucleic Acids Research (NAR).

To cite these references, you can use the following BibTeX entry:

@article{OpenMiChroM_2020,
  title={A scalable computational approach for simulating complexes of multiple chromosomes},
  author={Oliveira Jr, Antonio B  and
  Contessoto, Vinicius G and
  Mello, Matheus F and
  Onuchic, Jose N},
  journal={Journal of Molecular Biology},
  volume={433},
  number={6},
  pages={166700},
  year={2020},
  publisher={Elsevier}
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2020.10.034},
}

@article{OpenMiChroM_Opt_2021,
title = {Chromosome {{Modeling}} on {{Downsampled Hi-C Maps Enhances}} the {{Compartmentalization Signal}}},
author = {Oliveira Junior, Antonio B. and Estrada, Cynthia Perez and Aiden, Erez Lieberman and Contessoto, Vin{\'i}cius G. and Onuchic, Jos{\'e} N.},
year = {2021},
month = aug,
journal = {The Journal of Physical Chemistry B},
volume = {125},
number = {31},
pages = {8757--8767},
publisher = {{American Chemical Society}},
issn = {1520-6106},
doi = {10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c04174},
}

@article{NucleomeDataBank_2021,
  title = {The {{Nucleome Data Bank}}: Web-Based Resources to Simulate and Analyze the Three-Dimensional Genome},
  shorttitle = {The {{Nucleome Data Bank}}},
  author = {Contessoto, Vin{\'i}cius G and Cheng, Ryan R and Hajitaheri, Arya and {Dodero-Rojas}, Esteban and Mello, Matheus F and {Lieberman-Aiden}, Erez and Wolynes, Peter~G and Di~Pierro, Michele and Onuchic, Jos{\'e} N},
  year = {2021},
  month = jan,
  journal = {Nucleic Acids Research},
  volume = {49},
  number = {D1},
  pages = {D172-D182},
  issn = {0305-1048},
  doi = {10.1093/nar/gkaa818},
}