Chapin Cavendar's paper, Structure-Based Experimental Datasets for Benchmarking Protein Simulation Force Fields, is out now in LiveCoMS. Read it for a detailed look at the great work he has been doing toward an OpenFF protein force field, and stay tuned!

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In the latest @livecomsjournal.bsky.social
perpetual review, Cavender et al overview NMR and crystallographic experimental datasets that can be used to benchmark protein force fields, including best practices for setup and analysis of simulations!:
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"Scientists are well aware that they seem to be getting a bad deal." www.theguardian.com/science/2017...

8 years ago, in response to this article, we wrote about the need for LiveCoMS, a diamond open access journal with no charge for submissions or for libraries: livecomsjournal.org/index.php/li...

📢 New software tutorial alert!

Gravelle et al introduce a suite of tutorials for new users of the LAMMPS simulation package, including molecular simulation basics, reactive force fields, GCMC and enhanced sampling #compchem

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Interested in biomolecular simulation?

The latest article by Lier et al describes advanced tutorials for the GROMOS software, including free energy calculations, enhanced sampling and neural network potentials with SchNetPack! #compchem

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The latest @livecomsjournal.bsky.social tutorial "Molecular Dynamics: From Basics to Application" by Vollmers, Chen et al is out now! doi.org/10.33011/liv...

It includes comprehensive MD tutorials in GROMACS, covering forcefields, thermodynamic ensembles, long-range electrostatics and much more!

Interested in solvation free energies of small molecules and proteins?

The latest @livecomsjournal.bsky.social tutorial by Egger-Hoerschinger et al provides a guide to quantifying hydration thermodynamics using Grid Inhomogeneous Solvation Theory (GIST):
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Our latest Best Practices article "Developing Monte Carlo Methodologies in Molecular Simulations" is out now and describes how to derive acceptance probabilities for a variety of Monte Carlo moves:
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Interested in enhanced sampling for molecular dynamics simulations? Check out the latest LiveCoMS tutorial on Running Gaussian-accelerated Molecular Dynamics Simulations in NAMD:

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Happy to announce our latest article, a tutorial on running Gaussian-accelerated MD simulations in NAMD. Tour de force work by @hmmichel.bsky.social with @mdpoleto.bsky.social that unifies theory and practice in one place!

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In the London heat, dreaming of a chemistry journal where articles evolve (living, versionable, open). Has anyone tried F1000? I am curious what the experience is like #OpenScience #ChemSky

Do LiveCoMS articles make a mark? Check out our new blog post on our download & viewing statistics. We’re excited to see LiveCoMS is having an impact and large numbers of people find our work valuable! livecomsjournal.org/index.php/li...

The Living Journal of Computational Molecular Science (LiveCoMS) is on BlueSky! Check out our recent blog post on why @livecomsjournal.bsky.social matters to find out more about us: livecomsjournal.org/index.php/li... #compchem #chemsky