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Molecular Dynamics & Simulation

This week covers: force fields (amber, charmm), md basics: integration, ensembles, folding simulations and limitations

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Core Concepts
  • Force fields (AMBER, CHARMM)
  • MD basics: integration, ensembles
  • Folding simulations and limitations

Week Content

Section
30-45 min

MD Fundamentals

Understanding molecular dynamics simulations

Required Readings

OpenMM Documentation

Required
Read

MD Simulations overview

Required
Read
Exercises

Coding Exercise

Run toy MD of alanine dipeptide with OpenMM

Python
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Visualization

Animate folding with NGLView (Jupyter)

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