When creating visually engaging molecular animations, it’s often important to guide your audience’s attention in a deliberate way. Maybe you want to zoom into the active site of a protein or gradually hide peripheral atoms as you move through a…

When creating molecular presentations, showing everything at once can lead to visual overload — especially for larger molecules. Sometimes all you want is to walk your audience through a part of a structure, one piece at a time. Whether you’re…

Color can be more than visual appeal when modeling molecules—it communicates information, separates regions, and reveals trends. But choosing a color palette that fits your goals can be difficult, especially when you want clarity across complex molecular assemblies. If you’re…

When analyzing biomolecular structures, a common frustration is keeping selections consistent across different representations of your model. If you select a residue or chain in a 3D viewport, it can be tedious to track it back to its sequence position—or…

Installing GROMACS for molecular modeling and simulation has traditionally been a technical barrier for many researchers and students. It often involves downloading source code, managing dependencies, ensuring compatibility with specific compilers, and sometimes taking deep dives into system-level settings. If…

If you’ve ever loaded a PDB file into your molecular modeling environment only to find a lone asymmetric unit floating in empty space, you’re not alone. Most PDB files describe just the minimal repeating unit of a biological assembly or…

When working on complex molecular systems, the ability to quickly select relevant atoms, residues, or molecules is vital. Whether you’re visualizing a protein-ligand interaction, preparing a simulation, or analyzing channels through a membrane, making precise selections can save time and…