When preparing molecular animations—whether for a presentation, publication, or educational video—timing is crucial. A brief pause at just the right moment can give your audience the time to absorb complex molecular conformations, understand a transition, or appreciate a molecular interaction.…

For many molecular modelers, juggling multiple molecular systems during a modeling session is the norm, not the exception. Whether you’re comparing ligand binding modes, transferring fragments between structures, or running simulations on several conformations, managing multiple files effectively can be…

Collaborating on molecular modeling projects often comes with a familiar pain: file fragmentation. Between structures, scripts, analysis results, and supporting documents, tracking versions and sharing complete projects can be cumbersome. Ever forwarded a structure file and forgotten the accompanying script?…

When preparing a molecular system for simulation, especially with tools like GROMACS, one of the early and often overlooked steps is deciding which crystal waters to keep and which to remove. This may seem straightforward at first—just remove all water…

When creating animations of molecular systems, the camera view can sometimes unexpectedly shift between frames. This often happens when working on long simulation trajectories or assembling scenes over time, leading to moments of disorientation or inconsistent visual storytelling. Fortunately, the…

Whether you’re building a homology model, refining a predicted structure, or preparing a system for simulation, strained backbone conformations can introduce problems. Outliers in φ (phi) and ψ (psi) backbone dihedral angles may go unnoticed in a 3D viewer, but…

Molecular modelers often face a recurring challenge: they have powerful stand-alone tools or custom scripts that work well in isolation, but integrating them into a larger working environment with visualization, simulation, and interactive editing can be difficult and time-consuming. If…