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Boltz on Apple Silicon

17 June 202517 June 2025 chris

A recent paper described Boltz-1: Democratizing Biomolecular Interaction Modeling https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.19.624167v2 Boltz-1, an open-source deep learning model incorporating innovations in model architecture, speed optimization, and data

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Vortex script to change display of workspace

18 May 20255 June 2025 chris

Sometimes when you import a dataset into a Vortex workspace the default display can be not ideal. For example I imported this CDK7 dataset from

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Using JDBC with Vortex

24 April 202524 April 2025 chris

JDBC, which stands for Java Database Connectivity, is a Java API that allows Java applications to interact with relational databases. There are JDBC drivers for most

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Uniprot to PDB id Vortex script

13 April 202513 April 2025 chris

The previous scripts have allowed the user to get more information about a PDB entry and to import the ligand structures. This script allows the

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BitBirch update

10 April 202510 April 2025 chris

I’ve written a comparison of various clustering tools including BitBirch. A recent preprint [DOI] has illustrated BitBIRCH Clustering Refinement Strategies. In this Application Note we

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Vortex script for getting PDB ligand structures

6 April 20256 April 2025 chris

The two previous vortex scripts used the PBD id to download information about a biomolecular structure structure from the Worldwide Protein Data Bank. The second

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Two Vortex scripts for interacting with PDB

5 April 20255 April 2025 chris

The Worldwide Protein Data Bank collects, organises and disseminates data on biological macromolecular structures. The wwPDB Partners are: PDBe, RCSB PDB, PDBj, BMRB, EMDB. Currently the PDB contains over

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Cheminformatics tools that work natively with Google tools such as Sheets and BigQuery

31 March 202531 March 2025 chris

Whilst there are a number of chemistry aware spreadsheets Vortex, Stardrop, Datawarrior, InstantJChem, molsoft etc. many people still use Excel or Google sheets. Vexo is

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Checkmol

8 March 202525 March 2025 chris

Checkmol is a command-line utility program which reads molecular structure files in different formats and analyzes the input molecule for the presence of various functional groups

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Using DILIpred

2 March 2025 chris

Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a significant concern in drug discovery, in particular because it might only be observed late in large clinical studies, after

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Don't forget to register for the BMCS New approaches to the treatment of Parkinson's meeting ❗

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We now have a number of confirmed speakers for the New approaches to the treatment of Parkinsons' meeting (Wednesday, 12th November, 2025) , with a couple more just waiting confirmation. Registration is now open https://www.rscbmcs.org/events/parkinsons25/ #BMCSPARKINSONS2025

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