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Vortex script using BioTransformer

22 February 202622 February 2026 chris

Prediction of the metabolism of small molecules is very challenging and so having a variety of different tools is always useful. I’ve previously written Vortex

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MayaChemTools update

13 February 202613 February 2026 chris

Another addition to the superb MayaChemTools OpenFECalculateRelativeBindingFreeEnergySepTop.py to calculate Relative Binding Free Energy using a Separated Topologies (SepTop)  approach. The script relies on the availability of OpenFE

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PROTAC-Splitter: A Machine Learning Framework for Automated Identification of PROTAC Substructures

11 February 202614 February 2026 chris

PROteolysis TArgeting Chimeras (PROTACs) technology provides an alternative to module biological function by specially using the ubiquitin proteasome system to induce degradation of the target

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CNotebook integrating OpenEye toolkits into Jupyter

3 February 20263 February 2026 chris

CNotebook provides chemistry visualization for Jupyter Notebooks and Marimo using the OpenEye Toolkits. Import the package and your molecular data will automatically render as chemical

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Visual Studio Code extension that renders SMILES strings

30 January 202630 January 2026 chris

MolView – SMILES Preview is a Visual Studio Code extension that renders SMILES (Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry System) strings as molecular structure diagrams on

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Storing Vortex scripts outside the Vortex file system

28 January 202628 January 2026 chris

At least on a Mac the default place to store Vortex scripts is in the vortex folder ~/vortex/scripts Any folder/scripts you put in the vortex/scripts

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A Jupyter Notebook to access structures and data from the Idler master worksheet

26 January 202628 January 2026 chris

There was an interesting publication from the Todd group at UCL on Chemrxiv “Idler Compounds: A Simple Protocol for Openly Sharing Fridge Contents for Cross-Screening”

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Update an Expired Certificate Error on HP Printer using a Mac

5 January 202616 January 2026 chris

This morning I tried to print something to my HP LaserJet Pro printer and got an error. A quick search of the HP website suggested

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RDMA over Thunderbolt support is now in macOS 26.2

19 December 202519 December 2025 chris

Remote direct memory access (RDMA) is direct memory access from the memory of one computer into that of another without involving either computer’s operating system. This permits high-throughput, low-latency memory access over

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Vortex script for Hit expansion

9 December 20259 December 2025 chris

One of the frequent situations after running a screen is you have a list of hits and you want to select related analogues to explore

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    Quick Look Doctor

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    Raymol, Molecular visualisation for Mac, Ipad, iPhone

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    ProLIF updated

    ProLIF (Protein-Ligand Interaction Fingerprints) is a tool designed to generate interaction fingerprints for complexes made of ligands, protein, DNA or RNA molecules extracted from molecular dynamics trajectories, docking...

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    The website for RSC CICAG Quantum Computing in Chemistry: Current Capabilities and the Road to Utility at Burlington House, London, UK on 19th November has been updated. Includes links for abstract submission, registration and bursaries. registrations.hg3conferences.co.uk/hg3/frontend...
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    Review of Burrete

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