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STOUT V2.0: SMILES to IUPAC name conversion using transformer models

31 December 202431 December 2024 chris

An interesting publication, using the IUPAC rules for naming compounds can be a challenge for for complex systems. This paper describes a transformer-based model https://doi.org/10.1186/s13321-024-00941-x

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Using VMD and Gromacs on M4 Macs

4 December 202413 January 2025 chris

A reader asks about running VMD and installing Gromacs on M4 Macs. I don’t use either application and looking on the VMD website there is

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Vortex script to export multiple workspaces to individual sdf files.

19 November 202419 November 2024 chris

Sometimes when I’m comparing multiple datasets I end up with 10-20 different Vortex workspaces, for example if I’m comparing commercial screening collections from different vendors.

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Boltz-1:Democratizing Biomolecular Interaction Modeling

18 November 202418 November 2024 chris

The Jameel Clinic have just released Boltz-1, an open-source model designed to accurately model complex biomolecular interactions. Boltz-1 is an open-source model which predicts the

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GitHub Copilot for Xcode is now available

15 November 2024 chris

GitHub have announced that GitHub Copilot for Xcode is now available is now available for public preview. Key features of GitHub Copilot for Xcode: You

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Using lwreg with the RDKit cartridge

31 October 202431 October 2024 chris

Fabulous blog post from Greg Landrum, Includes a tutorial on installing PostgreSQL and the cartridge with conda. This post shows how to use the RDKit

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Vortex script for Analysis of Categories

29 October 202429 October 2024 chris

I published a page describing a Vortex script for category analysis that I wrote a while back but I thought I’d mention it because I’m

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Clustering large datasets

13 September 202413 September 2024 chris

Clustering is an invaluable cheminformatics technique for subdividing a typically large compound collection into small groups of similar compounds. One of the advantages is that

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Chemical registration software

12 July 202412 July 2024 chris

The publication describing lwreg is now available. Here, we present lwreg, a lightweight, yet flexible chemical registration system supporting the capture of both two-dimensional molecular

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Sort & Slice: A Simple and Superior Alternative to Hash-Based Folding for Extended-Connectivity Fingerprints

4 June 20244 June 2024 chris

An interesting alternative to hash-based folding on arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.17954 Code is on GitHub https://github.com/MarkusFerdinandDablander/ECFP-substructure-pooling-Sort-and-Slice

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    Vortex script using BioTransformer

    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 scripts to use SMARTCyp...

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    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 scripts to use SMARTCyp and...

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    BBEdit everyone's favourite text editor has been updated to 15.5.5 This update contains only fixes for reported symptoms. Please see the release notes for previous versions for details on what is...

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    AI Club for Biomedicine

    Well it was standing room only at the last nights Cambridge Cheminformatics Network meeting Co-folding special. Many thanks to all the speakers I'm sorry we did not have time...

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    Apple today announced a "special Apple Experience" in New York, London, and Shanghai, taking place on March 4, 2026 at 9:00am ET. Interesting that it is taking place simultaneously...

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    Grant funded high-throughput screening

    Apply for funding to run a high throughput screen (HTS) using AstraZeneca’s compound library and screening robots. There are two funding opportunities per year that are open to...

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