Janet Iwasa: How animations can help scientists test a hypothesis
3D animation can bring scientific hypotheses to life. Molecular biologist (and TED Fellow) Janet Iwasa introduces a new open-source animation software designed just for scientists. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's lea...Tags: Hypothesis, Animation, Molecular
3564 days ago
Phylogenetic & Molecular Genetics Terms and Definitions
analog -- A feature that appears similar in two taxa which have originated from two different ancestors. ancestor -- Any organism, population, or species from which some other organism, population, or species is descended by reproduction. apomorphy -- specialized (=derived) characters of an org...Tags: Phylogenetic, Molecular, Genetics, Terms, Definitions
2470 days ago
Tags: Ancestral, sequence, reconstruction, ASR, ancestral, gene, sequence, reconstruction, resurrection, technique, molecular, evolution
2538 days ago
AutoDock Vina: an open-source program for doing molecular docking.
AutoDock Vina is an open-source program for doing molecular docking. It was designed and implemented by Dr. Oleg Trott in the Molecular Graphics Lab at The Scripps Research Institute. It is especially effective for protein-ligand docking. AutoDock 4 is available under the GNU ...Tags: AutoDock, Vina, open-source, program, molecular, docking
1430 days ago
GROMACS: a versatile package to perform molecular dynamics
GROMACS is a versatile package to perform molecular dynamics, i.e simulate the Newtonian equations of motion for systems with hundreds to millions of particles. GROMACS is able to work with many biochemical molecules like proteins, lipids and nucleic acids. The WeNMR GROMACS web portal combines t...Tags: GROMACS, versatile, package, perform, molecular, dynamics
1375 days ago