For more information on VMD, NAMD, and BioCoRE

VMD is part of a suite of tools developed by the Theoretical Biophysics group at the University of Illinois.

• BioCoRE
  BioCoRE, Biological Collaborative Research Environment, is designed to facilitate collaborative work between biomedical researchers across distance. BioCoRE is being developed to support four basic functionalities: Workbench, Notebook, Conferences, and Documents. A built-in evaluation component guarantees an ongoing assessment of BioCoRE development and effectiveness of the new environment. The initial version of BioCoRE was released to the public on March 1, 2000. The BioCoRE environment is available free of charge on the Resource's computers. Users can visit the Resource's website and work with BioCoRE without needing to download or install any software.

• NAMD
  A parallel, object-oriented molecular dynamics code designed for high-performance simulation of large biomolecular systems. NAMD uses the CHARMM force field and file formats compatible with both CHARMM and X-PLOR. NAMD supports both periodic and non-periodic boundaries with efficient full electrostatics, multiple timestepping, constant pressure and temperature ensemble simulation methods. NAMD provides several methods of steering a simulation through the application of additional forces, including the ability to connect directly to VMD for interactive steering of a live simulation. NAMD is distributed free of charge and includes source code.

• VMD
  A general molecular visualization program capable of interactive display and concurrent control of a molecular dynamics simulation running on a remote computer. VMD uses an object-oriented design, and is written in C++. This document describes VMD.

For more on any of the individual software efforts, BioCoRE, NAMD, or VMD, see the Theoretical Biophysics Group WWW home page.