From: Jim Phillips (jim_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed Mar 25 2009 - 10:16:18 CDT
NAMD 2.7b1 (that's 2.7 BETA 1) is now available for download. It should
be usable for production runs, but please be on the lookout for bugs.
-Jim
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March 23, 2009
The Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group at the University of
Illinois is proud to announce the public release of a new version of
NAMD, a parallel, object-oriented molecular dynamics code designed for
high-performance simulation of large biomolecular systems. NAMD is
distributed free of charge and includes source code. NAMD development
is supported by the NIH National Center for Research Resources.
NAMD 2.7b1 has many advantages over NAMD 2.6, among these are:
- Collective variable-based calculations
- Improved free energy methods for alchemical transformations
- Grid-based forces and molecular dynamics flexible fitting
- Additional bonded terms for restraining molecular structure
- Enhanced performance and scalability
Details at http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/namd/2.7/features.html
NAMD is available from http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/namd/
For your convenience, NAMD has been ported to and will be installed
on the machines at the NSF-sponsored national supercomputing centers.
If you are planning substantial simulation work of an academic nature
you should apply for these resources. Benchmarks for your proposal
are available at http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/namd/performance.html
The Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group encourages NAMD users
to be closely involved in the development process through reporting
bugs, contributing fixes, periodical surveys and via other means.
Questions or comments may be directed to namd_at_ks.uiuc.edu.
We are eager to hear from you, and thank you for using our software!
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