Go to workshops.molviz.org Find today’s workshop and click on Syllabus Today’s syllabus will remain online indefinitely. In our Syllabus, do steps 1-4:
Introductions Name Whose lab you work in UMass Department/Elsewhere? Research interest (very brief)
Structural Biologists X-ray crystallography NMR spectroscopy High-resolution electron microscopy Theoretical modeling
Terminology Visualization: Modeling: Exploring an existing molecular model. Modeling: Creating a new molecular model or changing the conformation or composition of an existing model.
Visualization software you have used PyMOL? Chimera? Jmol? Something else? RasMol? Chime? Protein Explorer? Obsolete
FirstGlance in Jmol ≠ Jmol! Jmol (jmol.org) is a large international open-source project active since before 2000. Lead developer since 2006 is Robert Hanson (St. Olaf Collete, Northfield MN). Jmol is no easier to use than PyMOL, etc. FirstGlance in Jmol (firstglance.jmol.org) is a user interface that makes Jmol’s power accessible to a wide range of users. First available in 2006, it is developed by Eric Martz, following his experience with Protein Explorer. It is used in 3D View links in Nature Structure.