Desmond Tutorial
Desmond Tutorial - DE Shaw Research
Desmond Tutorial - DE Shaw Research
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Preface<br />
Intended Audience<br />
This tutorial is intended for computational chemists using <strong>Desmond</strong> in setting up and<br />
running molecular dynamics simulations. It assumes a broad familiarity with the concepts<br />
and techniques of molecular dynamics simulation.<br />
Prerequisites<br />
<strong>Desmond</strong> runs on Intel‐based Linux ® systems with Pentium 4 or more recent processors;<br />
running CentOS 3 (RHEL3) or later. Linux clusters can be networked with either<br />
Ethernet or Infiniband ® .<br />
Viparr requires a recent version of Python; we recommend Version 2.5.1.<br />
This tutorial assumes that someone has prepared the <strong>Desmond</strong>‐Maestro environment for<br />
you, either by installing the packages available from Schrödinger LLC or the Academic<br />
release of <strong>Desmond</strong> available from D. E. Shaw Research. Where noted, the procedures<br />
described in the tutorial make use of software that is not included in the Academic version.<br />
In those cases the software is available from Schrödinger.<br />
September 2008 D. E. Shaw Research i