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News & Updates Official Release PyMOL v1.8.4 has been released on October 4, 2016. New Script dssr_block is a wrapper for DSSR (3dna) and creates block-shaped nucleic acid cartoons New Plugin LiSiCA is a new plugin for 2D and 3D ligand based virtual screening using a fast maximum clique algorithm. Official Release PyMOL v1.8.0 has been released on Nov 18, 2015. PyMOL Open-Source Fellowship Schrödinger is now accepting applications for the PyMOL Open-Source Fellowship program! Details on http://pymol.org/fellowship Official Release PyMOL, AxPyMOL, and JyMOL v1.7.6 have all been released on May 4, 2015. New Plugin PyANM is a new plugin for easier Anisotropic Network Model (ANM) building and visualising in PyMOL. New Plugin Bondpack is a collection of PyMOL plugins for easy visualization of atomic bonds. New Plugin MOLE 2.0 is a new plugin for rapid analysis of biomacromolecular channels in PyMOL. 3D using Geforce PyMOL can now be visualized in 3D using Nvidia GeForce video cards (series 400+) with 120Hz monitors and Nvidia 3D Vision, this was previously only possible with Quadro video cards. Older News See Older News.

Did you know... APBS Electrostatics Plugin The APBS Electrostatics Plugin integrates the APBS software package into PyMOL. Its primary purpose is electrostatic surface visualization. It superseedes the APBS Tool2.1 plugin. New in Incentive PyMOL 2.0 Usage A molecule must already be loaded into PyMOL. For regular protein and DNA molecules, the plugin should be a one-click solution (just click "Run"). For RNA, the residue names might need adjustment, see troubleshooting RNA. Non-protein/DNA/RNA molecules or modified residues need special preparation, see #Prepare Molecule. Procedure The default procedure involves three steps: preparing the molecule by assigning partial charges and adding hydrogens and other missing atoms calculating the electrostatic map visualization of the charged molecular surface Each step can be run individually by unchecking the checkboxes on the other steps. Prepare Molecule APBS requires ..→

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