It is with great sadness that the MGMS announces the passing of Prof. Anton “Tony” Hopfinger. He was a pioneer in the field of molecular modeling and cheminformatics, particularly known for Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSAR) and Quantitative Structure-Property Relationships (QSPR).
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MGMS Silver Jubilee Award
It was with great pleasure that the Chair of the MGMS, Prof. Philip Biggin, presented the 10th MGMS Silver Jubilee Award to Dr David Glowacki, from the University of Bristol. David was in Oxford as part of his MGMS Lecture Tour, and a jointly held with Comp Chem Kitchen and CCK-13.
David also demonstrated his VR system with a molecular dynamics engine using the MMFF94 force field and two buckyballs that could be independently and simultaneously manipulated by two people:
MGMS Silver Jubilee Award Winner Dr David Glowacki demos VR at CCK-13 (Trimmed, 480p, 2)
Thankfully, no one threw up, fell over, or tripped off the stage! And everyone who tried it was impressed at how easy it was to manipulate the molecules and interact with the simulation.
MGMS Lecture Tour: David Glowacki in Oxford
We are very pleased to announce Dr David Glowacki from the University of Bristol will be visiting Oxford as part of his MGMS Lecture Tour. He will be talking and giving live demonstrations of his molecular virtual reality system. He will also be presented with his MGMS Silver Jubilee Award.
David’s talk and demo will be held in collaboration with the next “Comp Chem Kitchen”, CCK-13, at 5-6 pm on Thursday, November 29th, 2018, in the Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Statistics, 24-29 St Giles’, Oxford, OX1 3LB.
You can read more about David’s work in The New York Times.
If you’re curious and would like to try out molecular VR, please come along!
Free tickets are available, and refreshments will be provided, including beer.
Call for Nominations for the MGMS Frank Blaney Award
The MGMS is calling for nominations for the MGMS Frank Blaney Award (formerly known as the MGMS Silver Jubilee Award).
Find out more here. Nominations should be sent to the MGMS Membership Secretary, Dr. Steve Maginn, no later than 26th October, 2018.
YMF-2018: Register now!
This year, YMF-2018, the MGMS Young Modellers’ Forum 2018, will be held on Friday, 30th November, 2018. It will be held once again at the beautiful University of Greenwich, Queen Ann Court, The Old Naval College, Greenwich, London. Registration is now open!
MGMS Silver Jubilee Award Winner in NY Times
Congratulations once again to our latest, 10th Silver Jubilee Award winner, Dr David Glowacki. He was just featured in The New York Times:
David will be giving this year’s MGMS Lecture Tour in November 2018, so stay tuned for details of where and when. He will be also demonstrating his VR and AR work, so you’ll hopefully have a chance to try it out. You can read more here:
O’Connor, M. et al., 2018. Sampling molecular conformations and dynamics in a multiuser virtual reality framework. Sci Adv, 4(6), p.eaat2731.
MGMS Co-Founder Prof. W. Graham Richards Elected FRS
The MGMS heartily congratulates one of the co-founders of the MGMS and a pioneer of computational chemistry, Prof. W. Graham Richards who has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
More information can be found on the Royal Society’s website: https://royalsociety.org/people/graham-richards-13838/
Congratulations!
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Welcome to the Molecular Graphics and Modelling Society (MGMS) website. The Society was formed in 1981 to bring together scientists working in different fields of study (such as chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics and computer science) who have a common interest in molecular modelling and graphics.
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