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Molecular Modeling How to Install PyMOL for Free (Open-Source PyMOL on Windows, Linux and Mac): A Step-by-Step Guide for Students Open-source PyMOL is free under a BSD-like licence. Install it with one conda command on Windows, Linux or Mac, then verify it… Dr. Abdul Rajjak Shaikh 13 min read Bioinformatics How to Get the Right Protein Sequence from UniProt for Modelling (Canonical Isoform, Signal Peptide and Residue Numbering) Pick a reviewed Swiss-Prot entry, take the canonical isoform, cut the signal peptide, and check the PDB offset before you model. Follow… Dr. Abdul Rajjak Shaikh 13 min read Career Guide How to Build a Bioinformatics Portfolio as a Student: Projects, Code and Proof of Skill Build a bioinformatics portfolio that a reviewer can actually run: project scope, repository layout, README contents and the claims to leave out. Ragini Mishra 12 min read Molecular Modeling How to Install AutoDock Vina on Windows 10 and 11: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners (Vina 1.2.7 + AutoDockTools) Install AutoDock Vina 1.2.7 on Windows the way it ships today: one bare .exe, no MSI, plus MGLTools for AutoDockTools. Follow the… Dr. Abdul Rajjak Shaikh 13 min read Updated Career Guide Life Science PhD, Fellowship and Scholarship Deadlines: 21 Close by 31 August 2026 177 life science funding calls, every one verified on the funding organisation's own page. Twenty-one close by 31 August 2026, four of… Dr. Abdul Rajjak Shaikh 49 min read Updated Molecular Modeling How to Fix Missing Residues and Loops in a PDB Structure Before Docking or MD (ChimeraX, SWISS-MODEL and MODELLER) Find the gaps your crystal structure never resolved, decide which ones matter, and rebuild them in ChimeraX, SWISS-MODEL or MODELLER before docking… Dr. Abdul Rajjak Shaikh 15 min read Molecular Modeling How to Analyze Protein-Ligand Interactions Over an MD Trajectory (ProLIF and MDAnalysis, Step by Step) Compute which binding-site residues held your ligand and for what percentage of the run, using ProLIF and MDAnalysis on a PBC-corrected GROMACS… Dr. Abdul Rajjak Shaikh 11 min read Updated Bioinformatics How to Dock a Multi-Epitope Vaccine Construct with TLR4: ClusPro, HDOCK and HADDOCK Compared Dock a screened vaccine construct against TLR4 the way a reviewer reads it: pick the PDB entry, prep the files, compare three… Ragini Mishra 16 min read Molecular Modeling How to Do Flexible Docking in AutoDock Vina (Flexible Side Chains, Step by Step) Learn how to let binding-site side chains move in AutoDock Vina: split the receptor with Meeko, run vina --flex, and judge whether… Dr. Abdul Rajjak Shaikh 14 min read Updated Molecular Modeling UCSF ChimeraX Tutorial for Beginners: Load, Inspect and Clean a Protein Structure Learn UCSF ChimeraX in one sitting: fetch a PDB entry, master the 12 core commands, then clean the structure for docking or… Dr. Abdul Rajjak Shaikh 13 min read Updated
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