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Molecular Modeling What Computer Do You Need for Molecular Docking and MD Simulations? (Laptop, GPU and Free Cloud Options) Check what hardware molecular docking and MD really need: laptop specs, why GROMACS wants a CUDA GPU, and the free Colab and… Dr. Abdul Rajjak Shaikh 12 min read Updated Molecular Modeling Molecular Docking vs Molecular Dynamics: What’s the Difference, and Do You Need Both? Compare molecular docking and molecular dynamics: what a pose proves, what a trajectory adds, and why a defensible thesis project runs both… Dr. Abdul Rajjak Shaikh 11 min read Updated Molecular Modeling How to Choose a Protein Target and Ligands for a Molecular Docking Study (Step-by-Step) Pick a defensible protein target and ligand set before you open AutoDock Vina. Follow the step-by-step selection checklist that survives a viva. Dr. Abdul Rajjak Shaikh 13 min read Updated Molecular Modeling How Long Should You Run an MD Simulation? (And How to Know It Has Equilibrated) Pick a defensible MD simulation length and prove equilibration from RMSD, energy, temperature and pressure plateaus. Read the decision guide. Dr. Abdul Rajjak Shaikh 11 min read Updated Molecular Modeling How to Write the Methods Section for a Molecular Dynamics Study (GROMACS Example) Turn your GROMACS run into a methods section a reviewer cannot reject. The exact parameters to report, real citations, and a worked… Dr. Abdul Rajjak Shaikh 12 min read Updated Molecular Modeling How to Make Publication-Quality Figures in PyMOL: Protein-Ligand Complexes, Step by Step Turn a docked pose into a figure your supervisor accepts. Real PyMOL commands for cartoon-plus-sticks, labelled H-bonds, and a 300 dpi ray-traced… Dr. Abdul Rajjak Shaikh 13 min read Updated Molecular Modeling The GROMACS .mdp File Explained: The Parameters That Actually Matter Stop copy-pasting em.mdp and md.mdp. Learn which GROMACS .mdp parameters you must choose deliberately, which to leave at defaults, and what breaks… Dr. Abdul Rajjak Shaikh 12 min read Updated Molecular Modeling Common GROMACS Errors and How to Fix Them (LINCS Warnings, PBC and ‘Atom Not Found’) Decode the GROMACS errors beginners actually hit: LINCS warnings, PBC artifacts, rtp mismatches and cut-off failures. Read the fix for each message. Dr. Abdul Rajjak Shaikh 11 min read Updated Molecular Modeling How to Calculate Protein-Ligand Binding Free Energy in GROMACS (MM-PBSA Tutorial) Estimate protein-ligand binding free energy from a finished GROMACS trajectory with the free gmx_MMPBSA tool. Follow the step-by-step MM-PBSA workflow now. Dr. Abdul Rajjak Shaikh 9 min read Updated Molecular Modeling How to Do Blind Docking with AutoDock Vina When You Don’t Know the Binding Site Learn to run blind docking in AutoDock Vina to find an unknown binding site, from sizing a whole-protein box to clustering poses.… Dr. Abdul Rajjak Shaikh 11 min read Updated
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