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Interfacing animation and molecular graphics software with Graphics and animation through importing molecular graphicsĬapabilities into animation packages developed by the cinemaĪnd entertainment industry, through providing animation functions in molecular graphics packages, through developing interfaces that can work with both types of software, and through Workshop participants areĮngaged in synthesizing these develo pments in molecular Not-so-accessible software packages exist for animation, as witnessed in the current explosion of sophisticated computerdriven Hollywood animations. Provide a similar level of accessibility for animating the larger Lowered the barriers to visualization of molecular and cellular Several excellent accessible software packages have already

Molecular animation emerged in the workshop: helping to focus scientific inquiry about the motions of molecules and enhancing informal communication within and between laboratories. Materials and conference presentations, and teaching science to students and the public. The primary goal of the workshop was to identify the necessary tools for producing high-quality molecularĪnimations, understanding complex molecular and cellular structures, creating publication supplementary Molecular animation aims to visualize scientific understanding of biomolecular processes and structures. Workshop for 21 structural biologists, molecular animators, and creators of molecular visualization software. *Correspondence: 10.1016/j.str.2010.09.001įrom February 25 to 26, 2010, in San Francisco, the Resource for Biocomputing, Visualization, and Informatics (RBVI) and the National Center for Macromolecular Imaging (NCMI) hosted a molecular animation San Francisco, 600 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94158-2517, USA Ferrin3,*Ĭenter for Macromolecular Imaging, Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,īaylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USAģResource for Biocomputing, Visualization, and Informatics, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, Sarina Bromberg,1 Wah Chiu,2 and Thomas E.
