Real Time Interactive Visualization System for Flexible Molecular Docking

  • Authors:
  • E. Fredj

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • IPDPS '02 Proceedings of the 16th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

Recent technologies, molecular dynamics, genetic algorithms, parallel and distributed computing, virtual reality, and high-speed networking, underlie a new approach to the computational study of how macromolecules interact or dock together. With the MIDAS program, a user in a virtual reality environment can interact with a genetic algorithm running on a parallel computer to help in the search for likely geometric configurations. The final configuration is obtained with the help of the molecular dynamics, which allow the system to relax to its correct position. In conclusion, biologist people are able to utilize the power of parallel computers to simulate Molecular Docking on flexible biological system in greater detail than ever before.