Разработчик: Nanome Inc.
Описание
Publication: Development of a virtual reality platform for effective communication of structural data in drug discovery
We are excited to announce that we have been collaborating with The Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF) and have co-authored a paper that is being published in the Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling. The paper, titled “Development of a virtual reality platform for effective communication of structural data in drug discovery”, discusses how the immersive nature of virtual reality can help scientists better understand the nuances and features of molecular structures.
The goal is to reduce the time required to thoroughly understand the spatial and structural properties of protein complexes and drug-target binding sites through more effective communication between structural biologists, chemists, and discovery scientists from various disciplines while enhancing idea flow, creativity, and cross-site collaborations within drug-discovery teams.
The paper is available here:
If you are interested in the enterprise edition of our software or would like to learn more about our team feel free to contact us at [email protected]
Sincerely,
The Nanome Team
Nanome is Advancing Crystallography
Crystals are some of the most useful, interesting, and complex 3-dimensional structures in the world. To most, crystals are gems found in geodes and rings. However, crystals are of core significance to researchers in nanotech and chemical synthesis, like structural biologists.
For instance, in the drug discovery process, computational chemists work with protein engineers to create nano-medicine. Drug design is a massive undertaking, requiring data science, visualization, and lots of plotting. Before any computer-aided drug design, even a small molecule, is ready for any of this analysis, it must undergo crystallography. Simply put, to modify a structure, a chemical designer needs to know what it looks like — then the molecular modeling process can begin.
Given the versatility and importance of crystals, crystallography is a most important field of modern research, essential to the study and engineering of nanoscale systems.
Modern Crystallography Visualization
Today, researchers have utilized X-ray crystallography to map over 13,000 macromolecule structures — if you have ever looked at a representation of a protein, the data behind it was probably created by a crystallographer (with a powerful X-ray blaster).
Viewing a protein in VR.
Atomic-scale study and manipulation of crystals presents a challenge. By nature of their three-dimensionality, crystals are difficult to represent and explain in widely-used two dimensional mediums, like typical computer monitors. To suit the needs of engineers and students working with crystal structures and improve the efficiency their workflow, more powerful and intuitive tools are necessary. That’s where Nanome comes in:
Tomorrow’s Crystallography Laboratory
Nanome is a collaborative molecular design platform in Virtual Reality. It enables everyone from students to professional engineers to improve their intuition and develop new insights into nanoscale phenomena and molecular systems.
Intuitive interaction with crystal structures in Nanome.
When holding once-abstract and conceptual structures, like proteins, in your own two hands, a new sense of comfort and intuition naturally arises. UCSD’s Professor Zoran Radic, Principal Investigator on NIH-funded protein structure research, says that “looking at [protein] complexes in VR yields much more immediately obvious conclusions than any other kinds of visualization.” Within moments of entering VR, many of Professor Radic’s crystallographer colleagues develop new insights and understandings into their own structures.
VR Protein Structure visualization unlocks a world of value for crystallographers, and their reactions show this. This leads us to ponder the insights and value Nanome could bring to crystallographers involved in non-protein fields of research like piezoelectronics. For example, with crystal lattice visualization, researchers could make intuitive leaps in the optimization of materials with structure-dependent electromechanical properties.
Next Steps
Nanome has taken a huge step towards improving the tools of crystallographers by implementing electron density maps. These maps, containing a crystallography experiment’s direct results, are essential for advanced research. To Nanome it’s clear: innovations of the future will occur at the nanoscale. The first step is building the right tools.
About the Software
Step into Nanome and experience the world at the molecular level. From drug discovery to chemistry class, Nanome is a powerful tool for research and education. Visualize, design, and simulate chemical compounds, proteins, and nucleic acids like never before. Collaborate remotely in real-time, save workspaces, and share. Leading pharmaceutical and biotech companies use Nanome to accelerate drug discovery and collaborate with distributed teams across the globe. Educators at top universities use Nanome to teach chemistry in virtual reality, allowing students to explore shapes of proteins and drug compounds and to learn how these structures explain function.Features:
- Load from RCSB, PubChem, Drugbank or from your local computer
- Host a password protected room
- Join private rooms
- Save VR workspaces
- Assign presenter & block users
- Export molecules in PDB/SDF format
- Play Trajectory Animations
- Multi SDF Ligand support
- Electron Density Map Support (CCP4 & DSN6)
- Load unlimited molecules
Publication in the Journal of Molecular Modelling:
Nanome is available on all the major VR stores such as Oculus, Viveport, and SideQuest.
Download Nanome today and experience the future of molecular design.
Publication in the Journal of Molecular Modelling:
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Поддерживаемые языки: english
Системные требования
Windows
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: i5 - 4590
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 780
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- VR Support: SteamVR or Oculus PC
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: i7 - 4790
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1060
- DirectX: Version 12
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
Отзывы пользователей
I use molecular modeling software such as Spartan to design new molecules. This software really feels like the future of molecular modeling. I understand this is an early release beta version but here are a few things that I would love to see being added.
1. Basic molecular mechanics calculations. It is almost impossible to draw perfect benzene or cyclohexane with the correct bond lengths and angles. Adding some basic MM would help a lot.
2. Please add some sound effects, just for fun.
3. other viewing modes? CPK? mesh surface?
This software is amazing. Everyone interested in chemistry should check it out.
However, I'm a bit sad. I bought this software when it was still called Nano-One. At that time, it was a simple program for building molecules in VR, and it had a lot of potential. What I wanted was that program but a bit more advanced.
If I had known it would become "free", with crazy expensive licenses that have to be updated every year, I would never have bought it. It's certainly not what I was looking for, and I don't want to economically support a company that uses that business model, even if it was just 7 euros. I'm also dissapointed that the software now requires a network connection to run.
I can't really give it a negative review, because it's still an amazing software, and it's amazing that it is in VR. But it's not the program I paid for, and I would like my money back.
This is an awesome piece of software. I'm still figuring out how to find the screenshots I take while building molecules but it is amazing just to play with! The menu structure is good and the options for pre-made molecules mean that even as a novice I can produce some complex forms.
This has potential. Right now it's really simplistic, but the idea is there and it's a great one. I'd like it if molecules would snap to whatever shape they would have in real life, for instance CO2 would snap straight if you tried to put it at an angle, and bonds would be the same length (this value could be changed with a setting to make easier building). Can't wait to see what this turns into!
Great first day of beta. Love this app and I love where they are going with this.
We'll need some more atoms of course -- we are given CHONP to start -- and a big periodic table in the background would be pretty cool.
The tutorial format was incredidble and I see a lot of potential there for a sort of quizzing/tutorial format for learning organic chemistry. I'd like one more button click to advance to the next part of the tutorial so I can look at what I've done before it goes away.
It would also be pretty cool if there was a "wiggle" feature to sort of coax the thing you've made toward it's correct angles...sort of like what that protein building web app from several years ago had. The one used to crowd source protein structures.
But the thing I found I wanted most of all was an UNDO BUTTON. Please oh please give us an undo button.
Normaly I do no write reviews but as a huge chemistry nerd/ enthousiast I felt compelled to write this review.
So to start of I gave it a thumb up do I think it is worth is right now? no not realy It is missing alot of features feels realy clunky and there is just not enough content. Do I think it has potential? Yes I do if they are adding the complete pyriodic system you will be able to make complex molecules as well as making reactions what whill be amazing for studies and what not.
So for who is this for?
for chemisty enthousiast who love chemestry and would love to draw with molecules in vr. And for student looking to visualise reactions and molecules. I don't think you will enjoy this without any chemistry knowladge or intrest in chemistry.
What can you do now:
- they have a short tutorial explaining how nano-one works.
- You can place down C, N, H, O, P
- you can make double,tripple bonds
- they have a few sample molecules
- you can paste molecules and move them around as wel as the indidual atoms
- you can take ingame screenshots using a 'camera'
- you can delete a molecule as well as an individual atom
- you can draw.
what I like and what I did not like
pro:
- being able to visualice molecules in real live
- being able to draw what is realy handy for writing down notes or the name of a molecule
- controls
cons:
- no sound
- no scene / molecule deletion conformation I have deleted my molecule twice by acident in my small playtime what is realy frustrating
- saving doesn't seem to work at all
- not alot of atoms
- no tools for spacing atoms or tools like a ruler/snap for straight lines and good looking molecules
- not much content in general as of yet.
Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Nanome Inc. |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 15.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 100% положительных (6) |