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Pablo Arantes
@pabloarantes.bsky.social
#compchem Research Scientist at Vita Nova Institute- Work interests mostly related to the simulation of biomolecular systems - Lead developer of the Making It Rain, Cloud-Bind and ParametrizANI projects.

https://pablo-arantes.github.io/
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Exciting news for molecular research! Introducing ParametrizANI: a fast, accurate, & free tool for small molecule parametrization! We're democratizing research, enabling teams of all sizes to perform dihedral parametrization with DFT-level accuracy. 1/8
doi.org/10.26434/che...
ParametrizANI: Fast, Accurate, and Free Parametrization for Small Molecules
In molecular studies, the accurate parametrization of small molecules stands as an essential yet growing demand. Addressing this, we introduce ParametrizANI, a tool crafted explicitly for establishing...
doi.org
🎉 New publication in JCIM at @pubs.acs.org!
We present eRMSF, a Python package for ensemble-based RMSF analysis of biomolecular systems, supporting MD, PDB, and ML ensembles.
Proud to collaborate with Rodrigo Ligabue-Braun and @conradopedebos.bsky.social

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
eRMSF: A Python Package for Ensemble-Based RMSF Analysis of Biomolecular Systems
Understanding molecular flexibility and dynamics across different structural ensembles is essential for interpreting the behavior of complex biological systems. Here, we introduce eRMSF, a fast and user-friendly Python package built with MDAKit from MDAnalysis, designed to perform ensemble-based root mean square fluctuation (RMSF) analyses. Unlike traditional approaches limited to molecular dynamics trajectories, eRMSF extends flexibility analysis to ensembles generated by different methods, such as MD simulations, BioEmu (a deep learning tool for equilibrium ensemble prediction), subsampled AlphaFold2 (AlphaFold ensemble generation), and other computational or experimental sources. By enabling RMSF calculations across heterogeneous ensembles, eRMSF provides a unified framework to evaluate residue or atomic fluctuations in both simulated and predicted structures. Users can easily customize atom, residue, or region selections, tailoring analyses to specific research questions. This approach delivers high-resolution insights into localized motions, complements global stability assessments, and reveals dynamic regions often overlooked by single-method analyses. The repository for eRMSF is available at https://github.com/pablo-arantes/ermsfkit.
pubs.acs.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
🧠💥 ParametrizANI found a home!
Our paper is now published in JCIM!

Making ML-based force field parametrization open and easy for everyone.
With TorchANI, @rdkit.bsky.social & @openmm.org

🔗 pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
@acs.org @giuliapalermo.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Your protein moves, but when exactly? ⏱️
Meet eRMSF, our new Python tool that tracks fluctuations over time!

Traditional RMSF shows “how much.”
eRMSF shows “when.” 🔥

Preprint 🔗 doi.org/10.26434/che...
GitHub github.com/pablo-arante...
Try it on Colab → colab.research.google.com/github/pablo...
October 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Reposted by Pablo Arantes
Exciting to see our protein binder design pipeline BindCraft published in its final form in @Nature ! This has been an amazing collaborative effort with Lennart, Christian, @sokrypton.org, Bruno and many other amazing lab members and collaborators.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Reposted by Pablo Arantes
When Pablo told me about this idea, I could see an immediate impact on drug discovery endeavors.

People can easily refine parameters of multiple dihedral torsion for hundreds of molecules and employ those in FEP simulations.

10/10 recommend 👍
Exciting news for molecular research! Introducing ParametrizANI: a fast, accurate, & free tool for small molecule parametrization! We're democratizing research, enabling teams of all sizes to perform dihedral parametrization with DFT-level accuracy. 1/8
doi.org/10.26434/che...
ParametrizANI: Fast, Accurate, and Free Parametrization for Small Molecules
In molecular studies, the accurate parametrization of small molecules stands as an essential yet growing demand. Addressing this, we introduce ParametrizANI, a tool crafted explicitly for establishing...
doi.org
August 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Reposted by Pablo Arantes
New from our lab!
🚀 ParametrizANI - a #NeuralNetworks tool for molecular parametrization.
Predicts potential energy surfaces with near-DFT/CC accuracy, at a fraction of the computational cost!
#AI #QuantumChemistry #CompChem #ML 🤖
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
Try it:
github.com/palermolab/P...
GitHub - palermolab/ParametrizANI: ParametrizANI - Fast, Accurate and Free Dihedral Parametrization in the Cloud with TorchANI
ParametrizANI - Fast, Accurate and Free Dihedral Parametrization in the Cloud with TorchANI - palermolab/ParametrizANI
github.com
August 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Exciting news for molecular research! Introducing ParametrizANI: a fast, accurate, & free tool for small molecule parametrization! We're democratizing research, enabling teams of all sizes to perform dihedral parametrization with DFT-level accuracy. 1/8
doi.org/10.26434/che...
ParametrizANI: Fast, Accurate, and Free Parametrization for Small Molecules
In molecular studies, the accurate parametrization of small molecules stands as an essential yet growing demand. Addressing this, we introduce ParametrizANI, a tool crafted explicitly for establishing...
doi.org
August 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Reposted by Pablo Arantes
We have written up a tutorial on how to run BindCraft, how to prepare your input PDB, how to select hotspots, and various other tips and tricks to get the most out of binder design!

github.com/martinpacesa...
June 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Reposted by Pablo Arantes
🚨BREAKING: 300+ NIH employees call out the harm of censorship & politicized science in scathing email to Bhattacharya, demanding an end to political interference, a lift on funding freezes, & rehiring of fired staff whose work saves lives.

This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle.
🧵(1/5)
June 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Reposted by Pablo Arantes
🚀 Excited to release BoltzDesign1!

✨ Now with LogMD-based trajectory visualization.
🔗 Demo: rcsb.ai/ff9c2b1ee8
Feedback & collabs welcome! 🙌

🔗: GitHub: github.com/yehlincho/Bo...
🔗: Colab: colab.research.google.com/github/yehli...
@sokrypton.org @martinpacesa.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
This is the kind of message that makes it all worth it.

When someone takes a moment to say thank you, it reminds me why we keep pushing forward—sharing tools, writing posts, and trying to make science more open and accessible. Grateful for the kind words!
April 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Our latest paper just dropped in PNAS! 🎉

Turns out, CRISPR-associated transposons don’t just jump—they dance their way through DNA! 🕺🔬

Exciting times for genome engineering!
🧬 Read more in PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

#CRISPR #GeneEditing #PNAS #MDsimulations #CompChem
April 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I have included side-chain reconstruction using HPacker in the BioEmu Notebook. Thank you to @martinsteinegger.bsky.social whose notebook provided inspiration for incorporating the cell to add side-chain reconstruction.

🔗 Try it on Google Colab: colab.research.google.com/github/pablo...
I’ve just updated the BioEmu notebook to include the powerful LogMD. Now, you can generate equilibrium ensembles and explore the full ensemble directly in the notebook.

A huge thanks to Alexander Mathiasen for the support! 🙌

🔗 Try it on Google Colab: lnkd.in/gcuqd-fT
April 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I’ve just updated the BioEmu notebook to include the powerful LogMD. Now, you can generate equilibrium ensembles and explore the full ensemble directly in the notebook.

A huge thanks to Alexander Mathiasen for the support! 🙌

🔗 Try it on Google Colab: lnkd.in/gcuqd-fT
March 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
🚀 Making it Rain ☁️💦 just got an AI-powered upgrade! 🚀

First, we made MD simulations rain down from the cloud. Now, we’re bringing deep learning into the mix! 🌩️🤖
a robot says hey guys in a purple light
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media.tenor.com
March 1, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Just a small lesson for our dear American friends…😉
Breaking News: Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, was charged with overseeing a vast scheme to overturn the 2022 election he lost.
Brazil Charges Bolsonaro With Attempting a Coup
Brazil’s attorney general charged the former president Jair Bolsonaro with trying to overturn the 2022 elections.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Reposted by Pablo Arantes
How completely jealous am I of Brazil right now
Brazil Charges Bolsonaro With Attempting a Coup (Gift Article)
Brazil’s attorney general charged the former president Jair Bolsonaro with trying to overturn the 2022 elections.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Reposted by Pablo Arantes
🚀 First Bluesky Post! 🎉 VMD 2.0 Alpha is here! Released today at BPS 2025, this is the biggest update in 30 years—new UI, real-time ray tracing, fast surfaces, UHD & touchscreen support. Monthly updates coming in 2025! Try it now! #VMD #BPS2025 #MolecularVisualization
www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd...
February 17, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Reposted by Pablo Arantes
The d0 is key to eliminating the dependence of the TM score on alignment/structure length. It's easier for two short proteins to be randomly similar than it is for two very large proteins. A bit Bayesian: short proteins require better evidence for similarity than large ones. Better p(data | model)
February 16, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Reposted by Pablo Arantes
Molecular dynamics requires a lot of expert knowledge to set-up and analyze simulations. We set out to automate it with LLM agents: MDCrow!
February 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Reposted by Pablo Arantes
Do you want to know why #ABE 8e is the most efficient adenine base editor? Read our paper with the amazing
Audrey Lapinaite!
@narjournal.bsky.social

The dimerization of TadA8e and its exclusive interactions with #CRISPR Cas9 boost #BaseEditing efficiency!
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
Dimerization of the deaminase domain and locking interactions with Cas9 boost base editing efficiency in ABE8e
Abstract. CRISPR-based DNA adenine base editors (ABEs) hold remarkable promises to address human genetic diseases caused by point mutations. ABEs were deve
academic.oup.com
February 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Reposted by Pablo Arantes
Bom dia!

“Tú no puedes comprar al viento
Tú no puedes comprar al sol
Tú no puedes comprar la lluvia
Tú no puedes comprar el calor”
January 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Reposted by Pablo Arantes
Have any academic researchers started hearing about cuts/holds on federal grants from other federal agencies outside of NIH? I got a concerning message today about a grant hold, and it seems to be the same politics. Not surprising, but further worrying ... 😨
January 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Reposted by Pablo Arantes
Nazis: "that's a nazi salute"

Historians: "that's a nazi salute"

Average person: "that's a nazi salute"

The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."
January 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
It’s Nazi gestures, Nazi aesthetics, Nazi rhetoric, Nazi symbols. But they’re not Nazis, okay?
January 21, 2025 at 2:19 AM