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The Living Journal of Computational Molecular Science (LiveCoMS) provides a peer-reviewed home for computational molecular science papers that can and should be updated. https://livecomsjournal.org/
The first article of volume 7 is out now!

Learn how to simulate molecular dynamics in electronic excited states, beyond the Born-Oppenheimer approximation, with this best practices article by Prlj et al on nonadiabatic dynamics! #compchem

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January 29, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Interested in simulating modified nucleic acids?

The latest tutorial article by Galindo-Murillo et al details the steps needed to parameterize and run the simulations in the AMBER ecosystem with modXNA!

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January 15, 2026 at 8:58 AM
The latest article in our Lessons Learned category is out now!

"The Journey of Data: Lessons Learned in Modeling Kinase Affinity, Selectivity, and Resistance" by López-Ríos de Castro et al helps guide the development of platforms for structure-enabled ML for drug discovery: doi.org/10.33011/liv...
November 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In the latest @livecomsjournal.bsky.social
perpetual review, Cavender et al overview NMR and crystallographic experimental datasets that can be used to benchmark protein force fields, including best practices for setup and analysis of simulations!:
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October 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
📢 New software tutorial alert!

Gravelle et al introduce a suite of tutorials for new users of the LAMMPS simulation package, including molecular simulation basics, reactive force fields, GCMC and enhanced sampling #compchem

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October 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Interested in biomolecular simulation?

The latest article by Lier et al describes advanced tutorials for the GROMOS software, including free energy calculations, enhanced sampling and neural network potentials with SchNetPack! #compchem

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September 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The latest @livecomsjournal.bsky.social tutorial "Molecular Dynamics: From Basics to Application" by Vollmers, Chen et al is out now! doi.org/10.33011/liv...

It includes comprehensive MD tutorials in GROMACS, covering forcefields, thermodynamic ensembles, long-range electrostatics and much more!
September 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Interested in solvation free energies of small molecules and proteins?

The latest @livecomsjournal.bsky.social tutorial by Egger-Hoerschinger et al provides a guide to quantifying hydration thermodynamics using Grid Inhomogeneous Solvation Theory (GIST):
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August 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Our latest Best Practices article "Developing Monte Carlo Methodologies in Molecular Simulations" is out now and describes how to derive acceptance probabilities for a variety of Monte Carlo moves:
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August 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Interested in enhanced sampling for molecular dynamics simulations? Check out the latest LiveCoMS tutorial on Running Gaussian-accelerated Molecular Dynamics Simulations in NAMD:

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July 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Do LiveCoMS articles make a mark? Check out our new blog post on our download & viewing statistics. We’re excited to see LiveCoMS is having an impact and large numbers of people find our work valuable! livecomsjournal.org/index.php/li...
March 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM