Date: 16 December 2025
Time: 15:00 CET
Abstract
For a long time, designing and rendering molecular movies required expert knowledge, from advanced scripting and editing skills to detailed knowledge of the inner workings of renderers and visualizing software. A few years ago, we introduced Molywood, a text-based tool that streamlined movie design with a modular and flexible architecture. However, the tool still required users to internalize the tool’s syntax and required an iterative trial-and-error process to achieve desired results. To provide a smoother user experience, we collaborated with VMD developers to build a dedicated graphical interface that allows for in-session previews, replaces lengthy documentation with clean dropdown menus, and remains compatible with the text-based tool for e.g. high-quality rendering on external workstations. In the webinar, I will introduce the graphical interface, highlight common use cases and pitfalls, as well as show a minimal workflow for the creation of complex movies.
Presenter
Miłosz Wieczór is a postdoctoral fellow at the IRB Barcelona, soon moving to Gdańsk University of Technology in Poland to establish his independent lab there. In recent years, he has been combining research on nucleic acids, most notably force field development through classical and machine-learning approaches, with the creation of utility tools such as Molywood or Gromologist. In his free time, he’s also been running the Phase Space Invaders podcast, talking to PIs around the world in an attempt to give a bird’s-eye view of the field of computational biophysics.
LinkedIn: @miłosz-wieczór-48b6171ab
