{"id":73268,"date":"2019-01-31T22:01:26","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T22:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sossogroup.uk\/?p=73268"},"modified":"2019-01-31T22:03:36","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T22:03:36","slug":"paper-accepted-chemical-science-2-3-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sossogroup.uk\/paper-accepted-chemical-science-2-3-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Gala 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
This event<\/a> is just great – kids (and parents!) all over the place, having a good go at everything thrown at them – from non-Newtonian fluids to diamond. Obviously, I couldn’t let them walk away without getting a taste of what computational physical chemistry is all about…<\/p>\r\n Armed with a seriously straightforward setup (check this out<\/a>, it’s great stuff!), a couple of ridiculously large screens, and the invaluable help of The Amazing Jim, we had quite a few brave souls trying to unfold a protein in real time. It was good fun – and those smiles are totally worth the late evening.<\/p>\r\n I’ll see you next year… with a shiny new VR setup, folks – be there!<\/p>\r\n “When we think about science, more often than not we tend to picture somebody wearing a white coat, busy with either colourful flasks or huge pieces of equipment. And yet, theoretical and computational scientists do not have labs at all: they harness instead the power of computers to get molecular-level insight into processes happening on time\/length scales so short\/small that even cutting-edge experiments struggle to tackle them.<\/em><\/p>\r\n On the night, you will get a taste of what computational chemistry is all about – by simulating in real time the binding\/unbinding of pharmaceutical compounds to some of ourproteins… with just a few clicks of the mouse!”<\/em><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n <\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\nAn evening extravaganza…<\/h3>\n