Development and benchmarking of Open Force Field v1.0.0, the Parsley small molecule force field

Yudong Qiu, Daniel Smith, Simon Boothroyd, Hyesu Jang, Jeffrey Wagner, Caitlin C Bannan, Trevor Gokey, Victoria T Lim, Chaya Stern, Andrea Rizzi, Xavier Lucas, Bryon Tjanaka, Michael R Shirts, Michael Gilson, John D. Chodera, Christopher I Bayly, David Mobley, Lee-Ping Wang
Preprint ahead of publication: [chemRxiv] [force fields] [Open Force Field Initiative]

We present a new, modern small molecule force field for molecular design from the Open Force Field Initiative, a large industry-academic collaboration that focuses on open science, open data, and modern open source infrastructure.

Sharing data from molecular simulations

Abraham MJ, Apostolov R, Barnoud J, Bauer P, Blau C, Bonvin AMJJ, Chavent M, Chodera JD, Condic-Jurkic K, Delemotte L, Grubmüller H, Howard RJ, Lindahl E, Ollila S, Salent J, Smith D, Stansfeld PJ, Tiemann J, Trellet M, Woods C, and Zhmurov A.
Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling ASAP. [chemRxiv] [DOI] [PDF]

There is a dire need to establish standards for sharing data in the molecular sciences. Here, we review the findings of a workshop held in Stockholm in Nov 2018 to discuss this need.