Enhanced sampling methods for molecular dynamics simulations

J Hénin, T Lelièvre, MR Shirts, O Valsson… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Enhanced sampling algorithms have emerged as powerful methods to extend the utility of
molecular dynamics simulations and allow the sampling of larger portions of the …

Dynamical reweighting for biased rare event simulations

BG Keller, PG Bolhuis - Annual Review of Physical Chemistry, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Dynamical reweighting techniques aim to recover the correct molecular dynamics from a
simulation at a modified potential energy surface. They are important for unbiasing …

Enhanced-sampling simulations for the estimation of ligand binding kinetics: current status and perspective

K Ahmad, A Rizzi, R Capelli, D Mandelli… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The dissociation rate (k off) associated with ligand unbinding events from proteins is a
parameter of fundamental importance in drug design. Here we review recent major …

Partial differential equations and stochastic methods in molecular dynamics

T Lelievre, G Stoltz - Acta Numerica, 2016 - cambridge.org
The objective of molecular dynamics computations is to infer macroscopic properties of
matter from atomistic models via averages with respect to probability measures dictated by …

Kinetics of drug binding and residence time

M Bernetti, M Masetti, W Rocchia… - Annual review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
The kinetics of drug binding and unbinding is assuming an increasingly crucial role in the
long, costly process of bringing a new medicine to patients. For example, the time a drug …

Transition path sampling as Markov chain Monte Carlo of trajectories: Recent algorithms, software, applications, and future outlook

PG Bolhuis, DWH Swenson - Advanced Theory and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The development of enhanced sampling methods to investigate rare but important events
has always been a focal point in the molecular simulation field. Such methods often rely on …

Population-dynamics method with a multicanonical feedback control

T Nemoto, F Bouchet, RL Jack, V Lecomte - Physical Review E, 2016 - APS
We discuss the Giardinà-Kurchan-Peliti population dynamics method for evaluating large
deviations of time-averaged quantities in Markov processes [Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 120603 …

Adaptive multilevel splitting method for molecular dynamics calculation of benzamidine-trypsin dissociation time

I Teo, CG Mayne, K Schulten… - Journal of chemical theory …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Adaptive multilevel splitting (AMS) is a rare event sampling method that requires minimal
parameter tuning and allows unbiased sampling of transition pathways of a given rare event …

Rare event algorithm links transitions in turbulent flows with activated nucleations

F Bouchet, J Rolland, E Simonnet - Physical review letters, 2019 - APS
Many turbulent flows undergo drastic and abrupt configuration changes with huge impacts.
As a paradigmatic example we study the multistability of jet dynamics in a barotropic beta …

Protein–ligand (un) binding kinetics as a new paradigm for drug discovery at the crossroad between experiments and modelling

M Bernetti, A Cavalli, L Mollica - MedChemComm, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
In the last three decades, protein and nucleic acid structure determination and
comprehension of the mechanisms, leading to their physiological and pathological …