UCSF Chimera

By Prof Kannan Moudgalya - Principal Investigator of Spoken Tutorial Project | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Learners enrolled: 5639

This course comprises 11 audio-video spoken tutorials, using which you can self-learn UCSF Chimera with ease.

STEP 1-

First of all install UCSF Chimera by following the steps given in this sheet.

https://spoken-tutorial.org/UCSF-Chimera-Installation-Sheet-English.pdf/

This sheet gives the steps to install UCSF Chimera on Linux and Windows OS.
Open the sheet, read the instructions for your OS and install UCSF Chimera on your machine.
Cross-verify (as mentioned in the sheet) to confirm successful installation.

STEP 2-

Next, read this sheet. https://spoken-tutorial.org/UCSF-Chimera-Instruction-Sheet-English.pdf/

This sheet explains how to learn from spoken tutorials.
This sheet also mentions some important information about the text editors while coding, how to use the command prompt (in Windows OS), how to use the Code Files, how to do the Assignments, etc.
Read this sheet carefully and make a note of all the information, before you begin.

STEP 3-
Follow the side-by-side learning methodology while learning from spoken tutorials - watch the video, listen to the instructions, pause the video, try out the command on your system. You should get the exact same results as shown in the video. If successful, proceed with the video. Else, rewind and watch the video again and replicate the commands shown.

Complete all the videos in the given sequence one by one.
The Assignment for each tutorial is for your self-assessment only. Do not upload it anywhere for evaluation.

Summary

Course Status :	Upcoming
Course Type :	Elective
Duration :	Self Paced
Category :	Chemistry
Credit Points :	1
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate

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UCSF Chimera

UCSF Chimera is a highly extensible program for interactive visualization and analysis of molecular structures and related data, including density maps, supramolecular assemblies, sequence alignments, docking results, trajectories, and conformational ensembles. High-quality images and animations can be generated.

Chimera is developed by the Resource for Biocomputing, Visualization, and Informatics, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIGMS P41-GM103311). UCSF Chimera is licensed for noncommercial use at no cost by the Regents of the University of California. You must agree to the terms and conditions of use as specified in the license agreement before you will be permitted to download Chimera.

The Spoken Tutorial effort for UCSF Chimera has being contributed by Dr. Snehalatha Kaliappan with domain reviews done by faculty and research scholars from the Chem Engg Dept, IIT Bombay.

Learners: UG/PG Chemistry students.

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