NYU Professor of Chemistry and Mathematics Tamar Schlick and postdoctoral fellow Stephanie Portillo-Ledesma published an article entitled, "Biomolecular modeling thrives in the age of technology" in Nature Computational Science.
Schlick Examines the Thriving Field of Biomolecular Modelling, in Nature Computational Science
Overview: The biomolecular modeling field has flourished since its early days in the 1970s due to the rapid adaptation and tailoring of state-of-the-art technology. The resulting dramatic increase in size and timespan of biomolecular simulations has outpaced Moore’s law. Here, we discuss the role of knowledge-based versus physics-based methods and hardware versus software advances in propelling the field forward. This rapid adaptation and outreach suggests a bright future for modeling, where theory, experimentation and simulation define three pillars needed to address future scientific and biomedical challenges.
The research was supported by the National Institutes of Health, the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences, the National Science Foundation and the Philip Morris, Intl.