Hi Everyone
The Amber developers' team is happy to announce a breakthrough that will
change the way we do simulations.
About one year ago, we started building an Amber-specific quantum
computer (QAMBER) in the basement of Jason Swails' home, making use of
the low temperatures in Pennsylvania. Last weekend we finally had a
working port of Amber.
Our first test was to create the full sequence of a ribosome a big water
box. We saw the ribosome fold and assemble itself in a matter of seconds !
We then got greedy, and added some mRNA and some loose aminoacids. We
saw spontaneous translation of that mRNA into a protein, which proceeded
to fold itself into the correct structure.
We are still discussing exactly what water/ions model is best, but we
feel this is a breakthrough worth celebrating as a community.
Donations towards Jason's electric bill for the superconducting magnets
are welcome.
Adrian
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Dr. Adrian E. Roitberg
V.T. and Louise Jackson Professor in Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
University of Florida
roitberg.ufl.edu
352-392-6972
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Received on Thu Apr 01 2021 - 08:00:01 PDT
