Molecular dynamics simulations in NAMD It is suggested to participate also in VMD and basic principles in MD theory training sessions. This training course delivered by Dr Karina Kubiak – Ossowska (Knowledge Exchange Associate, ARCHIE-WeSt, karina.kubiak@strath.ac.uk) will cover: 1. Running MD simulations in NAMD: from protein structure to MD simulations system neutralisation and solvation minimization, equilibration, heating the trajectory calculations 2. Advanced MD simulations Steered MD (SMD) Particle Mesh Ewald (PME) method