Category: Blog

  • Updated PyRx Website

    We have updated the PyRx website. Thanks to Joomla to WordPress plugin. Please open a support ticket if you find any broken links or missing information.

  • PyRx 1.1 Release Announcement

    We are pleased to announce the release of PyRx 1.1. The following are new features included in this release: Machine Learning Scoring Function: Integrate the powerful RF-Score V2 machine learning scoring function to accurately assess docked poses or imported ADME Radar Chart: Create customizable radar charts that depict ADME-related properties for OpenBabel molecules, offering a…

  • Dockamon – PyRx 1.0 Release Announcement

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    We are pleased to announce the release of Dockamon – PyRx 1.0. This is a work in collaboration with CrescentSilico. Dockamon – PyRx is a structure-based drug design software package containing two integrated software programs: Dockamon and PyRx. Dockamon is software for scoring ligand docked poses using machine learning scoring functions. PyRx is molecular docking…

  • PyRx 1.0 Release Announcement

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    We are pleased to announce the release of PyRx 1.0. PyRx is an award winning virtual screening tool used and loved by scientists worldwide. The following are new features included in this release: Added similarity search for the Vina and AutoDock Wizards to find similar compounds in PubChem. You can now right-click on any of…

  • PyRx Wins Awards from SourceForge

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    PyRx has been recognized with the following awards by SourceForge: Community Leader Community Choice Open Source Excellence SourceForge Favorite Community Choice SourceForge Favorite Community Leader Open Source Excellence These honors are awarded only to select projects that have reached significant milestones in terms of downloads and user engagement from the SourceForge community. This is a…

  • Looking for a Co-founder to Work On PyRx

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    We are looking for a co-founder to work on PyRx. Someone who knows Python and computational chemistry and can contribute to this project. If you are interested, please email your Resume to dallakyans@gmail.com. The screenshot below is from zoominfo. The numbers are not accurate, but nice to have.

  • PyRx 0.9.9 Release Announcement

    We are pleased to announce the release of PyRx 0.9.9. This is the first release since COVID-19 pandemic. This pandemic showed how important open science is for fighting emerging diseases. Since the earlier days PyRx has been actively used to find treatment for COVID-19 and there has been numerous publications using PyRx to find potential…

  • COVID Update II

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    It has been more than 5 months since the last update. Remdesivir first identified in Coronavirus Drug Discovery Competition as a potential COVID-2019 treatment is now authorized for emergency use by FDA. This is the fastest drug I’ve seen to go from ideation to clinical use. Although, given the price and scarcity, I hope, steroids can…

  • COVID-19/Coronavirus Update

    I’m glad to report that PyRx has been used to win Coronavirus Drug Discovery Competition. Congratulations and HUGE THANK YOU to Matt O’Connor who used deep learning techniques for molecule generation and PyRx to evaluate binding affinities (https://github.com/mattroconnor/deep_learning_coronavirus_cure). He identified Remdesivir as a potential COVID-2019 treatment, which Sage Health will be donating to the Wuhan…

  • Loading Multiple DLG Files

    As you may know, you can use Vina Wizard > Analyze Results page to load multiple Vina outputs (*_out.pdbqt). For AutoDock, if you have already gone through the wizard, produced dlg (docking log) files and want to load them again, you can go through the wizard again to load them. PyRx won’t run AutoDock and will…