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Getting the most from CSD-Discovery: An overview of features, case studies and applications

Vera Prytkova – Wed, 04 Aug 2021 20:00:00 GMT

I’m a Research and Applications Scientist on the Discovery Science team at CCDC. In this short blog and accompanying video, I walk through how to make the most of your CSD-Enterprise licence using the tools in CSD-Discovery. The video highlights the available software in the Discovery suite and how it might fit into a drug development workflow. I also present real-world examples of a variety of research applications, including identifying dynamic disorder in semiconductors, advancing COVID-19 research and understanding ALR2 inhibitors for the treatment of diabetes complications.

Getting the most from your academic CSD licence

Yinka Olatunji-Ojo – Mon, 07 Jun 2021 20:46:00 GMT

Are you the campus CSD-Enterprise licence owner? Do you want to know more about how the CSD academic licence works? Then this overview of academic licencing and tools is for you. I’m a user support scientist. In this short blog and accompanying video, I walk through how to activate and use your CSD licence and how to assist individual users with their activations. In the second half, I cover training and support opportunities – including tutorials available within the tools and those available online – to help you advance your institution's structural science.

How to generate videos of molecules from Mercury

Ioana Sovago – Tue, 20 Oct 2020 09:54:00 GMT

The way we communicate science can have a significant impact on the way will be received, and ultimately how it will contribute to advancing knowledge. Videos can often better illustrate the message we want to send across when dealing with molecular structures - and it's simple to make them.

How to use the Aromatics Analyser

Ioana Sovago – Wed, 27 May 2020 16:18:00 GMT

The Aromatics Analyser feature was released in our 2020.1 update, as part of the CSD-Materials suite. This short video shows you how to use this feature, and how to interpret the results.

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Getting the most from CSD-Discovery: An overview of features, case studies and applications

Getting the most from your academic CSD licence

How to generate videos of molecules from Mercury

How to use the Aromatics Analyser

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