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Welcome to the Molecular Graphics and Modelling Society (MGMS) website. This site contains information about the society, how to become a member, and also lists forthcoming events organised or affiliated to the MGMS. Navigation is via the menu bar at the top of the page, and clicking on the MGMS logo will always bring you back here. We would be grateful of any comments or suggestions you have about the site - these can be sent to the webmaster.
The MGMS was set up in 1981 as a society dedicated solely to the interests of molecular modelling and related aspects of computational chemistry. Since then it has gone from strength to strength, with chapters of the society formed in Australia and Germany. The society has currently several hundred members with a geographical spread including most European countries, North America, Japan and Australia.
The society organises many large meetings around the world which bring together people from all aspects of the discipline. Smaller, more focused meetings are also arranged to allow more detailed discussion of particular areas.
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In conjunction with Elsevier, the Society publishes the Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling. The journal now appears 8 times a year, the increase in the number of issues resulting directly from the increased number of high quality submissions received. The journal is published in full colour and is devoted to high quality practical and theoretical papers on the use of computers for the investigation of molecular structure, function and interaction. Details of the Journal can be found via Science Direct. |
The MGMS graphics prize is co-sponsored by Elsevier and the Molecular Graphics and Modelling Society (MGMS) for the best piece of artwork found in the annual volume of Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling. The primary criteria for the prize are the visual impact of the image and the scientific information that it conveys. The figures in all published papers are automatically considered for the prize and are judged by the two editors of the journal and a committee member of the MGMS.
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2010 (volume 28) MGMS graphics prize is Professor Steven Plotkin of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, for the video provided as Supplementary Information in his article entitled, "BioVEC: A Program for Biomolecule Visualization with Ellipsoidal Coarse-graining" [1].
[1] Abrahamsson E. & Plotkin, S.S. J. Mol. Graphics Mod., 28, 140-145 (2010).
