We are pleased to announce the Gaussian accelerated Molecular Dynamics (GaMD) workshop that will be held on Monday Oct 19, 2026 at University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill. The workshop is supported by the UNC Department of Pharmacology, Computational Medicine Program, and UNC Research Computing. It is designed for all students and researchers in Computational Chemistry, Biophysics and Biomedicine in the areas of Molecular Dynamics, Enhanced Sampling and Drug Design. The covered topics will include the latest developments and advanced application studies of the GaMD methodology.
The workshop will consist of a number of invited talks in the morning and “hands-on” tutorial sessions of different GaMD algorithms in the afternoon. Confirmed speakers include:
Prof. Surl-Hee (Shirley) Ahn, University of California, Davis
Prof. Mindy Huang, Wayne State University
Prof. Yuji Sugita, RIKEN, Japan
Dr. Blake Mertz, Alivexis
Prof. Kendall Nettles, Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute
“Hands-on” tutorial sessions will be given about step-by-step guided usage of the GaMD, Ligand GaMD (LiGaMD), Protein-Protein Interaction – GaMD (PPI-GaMD), and the energetic and kinetic reweighting of GaMD simulations, etc.
There is no registration fee for attending the workshop, but participants are responsible for the travel and housing costs if attending in person. Please submit your registration by the deadline September 30, 2026 at: GaMD Workshop Registration.
We are looking forward to receiving your applications!
Best regards,
GaMD Workshop Organizers
