The need to implement FAIR principles in biomolecular simulations

Rommie E. Amaro; Johan Åqvist; Ivet Bahar; Federica Battistini; Adam Bellaiche; Daniel Beltran; Philip C. Biggin; Massimiliano Bonomi; Gregory R. Bowman; Richard A. Bryce; Giovanni Bussi; Paolo Carloni; David A. Case; Andrea Cavalli; Chia En A. Chang; Thomas E. Cheatham; Margaret S. Cheung; Christophe Chipot; Lillian T. Chong; Preeti Choudhary; G. Andres Cisneros; Cecilia Clementi; Rosana Collepardo-Guevara; Peter Coveney; Roberto Covino; T. Daniel Crawford; Matteo Dal Peraro; Bert L. de Groot; Lucie Delemotte; Marco De Vivo; Jonathan W. Essex; Franca Fraternali; Jiali Gao; Josep Ll Gelpí; Francesco L. Gervasio; Fernando D. González-Nilo; Helmut Grubmüller; Marina G. Guenza; Horacio V. Guzman; Sarah Harris; Teresa Head-Gordon; Rigoberto Hernandez; Adam Hospital; Niu Huang; Xuhui Huang; Gerhard Hummer; Javier Iglesias-Fernández; Jan H. Jensen; Shantenu Jha; Wanting Jiao; William L. Jorgensen; Shina C.L. Kamerlin; Syma Khalid; Charles Laughton; Michael Levitt; Vittorio Limongelli; Erik Lindahl; Kresten Lindorff-Larsen; Sharon Loverde; Magnus Lundborg; Yun L. Luo; F. Javier Luque; Charlotte I. Lynch; Alexander D. MacKerell; Alessandra Magistrato; Siewert J. Marrink; Hugh Martin; J. Andrew McCammon; Kenneth Merz; Vicent Moliner; Adrian J. Mulholland; Sohail Murad; Athi N. Naganathan; Shikha Nangia; Frank Noe; Agnes Noy; Julianna Oláh; Megan L. O’Mara; Mary Jo Ondrechen; Jose N. Onuchic; Alexey Onufriev; Sílvia Osuna; Giulia Palermo; Anna R. Panchenko; Sergio Pantano; Carol Parish; Michele Parrinello; Alberto Perez; Tomas Perez-Acle; Juan R. Perilla; B. Montgomery Pettitt; Adriana Pietropaolo; Jean Philip Piquemal; Adolfo B. Poma; Matej Praprotnik; Maria J. Ramos; Pengyu Ren; Nathalie Reuter; Adrian Roitberg; Edina Rosta; Carme Rovira; Benoit Roux; Ursula Rothlisberger; Karissa Y. Sanbonmatsu; Tamar Schlick; Alexey K. Shaytan; Carlos Simmerling; Jeremy C. Smith; Yuji Sugita; Katarzyna Świderek; Makoto Taiji; Peng Tao; D. Peter Tieleman; Irina G. Tikhonova; Julian Tirado-Rives; Iñaki Tuñón; Marc W. van der Kamp; David van der Spoel; Sameer Velankar; Gregory A. Voth; Rebecca Wade; Ariel Warshel; Valerie Vaissier Welborn; Stacey D. Wetmore; Travis J. Wheeler; Chung F. Wong; Lee Wei Yang; Martin Zacharias; Modesto Orozco

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The need to implement FAIR principles in biomolecular simulations

Rommie E. Amaro, Johan Åqvist, Ivet Bahar, Federica Battistini, Adam Bellaiche, Daniel Beltran, Philip C. Biggin, Massimiliano Bonomi, Gregory R. Bowman, Richard A. Bryce, Giovanni Bussi, Paolo Carloni, David A. Case, Andrea Cavalli, Chia En A. Chang, Thomas E. Cheatham, Margaret S. Cheung, Christophe Chipot, Lillian T. Chong, Preeti ChoudharyG. Andres Cisneros, Cecilia Clementi, Rosana Collepardo-Guevara, Peter Coveney, Roberto Covino, T. Daniel Crawford, Matteo Dal Peraro, Bert L. de Groot, Lucie Delemotte, Marco De Vivo, Jonathan W. Essex, Franca Fraternali, Jiali Gao, Josep Ll Gelpí, Francesco L. Gervasio, Fernando D. González-Nilo, Helmut Grubmüller, Marina G. Guenza, Horacio V. Guzman, Sarah Harris, Teresa Head-Gordon, Rigoberto Hernandez, Adam Hospital, Niu Huang, Xuhui Huang, Gerhard Hummer, Javier Iglesias-Fernández, Jan H. Jensen, Shantenu Jha, Wanting Jiao, William L. Jorgensen, Shina C.L. Kamerlin, Syma Khalid, Charles Laughton, Michael Levitt, Vittorio Limongelli, Erik Lindahl, Kresten Lindorff-Larsen, Sharon Loverde, Magnus Lundborg, Yun L. Luo, F. Javier Luque, Charlotte I. Lynch, Alexander D. MacKerell, Alessandra Magistrato, Siewert J. Marrink, Hugh Martin, J. Andrew McCammon, Kenneth Merz, Vicent Moliner, Adrian J. Mulholland, Sohail Murad, Athi N. Naganathan, Shikha Nangia, Frank Noe, Agnes Noy, Julianna Oláh, Megan L. O’Mara, Mary Jo Ondrechen, Jose N. Onuchic, Alexey Onufriev, Sílvia Osuna, Giulia Palermo, Anna R. Panchenko, Sergio Pantano, Carol Parish, Michele Parrinello, Alberto Perez, Tomas Perez-Acle, Juan R. Perilla, B. Montgomery Pettitt, Adriana Pietropaolo, Jean Philip Piquemal, Adolfo B. Poma, Matej Praprotnik, Maria J. Ramos, Pengyu Ren, Nathalie Reuter, Adrian Roitberg, Edina Rosta, Carme Rovira, Benoit Roux, Ursula Rothlisberger, Karissa Y. Sanbonmatsu, Tamar Schlick, Alexey K. Shaytan, Carlos Simmerling, Jeremy C. Smith, Yuji Sugita, Katarzyna Świderek, Makoto Taiji, Peng Tao, D. Peter Tieleman, Irina G. Tikhonova, Julian Tirado-Rives, Iñaki Tuñón, Marc W. van der Kamp, David van der Spoel, Sameer Velankar, Gregory A. Voth, Rebecca Wade, Ariel Warshel, Valerie Vaissier Welborn, Stacey D. Wetmore, Travis J. Wheeler, Chung F. Wong, Lee Wei Yang, Martin Zacharias, Modesto Orozco

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Abstract

In the Big Data era, a change of paradigm in the use of molecular dynamics is required. Trajectories should be stored under FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable) requirements to favor its reuse by the community under an open science paradigm.

Original language	English
Article number	268
Pages (from-to)	641-645
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nature Methods
Volume	22
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-025-02635-0
State	Published - Apr 2025

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Amaro, R. E., Åqvist, J., Bahar, I., Battistini, F., Bellaiche, A., Beltran, D., Biggin, P. C., Bonomi, M., Bowman, G. R., Bryce, R. A., Bussi, G., Carloni, P., Case, D. A., Cavalli, A., Chang, C. E. A., Cheatham, T. E., Cheung, M. S., Chipot, C., Chong, L. T., ... Orozco, M. (2025). The need to implement FAIR principles in biomolecular simulations. Nature Methods, 22(4), 641-645. Article 268. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-025-02635-0

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AU - Biggin, Philip C.

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AU - Bussi, Giovanni

AU - Carloni, Paolo

AU - Case, David A.

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AU - Coveney, Peter

AU - Covino, Roberto

AU - Crawford, T. Daniel

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AU - de Groot, Bert L.

AU - Delemotte, Lucie

AU - De Vivo, Marco

AU - Essex, Jonathan W.

AU - Fraternali, Franca

AU - Gao, Jiali

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AU - González-Nilo, Fernando D.

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The need to implement FAIR principles in biomolecular simulations

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