SOMA2 1.3 Magnesium Released

04.09.2009

Scientist's Interface SOMA2 Installation Also Updated to Latest Version

SOMA2 is a WWW browser operated molecular modeling workflow environment. SOMA2 has been developed at CSC - IT Center for Science Ltd. SOMA2 1.3 Magnesium was released on 3rd of September 2009. SOMA2 Software is distributed under the terms of GNU General Public License (GPL). The source code package, documentation, etc. are available from:

http://www.csc.fi/soma

Version 1.3 Magnesium adds better support for modern WWW browsers and brings many usability enhancements along with other improvements. Direct link to release notes:

http://www.csc.fi/english/pages/soma/downloads/soma2/CHANGES.txt/view

For CSC customers SOMA2 1.3 Magnesium is made available in Scientist's Interface. It can be accessed from:

https://hotpage.csc.fi/appl/drug/index.phtml.en

SOMA2 offers a full scale modeling environment from inputting molecular data to analysis of the results. System makes use of scientific applications installed in computing system. The SOMA2 environment enables an easy configuring of the scientific applications via a web interface. The scientific applications can also be seamlessly combined into an application workflow where several applications are automatically executed one after another. SOMA2 is designed so that integrating new tools and adaptation into local computing system is straightforward. SOMA2 installation in Scientist's Interface provides access to applications installed in Hippu and Murska. These include AutoDock, Gaussian, GOLD, GPAW, TURBOMOLE, and several other programs.