BioExcel is the leading European Centre of Excellence for Computational Biomolecular Research. Established in 2015, the centre has grown into a major research and innovation hub for scientific computing. BioExcel develops some of the most popular applications for modelling and simulations of biomolecular systems. A broad range of additional pre-/post-processing tools are integrated with the core applications within user-friendly workflows and container solutions.

The software stack comes with ...

The BioExcel Building Blocks (biobb) software library is a collection of Python wrappers on top of popular biomolecular simulation tools. This library offers a layer of interoperability between the wrapped tools, which make them compatible and prepared to be directly interconnected to build complex biomolecular workflows. The building blocks can be used in many different workflow systems, including Galaxy, CWL, Jupyter Notebook and PyCOMPSs – notably their ...

This BioExcel best practice guide outlines the development process for writing a workflow using the Common Workflow Language (CWL), from creating and selecting tools like BioBB, through early experimentation, reuse and testing, to optimization and ensuring reproducibility before publication in workflow repositories.

Presented at the BioExcel Summer School 2021 this lecture introduces the BioExcel Building Blocks (BioBB).

See also part 2.

Presented at the BioExcel Summer School 2021 this lecture shows how to use BioExcel Building Blocks (BioBB).

See also part 1.

Interactive Jupyter Notebooks in combination with Conda environments can be used to generate FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable/Reproducible) biomolecular simulation workflows. The interactive programming code accompanied by documentation, and the possibility to inspect intermediate results with versatile graphical charts and data visualization is very helpful, especially in iterative processes, where parameters might be adjusted to a particular system of interest. This work ...

Selection of BioExcel Building Blocks (BioBB) Workflows, across three workflow languages (jupyter notebooks, CWL, and Galaxy), demonstrating the use of BioBB tool descriptors for each of these systems.

Selection of BioExcel Building Blocks (BioBB) Workflows intended for tutorials and training.

In the recent years, the improvement of software and hardware performance has made biomolecular simulations a mature tool for the study of biological processes. Simulation length and the size and complexity of the analyzed systems make simulations both complementary and compatible with other bioinformatics disciplines. However, the characteristics of the software packages used for simulation have prevented the adoption of the technologies accepted in other bioinformatics fields ...

This PyCOMPSs workflow tutorial aims to illustrate the process of setting up a simulation system containing a protein, step by step, using the BioExcel Building Blocks library (biobb) in PyCOMPSs for execution on HPC. Three variants of the MD Setup workflows are included, supporting a list of structures, a list of mutations, or a cumulative set of mutations.

This is an experimental KNIME workflow of using the BioExcel building blocks to implement the Protein MD Setup tutorial for molecular dynamics with GROMACS.

Note that this workflow won't import in KNIME without the experimental KNIME nodes for BioBB - contact Adam Hospital for details.

AMBER Protein MD Setup tutorials using BioExcel Building Blocks (biobb)

This workflow must be run in biobb.usegalaxy.es. Please, click here to access.

Based on the official GROMACS tutorial.

This tutorial aims to illustrate the process of setting up a simulation system containing a protein, step by step, using the **BioExcel Building ...

AMBER Protein MD Setup tutorials using BioExcel Building Blocks (biobb)

This workflow must be run in biobb.usegalaxy.es. Please, click here to access.

Based on the official GROMACS tutorial.

This tutorial aims to illustrate the process of setting up a simulation system containing a protein, step by step, using the **BioExcel Building Blocks library ...

AMBER Protein MD Setup tutorials using BioExcel Building Blocks (biobb)

This workflow must be run in biobb.usegalaxy.es. Please, click here to access.

Based on the official GROMACS tutorial.

This tutorial aims to illustrate the process of setting up a simulation system containing a protein, step by step, using the **BioExcel Building Blocks library ...

Protein MD Setup tutorial using BioExcel Building Blocks (biobb)

This workflow must be run in biobb.usegalaxy.es. Please, click here to access.

Based on the official GROMACS tutorial.

This tutorial aims to illustrate the process of setting up a simulation system containing a protein, step by step, using the **BioExcel Building Blocks library ...

Protein Ligand Complex MD Setup tutorial using BioExcel Building Blocks (biobb)

This workflow must be run in biobb.usegalaxy.es. Please, click here to access.

Based on the official GROMACS tutorial.

This tutorial aims to illustrate the process of setting up a simulation system containing a protein in complex with a ligand, step by ...

Automatic Ligand parameterization tutorial using BioExcel Building Blocks (biobb)

This workflow must be run in biobb.usegalaxy.es. Please, click here to access.

This tutorial aims to illustrate the process of ligand parameterization for a small molecule, step by step, using the BioExcel Building Blocks library (biobb). The particular example used is the Sulfasalazine protein (3-letter code SAS), ...

Protein-ligand Docking tutorials using BioExcel Building Blocks (biobb)

This workflow must be run in biobb.usegalaxy.es. Please, click here to access.

This tutorials aim to illustrate the process of protein-ligand docking, step by step, using the BioExcel Building Blocks library (biobb). The particular examples used are based on the Mitogen-activated protein kinase 14 (p38-α) protein (PDB code ...

Protein Conformational ensembles generation

Workflow included in the ELIXIR 3D-Bioinfo Implementation Study:

Building on PDBe-KB to chart and characterize the conformation landscape of native proteins

This tutorial aims to illustrate the process of generating protein conformational ensembles from** 3D structures **and analysing its molecular flexibility, step by step, using the BioExcel Building Blocks library (biobb).

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Protein Ligand Complex MD Setup tutorial using BioExcel Building Blocks (biobb)

Based on the official GROMACS tutorial.

This tutorial aims to illustrate the process of setting up a simulation system containing a protein in complex with a ligand, step by step, using the BioExcel Building Blocks library (biobb). The particular example used is the T4 lysozyme L99A/M102Q protein (PDB code 3HTB), in complex with the ...

Molecular Structure Checking using BioExcel Building Blocks (biobb)

This tutorial aims to illustrate the process of checking a molecular structure before using it as an input for a Molecular Dynamics simulation. The workflow uses the BioExcel Building Blocks library (biobb). The particular structure used is the crystal structure of human Adenylate Kinase 1A (AK1A), in complex with the AP5A inhibitor (PDB code 1Z83).

**Structure ...

CMIP tutorial using BioExcel Building Blocks (biobb)

This tutorial aims to illustrate the process of computing classical molecular interaction potentials from protein structures, step by step, using the BioExcel Building Blocks library (biobb). Examples shown are Molecular Interaction Potentials (MIPs) grids, protein-protein/ligand interaction potentials, and protein titration. The particular structures used are the Lysozyme protein (PDB code 1AKI), ...

Common Workflow Language example that illustrate the process of setting up a simulation system containing a protein, step by step, using the BioExcel Building Blocks library (biobb). The particular example used is the Lysozyme protein (PDB code 1AKI). This workflow returns a resulting protein structure and simulated 3D trajectories.

AMBER Protein MD Setup tutorials using BioExcel Building Blocks (biobb)

Based on the official GROMACS tutorial.

This tutorial aims to illustrate the process of setting up a simulation system containing a protein, step by step, using the BioExcel Building Blocks library (biobb) wrapping the Ambertools MD package.

Copyright & Licensing

This software has been developed in the MMB group ...

Protein Conformational ensembles generation

Workflow included in the ELIXIR 3D-Bioinfo Implementation Study:

Building on PDBe-KB to chart and characterize the conformation landscape of native proteins

This tutorial aims to illustrate the process of generating protein conformational ensembles from** 3D structures **and analysing its molecular flexibility, step by step, using the BioExcel Building Blocks library (biobb).

...

Protein Conformational ensembles generation

Workflow included in the ELIXIR 3D-Bioinfo Implementation Study:

Building on PDBe-KB to chart and characterize the conformation landscape of native proteins

This tutorial aims to illustrate the process of generating protein conformational ensembles from** 3D structures **and analysing its molecular flexibility, step by step, using the BioExcel Building Blocks library (biobb).

...

Protein MD Setup tutorial using BioExcel Building Blocks (biobb)

Based on the official GROMACS tutorial.

This tutorial aims to illustrate the process of setting up a simulation system containing a protein, step by step, using the BioExcel Building Blocks library (biobb). The particular example used is the Lysozyme protein (PDB code 1AKI).

Copyright & Licensing

This software has been developed in the [MMB ...

Structural DNA helical parameters from MD trajectory tutorial using BioExcel Building Blocks (biobb)

Based on the NAFlex server and in particular in its Nucleic Acids Analysis section.

This tutorial aims to illustrate the process of extracting structural and dynamical properties from a DNA MD trajectory helical parameters, step by step, using the **BioExcel Building Blocks ...

AMBER Protein MD Setup tutorials using BioExcel Building Blocks (biobb)

Based on the official GROMACS tutorial.

This tutorial aims to illustrate the process of setting up a simulation system containing a protein, step by step, using the BioExcel Building Blocks library (biobb) wrapping the Ambertools MD package.

Copyright & Licensing

This software has been developed in the MMB group ...