Look who's talking...the ACS

The ACS has released audio recordings synchronized with powerpoint slides of some of the presentations given at the August ACS meeting. A list of the presentations can be found here.

So far, it appears to be free of charge. Let's hope they keep it that way.

Two sets of talks are related to this blog: molecular visualization and animation in chemical education, and I list them here.

I was particularly interested to learn that a GAMESS/VMD interface is well on its way (talk 130-3).

130. Molecular Visualization
130-1 Dr. Michelle M. Kuttel: Visualization of cyclic and multibranched molecules with VMD

130-2 Dr. Katrin Stierand: PoseView: 2D Visualization of protein-ligand complexes

130-3 Dr. Jan Saam: A general interface to quantum chemistry simulations in VMD

130-4 Dr. Randall B. Shirts: Boltzmann 3D simulations for visualizing molecular motion in the classroom and laboratory

130-5 Dr. Ugo Varetto: Molekel: A program for the visualization of quantum chemistry data

130-6 Dr. William F. Polik: WebMO: Web-based, state-of-the-art, and cost effective computational chemistry

130-7 Dr. Maciej Haranczyk : Visualization of Molecular Orbitals and the Related Electron Densities

340-2 Dr. Michel F. Sanner: Molecular visualization and animations using PMV

340-3 Dr. Thomas Ferrin: UCSF Chimera

180 Using Technology to Enhance Learning in Organic Chemistry

180-1 Dr. Matthew R. Radcliff: Using animation to improve visualization and understanding of reaction mechanisms

180-2 Dr. Ghislain Deslongchamps: Organic Chemistry Flashware: Animating mechanisms and orbital interactions

180-3 Dr. Philip A Janowicz: Creation and implementation of a fully online organic chemistry course

180-4 Dr. Suzanne M. Ruder: Using technology to engage the organic chemistry student