Pymol in the AlphaFold era

List of trainings

Analysing structural models with Pymol in the AlphaFold era

Date spring 2026 afternoon (he exact date of the course will be announced when enough students have registered. You will then be contacted to confirm your availability
Duration 0,5 days – 4 hours real but 3 H Doctoral School equivalent
Language French / English depending on audience
Name of the teachers Pascal Arnoux
Administrative head Eric Pilet
Number of students Group of 5-10 students
Location IMM + hybrid if needed (contact supervisor)

Description:

At the end of the training, the PhD student will be able to analyze a protein structure obtained either experimentally (X-ray structure, NMR, CryoEM) or a structural model generated by Artificial Intelligence methods (AlphaFold, Rosettafold, ESM). The students will be made aware of the benefits and limits offered by these new methods. They will be mainly trained to use Pymol for the visualization of theoretical or experimental models, how to represent protein structure, how to align them, how to find related structures (DALI, FoldSeek, …), how to map sequence conservation on a structural model, how to generate electrostatic map, how to make scenes/figures…

Prerequisites

Installation of Pymol3.1 (License not necessary, by default it is the Education version that is installed).

Having an interest in manipulating protein/DNA/RNA structures.