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title: "Conformational Sampling of Macrocycles: The State of the Art Webinar"
description: "Learn about the latest developments in exploring the properties of macrocyclic molecules, specifically their conformational space, in drug discovery with \"Conformational Sampling of Macrocycles: The State of the Art\" webinar presented by Paul Hawkins, Ph.D. This webinar discusses OMIGEN, a fast atom-based method for macrocycle conformational sampling, and validates its performance against other methods using data from CSD and PDB. Watch the recorded session to learn more."
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# [Conformational Sampling of Macrocycles: The State of the Art Webinar](https://www.eyesopen.com/webinars/recordings/conformational-sampling-macrocycles-state-of-the-art)

 Written by [OpenEye Scientific](https://www.eyesopen.com/webinars/recordings/author/openeye-scientific) | Jul 19, 2017 6:19:10 PM

**"Conformational Sampling of Macrocycles: The State of the Art****" was **presented by [Paul Hawkins, Ph.D., * Head of Scientific  Solutions  *](https://www.eyesopen.com/staff#paul)on **Tuesday, July 25, 2017**.  A recording of the webinar is available below. 

Macrocyclic molecules have been shown to be orally bioavailable ligands for targets such as GPCRs and protein-protein interfaces. Greater exploitation of macrocycles in drug discovery has been stymied by a lack of computational methods to investigate their properties, including their conformational space. Here we present extensive validation of a rapid, atom-based method for macrocycle conformational sampling (OMIGEN), using datasets drawn from the CSD and the PDB. We compare the performance of OMIGEN to other approaches to the same problem to identify some of the strengths and weaknesses of the different algorithms.<https://openeye.box.com/s/q0dzhm95hthsj0lmnppe4llqjt7wjblq>

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