• Introduction to the StereoView Room
• An Historical Perspective
• Examples

The Role of a Molecular Modeling Specialist Molecular Modeling is an experimental technique, similar to "wet lab" techniques. Unlike other experiments, molecular modeling will always generate a result. In fact, the generation of a result has become very easy with modern molecular modeling software. Yet theories and strategies have also become more complex, requiring the expertise of a molecular modeling specialist to judge the result: Have proper techniques been used (is the result accurate?) Have proper controls and control experiments been used (is the result reliable or significant?) Are there limitations: If not all possibilities are calculated, has the modeler searched enough of parameter space? If the results depend on a basis set, has the modeler limited the modeling to a parameter space that is too small? Therefore, the result depends as much on the quality of the modeler as the quality of the technique. This course is designed as an introduction to more specialized molecular modeling techniques for those who want to investigate particular molecular modeling methods in greater detail.

Molecular Visualization is the process of interpreting molecular models.

1. simplification
2. didactical illustration
3. analgization
4. mathematical description