UCSF Chimera

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an Extensible Molecular Modeling System

Thomas Ferrin
Eric Petterson

UCSF Chimera is a highly extensible program for interactive visualization and analysis of molecular structures and related data, including density maps, supramolecular assemblies, sequence alignments, docking results, trajectories, and conformational ensembles. High-quality images and animations can be generated. Chimera includes complete documentation and several tutorials, and can be downloaded free of charge for academic, government, non-profit, and personal use.

Release Date:
September, 2016
Status:
Availability:
Data type:
Techniques:
3D, Geospatial representation
Software:
Installed
Technology:
Java
Platform:
Linux, Mac OSX, Windows
Requirements:
Mac Os X, Linux, WIndows

Project development

Institution: University of California, San Francisco

Chimera is developed by the Resource for Biocomputing, Visualization, and Informatics, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIGMS P41-GM103311).