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Hi all,</div>
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I'm very happy to announce the release of ISOLDE 1.2, now available for installation into the ChimeraX 1.2 release. To get it, first download and install ChimeraX 1.2 from
<a href="https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/download.html" id="LPlnk">https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/download.html</a>, then go to "Tools/More Tools..." in the menu and follow the links to install ISOLDE. Key new features include:</div>
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<li><span>The ability to add residues to the ends of protein chains (see <a href="https://twitter.com/CrollTristan/status/1391747032579289089?s=20" id="LPlnk">
https://twitter.com/CrollTristan/status/1391747032579289089?s=20</a>; <span style="opacity:0;user-select:auto">
</span>support for nucleic acid chain extension still in development)</span></li><div class="_Entity _EType_OWALinkPreview _EId_OWALinkPreview _EReadonly_1"></div>
<li><span>Lower-fidelity simulation modes for greatly improved performance on lower-end GPUs (see
<a href="https://twitter.com/CrollTristan/status/1390709520876331009?s=20" id="LPlnk">
https://twitter.com/CrollTristan/status/1390709520876331009?s=20</a>)</span></li><li><span>Commands to write input files for phenix.refine and phenix.real_space_refine with recommended settings for refining models from ISOLDE</span></li><li><span>Command to write a ProSMART-like restraint definition file to softly restrain the model to its current geometry in Refmac</span></li><li><span>Improvements to stability and performance of bulk solvent/scaling in crystallographic datasets</span></li><li><span>Short aliases for commonly-used commands to make life easier for power users.</span></li><div class="_Entity _EType_OWALinkPreview _EId_OWALinkPreview_2 _EReadonly_1"></div>
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<div>Please enjoy!</div>
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<div>Best regards,</div>
<div>Tristan<br>
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