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The need to implement FAIR principles in biomolecular simulations

In the Big Data era, a change of paradigm in the use of molecular dynamics is required. Trajectories should be stored under FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable) requirements to favor its reuse by the community under an open science paradigm.

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Fig. 1: Data cycle workflow for implementing FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable) principles in biomolecular simulations.

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The authors thank the whole MD community for useful inputs and discussions. The MDDB project is supported by European Union’s Horizon Europe programme under grant agreement 101094651 awarded to M.O., E.L., S.V., J.L.G., J.I., A.C. and P.C.B.

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M.O. conceived the idea. M.O., A.H. and E.L. wrote the draft of the paper, which was corrected first by other members of the MDDB project (S.V., P.C.B., J.L.G., J.I.-F., A.C.) and later by all the authors.

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Amaro, R.E., Åqvist, J., Bahar, I. et al. The need to implement FAIR principles in biomolecular simulations. Nat Methods 22, 641–645 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-025-02635-0

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