2026.01.21 Cole Lab Check-In (Aus) Meeting Notes

2026.01.21 Cole Lab Check-In (Aus) Meeting Notes

Participants

  • @Daniel Cole

  • @Lily Wang

  • @Finlay Clark

  • Niels Maeder

Slides

https://newcastle-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/nfc78_newcastle_ac_uk/IQASGIAhnOQcS4xszyYByOpWAbizUTrtTay3UFe24dsUi9E?e=wJ60xB

Discussion topics

Item

Presenter

Notes

Item

Presenter

Notes

Lily Qus

LW

  • LW: Plans for general fitting?

    • FC/DC Moving back to this soon. Plans for fitting package?

    • LW: Package mainly targets LJ fitting but now a good time to have input on it.

  • Overall conclusion: Meeting soon to synchronise efforts on general fits.

Faster SMARTS Matching

NM

  • NM: MergeQueryHs allows much faster SMARTS matching. Who should I contact in OpenFF?

  • LW: Comment on the issue as a first step.

Bespokefit Production Protocol

FC

  • LW: Surprised by how good Espaloma has been throughout

    • FC: Yes, very solid baseline.