MDAnalysis hosts and participates in various community-driven events, user group meetings (UGMs), and workshops to foster collaboration and learning.
This page provides information on upcoming and past events, including UGMs, workshops, and talks. Whether you’re a developer, researcher, or new to the field, these events provide opportunities to engage with and contribute to the MDAnalysis ecosystem.
For the latest discussions, join the MDAnalysis community channels by visiting our Community page.
For mentoring programs and outreach opportunities, please visit the Contribute page.
UGMs are meetings where users meet developers, share best practices, present new features, and discuss improvements. If you are interested in sponsoring or potentially hosting a UGM (or similar MDAnalysis event), please let us know.
MDAnalysis organizes workshops and training sessions designed for beginner, intermediate, and advanced users to help them improve their skills in molecular dynamics analysis and optimize their experience with MDAnalysis.
Workshop materials are made publicly available under open source licenses. Recordings of past workshops are available on our YouTube channel.
| Title | Date(s) | Format | Relevant Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| MDAnalysis Streaming Workshop | Dec 4, 2024 | Online | Announcement, Materials, Recording |
| MDAnalysis Intermediate Workshop, CCPBioSim Training Week | Sep 5, 2024 | Hybrid | Announcement, Materials, Post-Workshop Summary |
| Moving from User to Developer: Analyzing Molecular Simulations and Building New Tools | Jun 24-25, 2024 | Hybrid | Announcement, Materials, Post-Workshop Summary |
| Introduction to Molecular Dynamics Trajectory Analysis using MDAnalysis | May 10, 2024 | Hybrid | Announcement, Materials, Recording, Post-Workshop Summary |
| Introduction to MDAnalysis and Molecular Nodes | Feb 28, 2024 | Online | Announcement, Materials, Recording, Post-Workshop Summary |
| Intro to MDAnalysis Workshop | Oct 25, 2023 | Online | Announcement, Materials, Recording, Post-Workshop Summary |
| MDAnalysis Workshop at CCP5 Summer School | Jul 26-27, 2022 | In-Person | Website |
| MDAnalysis and Machine Learning for Molecular Simulations | Jun 9-10, 2022 | Hybrid | Materials, Post-Workshop Summary |
| Using MDAnalysis for Efficient Simulation Pre- and Post-Processing @SURF | May 26-28, 2021 | Online | Announcement, Materials |
| MDAnalysis 2018 Workshop and Hackathon at Northwestern University | Nov 12-13, 2018 | In-Person | Announcement, Materials |
Have you previously hosted/Are you already organizing an MDAnalysis workshop? Let us know, as we would love to help you spread the word and share information about your event.
Would you like to host your own MDAnalysis workshop, but don’t know where to get started, have questions on available workshop materials, or would like to seek other support from the MDAnalysis workshop team? Get in touch to let us know how we can best support you.
