Open Force Field Consortium
An academic-industry consortium to develop open biomolecular force fields
The Open Force Field Consortium is composed of academic investigators from the Open Force Field Initiative and sponsoring Industry Partners collaborating to advance open force field science, toolkits, and standards for biomolecular drug discovery.
The Open Force Field Consortium officially launched on Oct 1, 2018, but there is still room to join or get involved.
Industry Partners: Bayer, BASF, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cresset, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen, Merck KGaA, OpenEye, Pfizer, Qulab, Roche, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, XtalPi
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The Consortium uses a collaborative, shared-governance model
Consortium members partner to advance force fields. Thus, the Consortium is a true collaboration, not just a funding initiative. Industry partners often have tremendous expertise in the strengths and weaknesses of force fields and the Initiative can greatly benefit from their expertise. Thus, our seven-member Governing Board includes elected representatives from supporting Partners who help plan our science. Additionally, we have an extensive Advisory Board including members from all Partners that contribute above a threshold level of support. This board provides input on scientific directions and project plans, and elects industry representatives to the Governing Board. Both boards are involved in regular calls and meetings with the Principal Investigators as part of the Initiative.
Consortium governance and leadership
Governing Board
- John D. Chodera (MSKCC)
- Thomas Fox (Boehringer-Ingelheim)
- Michael K. Gilson (UCSD)
- Katharina Meier (Bayer)
- David L. Mobley (UCI)
- Michael R. Shirts (CU Boulder)
- Lee-Ping Wang (UC Davis)
Advisory Board
- Christopher Bayly (OpenEye)
- Ian Craig (BASF), Vice Chair
- Thomas Fox (Boehringer-Ingelheim)
- Jérôme Hert (Roche)
- Xinjun Hou (Pfizer)
- Daniel Kuhn (Merck KGaA), Chair
- Sirish Kaushik Lakkaraju (Bristol-Myers Squibb)
- Shuai Liu (XtalPi)
- Mark Mackey (Cresset)
- Katharina Meier (Bayer)
- Arjun Narayanan (Vertex), Secretary
- Herman Van Vlijmen (Janssen)
- Ross Walker (GSK)
Jun 17, 2020 Advisory Board Meeting
Posted on 17 Jun 2020 by Karmen Condic-Jurkic
Meeting minutes
May 20, 2020 Advisory Board Meeting
Posted on 20 May 2020 by Karmen Condic-Jurkic
Meeting minutes
Apr 15, 2020 Advisory Board Meeting
Posted on 15 Apr 2020 by Karmen Condic-Jurkic
Meeting minutes
Mar 19, 2020 Advisory Board Meeting
Posted on 18 Mar 2020 by Karmen Condic-Jurkic
Meeting minutes