History

In 1998, we began a project to develop a graphical interface for our own programs and to use the graphical interface to promote the development of novel software. From this desire, the Bodil Modeling Environment was developed. In this implementation, we sought to do some tasks (e.g., alignments, display, close-structure modeling) well, while fully realizing that it was impossible to accomplish all of the tasks that are available in commercial programs. Furthermore, we wanted Bodil to be written in such a way that it would be easy to introduce new functional modules and to modify and enhance the program as needs change. The ultimate goal being to produce a quality set of tools useful for protein structure-function analysis and with future applications to ligand design, and whose features could evolve with future desires.

The 0.7 beta version was released on Halloween (October 31, 2001) and version 1.0 will be released on the 100 anniversary (February 9, 2002) of the birth of Bodil Marie Nielsen. Bodil is provided to the research community free for academic use as a public service. Source code is available on request for developers.

Bodil is named in honor of Bodil Marie Nielsen (1902-1991), the kind of grandmother that every child (and adult) deserves, and who influenced the life of her grandson in ways she never knew.


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