Increasing the usability of ChemSpaX, a Python tool for chemical space exploration

[akalikadien]

Project Lead: @akalikadien

Mentor: @EstherPlomp, @mwakok

Welcome to OLS-5! This issue will be used to track your project and progress during the program. Please use this checklist over the next few weeks as you start Open Life Science program 🎉.

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Week 1 (week starting 28 February 2022): Meet your mentor!

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[GemmaTuron]

Hi @akalikadien !
I am very eager to learn more about your project, we work in very similar domains and perhaps we can support each other. We are building a Hub to support dissemination of AI models (all python-based) so researchers who do not know how to code can leverage these tools! We are for the moment heavily oriented towards drug discovery. This is the issue were I will be posting updates; would welcome any feedback from your own experience!

[akalikadien]

Link to the repo: https://github.com/EPiCs-group/chemspax

Vision statement: I am working with students and other scientists to create open-source tools and generate data that will improve the way data-driven catalysis is done. We hope to make these tools usable by people with basic Python knowledge. ChemSpaX is the first tool we published. I hope to increase its usability by improving the readme, making it more Pythonic and easily installable via Pypi or Conda. This process can teach me a standard for tools we create in the future.

The project board/roadmap: https://github.com/EPiCs-group/chemspax/projects/1

Our open canvas: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12BScxDUAKPmXw60-eTvnXAS6VUAGJLQJ6HyD15r8E0o/edit?usp=sharing

[akalikadien]

Hi @akalikadien ! I am very eager to learn more about your project, we work in very similar domains and perhaps we can support each other. We are building a Hub to support dissemination of AI models (all python-based) so researchers who do not know how to code can leverage these tools! We are for the moment heavily oriented towards drug discovery. This is the issue were I will be posting updates; would welcome any feedback from your own experience!

Hi Gemma,
After reading your issue and checking the Ersilia repository, I agree that our domains are very similar. I see potential for collaboration and will be following your project!