Ten rules for a structural bioinformatic analysis

Stephanie A. Wankowicz

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013094

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Ten rules for a structural bioinformatic analysis

Stephanie A. Wankowicz

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: stephanie@wankowiczlab.com

Affiliations Departments of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Biochemistry, Computer Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Center for Applied AI in Protein Dynamics, Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4225-7459

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Ten rules for a structural bioinformatic analysis

Stephanie A. Wankowicz

Published: October 31, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013094

About the Authors

Stephanie A. Wankowicz

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: stephanie@wankowiczlab.com

Affiliations Departments of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Biochemistry, Computer Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Center for Applied AI in Protein Dynamics, Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4225-7459

Competing Interests

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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