Dr Joe Greener works on improving molecular dynamics methods at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) — one of the world's leading research institutes — based in Cambridge.

Joe has contributed various scientific software programmes. Most notably, Joe is developing Molly, a pure Julia package for Molecular Dynamics, which simulates the movement and interaction of molecules.

0:00 Introduction

01:08 Motivation for molecular biology

04:54 What shaped the direction of Joe's career?

08:12 What math modules do you use the most?

09:17 What mindset shift have helped you the most?

11:32 Important skills, practices, and habits, and how did you develop them?

14:15 Advice on PhD and postdoc application

16:32 How do you think about success and a good life?

19:56 How do you choose which open source project to contribute to?

21:50 How do you start working on Molly?

22:34 Joe's vision for Molly

23:39 How to measure the impact of the software and how to interact with users?

25:12 Culture of healthy open source communities

27:24 Valuable skills for getting involved in open source communities

28:48 Advantages and challenges of open source

Dr Joe Greener's group: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/groups/greener/

MRC Lab of Molecular Biology (LMB): https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/

Molly software package: https://juliamolsim.github.io/Molly.jl/stable/documentation/

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