D. E. Shaw Research (DESRES) is a privately held biochemistry research company based in
New York City. Under the scientific direction of
David E. Shaw
David Elliot Shaw (born March 29, 1951) is an American billionaire scientist and former hedge fund manager. He founded D. E. Shaw & Co., a hedge fund company which was once described by '' Fortune'' magazine as "the most intriguing and mysterio ...
, the group's chief scientist, D. E. Shaw Research develops technologies for
molecular dynamics simulations (including
Anton, a massively parallel special-purpose supercomputer, and
Desmond Desmond or Desmond's may refer to:
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* '' Desmond's'', 1990s British television sitcom
Ireland
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,
a software package for use on conventional computers and
computer cluster
A computer cluster is a set of computers that work together so that they can be viewed as a single system. Unlike grid computers, computer clusters have each node set to perform the same task, controlled and scheduled by software.
The comp ...
s) and applies such simulations to basic scientific research in structural biology and biochemistry, and to the process of computer-aided drug design.
This interdisciplinary laboratory is composed of members with backgrounds in chemistry, biology, hardware engineering and design, computer science, or applied mathematics. In addition to its main New York facility, D. E. Shaw Research has offices in
Durham, North Carolina
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and
Hyderabad, India.
References
External links
D. E. Shaw Research
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Molecular dynamics
Molecular dynamics software