We have now launched StarDrop 5.1 so here's a quick taster of what's new...
Apple Mac® support
StarDrop 5.1 is available to all users as a native Mac® application. The Windows® and Mac® versions have identical features and can be licensed under the same terms. All files generated with either will be compatible.
Chemical space and stereochemistry
As well as adding support for the Mac®, we've made a number of improvements to both the main application and all of the plug-in modules. We've added a new method for creating chemical space plots based upon one of the latest machine learning technques for 'visual clustering'. We've also added stereochemistry support to the molecule editor and file importing/exporting.
Plug-in modules
In the Nova module it is now possible to start generating new molecules from multiple starting points simultaneously, if necessary applying a consistent mask to the input structrues. The random forest modelling technique has been added to the Auto-Modeller module for building both regression and classification models. We've used the new modelling technique to build some improved models for the ADME QSAR module. Finally we've made some improvements to the P450 metabolism models, specifically around N-oxidation pathways.There are also many smaller improvements not listed here, mostly as a result of requests from current users. As such, with improvements across the board, every user of StarDrop can see some great changes.
