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Practical and Accurate Free Energy Calculations using Neural Network Potentials

Lev Tsidilkovski, Ph.D., Sevak Abrahamyan, Vahagn Altunyan, Aram Bughdaryan, Garik Petrosyan, Ph.D. , Garegin Papoian, Ph.D. , Hayk Saribekyan, Ph.D.
Free Energy Workshop 2025 May 6, 2025

This poster presents our approach to combining neural network potentials with traditional free energy methods to achieve quantum-level accuracy at a fraction of the computational cost.

Key Highlights

  • Neural network potentials trained on DFT data
  • 10-100x speedup compared to traditional QM/MM methods
  • Validated on diverse protein-ligand systems
  • Integration with Deep Origin’s simulation platform

Applications

Our method enables practical free energy calculations for:

  • Relative binding free energy predictions
  • Solvation free energy calculations
  • pKa predictions