October 14, 2009

A new Chimera production release candidate (version 1.4) is now available. Many new features have been added since the last production release. Please try the release candidate and report any problems.

August 20, 2009

A new Chimera snapshot release is available. This release provides access to many new features added since the last production release, with a greater level of testing than daily builds.

July 3, 2009

SMILES → 3D conversion and fetching modeled 3D structures by PubChem CID have been updated (in daily builds) to use the new REST services provided by the Chemical Informatics and Cyberinfrastructure Collaboratory (CICC) at Indiana University.

April 24, 2009

The LabelHash server searches the PDB for matches to a user-specified 3D motif (pattern of residues). Results are shown with Chimera images and can be downloaded for local viewing with the Chimera extension ViewMatch. LabelHash and ViewMatch are provided by the Kavraki Lab at Rice University.

April 17, 2009

The LS-SNP/PDB database features Chimera images of human nonsynonymous SNP locations in protein structures and molecular surfaces colored by sequence conservation and electrostatic potential. This database is provided by the Karchin Lab at Johns Hopkins University.

December 9, 2008

Chimera production release 1.3 is available for all platforms, including Mac Aqua (does not require X windows). It addresses Microsoft Windows graphics drivers problems and will be the last production release for IRIX and Tru64. See the release notes for changes since the previous production release (July 2008).

December 5, 2008

Several features are slated for removal from Chimera after release 1.3. There will be a comment period of a few weeks after the release before the features are removed, so please let us know as soon as possible if you deem any of them important to your work.

November 17, 2008

A new production release candidate addressing Microsoft Windows graphics drivers problems, particularly with integrated graphics accelerator chips, is now available. Release 1.3 candidates are available for all platforms including a Mac Aqua version that does not require X windows.

November 16, 2008

With the upcoming production release of Chimera we are changing our version numbering to clarify major releases and allow us to provide critical bug fixes while working on newer versions. The upcoming release will be release 1.3. Critical bug fixes (if any) to 1.3 will be released as 1.3.1, 1.3.2, etc., and the next major release of Chimera will be release 1.4.

September 23, 2008

Chimera's next production release (date TBA) will be the last for IRIX and Tru64. Daily builds for these platforms will be halted at that time.

August 5, 2008

The ConSurf Server now provides results as Chimera Web data: a single click displays the color-coded query structure and multiple sequence alignment in a locally installed copy of Chimera (screen shot).

July 9, 2008

Chimera production release v1.2540 is now available. Changes since the previous production release (v1.2470, Nov 2007) are detailed in the release notes.

July 1, 2008

Current daily builds are candidates for the upcoming production release. Exceptions are the Mac Aqua and Linux OSMESA (off-screen rendering) versions, which will remain "development" for now. Please try the release candidates and report any problems.

May 30, 2008

A new snapshot and the daily builds now include downloads for Mac OS X Aqua.

May 1, 2008

A new Chimera snapshot is available. It will be the last release with Tk 8.4. Daily builds now include Tk 8.5, which means that GUIs on Linux and Mac OS X use antialiased fonts.

April 2008

Chimera is featured in the Education Corner of the RCSB PDB Newsletter, Spring 2008 edition.

February 13, 2008

A new Chimera snapshot is available. It will be the last release with Python 2.4, as development with 2.5 has begun. The SGI IRIX and HP Tru64 platforms are now deprecated; their support depends on the continued availability of such machines to the development team.

November 23, 2007

An expanded tutorial for beginning Chimera users is available online.

November 16, 2007

Chimera production release v1.2470 is available. This is the last release to officially support Mac OS 10.3. There have been several changes since the previous production release (v1.2422, June 2007).

November 8, 2007

A Chimera release candidate is available. Please try your favorite features and let us know of any problems. The upcoming production release will be the last to officially support Mac OS 10.3.

September 25, 2007

Daily builds of Chimera are now available for download. These distributions contain the latest features and bug fixes. However, they are untested so use at your own risk.

August 8, 2007

Chimera website has been redesigned to improve access to content and information about UCSF Chimera

June 21, 2007

A new production release of Chimera is available for all platforms. Recently added features include:

• Embedded POV-Ray for saving shadowed, ray-traced images
• Presets menu for conveniently switching display settings
• Fit Map in Map tool for superimposing density maps

Please see the release notes for more information.