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@PardhavMaradani PardhavMaradani commented Aug 7, 2026

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Hi @jennaswa and @orbeckst

Here is the first draft of the announcement for the mdadash mini workshop.

Within the content, the 'registration link' is pending (for which I would need your help).

The github repo for workshop materials is already created and linked to in the post content (it is pointing to a personal repo as suggested by Amru to avoid GH codespace related issues). I will have the updated content in that repo by Monday so it is functional. The repo has basic setup instructions in place.

Here is a partial rendering of it in my local setup in the current form:

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I've followed the pattern of previous workshop posts and used text from the relevant posts. Please let me know if any changes are needed and I can update accordingly.

Thanks

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Looks great!

I am giving it the ✅ but we cannot merge until we have the invite link from @jennaswa .


## Workshop Overview

The program will run from 9:30 am to 11:30 am Pacific time on Thursday, August 20th. The workshop will introduce [mdadash](https://github.com/MDAnalysis/mdadash), demonstrate its various features, use cases and how it can be customized for your own analysis needs. The interactive activities will allow participants to try out the dashboard in an easy-to-use workshop environment.

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Also add in parentheses the UTC time (UTC 16:30 – 18:30)


<img src="{{ site.images }}/mdadash-mini-workshop-2026.png" style="float: right" alt="MDAnalysis Dashboard" width="40%"/>

[Release 2.10.0]({% post_url 2025-10-26-release-2.10.0 %}) of MDAnalysis introduced support for interactive MD (IMDv3) stream reading using the IMDReader and the [imdclient](https://imdclient.readthedocs.io/) package. This allows analyzing MD simulation trajectories live while they are being generated and thus enabling analysis of sub-picosecond dynamics in trajectories.

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If you re-use a link, you can use named links, like

... using the IMDReader and the [imdclient][] package. ...
imulations using this new [IMDv3 streaming][imdclient] interface

[imdclient]: https://imdclient.readthedocs.io/

Totally optional, just FYI.


Attendance at this workshop will be *free*, and we encourage anyone with an interest in attending to register below.

[Registraion link to be added]

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@jennaswa could you please generate one?

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I really like that you included an image. But in the context of the web site I noticed how the blue color scheme contrasts the official MDA colors. I am suggesting in MDAnalysis/mdadash#57 to change the mdadash color scheme to the official one.

title: "MDAnalysis Dashboard - Mini Workshop (Aug 20, 2026)"
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<img src="{{ site.images }}/mdadash-mini-workshop-2026.png" style="float: right" alt="MDAnalysis Dashboard" width="40%"/>

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On looking at it again, the image is a bit small and details are not clear. Perhaps make it full width and include it after opening paragraphs, just above the workshop overview heading.

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