Anton systems were designed to vastly accelerate the process of molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. With Anton, biomedical researchers can gain valuable insight into the motions and interactions of proteins and other biologically important molecules. The MD research community uses Anton at PSC to investigate significant biological phenomena that due in part to their intrinsically long timescales have been outside the reach of even the most powerful general-purpose supercomputers.
The third-generation Anton is the first and only resource available to the community capable of simulating multiple millions of atoms at speeds of microseconds per day, thus achieving biologically relevant timescales in a timely manner. The ability to simulate millions of atoms in a reasonable timeframe will bring new understanding of large biological systems such as viruses and ribosomes and of phenomena that occur in the millisecond timescale, such as protein folding, aggregation, and membrane deformations.
Anton at PSC is made available without cost by DESRES for non-commercial research use by US universities and other not-for-profit institutions, and is hosted by PSC with operational support from the NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences.
Contact anton-support [at] psc.edu (anton-support[at]psc[dot]edu) with any questions about Anton at PSC.
Apply for an Anton Allocation
Anton is allocated annually via a Request for Proposals with proposals reviewed by a committee convened by the National Research Council at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
To qualify for an allocation on Anton, the principal investigator must be a faculty or staff member at a US academic or not-for-profit research institution.
The 2026 Anton RFP period is open from July 17 to October 23, 2026.
https://www.psc.edu/resources/anton/