Molecular dynamics simulations

I use molecular dynamics to study huge molecules like proteins, the molecular machinery cells use to accomplish almost all functions which sustain life. The information encoded in your genes is the sequence of amino acids which make up all the proteins in your body. My goal is to use information about a proteins chemical composition and its structure and determine its function; molecular dynamics gives us a way to 'watch the movie' of the protein going about its job.
A similar algorithm to MD is used to study the motions of stars and galaxies, since both molecular and galactic motion are dominated by a 1/r law, either Newton's Law of gravity m₁m₂ / r or Coulomb's Law q₁q₂ / r. This means that a lot of the world's supercomputer time is spent on MD and similar calculations.