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PITTSBURGH SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER NATIONAL RESOURCE FOR BIOMEDICAL SUPERCOMPUTING WORKSHOP

This workshop is funded by a grant to the PSC from the NIH National Center for Research Resources. The grant provides tuition, hotel, supercomputing time, and workshop materials for US academic participants.

COMPUTATIONAL BIOPHYSICS WORKSHOP Nov. 28 - Dec. 1 Application Deadline: October 24 Primary Instructor: Prof. Klaus Schulten (UIUC) www.psc.edu/biomed/training/workshops/2005/NAMD/index.html

The workshop will explore physical models and computational approaches used for the simulation of biological systems and the investigation of their function at an atomic level. The course will be based on case studies including the properties of membranes and membrane proteins, mechanisms of molecular motors, trafficking in the living cell through water and ion channels, and signaling pathways. Relevant physical concepts, mathematical techniques, and computational methods will be introduced, including force fields and algorithms used in molecular modeling, molecular dynamics simulations on parallel computers and steered molecular dynamics simulations. The workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in computational and/or biophysical fields who seek to extend their research skills to include computational and theoretical expertise, as well as other researchers interested in theoretical and computational biophysics. Theory sessions in the morning will be followed by hands-on computer labs in the afternoon in which students will be able to set up and run simulations.

For specific details, including an electronic application form, see:

www.psc.edu/biomed/training/workshops/2005/NAMD/index.html

Please direct any questions about the workshop to Dr. Troy Wymore (wymore@psc.edu).