CCL: NBCR AMBER Workshop - UCSD - Mon Dec 15th to Thur Dec 18th 2014

 Sent to CCL by: "Mark  Berger" [mark94025|,|comcast.net]
 Dear All,
 We are glad to announce that registration is open for the NBCR Amber
 Workshop 2014 that will be held at the faculty club of the University of
 California San Diego from the Mon 15th to Thur 18th Dec 2014. The course
 co-sponsored by NBCR and NVIDIA will be taught by Ross C. Walker and
 Rommie Amaro with additional instructors to be determined shortly.
 More info: http://nbcr.ucsd.edu/wordpress2/?page_id=4086
 Please feel free to forward this announcement to all your contacts.
 With the best regards,
 The Organizing Team
 * Program
 The duration of the meeting is 4 days, from Dec 15th to 18th 2014. A
 provisional program is available on the workshop webpage
 (http://nbcr.ucsd.edu/wordpress2/?page_id=4086). Typically
 there will be
 lectures 3 to 4 hours per day, and hands-on tutorials, about 4 hours per
 day. There will also be 2 or 3 guest research lectures from local faculty
 as well as a poster session in which attendees will have the opportunity
 to present their work and engage directly with developers of the AMBER
 software. Thanks to sponsorship from NVIDIA a K40 GPU will be given as a
 poster prize.
 The content of the Workshop will include:
 * Molecular Dynamics with Amber
 * Using VMD to visualize AMBER
 * Dealing with non-standard residues
 * Building protein-ligand complexes
 * Statistical Mechanics for Free Energy Calculations
 * MM/PBSA calculations
 * Thermodynamic Integration
 * Enhanced sampling techniques
 * Markov State Models with AMBER
 * Accelerated Molecular Dynamics
 * Maximizing Performance with NVIDIA GPUs
 * Using the Kepler Bioworkbench - Workflows for AMBER
 * Analyzing Simulations
 * Lipid Simulations with AMBER
 The target audience is graduate students and postdocs as well as a few
 faculty interested in learning about Molecular Dynamics techniques.
 The course is designed to introduce Molecular Dynamics techniques from an
 introductory perspective but will progress quickly. Some experience with
 the Linux operating system is essential but experience with AMBER or
 other molecular dynamics packages is not required.
 * Registration
 Registration is limited to 40 participants. The registration fee is $350
 and includes a USB drive for all participants containing lecture notes,
 hands on tutorials and a Virtual Box image with all software used in the
 workshop; Coffee, snacks and refreshments on all 4 days; A buffet lunch
 on all 4 days; a poster session and social reception and a workshop
 dinner.
 To register please visit the following page:
 http://nbcr.ucsd.edu/wordpress2/?page_id=4086
 Important: Registration deadline is December 1st 2014.
 Hotels in San Diego at this time of year are likely to fill up fast so we
 recommend you make arrangements soon. Information regarding finding
 roommates to share hotel rooms will be available during registration.
 Attendees are expected to bring their own laptop. The organization will
 provide a pen-drive with all necessary software and training material.