From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Wed May 20 00:05:01 2015 From: "Lela Vukovic Lvukov1/a\illinois.edu" To: CCL Subject: CCL: Workshop on Computational Biophysics (Berkeley, Aug 3-7, 2015) Message-Id: <-51385-150519235413-9829-9gb7/NdBnW6V+dBNkavomg/a\server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: "Lela Vukovic" Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 23:54:11 -0400 Sent to CCL by: "Lela Vukovic" [Lvukov1(~)illinois.edu] The Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics (www.ks.uiuc.edu) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (www.uiuc.edu), announces a "Hands-On" Workshop on Computational Biophysics http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Training/Workshop/Berkeley2015/ to be held August 3-7, 2015 at the University of California Berkeley. Application, selection, and notification of participants is on-going through July 15, 2015. 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, and will cover the following topics: using the biophysics software VMD and NAMD, applications of VMD and NAMD in modern research, force fields and parameterizing new molecules, modeling nucleic acid systems, computational nano-bio, molecular dynamics flexible fitting of structures into cryo electron microscopy maps, and refinement of low resolution crystal structures. Relevant physical concepts, mathematical techniques, and computational methods will be introduced. 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. Enrollment limited to 24 participants. The workshop will be held August 3-7, 2015. All participants are required to bring their own laptop, prepared for use in workshop tutorial sessions. Course materials will be provided. The workshop is sponsored by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (www.nigms.nih.gov) and the NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics. We look forward to receiving your application! TCBG Workshop Organizers Email: workshop+berkeley2015*|*ks.uiuc.edu