>Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999
>From: BLANKENS@a.psc.edu
>Subject: PSC BIOMEDICAL WORKSHOPS THIS SUMMER
>
>
>Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center's Biomedical Initiative is again hosting
three
>NIH-sponsored training workshops this summer. We are asking your help in
>passing this e-mail on to other researchers you know who might be
interested in
>applying.
>
>Brief descriptions appear below but full details, including on-line
>applications, may be found at our Web site:
>
> http://www.psc.edu/biomed/workshops/workshops.html
>
>
>DEVELOPING AND USING PC CLUSTERS AS A BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH TOOL, JUNE 17-19
>Application deadline: May 20
>
>This workshop is directed specifically at biomedical researchers who want
>to establish a PC cluster for use by their laboratory. The workshop will
>address software and hardware topics encountered in the process of building,
>operating and managing a PC cluster. In addition, software development issues
>will also be described. Topics of discussion will include: "What do you
need to
>consider when creating an operating environment?" "How to select System
>Software?" "How to Administer the Cluster?" "What applications are
>appropriate?" and "How to get the best performance for your money?".
>
>
>
>SINGLE PARTICLE RECONSTRUCTION FROM ELECTRON MICROSCOPE IMAGES, JULY 21-24
>Application Deadline: June 9
>
>The workshop will cover techniques of 3D reconstruction of single biological
>macromolecules imaged by cryo-electron microscopy, programming on the
level of
>SPIDER scripts, and efficient use of parallel processing. The following
topics
>will be included: theory of EM image formation, projection theorem, sampling,
>alignment and classification, determination of orientations, 3D
reconstruction
>and refinement, CTF Correction, visualization and interpretation. Practical
>sessions will be devoted to EM image processing using SPIDER system ported on
>supercomputers. Special topics will include reconstruction of symmetric
>macromolecules and introduction to EMAN, an automated processing system.
>
>
>
>NUCLEIC ACID AND PROTEIN SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, AUGUST 1-6
>Application Deadline: June 9
>
>This intense five-day workshop will teach the basics of sequence analysis,
>including: remote supercomputing, inferring structures and functions using
>internet resources, database searching and pairwise sequence alignment,
>multiple sequence alignments, pattern identification, inverse structure
>prediction and visualization of macromolecular structures. Special emphasis
>will be placed on parameter selection, and the mathematical and statistical
>properties of the algorithms and methods presented. Information will also be
>presented on the latest pattern identification techniques including hidden
>Markov models, advanced position-specific weight matrix techniques and
bayesan
>estimation.
>
>
>Please direct any questions to me at biomed@psc.edu.
>
>Thanks for your interest and help.
>
>Nancy
>
>
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>Nancy C. Blankenstein blankens@psc.edu
>Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (412) 268-4960 or 5206
>230C Mellon Institute (412) 268-8200 FAX
>4400 Fifth Avenue
>Pittsburgh, PA 15213
>
>++++ PSC's Biomedical Supercomputing Initiative is an NIH Resource Center
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>
John Hempel, PhD Ph (412) 624 0161
University of Pittsburgh FAX (412) 624 4759
Department of Biological Sciences
Pittsburgh PA 15260 email: hempel@psc.edu
http://www.pitt.edu/~biology/faculty/hempel.html