Training in Molecular Modeling and Molecular Dynamics @ NIH, USA, Nov 29-Dec 2, 2016

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Training in Molecular Modeling and Molecular Dynamics
Nov 29-Dec 2, 2016

Where?
National Institutes of Health
9000 Rockville Pike
Building 60, Room 162
Bethesda, MD 20892, USA

Background:
Predicting the effect of a mutation on the structure and function of a protein is not just for researchers with super-computer facilities. Thanks to public cloud computing options, anyone with basic molecular biology background can setup and run compute intensive computational modeling and dynamics experiments.

Objectives:
Participants will use popular open source tools and techniques necessary for conducting successful molecular modeling and dynamics experiments... in the cloud.

Hands-on Skills/Tools Taught

• Ab initio protein structure modeling: QUARK / Rosetta
• Remote homology detection: HHpred
• Fragment-based protein structure modeling: Phyre2
• Homology-based protein structure modeling: I-TASSER, MODELLER
• Protein structure quality analysis: PROCHECK, WHAT_IF, Verify3D, PDB-REDO
• Protein structure refinement: ModRefiner, ModLoop, Ramachandran plot
• Macromolecular visualization: VMD, USCF Chimera
• Molecular dynamics: NAMD

Highlights

• Cloud-based, high performance computing platform
• Cloud image freely provided to participants
• Training provided by active NIH researchers
• Cookbook style bound manual for all exercises
• Direct, after training support through exclusive forum membership
• Continuing Educational Credits

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