Computational Biophysics Workshop - Atlanta, November 14-18, 2016

Program

Location: Marcus Nano 1117-1118

Monday, November 14: Principles and Applications of Molecular Dynamics Simulations with NAMD (JC Gumbart)

09:00-10:20          Introduction to Molecular Dynamics with NAMD I
10:20-10:40          Coffee Break
10:40-12:00          Introduction to Molecular Dynamics with NAMD II
12:00-12:20          Q & A
12:20-14:00          Lunch Break
14:00-15:20          Tutorials
15:20-15:40          Coffee Break
15:40-18:00          Tutorials

Tuesday, November 15: Molecular Simulation, Analysis, and Visualization with QwikMD and VMD (Jodi Hadden and Rafael Bernardi)

09:00-10:20          Visualizing Biomolecules in VMD
10:20-10:40          Coffee Break
10:40-12:00          Introduction to QwikMD
12:00-12:20          Q & A
12:20-14:00          Lunch Break
14:00-15:20          Tutorials
15:20-15:40          Coffee Break
15:40-18:00          Tutorials

Wednesday, November 16: Methods for Computing Free-Energies in Biomolecular Systems (JC Gumbart)

09:00-10:20          A General Overview of Free-Energy Methods
10:20-10:40          Coffee Break
10:40-12:00          Accurate Calculation of Protein-Ligand Binding Energies
12:00-12:20          Q & A
12:20-14:00          Lunch Break
14:00-15:20          Tutorials
15:20-15:40          Coffee Break
15:40-18:00          Tutorials

Thursday, November 17: Introductions to Evolutionary Concepts, Network Analysis, and Cell Simulations (Mike Hallock and Joseph Peterson)

09:00-10:20          Part I: Introduction to Cell Simulations
10:20-10:40          Coffee Break
10:40-11:00          Part II: Introduction to Lattice Microbes Tutorial
11:00-12:20          Tutorials
12:20-14:00          Lunch Break
14:00-15:00          Part III: Introduction to Master Equation and Complex Initial Conditions in Lattice Microbes
15:00-15:20          Coffee Break
15:40-17:00          Tutorials
17:00-18:00          Free Time
18:00-19:00          Public Lecture: The Physics of Genes and the Promise of Personalized Medicine, Alek Aksimentiev (Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons, Room 152)

Friday, November 18: Computational Research at the Interface of Physics, Biology, and Nanotechnology (Alek Aksimentiev)

09:00-10:20          Modeling Nucleic Acids and the Interface Between Biological and Synthetic Materials (Lectures)
10:20-10:40          Coffee Break
10:40-12:00          Q & A
12:00-12:20          Tutorials
12:20-14:00          Lunch Break
14:00-15:20          Tutorials
15:20-15:40          Coffee Break
15:40-18:00          Tutorials