Lectures

  • Mon, June 10: Introduction to Protein Structure and Dynamics - Klaus Schulten
    • Welcome and Brief Overview - Ivet Bahar (pdf) (video)
    • Opening Remarks (pdf) (video)
    • Structure and Sequence Analysis with VMD (pdf) (video)
    • Introduction to Molecular Dynamics with NAMD (pdf) (video)

  • Tue, June 11: Statistical Mechanics of Protein; Force Field Parameterization - Klaus Schulten and Emad Tajkhorshid
    • Applications of VMD/NAMD in Modern Research (pdf) (video1, video2)
    • Topology, Parameters, and Structure Files (pdf) (video)

  • Wed, June 12: Simulating Membrane Channels - Emad Tajkhorshid
    • Introduction and Examples (pdf)
    • Transport in Membrane Channels (pdf) (video)

  • Thu, June 13: Collective Dynamics of Proteins Using Elastic Network Models - Ivet Bahar, Tim Lezon and Ahmet Bakan
    • Elastic Network Models (ENMs) and Collective Motions of Biomolecular Systems using ProDy (pdf) (video1, video2)
    • ProDy Overview and Applications (pdf) (pdf, notebooks) (video)

  • Fri, June 14: Druggability Simulations, and Analyzing Sequence Patterns and Structural Dynamics - Ivet Bahar and Ahmet Bakan
    • Druggability: Method and Applications (pdf) (video)
    • Comparative Analysis of Sequence Patterns and Structural Dynamics for Families/Ensembles of Proteins (pdf) (video)