Computational Biophysics Workshop - Pittsburgh, May 16-20, 2011

Lectures

  • 5/16: Introduction to Protein Structure and Dynamics - Klaus Schulten
    • Opening Remarks, Klaus Schulten (pdf)
    • Structure and Sequence Analysis with VMD (pdf)
    • Introduction to Molecular Dynamics with NAMD (pdf)

  • 5/17: Statistical Mechanics of Proteins - Klaus Schulten
    • Analysis of Equilibrium and Non-equilibrium Properties of Proteins with NAMD (pdf) 
    • Exemplary Applications of VMD / NAMD in Modern Research (pdf)

  • 5/18: Parameters for Classical Force Fields - Emad Tajkhorshid
    • Introduction to Topology, Parameters, and Structure Files (pdf)
    • Examples and Applications (pdf)

  • 5/19: Simulating Membrane Channels - Emad Tajkhorshid
    • Introduction and Examples (pdf)
    • Transport in Aquaporins; Nanotubes (pdf)

  • 5/20: Introduction to Bioinformatics - Zaida Luthey-Schulten
    • Introduction to Evolutionary Concepts in Bioinformatics: MultiSeq in VMD (pdf-1, pdf-2) 
    • Application of MultiSeq to Evolution of Translation Machinery (pdf)