Hands-on Workshop on Computational Biophysics 2013

Video Recording of Modeling Workshop

 The 2013 Hands-on Workshop on Computational Biophysics was recorded in its entirety and can be watched with the following YouTube playlist. 

This workshop was presented by members of the BTRC Center for Multiscale Modeling of Biological Systems from the University of Pittsburgh and the members of the Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group (www.ks.uiuc.edu) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It covered a wide range of physical models and computational approaches for the simulation of biological systems including ProDy, NAMD and VMD.

The course was based on case studies including the properties of membranes and membrane proteins, mechanisms of molecular motors, trafficking in the living cell through water and ion channels, signaling pathways and druggability simulations. Relevant physical concepts, mathematical techniques, and computational methods were introduced, including force fields and algorithms used in molecular modeling, molecular dynamics simulations on parallel computers, elastic network models, and steered molecular dynamics simulations. 

The workshop was designed for students and researchers in computational and/or biophysical fields who seek to extend their research skills to include computational and theoretical expertise, as well as other researchers interested in theoretical and computational biophysics. Theory sessions in the morning were followed by hands-on computer labs in the afternoon in which students were able to set up and run simulations. Participants were encouraged to bring their own laptop (laptop requirements) for use in workshop tutorial sessions but computer workstations were also available.

Workshop Instructors:

Klaus Schulten (UIUC)
Emad Tajkhorshid (UIUC)
Ivet Bahar (Univ. of Pittsburgh)
Timothy Lezon (Univ. of Pittsburgh)
Ahmet Bakan (Univ. of Pittsburgh)