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BioExcel CoE Newsletter #11

Dear reader,
Winter is here.
By now even the local barbers know that Bitcoin is way over 10,000 (that's USD), but we aren't lagging behind. The HADDOCK server passed 10,000 also (that's registered users) and the number keeps going up. Let's see who wins the race! The Utrecht team also launched a new platform for structure prediction, it's worth checking it out.
The GROMACS team already launched a second beta of the upcoming 2018 release (that's right, there will be no 2017 release - we are superstitious of prime numbers!). Why not give it a try and help with the release?
Our webinar series continue on 14 Dec. with a talk on hybrid modelling techniques, this time on how to combine molecular mechanics with coarse grained representations (multiscale approaches were also covered last month).
Our Community Forum in Amsterdam was such a great event that we're planning to run it again next year, most likely in autumn. Before that, we are organizing a great Summer School in Sardinia in June. Along with the great lectures and hands-on you'll get also 1) great weather, 2) great food, 3) great beaches. Participant seats are limited so claim your as soon as you can! Full registration is not open yet but drop an email to Vera (matser@ebi.ac.uk) to express interest.
Recently we established several partnerships. The workflow frameworks developed by the group of Daan P. Geerke at UvA are a valuable addition to our efforts, while HPC-Europa3 offers opportunities for visiting researchers. Please get in touch either with us or directly with them, if you need more information.
And one more thing. BioExcel is an active participant in the discussions around the upcoming Extreme-Scale Demonstrators projects. ETP4HPC, which coordinates the process and facilitates the match-making, has set up a procedure to help interested organizations or projects to find a partner. Full details are available here. If you are interested specifically in engaging with BioExcel and our network of experts, you can also get in touch directly with us.
And finally - we are thrilled about the Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2017 being awarded to Cryo-EM. We send our warmest congratulations to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson. We are also excited that BioExcel has been able to contribute to the field through the development of the RELION program at Cambridge and Stockholm University, and we look forward to continue working with the computational Cryo-EM community.

Have a wonderful time over the holidays!

Rossen Apostolov
BioExcel Manager

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Webinar: Hybrid Molecular Mechanics/Coarse-Grained approaches to model proteins with unknown 3D structure and low sequence identity (2017-12-14)

Webinar: Hybrid Molecular Mechanics/Coarse-Grained approaches to model proteins with unknown 3D structure and low sequence identity: the case of G protein-coupled receptors (2017-12-14)
Discuss this webinar View slides on SlideShare Join Interest Group BioExcel’s webinar series continue with a special discussion on multiple timescales in atomistic simulations and ways to address specific challenges in such models. Register Abstract Multiscale molecular dynamics approaches couple, in the same simulation, descriptions of the system at different resolutions. In particular, the so-called Molecular Mechanics/Coarse-Grained approach has been …

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HADDOCK webserver passes 10,000 registered users

HADDOCK webserver passes 10,000 registered users
Our HADDOCK web portal has reached today a new milestone with 10000 registered users from all around the world! Since June 2008, the server has processed over 180’000 docking runs, about 35% of whose have run on the High Throughput Computing (HTC) resources of EGI building on the European e-Infrastructure. The continuous development and operation of the HADDOCK web portal …

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New platform for elucidation of large protein and nucleic acid structures in infections

New platform for elucidation of large protein and nucleic acid structures in infections
In order to be able to develop new drugs against infectious diseases, researchers need to understand their molecular basis. How does the proliferation of a pathogen proceed, what interactions take place between it and the host cell and how are these processes regulated? For this purpose, protein-RNA complexes are examined. They play an important role at different times in the …

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Extreme-Scale Demonstrators Networking

Extreme-Scale Demonstrators Networking
BioExcel is an active participant in the discussions and roadmap for the upcoming Extreme-Scale Demonstrators projects. ETP4HPC, which coordinates the process and facilitates the match-making, has set up a procedure to help interested organizations or projects to find a partner. Full details are available here . If you are interested specifically in engaging with BioExcel and our network of experts, …

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Collaborations

Collaborations are an integral part of our goals to provide support and impact within the wider community. In addition to the ongoing efforts of each of the partners, the CoE has formalized several strategic and collaborative partnerships through Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs). How to become a partner As a first step, we recommend that you get in contact with BioExcel …

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Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2017 awarded to Cryo-EM

Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2017 awarded to Cryo-EM
We are thrilled about the Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2017 being awarded to Cryo-EM, and send our warmest congratulations to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson. We are also excited that BioExcel has been able to contribute to the field through the development of the RELION program at Cambridge and Stockholm University, and we look forward to continue working …

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