Re: [AMBER] AMBER Workshop Announcement

From: Ross Walker <ross.rosswalker.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 08:03:07 -0700

Hi Setyanto,


Given that we don't have the resources to run large numbers of workshops I
am interested in hearing about preferred locations in this part of the
world. In order to be successful it needs someone local who can organize
the various logistics, computational resources needed etc which can limit
the locations we can run these. One option right now would be Singapore,
would that be convenient for people? What other locations would people
like (please be aware that ideally it needs to be accessible from people
across the region, not just the country it is hosted in).

I am open to suggestions. I am also open to serious volunteers who would
be interested in doing the groundwork locally to setup one of these
workshops.

All the best
Ross

On 4/21/14, 1:15 AM, "Setyanto Md" <stwahyudi.md.gmail.com> wrote:

><I am in discussions with various people right now about running a
>workshop
>in the Asian sub continent which may be easier for you to attend> ..... if
>this is facebook statement i will give a thousand like.
>please..
>
>I saw in http://mmb.pcb.ub.es/www/amber2014
>in 2010, the workshop was held in Oman (Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat,
>Oman, 2010)
>
>I hope it will be held in Indonesia, please..
>
>Setyanto Tri Wahyudi
>(Biochemistry Institut Teknologi Bandung-Indonesia)
>
>
>
>On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 12:51 AM, Ross Walker <ross.rosswalker.co.uk>
>wrote:
>
>> Hi Ved,
>>
>> I appreciate that the logistics of travel can make it difficult for
>>people
>> to attend these workshops. Unfortunately a key component of these
>> workshops is the hands on part of it and the direct interaction with the
>> instructors. This is, I believe, what makes these workshops valuable to
>> the attendees. They are able to come with ideas for research projects
>>and
>> ask direct questions. It also provides the attendees with important
>> networking opportunities amongst themselves. All of this would be
>> difficult to do in a virtual setting. The lectures are also encouraged
>>to
>> be interactive and are updated regularly. Recording them and putting
>>them
>> online in isolation would not be of a huge use I believe. It would also
>>be
>> difficult to update them and control the versions if there were on some
>> uncontrolled site such as youtube. I have attempted to make the majority
>> of the hands on tutorials we use available on the Amber website
>> (http://ambermd.org/tutorials/) and I'd encourage you to begin by
>>working
>> through those. Even keeping these fully up to date can be difficult
>>given
>> extremely limited human resources but we do our best.
>>
>> What I would ultimately like to do is put together a proper text book
>>that
>> essentially forms the basis of one of these workshops and I think this
>> would be much more useful than watching lectures in isolation. Alas time
>> constraints have meant that this project has not yet come to fruition
>>but
>> I am still hopeful.
>>
>> I am in discussions with various people right now about running a
>>workshop
>> in the Asian sub continent which may be easier for you to attend. I note
>> that we have not yet run such a workshop in India so this is definitely
>>on
>> the list of places. I'll post details once I have them.
>>
>> All the best
>> Ross
>>
>>
>> On 4/18/14, 9:34 PM, "Ved Prakash" <ved.bakli.gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Dear Ross,
>> >
>> >This seems very interesting but it may not be possible for most of us
>>to
>> >attend the conference due to geographic, academic, financial or some
>>other
>> >limit (limited number of seats). Will it be possible to record all of
>>it,
>> >or at least the major ones and put on web for free viewing and
>>downloading
>> >(like on youtube)?
>> >
>> >
>> >--
>> >Best wishes
>> >--
>> >Ved Prakash
>> >Research Scholar
>> >Dr. Yamuna Krishnan's Lab
>> >National Centre for Biological Sciences
>> >Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
>> >GKVK, Bellary Road,
>> >Bangalore 560065, India
>> >
>> >Phone: 09632160081
>> >
>> >
>> >website: http://www.niser.ac.in/wiki/index.php/Ved_Prakash
>> >
>> >
>> >On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 9:17 PM, Ross Walker <ross.rosswalker.co.uk>
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >> Dear all,
>> >>
>> >> We are glad to announce the Amber Workshop 2014 that will be held in
>> >> Barcelona from the 2nd to 6th June at the Vertex Building (UPC
>> >> Campus). The course will be taught by Ross C. Walker and Adrian E.
>> >> Roitberg and will be hosted by the IRB Barcelona and the Barcelona
>> >> supercomputing Center.
>> >>
>> >> More info: http://mmb.pcb.ub.es/www/amber2014
>> >>
>> >> Please feel free to forward this announcement to all your contacts.
>> >>
>> >> With the best regards,
>> >>
>> >> The Organizing Team
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> * Program
>> >> The duration of the meeting is 5 days, from 2nd of June to 6th.
>> >> Typically there will be lectures 3 hours per day, and hands-on
>> >> tutorials, about 5 hours per day. The content of the Workshop will
>> >> include:
>> >>
>> >> * Molecular Dynamics with Amber
>> >> * Using VMD to visualize AMBER
>> >> * Dealing with non-standard residues
>> >> * Building protein-ligand complexes
>> >> * Statistical Mechanics for Free Energy Calculations
>> >> * MM/PBSA calculations
>> >> * Calculating relative binding free energies for protein/carbohydrate
>> >> complexes
>> >> * Enhanced sampling techniques
>> >> * Maximizing Performance (Parallel Execution and NVIDIA GPU
>> >>Acceleration)
>> >> * Umbrella sampling simulations
>> >> * Analyzing Simulations
>> >> * Introduction to QM/MM Calculations
>> >> * Lipid Simulations with AMBER
>> >>
>> >> The target audience is graduate students and postdocs as well as a
>>few
>> >> faculty interested in learning about Molecular Dynamics techniques.
>> >> The course is designed to introduce Molecular Dynamics techniques
>>from
>> >> an introductory perspective but will progress quickly. Some
>>experience
>> >> with the Linux operating system is essential but experience with
>>AMBER
>> >> or other molecular dynamics packages is not required.
>> >>
>> >> * Registration
>> >> The number is limited to 40. Given the limited number of seats you
>> >> will be requested to fill a pre-registration form.
>> >>
>> >> Fill the pre-registration form at:
>> >> http://mmb.pcb.ub.es/www/amber2014
>> >>
>> >> Important: Pre-registration deadline is 28 of April.
>> >>
>> >> Organizers will review applications and invite those selected to
>> >> register by May 8th. From 8th of May, if there are seats available,
>> >> the organizers will accept further applications.
>> >>
>> >> Registration fees are 190 euros. Attendees are expected to bring
>>their
>> >> own laptop. The organization will provide a pendrive with all
>> >> necessary software and training material. Lunch and coffee breaks are
>> >> included.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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