Hands-on Workshop on  Biomolecular Computation and Data Analysis                                                                   
The Complex Systems Lab of the Beijing Computational Science Research Center (CSRC) will offer a mini- “hands-on” workshop from late March till mid-April, 2014, covering basic computational techniques in molecular biophysics and statistical physics. The course is intended for graduate and undergraduate students who wish to experience a real “encounter” with macromolecules and with scientists who study them in great detail.
 
The workshop will run on four consecutive Sundays, each time starting with a general lecture in the morning (10:00 – 12:00). After the lunch break, there will be a hands-on tutorial session (13:00 – 16:00) where software packages or programming techniques will be introduced. The students are asked to bring their own computers and perform trial runs of the simulation programs. The workshop schedule, including the names of the instructors, are listed below:

March 23th  Introduction to Molecular Dynamics (MD) Simulations of Proteins
    Lecture by Prof Shan Yibing (CSRC and DE Shaw Research, USA)
    Tutorial led by Dr Duan Baogen and Dr Wu Shaogui (CSRC) 

March 30th  Building Markov State Models from MD Trajectories
    Lecture by Prof Yao Yuan (Peking University, School of Mathematical Sciences)
    Tutorial led by Dr Da Lintai (HKUST)

April 13th   The generalized Poisson‐Boltzmann equation and the related numerical approaches
    Lecture by Prof Henri Orland (CSRC and Institute of Theoretical Physics, CEA Saclay, France)
    Tutorial led by Dr Luo Liang and Dr Chai Yan (CSRC)

April 20th   MD Trajectory Analysis and Koopman Operator
    Lecture by Prof Lan Yueheng (Tsinghua University, Department of Physics)
    Tutorial led by Dr. Jia Jiying from Prof Lan’s group

The sessions will take place in Room 606, Level 6. A certificate will be issued upon completion of all four modules.

To register, please contact Miss Xu Jingjing by email at xjj@csrc.ac.cn. Include a brief CV. and statement to support your application before Mar. 19, 2014.