Scientific Computing Seminar

Date:
Friday, May 14, 2004
Time:
1:00pm-2:00pm
Location:
50A-5132
Seminar Speaker:
Silvia Crivelli
CRD, LBNL
sncrivelli (at) lbl (dot) gov
Title:
ProteinShop: A Graphical Environment for Protein Structure Prediction
Abstract:
One of the grand challenges in biology is the protein structure prediction problem: how to determine the three-dimensional -also called native- structure of a protein, from its sequence of amino acids. The native structure of a protein determines how the protein performs its function. The ability to quickly predict any protein's native structure from its sequence of amino acids will profoundly change our daily lives.

We have developed ProteinShop, a graphical environment that provides educated assistance to the search for a solution to the protein structure prediction problem through a combination of unique features and capabilities. In this talk, I will describe the dual functionality of ProteinShop, first as a protein modeling tool that can quickly create protein structures and second as a steering tool that can help transform an unsolvable problem into one that can be approached through computational means by using human knowledge and intuition.

Sponsor of Seminar:
Chris Ding
Scientific Computing

Contact Esmond G. Ng EGNg@lbl.gov