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This experiment, which is held every two years, helps this scientific
field come to consensus on such questions as what is the most accurate
methodology, which are the most cost-effective methods, and where
should the community direct its efforts to achieve the most effectiveness.
Access to large-scale computational resources has been a barrier
for some research groups. In an effort to remove that barrier, The
National Science Foundation Partnerships for Advanced Computational
Infrastructure program allocated computing time on the PSC Terascale
Computing System (TCS) and Compaq is allocating computing time on
its BioCluster system. To enable a common means to access these
high-powered AlphaServer systems, Compaq and PSC will make available
a computational grid environment.
This collaboration is intended to support researchers in their
efforts to reach the next level of computational breakthroughs required
to accurately predict the structure of proteins, and, thereby, understand
structure-function relationships for improved drug discovery to
benefit us all.
For more information about CASP including application process, visit
http://predictioncenter.llnl.gov/
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Compaq
and Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) have teamed up
to help advance the science of structural biology by making
available large-scale computational resources to support CASP5.
CASP (Critical Assessment of Techniques for Protein Structure
Prediction) is a community-wide experiment that assesses various
methodologies for accurately predicting the three-dimensional
structure of proteins.