Following on from our successful screening of “The Virtual Human” film produced by Barcelona Supercomputing Centre, the Science Museum have written a blog showcasing some of the discussions that took place during the event. The blog contains a link to the audio recording of the presentations and discussion, along with a summary of the presentations…
Following on from our successful premier at the Science Museum on 27th September 2017, “The Virtual Human” film has been accepted for showing at the Imagine Science Film Festival in New York City on Sunday, October 15th at 9pm local time. Despite missing the deadline for the competition, they have agreed that it can be…
The HPCEuropa3 project that runs from May 1st 2017 to April 31st 2021 and aims at maintaining the persistency of high-quality service to transnational access to the most advance HPC infrastructures available in Europe for European research. The project is based on a program of visits, in the form of traditional transnational access, with researchers…
The Zika virus outbreak in Brazil was declared by WHO to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern as evidence came to light that infection can cause birth defects as well as neurological problems. Whilst public health measures have contained the epidemic there remains no specific treatment for the virus available and treatment options…
CompBioMed Partner Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) have published a paper in Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling on protein preparation for molecular dynamics simulations. This paper is available now from the Journal website
The next run of the free Supercomputing MOOC from EPCC, SURFsara and PRACE is now open for registration. The 5 week course itself starts on August 28th. “This course is designed for anyone interested in leading-edge computing technology, supercomputers or the role that computer simulation takes in modern science and engineering. All of the technical…
Fri 15 September 11.00 am — 3.00 pm Design Studio (D05) Level D, Pam Liversidge Building, Sheffield S1 3JD Insigneo is hosting the first meeting of all researchers, industrial experts, clinicians, regulators and funders interested in the Virtual Physiological Human (VPH), in silicomedicine, and related topics. The aim is to explore the establishment of a…
A number of CompBioMed partners have been awarded a two year project at Leibniz Supercomputing Centre with an allocation on SuperMUC of 28 million core hours over two years, effective immediately. The project is led by Prof Dr Dieter Kranzmüller, Director of LRZ and Professor of Computer Science at Ludwig Maximillians Universitet, Munich. Partners include…
Coordinator of CompBioMed, Prof Peter V Coveney, conducted a workshop at the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) on the SuperMUC supercomputer in the run-up to the start of the CompBioMed Centre of Excellence. In the work, the group investigated the way a breast cancer drug interacted with various proteins, paving the way to more specific personalised…
7th International Women in HPC workshop Sunday November 12th 2017 — Denver, CO, USA Call for posters and participation https://www.womeninhpc.org/whpc-sc17/workshop/ Women in HPC will once again attend the Supercomputing conference to discuss diversity and inclusivity topics. Activities will bring together women from across the international HPC community, provide opportunities to network, showcase the work of…