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#993Advanced Structural Biology 3D Visualization using Chimera
 
Description:
UCSF Chimera is a next-generation high-quality molecular and volume visualization and manipulation tool, similar to legacy applications like Rasmol and comparable to expensive applications like Amira. Its powerful suite of tools is optimized for visualizing large structures and volumes, such as viruses and electron microscopy data. In addition, Chimera offers a wealth of analysis and manipulation tools, including protein minimization, for exploring mutations and their potential effects.

This Structural Biology course is presented by the NIAID OCICB Bioinformatics and Computational Biosciences Branch (BCBB). For questions about the course or for collaboration on Structural Biology problems, email BCBB at ScienceApps@niaid.nih.gov
 
Objectives:
Students will learn how to:
  • Visualize large structures, such as viruses and electron microscopy data
  • Introduce and accommodate mutations using protein minimization
  • Slice molecular surfaces to reveal the inner workings of complicated protein complexes
  • Create 3D alignments of proteins
  • Create publication-quality images
Who should attend:
NIH staff with an interest in visualizing macromolecular structure should attend. The course is designed with new users in mind, but even seasoned users will learn something from the course.
 
Instructor(s):
Dr. Darrell Hurt, Ph.D., NIAID
 
Time Required:
1.5 hours
 
Sections Available:
993-09F April 7 9:00 - 10:30 Building 12A, Room B51

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