Scientific Supercomputing at the NIH
The Helix Systems group is responsible for the planning and management of high-performance computing systems specifically for the intramural NIH community. These systems include Helix, a multiprocessor shared-memory system for interactive use; Biowulf, a 6300+ processor Linux cluster; and Helixweb, which provides a number of scientific tools via the web. We provide access to a wide range of computational applications for molecular and structural biology, mathematical and graphical analysis, and other scientific fields.



Recent Publications Citing Helix and Biowulf:

Optimizing computer-aided colonic polyp detection for CT colonography by evolving the Pareto front
Jiang Li, Adam Huang, Jack Yao, Jiamin Liu, Robert L. Van Uitert, Nicholas Petrick, Ronald M. Summers
Medical Physics 36 :201-212 (2009)

Static and dynamic correlations in water at hydrophobic interfaces
Jeetain Mittal and Gerhard Hummer
PNAS 105 :20130-20135 (2008)

Characterization of a protective Escherichia coli-expressed Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 3 indicates a non-linear, multi-domain structure.
Tsai CW, Duggan PF, Jin AJ, Macdonald NJ, Kotova S, Lebowitz J, Hurt DE, Shimp RL Jr, Lambert L, Miller LH, Long CA, Saul A, Narum DL.
Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. , Published online 27 Nov (2008)

Self-assembly of fused homo-oligomers to create nanotubes
Buch I, Tsai CJ, Wolfson HJ, Nussinov R.
Methods Mol. Biol. 474 :117-31 (2008)