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Q&A with Apratim Bhattarcharya, XSEDE User

Protein folding and protein-protein interactions underlie our conceptual understanding of how living systems work.

E-C-S-Yes: XSEDE’s Extended Collaborative Support Services

XSEDE’s Extended Collaborative Support Services (ECSS) team provides individual and community guidance for users to improve, enhance, execute, and troubleshoot their projects.

5/8/18 successes education ecss training

When Winds Get Rough

PSC and XSEDE Experts and Resources Enable Simulation of Non-steady Forces on Wind Turbines

Catching Mantle Plumes by Their Magma Tails

Deep Earth Imaging Supported by XSEDE-allocated resources Stampede1, Campus Champions, Science Gateways

5/7/18 successes geology seismic stampede2 university of michigan

Supercomputer Simulations Reveal New “Achilles heel” in Dengue Virus

XSEDE Resources Help Findings that may be Applicable to West Nile, Zika Viruses

5/1/18 successes psc bridges sdsc comet medicine disease csu

How to Catch a Fish Genome with Big Data

XSEDE ECSS, Blacklight and Stampede support California Yellowtail genome assembly and annotation

4/18/18 successes stampede biology blacklight genomics california

The Complex Journey of Red Blood Cells Through Microvascular Networks

XSEDE-allocated supercomputer used to simulate and study dynamics of red blood cells

4/11/18 successes tacc biology medicine

XSEDE Helps Reveal How a Heart Drug Molecular Switch Is Turned On and Off

“Robust” Molecular Dynamics Allows Researchers to Visualize Protein-Protein Binding Activity

4/11/18 successes biology sdsc medicine

XSEDE Helps Nail Down Cause in Brain-Region Activity

At first blush, fMRI seems magical. Doctors can put a person in an fMRI scanner and watch their brain work as they think, perform simple mental tasks or just sit and daydream. But the field has...

4/11/18 successes psc biology brain

You Break It, You Understand It - XSEDE Helps Quantum Chemists Understand Break-up of Atmospheric Chemicals

PSC, XSEDE Help Quantum Chemists Understand Break-up of Atmospheric Chemicals

3/9/18 successes psc chemistry quantum

XSEDE Enables One of the Largest Earth Sciences Data Collections in the Country

XSEDE’s allocations used in data collection, processing, analysis, and storage

3/9/18 successes tacc earthscience

New on-demand training available for Jetstream, Knights Landing, and ParaView

The Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) has announced that four new Cornell University Virtual Workshop training topics are now available through the XSEDE user portal:

3/5/18 successes education jetstream training cornell knightslanding paraview

Supercomputing More Light than Heat

Study found that recent computational and theoretical developments have enabled the location of defect-induced conical intersections in semiconductor nanomaterials.

2/5/18 successes tacc energy recent

After the storm - Simulating and visualizing extreme weather with XSEDE

Stormy weather is perfect for hot tea, warm clothes, and cool science

1/30/18 successes psc tacc ncsa meteorology recent

A better approach: Bringing supercomputing to psychology

Illinois’ Michel Regenwetter uses XSEDE resources to bring mathematical rigor to the psychology of decision making

12/5/17 successes psychology recent

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