Computational Biophysics and Systems Biology

CSE 60531/40531

Course Calendar Spring 2008

Textbook: Robert Skeel, Computational Methods for Molecular Simulations

On Reserve: Andrew Leach, Molecular Modeling and Simulation: Principles and Applications, Prentice Hall, 2001. ISBN 0-582-38210-6

Reference: Tamar Schlick, Molecular Modeling and Simulation: An Interdisciplinary Guide, Springer-Verlag, 2002. ISBN 0-387-95404-X

Date

Lecture Topic

Readings

Assignments

Jan. 17th

· Course Overview and Introduction

(1) Schlick Chapter 1

Jan. 22nd

· Amino Acids and Proteins

HW1

Jan. 24th

· VMD Tutorial

· Files (TAR.GZ) (ZIP)

Jan. 29th

· Statistical Mechanics

Jan. 31st

· NAMD Tutorial (UNIX/Mac) (Windows)

· Files (TAR.GZ) (ZIP)

Feb. 4th

· Ramachandran Plots

Feb. 12th

· NAMD Installation

Feb. 14th

Molecular Dynamics

(1) Smith LJ, Daura X, van Gunsteren WF, Assessing Equilibration and Convergence in Biomolecular Simulations, PROTEINS: Structure, Function, and Genetics 2002 48:487-496.

Feb. 21st

(2) Earl DJ, Deem MW, Parallel tempering: Theory, applications, and new perspectives, Phys . Chem. Chem. Phys . , 2005 , 7:3910-3916.

HW2

Mar. 11

Implicit Solvation

March 18

·  Free Energy Calculations

Computing free energy using thermodynamic integration.


April 1

·  Final Project

Decalanine Input Files

Final Project

Calendar: Spring 2006