Provost Katehi's Visit to TCBG

On December 7, 2006, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dr. Linda P.B. Katehi and Vice Provost Ruth Watkins visited the TCBG, accompanied by Beckman's Director Dr. Pierre Wiltzius and Associate Director Van Anderson. TCBG faculty members Klaus Schulten, Emad Tajkhorshid, and Alek Aksimentiev, along with postdoctoral researcher Jordi Cohen and graduate students Amy Shih and Peter Freddolino provided brief 3D lectures on the mission, research, software development, and training efforts of the TCBG, and how those efforts benefit both the UIUC and larger biomedical community. An agenda of lecture titles, and slides using during the lectures, are available below.

Agenda Items

  1. Overview and Computational Microscopy Mission
    Klaus Schulten, Professor of Physics

  2. Computational Microscopy of Biological Water Channels
    Emad Tajkhorshid, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

  3. Computational Microscopy of Synthetic Nanopores for DNA Sequencing
    Alek Aksimentiev, Assistant Professor of Physics

  4. Computational Microscopy for Photosynthetic Hydrogen Gas Production
    Jordi Cohen, Postdoctoral Researcher

  5. Computational Microscopy for Fighting Cardiovascular Diseases
    Amy Shih, Biophysics Graduate Student

  6. Computational Microscopy for Fighting Viral Infections
    Peter Freddolino, Biophysics Graduate Student

  7. Training in Computational Biophysics and Summary
    Klaus Schulten, Professor of Physics

Presentation Slides (pdf)