by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 17, 2018 | Science Highlights
Simulations Show how HIV Drug Traps Virus in an Inactive State Though AIDS survival is up and new cases are down, the HIV virus is still a major cause of sickness and death. Juan Perilla of the University of Delaware and his colleagues used the Anton 2 system at the...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 17, 2018 | Science Highlights
Anton 2 Simulations Give Clue to Poorly Understood Role of Cellular “Bricks” Tubulin proteins are the cell’s “Lego bricks,”connecting with themselves into tubular structures that help give living cells shape and stiffness. But the protein may also play a role in...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 17, 2018 | Science Highlights
Pitt Researchers Use Bridges to Optimize Doctor Visits for Kidney Patients The biggest causes of death in developed countries—heart disease, cancer, chronic organ failure—are complex conditions that may be best treated by long-term management rather than attempting to...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 17, 2018 | Science Highlights
USING CLOUD-BASED “BACKFILL CYCLES” ON BRIDGES ENABLES VERY HIGH RESOLUTION FUNCTIONAL BRAIN IMAGING From children’s playing fields to professional stadiums to battle fields, doctors are more and more worried about traumatic brain injury (TBI) that lurks after a...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 6, 2018 | Press release
April 6, 2018 Paola Buitrago has been appointed as the founding director of the Artificial Intelligence & Big Data (AI&BD) Group at PSC. The group expands the scope of the center’s activities to enable research through the convergence of AI and high...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 6, 2018 | Press release
April 6, 2018 PSC has a strong history enabling artificial intelligence (AI) research at scale. AI advancements at PSC include Never Ending Language Learning (NELL), led by CMU’s Tom Mitchell and William Cohen, on PSC’s Blacklight system and the 2017...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 6, 2018 | Press release
April 6, 2018 Phil Blood, widely recognized for his contributions to national genomics and molecular dynamics communities, has been appointed senior director of PSC’s Computational Biology Group. In his new position, Blood is responsible for PSC’s strategy across the...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 6, 2018 | Press release
April 6, 2018 To unify its research efforts and strategic planning in computational biology and public health, PSC has launched a new Computational Biology Group. The senior director of the new group, Phil Blood, will oversee PSC’s Biomedical Applications and Public...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 5, 2018 | Press release
April 6, 2018 Jason Sommerfield has been appointed director of PSC’s Facilities Technology Group, succeeding J. Ray Scott. In his new position, Sommerfield will be responsible for leading the deployment and operation of high-impact resources for computation and data...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 5, 2018 | Press release
World’s Tiniest Test Tubes in Alzheimer’s Protein Simulation Why It’s Important: The progressive memory loss of Alzheimer’s disease is devastating to the people it affects and to their loved ones. And it’s a problem that isn’t going to go away. According to the...
