Science Highlights
Research conducted and supported by PSC computational resources, educational programs, and staff expertise
Hooked Up
HOOKED UP A common way for proteins to hold themselves together is with disulfide bridges. But scientists don’t completely understand why some proteins need them to “hook up” their structure. Researchers used the DESRES Anton system hosted at PSC to discover the...
PSC Systems Model Economics of Electric Power Storage
More Power to Us Greenfield, Bridges Models Pinpoint Inefficiencies in Electric Power Storage Why It’s Important: If everyone used electricity at a constant rate, generating power would be simple. Generators that supply a fixed level of energy would be fairly cheap to...
Fall 2015: From the Directors
Welcome to the Fall 2015 edition of People. Science. Collaboration. This summer we marked a significant transition at PSC: We retired the Blacklight system, and in October will begin constructing the new, National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Bridges system...
Bridges Reveals Diabetes, Gut Microbe Links
Gut Check Bridges Reveals Interaction between Diabetes and Digestive-Tract Microbes Sept. 7, 2016 Why It's Important: Many people appreciate how serious diabetes is: it can cause blindness, nerve pain and lack of circulation in the limbs that leads to amputation, to...
Bridges Links Biologists to Wild Genomes
Wild Things Bridges Connects Evolutionary Biologists with Genomes of Wild Species July 13, 2016 Why the Sumatran Rhinoceros Is Important Depressing but true: things don’t look good for the Sumatran rhinoceros. This unique tropical species is all but extinct in the...
2016: Island Time
Island Time Extended Simulation on Anton Shows How Cell-Surface Molecules Cluster Why It's Important: Virtually every process in human health and disease relies on signals getting across cell membranes—the flexible “bags” that enclose the contents of...
Fall 2015: Bridge to the Future
BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE Bridges Will Bring high performance Computing and Data Analysis to New Fields In 2016, PSC’s newest supercomputer, Bridges, will go online. The $9.65-million, NSF-funded Bridges represents the culmination of lessons learned from PSC’s Blacklight...
Fall 2015: News in Brief
News in Brief DXC EXPANDS SCOPE PSC’s Data Exacell (DXC) pilot project has increased the community of researchers who can use the system and the scope of projects it can serve by adding new hardware and software resources. The DXC team added data storage to the...
Fall 2015: Securing the CHAIN
SECURING THE CHAIN WITH TRINITY Shrimp Transcriptome Offers Secure Future Food Source, Better Understanding of Ocean Food Chain WHY IT'S IMPORTANT Litopenaeus vannamei, the whiteleg shrimp, is the number one human food source from the sea. Over a million tons are...
Fall 2015: A Shift in Perspective
A Shift in Perspective Anton Simulations Upend Picture of How Proteins Work The Anton simulations suggest that PKA has nine distinct communities (A through H). The size of the circles shows how big each community is physically, the width of the lines connecting...