Difference between revisions of "2024 AMS-536 Spring"

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Please see https://ringo.ams.stonybrook.edu/~rizzo for Rizzo Group Homepage (Research and Teaching)

Syllabus Notes

This is a mixed course meaning that there will be both synchronous and asynchronous aspects. Note that course grading criteria has been modified from previous years (see grading breakdown above). Other details for this semester are as follows:

General Information

• This is a lab based class that will be held at the regularly scheduled time (M/W 2:30-3:50PM) in person.
• It is imperative that everyone attend ALL lab classes in person since we will be providing critical material and going over computational tutorials and examples in "real time".
• Based on prior experience, students that miss lab class quickly fall behind and it is difficult to catch up.
• Please note that a doctor's excuse will be required if a student misses any important deadlines because of illness.
• All class correspondence should be addressed to ALL TA's/course Instructors.
• Please consult the Schedule below prior to coming to each each class.
• Oral Presentations of Class Projects will be recorded by each participant individually (see Recording Your Oral Presentation section below), at home, and then emailed to the Instructors (Presentation due date below).
• Oral Presentations will be reviewed based on the Reviewer Assignments listed in the Schedule using a Reviewer Assessment Sheet .
• A key component of the course is a Final Written Report, based on an independent class project, which will be written in the format of a peer-reviewed journal article.

Class Project Information

Student Project Proposal OHARE Sheet: OHARE stands for Objective, Hypothesis, Approach, Rational, and Expected outcomes. All students will submit (and revise as necessary) an OHARE sheet to help them clearly define and outline their independent projects.

• studentproject.OHARE.template.docx

Oral Presentation Guidelines: These presentations should be formal and your chance to tell a complete story. Talks should be presented in PPT format and be between 20 and 25 minutes long. The purpose of your talks is for you to clearly and concisely present your overall progress to date including appropriate background material and interpretation of your results. Check our guidelines on how not to make a presentation. Talks should be arranged in the following order:

• Introduction/Background (include biological relevance)
• Specifics of Your System
• Computational Details (theory)
• Computational Details (system setup)
• Results and Discussion (include a critical interpretation of your results)
• Conclusions
• Future
• Acknowledgments

Recording Your Oral Presentation Using Zoom: It is very straightforward to create a video of yourself giving a PPT presentation using Zoom:

• Download the Zoom app ( https://it.stonybrook.edu/services/zoom )
• Open the Zoom app
• Create a new Zoom meeting with only yourself (make sure audio and video are turned on)
• Share your screen
• Open your presentation in PPT and put in presentation mode
• Start recording and give a short test presentation to make sure that everything is working smoothly (use mouse as necessary to highlight specific regions of your slides)
• Stop recording and quit the meeting
• Open the newly created video (using QuickTime or some other video player) to make sure that your test presentation has both audio and video and looks good
• Follow the above steps to create your "full-length" video presentation (videos should not exceed 20-25 minutes)
• Email your video to the Instructors who will make it available to the class (please name your Zoom video Lastname.mp4)

Final Written Report Guidelines and Example Final Papers: Written project guidelines and example papers to use as a guide are provided below.

• project.guidelines.pdf
• project.example.dGhyd.pdf
• project.example.MMPS.pdf

Tutorials, Software Links, and Other Relevant Class Information

• Rizzo_Lab_Information_and_Tutorials
• Cheat Sheet:
  • Unix
  • Vi
  • BASH scripting
  • C_Shell_Scripting
  • SLURM
• Unix Command Guide
• Seawulf Queue Info
• Wikitext Cheat Sheet (for preparing tutorial Wiki page)
• Wikitext Formatting Tips (for making the tutorial Wiki page pretty)
• Chimera Basics - Video
• Chimera Structure Analysis - Video
• Top Pharmaceutical Posters
• DOCK6.9 User Manual
• AMBER 16 User Manual
• Free Energy Calculations

Schedule

GENERAL INFORMATION: AMS-536 is designed for students who wish to gain hands-on experience modeling biological molecules at the atomic level. In conjunction with the participants' interest, Molecular Mechanics, molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo, Docking (virtual screening), or Quantum Mechanics software packages will be used. Projects will include setup, execution, and analysis. Students will work on individual projects outside of class. Course participants will give presentations relevant to the simulations being performed and a final project report will be required. Grades will be based on the quality of the talks, participation in class discussion, attendance, and the final written report. Familiarity with working in a Unix (Linux) environment is desirable.

Learning Obectives:

• (1) Gain hands-on experience modeling biological molecules at the atomic level.
• (2) Learn to navigate linx/unix operating system
• (3) Learn shell scripting and text-based editing (vim program)
• (4) Learn to use a linux-based computing cluster that has a queuing system
• (5) Learn to use visualization software (Chimera, MOE, and VMD programs)
• (6) Setup, execute, and analyze docking (DOCK) and molecular dynamics (AMBER) tutorials.
• (7) Give oral presentations on individual research projects which includes:
  • (i) Introduction/Background (include biological relevance)
  • (ii) Specifics of Your System
  • (iii) Computational Details (theory)
  • (iv) Computational Details (system setup)
  • (v) Results and Discussion (include a critical interpretation of your results)
  • (vi) Conclusions
  • (vii) Future
  • (viii) Acknowledgments
• (8) Write a polished well-referenced manuscript in the format of a peer-reviewed Journal Article.

LITERATURE DISCLAIMER: Hyperlinks and manuscripts accessed through Stony Brook University's electronic journal subscriptions are provided below for educational purposes only.

PRESENTATION DISCLAIMER: Presentations may contain slides from a variety of online sources for educational and illustrative purposes only, and use here does not imply that the presenter is claiming that the contents are their own original work or research.

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