Difference between revisions of "2020 AMS-536 Spring (revised syllabus)"

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Revised Syllabus Notes

As a result of the COVID-19 outbreak the course syllabus has been revised per University guidelines to address the semester being shortened by one week and document changes necessary to teach the course online for the rest of the semester. A brief summary of the changes include:

(1) The schedule has been revised starting March 23 2020.
(2) We will continue to hold class at the regularly scheduled time however this will now be done online via the Zoom program ( https://it.stonybrook.edu/services/zoom ).
(3) AMBER tutorials are being prerecorded by the Instructors and will be uploaded as appropriate into the course schedule as online videos.
(4) AMBER tutorials should be viewed online before each relevant Zoom meetings so that meeting time can be spent troubleshooting and providing other guidance as necessary for class tutorials.
(5) Class time normally devoted to watching and scoring oral presentations will instead be used for Zoom meetings devoted to troubleshooting and providing other guidance as necessary for Class Projects.
(6) Project presentations will be recorded by each participant individually, at home, and then emailed to the Instructors (see Video Presentation due date below).
(7) Project presentations will be watched and scored by the instructors and 3 different course participants (see Reviewer Assignments below).
(8) The Student Accessibility Support Center Statement (see below) has been updated
(9) A Faculty Technical Support Statement (see below) has been added

Project Information

Student Project Proposal OHARE Sheet

• studentproject.OHARE.template.docx

Oral Presentation Guidelines: These meetings should be formal and your chance to tell a complete story. Talks should be presented in PPT format and be between 20 and 30 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:

• 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 minutes)
• Email your video to the Instructors who will make it available to the class

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

• Please note that a doctor's excuse will be required if you miss your scheduled oral presentation date because of illness.

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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Students who require assistance during emergency evacuation are encouraged to discuss their needs with their professors and the Student Accessibility Support Center. For procedures and information go to the following website: https://ehs.stonybrook.edu/programs/fire-safety/emergency-evacuation/evacuation-guide-people-physical-disabilities and search Fire Safety and Evacuation and Disabilities.

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Faculty Technical Support Statement:

• Faculty needing to access information on using instructional technology for remote teaching should visit https://it.stonybrook.edu/keep-teaching
• If you experience problems using technology, please submit a service ticket at: https://it.stonybrook.edu/services/itsm
• CELT will provide remote support by Zoom at: https://stonybrook.zoom.us/j/478142498 or by email at: academictechnologies@stonybrook.edu

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