New Center Developing Computational Bioresearch Tool
University of Chicago (01/27/12) Steve Koppes
University of Chicago researchers led by professor Gregory Voth are developing a technique that might lead to a new and simpler way to predict molecular motion inside a cell. The research is backed by a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), which is being used to launch the Center for Multiscale Theory and Simulation. "What's impressive about Greg's team is the variety of theoretical and computational tools that it brings to bear," says NSF's Katharine Covert. The tools include a theoretical and computer simulation capability for describing biological systems at interconnected multiple scales. "This is what we call the multi-scale problem, and probably nowhere in the natural world does the multi-scale problem manifest as dramatically as in the biology regime," Voth says. The center will use an extensive new cyberinfrastructure network, which will provide a wide range of computational equipment, software, and techniques to support its work. One of the center’s most important computational tools is a technique called coarse-graining, which is a way of simplifying a complex problem in a mathematically precise way, with real-world physics built in.
University of Chicago (01/27/12) Steve Koppes
University of Chicago researchers led by professor Gregory Voth are developing a technique that might lead to a new and simpler way to predict molecular motion inside a cell. The research is backed by a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), which is being used to launch the Center for Multiscale Theory and Simulation. "What's impressive about Greg's team is the variety of theoretical and computational tools that it brings to bear," says NSF's Katharine Covert. The tools include a theoretical and computer simulation capability for describing biological systems at interconnected multiple scales. "This is what we call the multi-scale problem, and probably nowhere in the natural world does the multi-scale problem manifest as dramatically as in the biology regime," Voth says. The center will use an extensive new cyberinfrastructure network, which will provide a wide range of computational equipment, software, and techniques to support its work. One of the center’s most important computational tools is a technique called coarse-graining, which is a way of simplifying a complex problem in a mathematically precise way, with real-world physics built in.
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