wiki:2021-2-18

Attendees

  • Eric, TomG, Greg, Elaine, Scooter, TomF

Agenda

  • Action items

Discussion

  • Computer security
    • Scooter working to satisfy UCSF IT about security of specific computers
  • ChimeraX
    • Chimera and ChimeraX technical topics moved to new meeting every other Thursday at 1 pm, first one today.
  • NTT Data proposal
    • Scooter says it looks like it is going through without issues.
  • Future funding plan
    • Renew R01 by July 5, 2021
    • NTT Data contract (2 FTE), Phenix R24 (.8 FTE), current R01 (2 FTE) for one more year, SPOKE support for Elaine + Scooter, seems sufficient for now.
    • Will skip June 2021 NIGMS R24 and just put in R01 renewal
    • U24 like Cytoscape worth investigating, waiting to see cytoscape reviews
    • Also getting about two license inquiries per week that helps funding
    • Have CZI proposal in with some modest chance of success.
    • Scooter is awaiting data from UCSF finance on percent assignments of staff to grants. May be possible to get new hire before R01 renewal is awarded based on SPOKE and other funds.
  • Lab plan
    • Lab members discussed retirement plans
    • Tom Ferrin still working about 3 days per week instead of 1
      • lots of email to deal with
      • Elaine will take over reviewing Chimera/X licensing email
    • Scooter, Elaine, Eric, TomG, Greg all happy to continue working for one more R01 round to fully develop ChimeraX to replace Chimera
  • Future lab lunch
    • Have future lab lunch outing when pandemic permits
    • Include Al and Conrad
    • Guaymas closed, will need to pick new restaurant

Action Items

  • Buy Mac Mini with Apple Silicon and KVM switch, TomF
  • Figure out what additional plato directories need backup. Scooter
  • Try to setup 2-factor authentication for vpn, Scooter
  • Test new vpn on linux and document. Scooter
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