wiki:2021-4-8

Attendees

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

Agenda

  • Reconcile level-of-effort on each grant/contract so NIH does not hold up Phenix R24 award.
  • R01 renewal - should we include web viewer in next R01?
  • Automated download of ChimeraX for NIH 3D request by Philip MacMenamin
  • ChimeraX release progress, early April release date.
  • New hire job description
  • SPOKE
  • Funding
  • Action items

Discussion

  • Level-of-effort on grants
    • To avoid holding up Paul Adams Phenix 24 grant, must address NIH concerns about UCSF team level of effort being beyond 100%.
    • Need Eric, Elaine and TomG level of effort on all grants include Phenix R24 to be no more than 100%.
    • NIH reports level of effort at 15 - 17 calendar months, needs to be 12 or less.
    • NTT Data contract is main problem. Level of effort is incorrect for contract.
    • Funding for future new hire is not accounted for.
    • Tom Ferrin will arrange meeting with JoAnne, Tara, Scooter, to straighten out effort reporting.
  • Web viewer in R01 proposal
    • Tom Ferrin suggests we not include it based on TomG analysis.
    • Scooter is concerned about reviewers who think desktop/laptop platform is old and want to see web browser interfaces.
    • Could put in R01 a figure showing ChimeraX GLTF presented in 3D web viewer.
    • Could make a tutorial and/or feature highlight showing how to export a ChimeraX scene and put on web page or upload to SketchFab or other 3D model sharing site.
  • New hire
    • Human resources has job description
    • We should announce job on Twitter and chimerax user list.
    • Tristan recommends asking Todd Hamish if interested
  • ChimeraX 1.2 release plan
    • Code freeze the past week
    • Supposed to branch today but Greg on vacation
    • In one week plan to put 1.2 version on download page which is release candidate.
    • End of April announce officlal 1.2 release if no critical bugs found

Action Items

  • Study if molstar web viewer could be fed ChimeraX scene for R01 proposal, Eric
  • Study if good web viewer for collada / gltf available for R01 proposal, TomG
  • Summarize Phenix R24 ChimeraX aims to avoid conflict with R01 proposal, TomG
  • 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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