Attendees

• Eric, Elaine, Greg, Scooter, TomG

Agenda

• Funding Update:
  • DOE ACSR cryoEM proposal
  • CZI Essential Software proposal, due May 19 - Scooter
    • avoid any changes to license at this point; tell CZI our license is type "other"
  • R01 renewal, due July 5, 2021
    • draft research plan is in Google Docs
    • Specific Aims to be enumerated after Research Plan is more developed
    • discuss status and writing assignments - All
  • NTT Data - ​task order
    • does the contract need to be modified given the Adams R24 OS that was submitted to NIH?
  • Adelson grant status report - Scooter
• New hire job ​description
  • Status of job listing - Scooter
  • How to get the word out: Twitter, Chimera/X mailing lists, registered Chimera users list, other? - All
  • Do we want a more detailed document for use in targeted advertising instead of the restrictive one required by UCSF HR? - All
  • Someone needs to take the lead on widely posting this job opening - Eric/Elaine?
  • Should Greg increase his level of effort for the RBVI? - Greg
    • Pro: plenty of ChimeraX work to do
    • Con: may burn intra-departmental bridges with other PIs and eliminate future support opportunities if funding pressures occurs in the future (i.e., fewer eggs in the basket)
• SPOKE:
  • Status report - Scooter
  • Do we need to re-consider our level of involvement in this project?
    • what are the scientific benefits? - Scooter
    • what level of funding do we receive? - Scooter
    • what is the level of enthusiasm of RBVI staff? - All
    • does this project leverage our expertise? - All
• AWS longterm account for VR meetings
  • 12-month free account will expire Aug 2021
• Review Action Items list below - TomG

Discussion Notes

• ChimeraX release
  • release candidate 1.2.4 going out today
  • aim is to make release official by end of May, sooner if possible

• New hire resumes
  • Scooter has not seen resumes yet, probably going to unused ucsf.edu email.
  • Later today collected 12 resumes, made Google Docs folder for them.

• DOE cryoEM machine learning proposal
  • Submitted today by Alex Aiken and Wah Chiu at Stanford
  • We were listed at about 1.5 FTE

• CZI Essential Software proposal
  • Put finishing touches on proposal during meeting.
  • Updated work plan, milestones, staff titles.
  • Scooter will submit later today.

Action Items

• Create tutorial for putting model on web page - TomG
• Summarize Phenix R24 ChimeraX aims to avoid conflict with R01 proposal - TomG
• Buy Mac Mini with Apple Silicon and KVM switch - TomG
• Figure out what additional plato directories need backup - Scooter
• Set up 2-factor authentication for hal2 vpn - Scooter
• Document new vpn setup on Linux - Scooter