Attendees

Selina, Eric, Elaine, TomG, Greg, Scooter, TomF

November 30, 2023

Agenda

• Greg work in progress, ​Slides

Discussion Notes

• Greg work in progress
  • ​Slides
  • Talked about labrador retriever guide dog program.
  • ChimeraX 1.7 release - flatpak needs ffmpeg built.
  • Working on URLdefense email filter.
  • Working on ChimeraX license administration web page.

• NIAID contract statement of work
  • Next Thursday group meeting will be to discuss next NIAID statement of work.

• Christmas card
  • Could use cardiac myosin thick filament image from Nature paper last week. Might remake image to avoid copyright issues.
  • Could use an image from our ChimeraX paper this year, insulin dimer.

• R01 renewal
  • Submission of R01 renewal is due May or June 2025, 1 year before expiration of current 4 year grant.
  • Should look at instead applying for the new RM1 grant which emphasizes service and technology while R01 emphasizes research.
  • Tom Ferrin thinks the RM1 may not be available to labs that have had a P41 for 15 years.

• Endowed chair
  • Michelle Arkins planned to talk to her advisory board about our ChimeraX licenses funding an endowed chair.
  • Kathy Giacomini should be included in future discussions.

• New Mac computers for Elaine and Tom
  • New Mac computer ordered for Elaine and Tom will need serial number sent to David Ing to exempt them from UCSF IT management.
  • Machines should not be powered on until exempted.
  • Then Scooter will apply for an IT exemption for software development use.

• Wynton
  • Scooter is working on setting up backup system.
  • Not sure if funding for backups could be cut due to budget shortfalls.

• Selina machine learning project
  • Internship ends at end of December.
  • Cannot renew paid internship because of 1000 hour limit in one year.
  • Selina can retain her Wynton PHI account as a collaborator.
  • UCSF account will be automatically deactivated when she is no longer an intern.
  • Plan is to write paper on her medical imaging machine learning developments when the work is complete.
  • Selina will be first author.
  • Paper will cover similar material to her last group meeting presentation on the work, but with more complete results.

Action Items