Attendees

Piet, Zach, Tom Goddard, Greg, Eric, Elaine, Scooter, Tom Ferrin

November 14, 2024

Agenda

• Zach work in progress, TODO: Add link to slides.

Discussion Notes

• NAS plato storage
  • Have migrated most things to local NAS storage: web services, Trac, web servers, /usr/local/projects, ....
  • Mail /var/spool not moved.
  • Home directories will not be moved.
  • Eric asks what is needed to get backups going for NAS. Scooter will advise.

• New NVMe disk for minsky
  • Supposed to arrive today, don't know where it will be delivered.

• Zach work in progress
  • ChimeraX 1.9 branch and release candidates made.
  • Github Actions cloud builds. Daily builds now made on cloud. Mac signing done.
  • Working on testing builds with AmberTools 24, sometimes fails installing notarized app.
  • Tried numpy 2.0 build, fixed one problem.
  • Made separate tool for orthoplane viewer so it can be shown in VR. Not capturing OpenGL volume plane.
  • Working on assembling people to write a paper about the VR medical imaging. David Chen, and radiologist at UCSF. Need case study. Meeting by Zoom today.

• NIAID contract
  • Uncertain whether new administration will change NIAID funding.

• NIH R24 funding
  • Cytoscape score 17, very likely to be funded.
  • Need to consider applying for ChimeraX R24. Would include training and outreach. Once per-year submission date, June.
  • Early renewal date for R01 would be March 2025.

Action Items