Attendees

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

October 2, 2025

Agenda

• Greg windows code signing
• What to do with unused Cytoscape GPU nodes

Discussion Notes

• NIH study section reviews
  • Tom Ferrin working on R01 and R15 NIH study section grant reviews.
  • R15 grant involves undergraduates doing research.
  • Study section is supposed to meet next Tuesday and Wednesday, but may not because of government shutdown.

• ChimeraX R35 grant review
  • Our R35 was supposed to be reviewed October 23-24, but may be delayed due to government shutdown.

• ChimeraX license for plugin developer
  • Peter Schmidtke asked for free license to develop ChimeraX plugin to access commercial structure database.
  • Lab agrees that is fine for open source ChimeraX plugin developers even if it is part of their company work.

• Kerberos 3DES
  • Plato was not able to use Rocky default Kerberos because it needed 3DES for unclear reasons.
  • Greg figured out 3DES was used to encrypt old passwords for making sure new passwords were different.
  • Greg has updated comparison method so default Rocky Kerberos can be used.

• Windows ChimeraX installer signing
  • Greg described Yubikey steps to do code signing.

• NAS internet access
  • Network attached storage drive for plato can no longer access internet for updates.
  • Greg will reopen ticket with UCSF IT so updates can be obtained.

Action Items