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"Outreach and Training" activities for RBVI annual report and competitive grant renewals

This wiki encompasses all RBVI outreach and training activities, not just those related to Chimera.

The overall goal of the training component of the RBVI is twofold: to improve the general understanding of our technologies in the appropriate population and to create a cadre of biomedical researchers trained in the technology so that they can effectively apply it in their own research.

Each entry below should include the following:

• Title of event (e.g., EMBO electron microscopy workshop)
• Nature of training (e.g., hands-on use of Chimera volume visualization tools)
• Date(s)
• Location
• RBVI staff involved
• Hours of instruction (includes lectures, labs, and prep time)
• Number of attendees
• Comments/remarks/related URLs (e.g., students brought their own data sets for analysis)

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2012/2013 report

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April 21, 2012

UCSF Alumni Homecoming Demonstrations. A series of 30 minute demonstrations were given to several groups (about 100 individuals overall) of UCSF alumni from the Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy, and the PhD programs.

• Tom Ferrin

April 23, 2012

Molecular visualization demonstration for 10 high school science teachers from the San Francisco Unified School District.

• Tom Ferrin

April 27, 2012

Full day Cytoscape workshop for 30 participants at the University of Missouri.

• Scooter Morris

April 28, 2012

2 1/2 hour Chimera workshop for 25 participants at the University of Missouri.

• Scooter Morris

June 22, 2012

Nanomachine and virus visualization demo for 11 ​iGem students ages 17-19. 30 minutes, stereo visualization in viz vault, discussion of differences between human designed and biological molecular machines. 1 hour preparation. Organized by Shannon Noonan, Community Outreach Specialist, Gladstone Institutes.

• Tom Goddard

June 22, 2012

HIV virus visualization demonstration for 7 high school students in the ​Gladstone Summer Scholars (GSS) Internship Program. Looked at electron microscopy and atomic models of virus core and drug binding. 30 minute demo in viz vault. 1 hour preparation. Organized by Shannon Noonan, Community Outreach Specialist, Gladstone Institutes.

• Tom Goddard

June 22, 2012

Nanomachine and virus visualization demo for 6 ​Mo Magic high school students. 30 minutes, stereo visualization in viz vault, discussion of differences between human designed and biological molecular machines. 1 hour preparation. Sponsored by Patricia Caldera, UCSF, Science & Health Education Partnership.

• Tom Goddard

July 3, 2012

Chimera training (3-hr session) for 4 members of the DeGrado group at UCSF, covering fetching data, structural analysis and comparison, H-bonds, superposition, morphing, attributes, working with sequences, density display, making movies; Q & A. 20 hours prep.

• Elaine Meng, Eric Pettersen, Tom Ferrin

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Past reports 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007

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