Annual Progress Report (17th) and 1992-97 Renewal Proposal Interactive Graphics for Molecular Studies
Abstract
The UNC Resource develops forefront molecular graphics techniques and harnesses them into prototype research tools designed for biochemists studying macromolecules. The end objective is understanding the structure and function of proteins and nucleic acids, crucial to understanding disease and to designing drugs. Our Resource is the only molecular graphics group composed chiefly of computer scientists, not chemists. As such, we have special capabilities and facilities. We collaborate closely with biochemists and serve as bridge-builders between the disciplines. We maintain a trailblazer molecular graphics facility, a top-performance hardware-software configuration, continually advancing the state of the art and testing the trailblazer against real users We welcome visiting chemists from everywhere and help them use the facility. We wildcat radical new molecular graphics ideas to the prototype stage. Winning ideas are spun off to the thriving commercial industry or into autonomous research projects. Although we cannot develop and support commercial products, we test each prototype on users who come here; then we distribute it to interested users, document it, help them install it, fix bugs, and provide telephone support.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 24, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA236598
Entities
People
- Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
- William V. Wright
Organizations
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill