Conversion of Spider Software to UNIX

该奖项是支持将软件包Spider的代码从其当前的VMS环境移植到Unix环境。SPIDER包是一种独特的电子显微镜图像处理系统，它是由首席研究人员及其同事开发的。这一努力将使单粒子平均、相关方法、多变量统计、单粒子重建和电子断层扫描等新技术可供更多的用户使用。用户群体对这种转换的强烈兴趣是有据可查的。许多用户群体对这一庞大资源的更多访问将为促进计算生物学的发展做出重大贡献。

This award is support the porting of code of the software package SPIDER from its present VMS environment to a UNIX environment. The SPIDER package is a unique image processing system for electron microscopy which was developed by the principal investigator and his associates. This effort will make the new technology of single particle averaging, correlation methods, multivariate statistics, single-particle reconstruction and electron tomography available to a large circle of users. The strong interest among user groups in such a conversion is documented. The increased access of many user groups to this large resources will make a significant contribution to the fostering of Computational Biology.