Computing cluster

资金要求建立一个专门用于我们在蛋白质动力学研究的计算集群。我们对蛋白质中所有原子的运动进行计算机模拟，以了解分子运动如何影响蛋白质的功能。我们目前正在模拟光合作用中的关键蛋白质复合物之一，即光系统II。我们的工作使用计算建模来了解光系统II的工作原理。计算机模拟用于预测实验结果，并在原子水平上为我们提供有关蛋白质功能的详细信息。我们的研究目前受到访问大型计算资源的严重限制。我们所要求的80个微处理器计算机集群是解决这个问题的一个非常经济的解决方案，它将使我们能够进行更多的计算。

Funding is requested to build a computing cluster dedicated to our research in protein dynamics. We do computer simulations of the motions of all of the atoms in proteins to understand how the molecular motion affects the function of the protein. We are currently modelling one of the key protein complexes in photosynthesis, photosystem II. Our work uses computational modelling to understand how photosystem II works. The computer simulations are used to predict the results of experiments and give us detailed information on the function of proteins at an atomic level. Our research is currently severely limited by access to large computing resources. The 80 microprocessor computer cluster we have requested is a very economical solution to this problem which will allow us to do many many more calculations.