Biochemistry Compute Cluster
The Biochemistry Computational Cluster (BCC) is a High Throughput Computing (HTC) environment available to the Department of Biochemistry and runs non-interactive jobs using HTCondor. …
Workshop subjects
These are a few of the main focus of the workshops in terms of software and areas of study: Molecular Graphics -PyMOL, Chimera, SybylX-, Molecular -Modelling MODELLER-, Data Analysis - R, Python, Markdown, Reproducible Research,…. Guest speakers are invited for additional topics or software demonstration (e.g. EndNote, MatLab…) …
Accessing the Biochemistry Computational Cluster
Please contact Jean-yves Sgro (jsgro@wisc.edu) for authorized access.
Workshops & Registration
Workshops are primarily focused on the needs of Biochemistry personnel from students to faculty, but often extended to Biomolecular Chemistry, Chemistry and other curious minds.
BCRF tutorials are typically two hours long and involve a lot of hands-on practice. All tutorial materials are available for individuals to use after courses or on their own.
Class size is kept small for better interaction and hands-on opportunities but occasionally can be augmented with two or three attendees bringing their laptops.
Instructor
Jean-Yves Sgro
Ph.D.
Distinguished, Senior Scientist
Jean-Yves Sgro, a senior scientist with years of experience in using and teaching computer programs, creates, organizes and teaches the workshops.
Jean-Yves has been at UW since 1986 after a Master in Physiology and a Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble, France, researched at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) where he already used large computers for sequence analysis.
At the Institute for Molecular Virology (IMV) he continued developing computer expertise in addition to his wet-lab research – 3D molecular visualization (virusworld), RNA-folding predictions, sequence and data analysis…
In 1996 he joined the UW Biotechnology Center to better help Campus biologists analyze and visualize their data while continuing research at IMV until 2014 when this part-time position was transferred to the Biochemistry department where he organizes and teaches hands-on tutorials on molecular graphics, data analysis as a support to the department personnel.
Interests
- Molecular Graphics
- Computational Methods
- Reproducible Research
Publications
Danger Virus movie: 2 minutes segment featuring Dr. Sgro
Education
- PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology, 1986
Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
- EMBL Alumni
European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL-Grenoble)