by Ken Chiacchia | Aug 5, 2024 | Anton, Anton 3, COVID-19, News, Press release, Resources, Systems
Designed and Built by D. E. Shaw Research, System Will Simulate Biomolecules Roughly 100 Times Faster than General-Purpose Supercomputers A third-generation Anton supercomputer (Anton 3), developed by D. E. Shaw Research (DESRES), will soon arrive at the Pittsburgh...
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 1, 2023 | Anton 2, Science Highlights
Comparison of where D-serine (D-Ser, teal dots) and glutamate (Glu, gray dots) stick to the GluN2AA subunit. From Remy A Yovanno Tsung Han Chou Sarah J Brantley Hiro Furukawa Albert Y Lau (2022) Excitatory and inhibitory D-serine binding to the NMDA receptor eLife...
by Ken Chiacchia | Jun 10, 2020 | Press release
Anton 2 Simulates Coronavirus Binding to Human Cells A team at the University of Arkansas is using the unparalleled ability of the Anton 2 supercomputer to simulate molecular systems for microseconds or longer to better understand how the Coronavirus that causes...
by Ken Chiacchia | Apr 27, 2020 | Press release
Anton 2 Molecular Simulation Supercomputer at PSC Available for Urgent COVID-19 Research A specialized Anton 2 supercomputer, developed by D. E. Shaw Research and hosted at PSC, is now available for urgent research with the potential to impact the national COVID-19...
by Ken Chiacchia | Mar 27, 2019 | Science Highlights
PSC Helps Scientists Understand Monkey Protein that Confers Immunity to HIV A monkey “host restriction” protein works by destabilizing HIV as it enters the cell, according to scientists at the University of Delaware and the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt). This...
