We have recently developed an XML schema for standardizing, cataloging and sharing parameters and molecular definitions for molecular mechanics force fields.

The Microsoft External Research booklet on Socially Relevant Computing featured an article on the Dynameomics Project and how it pertains to understanding and developing treatments for diseases such as Alzheimers, Parkinson’s, and cancer.

The Daggett Group and other labs are working with Microsoft External Research to create a GrayWulf cluster optimized to analyze their Dynameomics data. Read more about the project in this report from Microsoft and on the msdn eScience blog.

The Daggett Group was awarded 1.5 million hours on the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) for 2009! This computer time supports the Dynameomics Project.

The Dynameomics Project, which began running on the supercomputers at NERSC in 2005 with the goal of simulating the unfolding pathways of all known protein folds, was listed as a major accomplishment in Advanced Scientific Computing Research at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.

A Press Release from Microsoft highlighting the Daggett Group’s application of the new SQL Server 2008 to their Dynameomics Database was picked up by The New York Times, Forbes, CNBC, and others.

A Case Study was done by Microsoft in August of 2008 investigating the data management scheme the group has developed for the Dynameomics Database. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and OLAP are used to mine over 20 terabytes of simulation data which reside on three servers.