ACES: Introduction to CryoSPARC for Cryo-EM Data Processing in Collaboration with the Laboratory for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics
Overview
Instructor: Michael Dickens, Gaya Yadav
Time: Tuesday, October 22, 2024 — 1:30PM-4:00PM CT
Location: online using Zoom
Prerequisites: Current ACCESS ID, CryoSPARC Academic License ID
This course will cover aspects of using CryoSPARC on HPRC resources including accessing CryoSPARC on the ACES cluster followed by a training session using example image files.
Registration will open up on this webpage the week before the class.
Course Materials
- Introduction to CryoSPARC for cryo-EM Data Processing (Fall 2024): PDF
Previous Semester Materials
Participation
Attendees will log in to the cluster during the training session in order to follow examples and complete exercises with the instructor's guidance.
Learning Objectives and Agenda
In this course, participants will:
- Learn how to launch a CryoSPARC job from the portal
- Learn about HPC resources and limitations
- Work on a hands-on tutorial of image processing
This course focuses on the following topics:
- CryoSPARC on the ACES Portal
- Resources and Limitations
- Group data directories
- CryoSPARC training session
You must first get an individual academic license id from https://cryosparc.com/download in order to launch CryoSPARC.
We gratefully acknowledge support from NSF award #1925764, CC* Team: SWEETER -- SouthWest Expertise in Expanding, Training, Education and Research, Texas A&M's High Performance Research Computing, and Texas A&M's Laboratory for Molecular Simulation.