The high performance computing needs of SBGrid members are supported through NEBioGrid - an NSF/DoE funded initiative to improve the nationwide Open Science Grid for the demands of biomedical computing. SBGrid members as well as other structural biologists have access to NEBioGrid services and compute resources. NEBioGrid was established in 2007 as an outreach effort for regional biomedical computing users within New England, and remains closely affiliated with the SBGrid Consortium.
Vital members of NEBioGrid include Ian Stokes-Rees, a grid computing researcher and system architect for the NeBioGrid services, and Peter Doherty, who coordinates OSG deployment in biomedical institutions in New England. Several members of the Harvard Medical School Community participate in NEBioGrid initiative, including the PI, Piotr Sliz who directs the effort, Cailtlin Colgrove, an intern who extended the web portal, Ben Eisenbraun, who manages the compilation of HPC applications, Ian Levesque, who advises on the network infrastructure for NEBioGrid sites, and Stephen Jahl, a junior system administrator and software developer. Our advisory board includes Ruth Pordes, the executive director of OSG, Zak Kohane, co-director of the Center for Biomedical Informatics (Harvard Medical School).
For more details on how SBGrid members can access NEBioGrid resources or to become established as an NEBioGrid Affiliate Site, please see the NEBioGrid website.
