The core research in the NCRR center for Computational Biology Solutions is in protein folding, protein dynamics and bioinformatics. It provides a resource for a wide range of biological applications running on desktop to the highest-end computers.

The rapid changes in computational environments in general, and in high performance computing in particular, compel us to rethink the ways in which Computational Molecular Biology (CMB) is done. The Resource is taking major new steps to address the new challenges. We offer a wide range of software tools developed in our core research projects that will run on diverse computing platforms. We also focus on making computation more accessible to non-computational scientists through a unique combination of software and hardware that make simulations and computations easier to use.

We continue to:

1. Develop core theories, algorithms, and software;
2. Make emerging software tools available for widely accessible computing platforms, including desktop PCs, as well as high-performance computers;
3. Provide straightforward and user-friendly interfaces to a hierarchical computing environment, starting at the desktop and ending at high performance computers;
4. Make web (e-computing) and network computing (net-computing) an integral part of the resource.