CSB Graphics Research Lab

The Center for Structural Biology graphics lab is located at 5136 BIOSCI/MRBIII. It is an open-access facility available to all Vanderbilt faculty/students/staff for the purposes of macromolecular visualization, modeling, and analysis. Expert training and assistance in these techniques is available via periodic workshops as well as our outreach mechanism.

Graphics Lab Facility Overview

The following computer systems are available for signup:

Hostname Vendor Model OS CPU Memory Graphics Display(s) Media Connectivity Peripherals
stingray Dell Precision 390 RHEL5 x86_64 1.86GHz Core2Duo E6300 1GB DDR533 Nvidia Quadro FX 1400 Dual 24" Sony GDM-FW900 CRTs DVD+-RW DL, Iomega Zip 100 Firewire, USB, Gigabit Ethernet Nuvision stereo emitter, SGI Dialbox
kraken Dell
 Precision 650 RHEL5 x86 Dual Xeon 2.4GHz with HT 1GB DDR533 Nvidia Quadro4 900 XGL Dell P1130 21" CRT CD+-RW Firewire, USB, GigE NuVision stereo emitter, SGI Dialbox
hammerhead SGI
 Octane2 IRIX64 6.5.30 400MHz R12000, IP30 1GB V6 22" SGI CRT none 100Mb Ethernet CrystalEyes stereo emitter, SGI Dialbox
moray SGI
 Octane2
 IRIX64 6.5.30 400MHz R12000, IP30 1GB V6 22" SGI CRT none 100Mb Ethernet NuVision stereo emitter, SGI Dialbox
squid Dell Dimension 5150/E510 RHEL4 x86 Dual Core 2.8GHz Pentium D 1GB DDR533 Nvidia Quadro FX 1300 22" SGI CRT DVD+-RW DL, LTO3 tape (400GB) Firewire, USB, Gigabit Ethernet NuVision stereo emitter
coral Apple iMac 5.1 OS X Leopard (10.5, x86_64) 2.16GHz Core2Duo 2GB DDR667 ATI Radeon X1600 20" LCD DVD+-RW (+R DL) Firewire, USB, Bluetooth, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11 b/g
 iSight Webcam

Graphics Lab Usage Policy

This facility has priority use for outreach and training and therefore should not be used for daily research operations in the laboratories of CSB core faculty. CSB core faculty are expected to provide adequate computing resources within their groups for these tasks. However, CSB members are free to use the facility for occasional "overflow" work. This would include interactive work to take advantage of special features of these machines (such as dials boxes, stereo screens, and removable media) and occasional, overnight compute jobs (i.e. an extra calculation during off-hours to help meet a deadline).

Please use the signup sheet on the door to reserve time on these computers. Unfortunately, we are not always able to predict when staff and/or students will need these resources. In such instances, the facility managers reserve the right to log out or "kill" any jobs running on these systems to insure that the primary mission of the facility is met. These occurrences should be extremely rare, and every effort will be made to contact the impacted user(s) in advance of such an event.

Contact outreach@structbio.vanderbilt.edu with questions or special requests.