Schematic representation of the molecular evolvability of the protein Cytochrome B. Different regions of the structure have different patterns of substitution reflecting their different functional constraints (colour coded). While some regions are tightly constrained (narrow segments- vermicelli) others are more free to vary (expanded segments - spaghettoni). (Figure by Kent VanderVelden and Olivier Fedrigo)

The Institut de Mathématiques de Bordeaux is presenting a workshop March 31 - April 2 entitled Industrial Applications of Low Order Models Based on Proper Orthogonal Decomposition. Professor I. Michael Navon is one of the invited speakers.

The School of Computational Science will be well represented at the 32nd annual Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics Southeastern-Atlantic Section Conference (SIAM-SEAS 2008). Four members of the SCS will present their research - Professor I. Michael Navon, Dr. Vani Cheruvu, Dr. Yanzhi Zhang, and Hoa Nguyen - at the March 14-15 event.

A recent article in Science suggests that the number of whales before hunting started was much larger than anyone has suspected. These controversial results originated from calculations on genetic variation among today's whales. Peter Beerli at SCS developed the method and the computer tool used in the study.

Wei Yang, Ph.D., was awarded the Hewlett Packard Outstanding Junior Faculty Award by the American Chemical Society for his developments on "Problem Oriented Sampling Design Towards Quantitative Biomolecular Simulations." Wei was nominated for this national award by the FSU Chemistry Department and selected by his peers in the Computers in Chemistry Division of ACS.