Open AccessCollaborative Computational Project for Electron cryo‐Microscopy
Author(s) -
Wood Chris,
Burnley Tom,
Patwardhan Ardan,
Scheres Sjors,
Topf Maya,
Roseman Alan,
Winn Martyn
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
acta crystallographica section d
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1399-0047
DOI - 10.1107/s1399004714018070
Subject(s) - software , computer science , dissemination , point (geometry) , cryo electron microscopy , software engineering , systems engineering , data science , engineering , chemistry , telecommunications , biochemistry , geometry , mathematics , programming language
The Collaborative Computational Project for Electron cryo‐Microscopy (CCP‐EM) has recently been established. The aims of the project are threefold: to build a coherent cryoEM community which will provide support for individual scientists and will act as a focal point for liaising with other communities, to support practising scientists in their use of cryoEM software and finally to support software developers in producing and disseminating robust and user‐friendly programs. The project is closely modelled on CCP4 for macromolecular crystallography, and areas of common interest such as model fitting, underlying software libraries and tools for building program packages are being exploited. Nevertheless, cryoEM includes a number of techniques covering a large range of resolutions and a distinct project is required. In this article, progress so far is reported and future plans are discussed.