
Most tutorials will probably be ok with 8 GB of RAM, but you may have some interactivity problems, and it is possible a few very memory intensive tasks may not work right. With 2 cores jobs will run slower, so you may get a bit behind in the demos, but can probably still participate. What if my laptop doesn't meet these specifications? Users are very strongly encouraged to install and thoroughly test the installation ASAP. there can be many different machine-specific problems with installation under Windows. Windows users will need to be familiar with working from the command-line (often windows users don't even realize it exists).
The other software at the workshop (EMAN2, Chimera, PHENIX) does support windows, but:. If you use the Win10 embedded Ubuntu strategy for installing EMAN2/SPHIRE, it MAY be possible to make this work, but it is an unsupported configuration for SPHIRE. SPARX/SPHIRE does not officially support Windows.
high resolution capable display (1080P or similar recommended). 4 cores, 2.0+ ghz processor (4 cores, not threads). While the tutorials are scaled back versions of 'real' problems, a reasonably powerful laptop computer is still required. Participants in the tutorial sessions will need to use their own laptop computers. For your reference, not required for the practical sessions. Lecture notes are archived at the bottom of the page. Make sure software is preinstalled and tested! We will begin doing tutorials almost immediately. The schedule does not include time for software installation. Day 4 - Model Building (Chimera/Coot/PHENIX). Day 3 - Single Particle Reconstruction (SPHIRE tutorial). Day 2 - Single Particle Reconstruction (EMAN2.3 tutorial). Day 1 - Tomography/Subtomogram Averaging (EMAN2.3 tutorial).
Participants will need to use their own laptops to participate in the tutorials (see below). Sessions will alternate between theory talks and tutorial sessions. Sealy Center for Structural Biology/UTMB Workshop on CryoEM Data Processing