March 2024


The ACCESS Advance is a monthly newsletter produced by the U.S. National Science Foundation's ACCESS  (Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support) program. It contains science stories enabled by ACCESS, program news and opportunities for users.

Science Stories

enabled by ACCESS

Healing Snakes With Supercomputers

An ACCESS allocation on PSC’s Bridges-2 helps researchers at the University of Tennessee Veterinary Medical Center understand viral pathogens in snakes.


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Providing Insight into Preeclampsia

Researchers at UCSD's Medical School use SDSC’s Expanse to better understand how preeclampsia affects women of different genetic backgrounds.


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An a-MAIZE-ingly Surprising Discovery

Using ACCESS resources, a researcher performed supercomputing simulations in a multiyear study of corn to address food insecurity, revealing surprising molecular results.



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ACCESS Program News

Please Complete the ACCESS Community Survey Today!


The ACCESS survey is distributed to the ACCESS research community so that our ACCESS teams can best prioritize future work, improve our services and report our progress in helping meet your research needs as required by the National Science Foundation. If you received a survey invitation, we would greatly appreciate your feedback. Check your email inbox for "ACCESS Community Survey." If you received the survey invitation it means that, based on our records, you interacted with ACCESS services in 2023. The survey closes today, March 29, so please send your feedback ASAP!


ACCESS NSF Leadership Change


The ACCESS program's NSF Cognizant Program Officer, Tom Gulbransen, is transitioning to other responsibilities within NSF’s Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure after two years of leadership. While Tom remains involved in ACCESS, Sharon Geva, who has supported him, has stepped into the role of Cognizant Program Officer. Tom has been a driving force in the ACCESS program and has provided excellent support and guidance to the program, bringing his experience from other large programs in which he has been involved. On behalf of all ACCESS staff and the researchers who have benefitted from the program, we thank Tom for his leadership and look forward to working with Sharon as ACCESS enters its third year.


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ACCESS Support News

Apply for Travel Support for PEARC24


With PEARC24 just around the corner, the ACCESS support team reminds all those interested in attending that travel support is available. Apply to the Computational Science Support Network (CSSN) Community Engagement Program (CCEP) for up to $3,000 in travel support. The deadline for CCEP funds for PEARC24 is May 15 for the conference that will take place July 21 – 25 in Providence, RI. Apply here.


Researchers Can Take Their Work Further Using MATCH Plus


ACCESS MATCH Services connects researchers with consultants, mentors and students to help solve their research problems. A recent MATCH Plus engagement paired researchers looking to use one of ACCESS’s resources to study health wearable data with a student-mentor team to support their computational concerns and get their project on track. Read more about the project here.

 


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