title: The OptIPuter microscopy demonstrator: enabling science through a transatlantic lightpath.
abstract: The OptIPuter microscopy demonstrator project has been designed to enable concurrent and remote usage of world-class electron microscopes located in Oxford and San Diego. The project has constructed a network consisting of microscopes and computational and data resources that are all connected by a dedicated network infrastructure using the UK Lightpath and US Starlight systems. Key science drivers include examples from both materials and biological science. The resulting system is now a permanent link between the Oxford and San Diego microscopy centres. This will form the basis of further projects between the sites and expansion of the types of systems that can be remotely controlled, including optical, as well as electron, microscopy. Other improvements will include the updating of the Microsoft cluster software to the high performance computing (HPC) server 2008, which includes the HPC basic profile implementation that will enable the development of interoperable clients.
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Microscopy and Imaging Research, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ellisman
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hutton
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kirkland
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Molina
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Peltier
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Trefethen
authors.forename: D C H
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Wallom
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xiong
mesh_terms: D003205:Computing Methodologies; D008853:Microscopy; D012586:Science; D012984:Software