Dear Colleague,
An international meeting entitled
"Flexibility and Function of Proteins"
will take place in Heidelberg January 24-26 2002.
Please find enclosed the circular of the conference.
Further information can be found at
http://biocomp.uni-hd.de/ess-ws.
We do hope to see you at this meeting.
With best wishes,
Jeremy C. Smith, Member, Scientific Organising Committee.
p.s. We apologize to those who receive multiple copies of this e-mail.
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Flexibility and Function of Proteins
25. - 27. January 2002
DKFZ Communication Center
Universität Heidelberg
(sponsored by Forschungszentrum Julich and the European Spallation Source)
Invitation
This workshop, planned for about 100 participants, will address the
relationship between protein function and flexibility. Internal protein
dynamics span a wide range of length and timescales. Their characterisation
and understanding their precise relation to function remains a major
challenge for the future. The development of new techniques: in particular
time-resolved crystallography, dynamic neutron scattering and molecular
dynamics simulation, presents us with the opportunity to gain fundamental
insights into the dynamics:function relationship.
Future neutron sources like the European Spallation Source (ESS) which is being
proposed for construction offer major gains in flux both for dynamic neutron
scattering and for the neutron protein crystallographic determination of
hydrogen atom positions. Possible uses of ESS in determining dynamic protein
function will be discussed.
Planned sessions
· dynamics and crystallography
· computer simulation: dynamics and conformational transitions
· dynamic neutron scattering
We are looking forward to seeing you in Heidelberg!
Speakers
John Finney, London
Helmut Grubmüller, Göttingen
John Helliwell, Manchester
Martin Karplus, Strasbourg / Harvard
Uli Nienhaus, Ulm
Fritz Parak, Munich
Dieter Richter, Jülich
Ilme Schlichting, Heidelberg
Jeremy Smith, Heidelberg
Joe Zaccai, Grenoble
Scientific Organising Committee
John Helliwell
Jeremy Smith
Joe Zaccai
Local Organising Committee
Erika Balog, Torsten Becker, Nicoleta Bondar, Bogdan Costescu, Andreea Gruia,
Dan Mihailescu, Sonja M. Schwarzl, Alex Tournier, Andrea Vaiana, Ellen Vogel,
Björn Windshügel
Call for posters
Poster presentations are particularly welcome. Authors wishing to present a
poster are asked to submit a 1-page-abstract by November 15th 2001. The
congress language will be English. The abstract should be submitted in
electronic form as a MS Word, RTF or LaTex document. The abstract should
have 2.5 cm margins and be typed with 1.5 line-spacing in 12 pt Times Roman
or similar font. Please give the title first (bold preferably) followed by
the names and affiliations of the authors. Please underline the name of the
presenting author. If you want to include an image, please attach this as an
extra JPEG, GIF, TIF, EPS or PS file to your e-mail.
The abstracts and the list of participants will be distributed at the
conference. Posters will also be orally presented.
General Information
Location
The conference will be held in the Communication Center of the
German Cancer Research Center:
DKFZ Communication Center
Im Neuenheimer Feld 280
D-69120 Heidelberg
Germany
Registration
The conference fees (in Euros) are as follows:
non-student participants: EUR 50.-
student participants: EUR 20.-
Please do not send any money, you will receive an invoice. Registration can be
made via the conference web site or to the address below. The deadline for
registration is November 15th 2001.
Address for Registration
Interdiszipl. Zentrum für Wiss. Rechnen (IWR)
Biocomputing
ESS Workshop
Im Neuenheimer Feld 368
D-69120 Heidelberg
Germany
Tel.: +49(0)6221/54-8858
Fax: +49(0)6221/54-8868
email: ess-ws_at_iwr.uni-heidelberg.de
Accommodation
Hotel reservations must be made by participants. A list of hotels will be
provided. Please see the accommodation section of the conference web site
for further details.
As Heidelberg is a touristic city we recommend early booking.
Conference web site
Details on the conference can be found on the conference web site.
http://biocomp.uni-hd.de/ess-ws/
Abstracts of the talks and posters will be published online as soon as
available.
Travel
By car: Take Autobahn A5 from Frankfurt or Karlsruhe, or Autobahn A656 from
Mannheim to the intersection "Heidelberger Kreuz".
Continue to Heidelberg and follow the signs to the DKFZ.
By train: From Heidelberg main station take a taxi or tram No. 4 to stop
"Jahnstraße/Chirurgie"
By plane: From Frankfurt Airport take a train to Heidelberg main station
or a Lufthansa bus.
Received on Fri Sep 07 2001 - 07:04:57 PDT
