BIFI 2006 - II International Conference, Zaragoza (Spain)
From Physics to Biology: the interface between experiment and computation

February, 8, 9, 10, and 11, 2006
BIFI (Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems). University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.

Invited Speakers

• M. Amzel (Johns Hopkins), "Role of fluctuations in Quinone Reductase hydride transfer: a combined quantum mechanics and molecular dynamics study".
• C. Cavasotto (Molsoft), "Ligand docking and virtual screening in structure-based drug discovery".
• S. Cocco (ENS, Paris), "The mechanical opening of DNA: experiments and data analysis".
• E. Freire (Johns Hopkins  and  BIFI), "Thermodynamic-based Algorithms for the Optimization of Binding Affinity and Selectivity in Drug Design".
• M. Karplus (Strasbourg and Harvard), "How Proteins Work: Insights from Simulations".
• S. Leibler (Rockefeller University), "Fluctuations, information, and survival: some lessons from bacteria".
• A. Perczel (Eotvos), "Experimental and computational approaches to determine conformational and stability principles of protein building units".
• A. Tramontano (University of Rome "La Sapienza"), "Filling the protein structure space".
• G. Waksman (Institute of Structural Molecular Biology), "Two experimental models to guide the computational chemistry: SH2 domains and DNA polymerase I enzymes".
• M. E. Wall (Los Alamos), "Principles of Biochemical Regulation".
• E. Westhof (Strasbourg), "Structure and evolution of self-assembly modules in RNA folding".