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February, 11, 12, and 13, 2004
BIFI (Instituto de Biocomputación
y Física de Sistemas Complejos). University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
The contents of the Book of Abstracts are now available (pdf format, 300 KB).
Scientific program (final version)
Also available in PDF format.
Representative topics include:
- Protein folding: Matching theory and experiment.
- Genomic identification of targets for drug development.
- Application of computational tools to the drug discovery process.
- What we have learned in 20 years of dedicated computing for theoretical Physics.
- Connections of biocomputation to other fields (polymers, spin glasses, slow dynamics, and disordered materials).
- Theoretical tools for protein/protein interaction prediction.
- Physical bases of protein stability and ligand binding.
- Computational Complexity
Microcalorimetry Workshop
Immediately following the BIFI symposium, a special workshop on fundamentals and applications of microcalorimetry for attendees of this meeting will take place. The participants of BIFI 2004 are invited
to attend this special workshop in the afternoon of Friday, February 13, 2004. The participants can book an additional hotel night if they wish; they can either book the extra night on arrival at the Hotel
Goya, or contact the Hotel Goya directly through email. Note that while the workshop is included in the BIFI 2004 registration fees, the extra hotel night is not.
The workshop program is included at the end of this page.
This workshop is sponsored by Microcal (http://www.microca
lorimetry.com).
- M. Amzel (Johns Hopkins) - Molecular Mechanics/Dynamics Calculations of Biochemical Processes
- H. J. Boehm (Roche) - New Approaches to Structure-based de Novo Design
- E. Freire (Johns Hopkins) - Development of Potent Inhibitors of the SARS Associated Coronavirus Protease 3CLpro
- W. Kob (Montpellier) - On the Dynamics of a Rigid Rod in a Disordered Environment
- J. Onuchic (San Diego) - Exploring the Protein Folding Funnel Landscape: Theory Meet Experiments
- E. Marinari (Roma) - Critical Thermodynamics of 2D Ising Spin Glasses
- R. Tripiccione (Ferrara) - What did we Learn in 20 Years of Dedicated Computing for Theoretical Physics
- A. P. Young (Santa Cruz) - Recent Developments in the Theory of Spin Glasses
Wednesday, 11th February 2004
| 08:30 | Registration at the Paraninfo building | | 10:00 | Opening Act |
| Protein Folding and Macromolecular Interactions |
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| Morning Session: |
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| Chairman: Antonio Rey (Complutense Madrid and BIFI) |
| 10:45 - 11:40 | J. Onuchic (San Diego) Exploring the Protein Folding Funnel Landscape: Theory Meet Experiment |
| 11:45 | Break (Coffee) |
| 12:20 - 12:45 | G. Favrin (Lund) Two-State Folding Over a Weak Free-Energy Barrier. |
| 13:30 | Break (Lunch) |
| Afternoon Session: |
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| Chairman: Pierpaolo Bruscolini (BIFI, Zaragoza) |
| 16:00 - 16:55 | R. Tripiccione (Ferrara) What did we Learn in 20 Years of Dedicated Computing for Theoretical Physics. |
| 17:00 - 17:25 | F. Piazza (Lausanne) Freezing Inmunoglobulins to See Them Move. |
| 17:30 | Break (Coffee) |
| Chairman: Víctor Martín-Mayor (Complutense Madrid and BIFI) |
| 18:00 - 18:25 | J. Sancho (BIFI, Zaragoza) Stability of Native and of Partly Unfolded Proteins: New Concepts and Experiments. |
| Physics of Complexity |
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| 18:30 - 19:25 | W. Kob (Montpellier) On the Dynamics of a Rigid Rod in a Disordered Environment. |
| 21:00 | Banquet and Aragon Musical at the Goya Hotel |
Thursday, 12th February 2004
| Morning Session: |
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| Physics of Complexity (continued) |
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| Chairwoman: Liliana Arrachea (Dresden and BIFI) |
| 09:30 - 10:25 | A.P. Young (Santa Cruz) Recent Developments in the Theory of Spin Glasses. |
| 10:30 - 10:55 | G.A. Appignanesi (Bahía Blanca) Activated dynamics and timescale separation within the landscape paradigm: signature of complexity, diversity and gla
ssiness. |
| 11:00 | Break (Coffee) |
| Chairman: Francisco Guinea (ICMM, CSIC and BIFI) |
| 11:30 - 12:25 | E. Marinari (Roma) Critical Thermodynamics of 2D Ising Spin Glasses. |
| 12:30 - 12:55 | J.J. Ruiz-Lorenzo (Badajoz and BIFI) Phase Transition in Tensionless Surfaces. |
| 13:00 - 13:25 | V. Shelest (Novosibirsk) Optimal Numeralization of Symbol sequences for Spectral Analysis: a Novel Approach to Study Gene Promoters. |
| 13:30 | Break (Lunch) |
| Afternoon Session: |
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| Chairman: Ramón Álvarez-Estrada (Complutense Madrid and BIFI) |
| 16:00 | Poster Session |
| 18:30 - 18:55 | P.P. Bruscolini (BIFI, Zaragoza) The Finkelstein model for protein folding: Mean Field Approaches and Numerical Simulations. |
| 19:00 - 19:25 | V. Martín Mayor (Complutense Madrid and BIFI)
Supercooled liquids and glasses: on the relationship between high-frequency dynamics and Aging phenomena. |
| 20:30 | Reception at the City Hall by the Mayor of Zaragoza. |
Friday, 13th February 2004
| Molecular Design (from the genome to proteins and drugs) and Dedicated Computing |
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| Morning Session: |
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| Chairman: José María Sancho (Barcelona) |
| 09:30 - 09:55 | C. Verma (Singapore) Protein Stability and Ligand Binding: New Paradigms from In-Silico Experiments. |
| 10:00 - 10:25 | A. Trovato (Padova) Geometrical Model for the Native-State Folds of Proteins. |
| 10:30 - 11:25 | H.J. Boehm (Roche) New Approaches to Structure-Based de Novo Design. |
| 11:30 | Break (Coffee) |
| Chairman: José Manuel Sánchez-Ruiz (Granada and BIFI) |
| 12:00 - 12:55 | M. Amzel (Johns Hopkins) Molecular Mechanics/Dynamics Calculations of Biochemical Processes. |
| 13:00 - 13:55 | E. Freire (Johns Hopkins and BIFI) Development of Potent Inhibitors of the SARS Associated Coronavirus Protease 3CLpro |
| 14:15 | Break (Lunch) |
Calorimetry Workshop - Friday, 13th February 2004
| 16:30 - 17:10 | A. Velázquez-Campoy (Zaragoza and BIFI) Isothermal titration calorimetry of high-affinity interactions |
| 17:10 - 17:50 | J.E. Ladbury (London) Thermodynamic-structural correlation in biomolecular interactions |
| 17:50 - 18:10 | Break (Coffee) |
| 18:10 - 18:50 | A. Cooper (Glasgow) An alternative view of heat capacity effects on protein folding and interactions |
| 18:50 - 19:30 | J.M. Sánchez-Ruiz (Granada and BIFI) Differential scanning calorimetry of proteins: studies on barrierless folding, residual structure in denatured states and protein evolution |
Sponsors:
Diputación General de Aragón
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Ibercaja
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Caja de Ahorros de la Inmaculada
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| Web sponsor: |
PharmacoGenomicsonline.com
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