Subject: Invitation for Cheminformatics/Bioinformatics Submissions

From: "watoc05" <watoc05^at^science.uct.ac.za>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 11:02:04 +0200

Dear Colleague,

We invite you to submit abstracts for oral or poster presentation in the Cheminformatic/Bioinformatics theme.   There are a limited number of contributed oral and poster slots available in the Cheminformatic/Bioinformatics theme.   Our current speaker list for this theme includes Plenary Speakers:

Prof. Andrej Sali          - Modeling 3D structures of proteins and macromolecular                                                assemblies.
Prof. Dr. Hugo Kubinyi - Changing Paradigms in Drug Discovery.

Session Leaders:

Dr Richard Goldstein    - Protein evolution and protein design.
Dr Michael Hann          - Computational Chemistry - a vital tool in modern
                                      Drug Discovery.

Invited Speakers:

Prof. Christopher Voigt, UC San Francisco, U.S.A.
Prof. Doron Lancet, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel
Dr. Jonathan Mason, Pfizer, UK
Dr. Martin Stahl, Roche, Switzerland
Prof. Rod Hubbard, York Univ and Vernalis, UK
Prof. Tim Clark, Univ Erlangen, Germany
Prof. Esin Aki Sener, Ankara Univ, Turkey

Our website gives full information on registration and bookings:  www.sun.ac.za/watoc05 or http://webhost.sun.ac.za/watoc05/
We anticipate a very exciting programme, with top calibre speakers in Cape Town in January.   We invite you to register for the meting (http://www.acitravel.co.za/app.php?conf_id=18) and submit your abstracts (http://webhost.sun.ac.za/watoc05/) before the closing date (October 2004)

Sincerely,

Kevin J. Naidoo, Chairman WATOC05

Associate Professor Kevin Naidoo (Computational Chemistry)
Centre for High Performance Computing and
Department of Chemistry
University of Cape Town

Watoc Secretariat:
Telephone:  +27 21 6502568
Telefax:        +27 21 6864333