Subject: SPBf short course on simulation

From: Cláudio Soares <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 20:58:20 +0100

Dear CCL members

	The Portuguese Biophysical Society (SPBf) is organising its annual short
course. This year the course in entitled:

SIMULATION OF BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES. PRACTICAL APPROACHES.

	The course is mostly aimed at Portuguese and Spanish participants,
although other people are also welcomed, given that the official language
is English.

	More information about the course follows next.

	Regards

	Cláudio Soares
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Course Information

2nd short course of the
Portuguese Biophysical Society

SIMULATION OF BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES. PRACTICAL APPROACHES.

2-3 October 1999, ISLA Auditorium, Santarém

http://www.itqb.unl.pt/~biophysics/course.html
(With online registration)

Organizers: C.M.Soares (ITQB-UNL), A.M.Baptista (ITQB-UNL),
M.Castanho (FCUL), M.Prieto (IST-UTL)

SCOPE: The aim of this course is to give an overview of the simulation
techniques used in biological sciences. The course is oriented towards
people working in the areas of biochemistry, biology, chemistry and related
fields; the perspective will be application-oriented rather than
theoretical. Topics will cover molecular dynamics simulation (classical and
mixed quantum), molecular interactions, continuum electrostatic methods,
protein structure prediction, membrane organization, reaction-diffusion
systems, metabolic simulation and immune system modelling.

PROVISIONAL PROGRAM AND SPEAKERS

Friday, 1st October

Registration and welcome reception (offered by Câmara Municipal de Santarém)

Saturday, 2nd October

Opening remarks 
Manuel Prieto - Chairman of the SPBf 
Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal 

The scope of simulation techniques in biophysics 
Cláudio M. Soares 
Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa,
Portugal 

Theoretical aspects of molecular mechanics/dynamics simulation. Some
applications. 
Cláudio M. Soares 
Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa,
Portugal 

Hydrodynamics and Brownian dynamics. Theory and applications. 
José Garcia de la Torre 
Dep. Química Física, Universidad de Murcia, Spain 

Inter-molecular interactions in proteins 
P.Nuno Palma 
Dep.Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de
Lisboa, Portugal 

Hybrid QM/MM studies of enzymatic systems 
Maria João Ramos 
Dep.Química, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Portugal 

Continuum electrostatics in proteins: theoretical aspects and applications. 
António M. Baptista 
Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa,
Portugal 

Sunday, 3rd October

Protein structure prediction. Homology modelling and sidechain prediction. 
Joaquim Mendes 
Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa,
Portugal 

Monte Carlo Simulation of Membrane Organization 
Ole G.Mouritsen 
Dep. Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark 

A modelling and simulation approach to biological reaction-diffusion systems 
Joaquim Sainhas 
Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa & Instituto
Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal 

Metabolic simulation 
Armindo Salvador 
Dep. Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, U.S.A. 

Immune system modelling 
Jorge Carneiro 
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

MORE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:

http://www.itqb.unl.pt/~biophysics/course.html
(with online registration)
e-mail: [email-masked] 
Tel: 351 1 4469610/613, Fax: 351 1 4433644 
(Cláudio Soares, ITQB-UNL)

	Registrations until July 31.

COURSE LOCATION:

Santarém is an old town approximately 100Km north of Lisbon in the Ribatejo
region of Portugal. The town is by the Tagus (Tejo) river.
The course will take place at the ISLA Auditorium in the old part of
Santarém, near the famous Igreja da Graça.

REGISTRATION FEES:

(PTE; includes the course dinner, October 2) 
                    Regular 	Student 
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Non-members         12000     8000
Members SPB*/SBE**   9000     5000
Members SPBf***      6000     2000
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*Sociedade Portuguesa de Bioquímica+
**Sociedad de Biofísica de España
***Sociedade Portuguesa de Biofísica+
+You can register in the Society during the course
200.482 PTE = 1 EUR
A limited number of grants will be available

COURSE SPONSORS

ISLA Santarém
Câmara Municipal de Santarém
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica - Universidade Nova de Lisboa,
TRIPOS Inc
Nextvision/SGI
Micromineiro

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