First Girona Seminar on Molecular Similarity



         First "Girona" Seminar on Molecular Similarity
      This letter is an invitation to participate and contribute to the
 First  "Girona" Seminar  on Molecular  Similarity, that  will be  held
 during July 8 - 10, 1993 in Girona, Spain.
      With  this  Seminar  we  want   to  start  a  new  field/site  of
 collaboration between researchers of  all around Europe, interested in
 Molecular Similarity.
      Girona is an old carolingian  city, famous for its history, where
 Iberian, Roman, Jewish and Medieval  remnants are still alive, as well
 as  for its  beautiful  surroundings: beaches,  mountains and  plains,
 situated at few  minutes by car. It  is located 60 Km  from the French
 border  and 100  km  from Barcelona.  You can  easily  reach the  city
 through Barcelona airport, directly by train or by highway.
      Although  our  desire would  be  to  make  it  free for  all  the
 assistants, we  cannot assure if  we will  have enough local  help, so
 please ask your own Institutions for travel and hotel expenses.
      The features of the "Girona" Seminar will be:
 a) Young research lecturers are welcome.
 b) The language will be English.
 c) No Seminar reports will be published.
 d) The  lecturer(s) affiliation,  the lecture  title and  an abstract,
    written in a DIN A4 sheet are compulsive.
 e) Preliminary and tentative results are encouraged.
      Upon receiving the filled enclosed form and the abstract, we will
 keep you informed about the Seminar final details.
      If you know anyone who could be interested in coming, please give
 us his affiliation and address, so we can invite him to participate.
           Looking forward to hearing from you
                         Prof. R. Carbo
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      If you  are interested  to participate  please fill  the attached
 form and return it at your earliest convenience to :
 Ramon Carbo
 Institut de Quimica Computacional
 Facultat de Ciencies
 Universitat de Girona
 Placa Hospital 6
 E-17071 Girona
 Spain
 FAX: (34) (72) 418099
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         First "Girona" Seminar on Molecular Similarity
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          FIRST GIRONA SEMINAR ON MOLECULAR SIMILARITY
 List of participants
 Dr. N.L. Allan       Univ. of Bristol             G. Britain
 Dr. Baywater         Novo Nordisk A/S             Denmark
 Sr. E. Besalu        Univ. of Girona              Spain
 Sr. G. Bravi         Univ. of Milano              Italy
 Dr. B. Calabuig      Univ. of Girona              Spain
 Prof. R. Carbo       Univ. of Girona              Spain
 Dr. K.C. Chou        Upjohn Research Lab.         USA
 Prof. J. Cioslowski  Florida State University     USA
 Prof. M. Duran       Univ. of Girona              Spain
 Prof. J. Gasteiger   T. Univ. Munchen             Germany
 Dr. A. P. Johnson    Univ. of Leeds               G. Britain
 Dr. V. Kvasnicka     Slov. vysoka skola techn.    Czechoslovakia
 Mr. A. Martinez      Univ. of Girona              Spain
 Mr. P. Measures      Univ. of Bristol             G. Britain
 Prof. P.G. Mezey     Univ. of Saskatchewan        Canada
 Dr. J.N. Noordik     Univ. of Nijmegen            Netherland
 Mr. J.M. Oliva       Univ. of Girona              Spain
 Dr. R. Ponec         Czech. Acad. of Sciences     Czechoslovakia
 Dr. M. Randic        Drake University             USA
 Dr. D.H. Rouvray     Univ. of Georgia             USA
 Dr. G. Sello         Univ. degli Studi di Milano  Italy
 Dr. M. Sola          Univ. of Girona              Spain
 Prof. I. Ugi         T. Univ. Munchen             Germany
 Dr. L. Vera          Univ. Catolica del Norte     Chile
 Dr. A. Wallett       Sandoz Inst. Medical Res.    G. Britain
 Dr. P. Willet        Univ. of Sheffield           G. Britain
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          FIRST GIRONA SEMINAR ON MOLECULAR SIMILARITY
 List of lecturers
 Dr. N.L. Allan       University of Bristol        G. Britain
    Momentum-space and molecular similarity
 Prof. R. Carbo       Univ. of Girona              Spain
    Theoretical foundations of Quantum Similarity
 Dr. K.C. Chou        Upjohn Research Lab.         USA
    A vectorized sequence-coupling model for predicting HIV
    protease cleavage sites in protein, or
    A maximum projection method for predicting protein folding
    type
 Prof. J. Cioslowski  Florida State University     USA
    Atomic contribution to molecular similarity
 Prof. J. Gasteiger   T. Univ. Munchen             Germany
    Molecular similarity, synthesis design and biological activity
 Dr. A. P. Johnson    University of Leeds          G. Britain
    2 D and 3 D maximum common subgraph determination for multiple
    compound sets
 Dr. V. Kvasnicka     Slov. vysoka skola techn.    Czechoslovakia
    Prediction of chemical reactivity by neural networks
 Prof. P.G. Mezey     Univ. of Saskatchewan        Canada
    Discrete and continuous shape similarity measures for molecules
 Dr. R. Ponec         Czech. Acad. of Sciences     Czechoslovakia
    Position invariant index for assessment of molecular similarity
 Dr. M. Randic        Drake University             USA
    Molecular similarity based on use of orthogonal molecular
    descriptors
 Dr. D.H. Rouvray     University of Georgia        USA
    Criteria for the selection of similarity coefficients for molecular
    design methodologies
 Dr. G. Sello         Univ. degli Studi di Milano  Italy
    A proposal  toward the  identification of  substructural electronic
    similarity
 Prof. Y. Takahashi   Toyohashi Univ. Technology   Japan
    Evaluation of molecular similarity using topological fragment
    spectra
 Prof. I. Ugi         T. Univ. Munchen             Germany
    Chemical distance, a measure of chemical similarity and its uses in
    computer chemistry
 Dr. P. Willet        University of Sheffield      G. Britain
    Similarity searching in databases of 3 D structures.