Announcement: Beilstein Workshop Bozen 2002 - Molecular Informatics

Dear list members,
 I am posting the following announcement on behalf of Martin Hicks,
 Beilstein-Institut, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
 ---------- International Workshop - Molecular Informatics ----------
 Apologies for any cross-postings
 We would like to inform you about our forthcoming workshop:
 Molecular Informatics: Confronting Complexity
 May 13th-16th, 2002, Bozen, Italy.
 This workshop will address the new challenges that now face scientists
 in
 the post-genome era - in particular, the integration of two, until
 recently,
 disparate sciences, i.e. cheminformatics and bioinformatics. It is now
 essential to bridge the gap between chemists, dealing with the
 intricacies
 of drug discovery, and biologists, working with complex cell
 physiological
 systems, in order to make any real and significant advances in the areas
 of
 molecular structure-function relationships and drug-target specificity.
 Speakers have been asked to bear in mind the interdisciplinary nature of
 the
 workshop, and where applicable, to address some of the fundamental
 issues in
 molecular informatics that are seldom discussed and still require to be
 effectively solved.
 The following themes will be covered: knowledge discovery and data
 mining,
 rational drug design, prediction of small molecule bioavailability
 (ADMETox)
 properties, protein structure and function determination, new methods of
 drug-target modeling, cellular metabolism, and the use of
 high-throughput
 methods (biochips) for acquiring gene expression and protein binding
 information.
 The workshop will take place in the historic Hotel Schloss Korb. The
 setting
 and the limited number of participants (ca. 50-60), provide a very
 convivial
 atmosphere for the ready exchange of thoughts and ideas.
 We have an excellent line-up of speakers including:
 Karl-Heinz Baringhaus, Aventis
 Hans-Joachim Böhm, Hoffmann-LaRoche
 Timothy Clark, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
 Athel Cornish-Bowden, CNRS-BIP
 Luc De Raedt, University of Freiburg
 Chris Dobson, University of Cambridge
 Richard Goldstein, University of Michigan
 Jörg Hoheisel, German Cancer Research Center
 Kevin Holme, Lion Bioscience
 Harren Jhoti, Astex Technology
 Peter Johnson, University of Leeds
 William Jorgensen, Yale University
 Carsten Kettner, Beilstein-Institut
 Christopher Lipinski, Pfizer Global Research and Development
 Gerald Maggiora, Pharmacia
 Friedhelm Pfeiffer, MPI of Biochemistry
 Graham Richards, University of Oxford
 Brian Shoichet, Northwestern University
 Jeffrey Skolnick, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
 Shoshana Wodak, Université Libre de Bruxelles
 Please visit our web-site www.beilstein-institut.de for more information
 about the workshop, the scientific program and the registration form.
 We hope very much that you would be interested in attending. Places at
 the
 workshop are limited and will be allocated on a first-come basis.
 Further information will be sent in circulars well before the workshop.
 If
 you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
 Best regards,
 Martin Hicks
 Carsten Kettner
 Wolfgang Koerner
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 Dr. Martin G. Hicks
 Head of Funding Division, Symposia
 Beilstein-Institut
 Varrentrappstr. 40-42
 60486 Frankfurt
 Germany
 Tel: +49 (0)69 7917 426; Fax: +49 (0)69 7917 473
 mhicks(-(at)-)beilstein-institut.de
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