CCL: ESF-EMBO Symposim on 'Protein Design and Evolution for Biocatalysis'

 Sent to CCL by: "Ivanka  Angelova" [iangelova .. esf.org]
 ESF-EMBO Symposium on PROTEIN DESIGN AND EVOLUTION FOR BIOCATALYSIS
 Dates: 25-30 October 2008
 Closing date for applications: 6 June 2008
 Location: Hotel Eden Roc, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain
 Programme and applications: accessible online at www.esf.org/conferences/08255
 Chair: Prof. Jiri Damborsky, Masaryk University, CZ
 Grants are available for young researchers to cover the conference fee and
 travel costs.
 Further information: www.esf.org/conferences/08255 or Ms. Jean Kelly
 (jkelly^^esf.org)
 Overview:
 The meeting will bring together internationally renowned speakers who will
 review the current state of knowledge in the field of protein design and
 evolution for biocatalysis. The symposium will be the third event in a series
 held in Paris (2002) and Greifswald (2006). The main objective of the 2008
 meeting will be to intensify discussion and collaboration between
 experimentalists with theoreticians, which is needed for development of novel
 biocatalysts by combining directed evolution with rational protein design. The
 meeting will be highly interdisciplinary through the participation of speakers
 with various backgrounds and research interests. The lectures will span the
 fields of mechanistic enzymology, biocatalysis, protein crystallography,
 computer simulations, phylogenetics, structural bioinformatics and synthetic
 biology. A substantial amount of time will be devoted to poster presentations
 and informal discussion to promote exchange of ideas and dissemination of
 information. Young scientists are encouraged to actively participate and a
 number of lectures will be reserved for their presentations based on originality
 and scientific quality of submitted abstracts.