Keck Symposium on Computational Biology

[Lucille Jarzynka]

The Fourth Keck  Symposium on Computational Biology

Announcement
 
and

Call for Poster Presentations






October 24-5, 1993

Mellon Institute
4400 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213


Sponsored by the W.M. Keck Center for Advanced Training in Computational Biology 
at the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University and the Pittsburgh 

Supercomputing Center



W. M. Keck Center for Advanced Training in Computational Biology
University of Pittsburgh, 205 Mineral Industries Building
Pittsburgh, PA 15260, 412-624-6978





PRELIMINARY PROGRAM OF INVITED TALKS


Sunday, October 24, 1993	Symposium, Mellon Institute

8:30		Registration, Coffee and Danish
9:30 - 9:45	Opening Remarks, Buchanan and Henry

9:45 - 10:30	D. Lansing Taylor, Carnegie Mellon U.
		"Imaging Chemical and Molecular Dynamics in Living Cells"

10:30 - 11:15	Norma Allewell, U. of Minnesota
		"Modelling Electrostatic Effects in Protein Structure 
		and Function".

11:15 - 11:45	Break 

11:45 - 12:30	Phil Green, Washington U.
		"Genome sequence analysis: identifying and classifying genes"

12:30 - 2:00	Lunch -

2:00 - 2:45	Gary Stormo, U. of Colorado
		"Pattern Recognition Approaches to Biochemistry and Molecular 
		Biology"

2:45 - 3:30	Charles L. Brooks, III, Carnegie Mellon U.
		"pH Dependent Folding Intermediates of Apomyoglobin Studied 
		by Molecular Dynamics"

3:30 - 4:00	Break

4:00 - 4:45	Aravinda Chakravarti, U. of Pittsburgh
		"The Relationships Between Genetic and Physical Maps 
		in the Human"	
4
:45 - 5:30	Douglas L.  Brutlag, Stanford U.
		"Understanding the Meaning of Genes"


7:00			Banquet 



Monday, October 25, 1993 Symposium, Mellon Institute

8:00			Coffee and Danish
8:45 - 9:00		Opening Remarks

9:00 - 9:45		Wilma Olson, Rutgers U.
			"Computer Simulations of Supercoiled DNAs"

9:45 - 10:30	Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Stanford U. 
			"Models for the Analysis for Human Evolution"

10:30 - 11:00	Break

11:00 - 11:45	John Rosenberg, U. of Pittsburgh	

11:45 - 12:30	Leroy Hood, U. of Washington (Seattle)
12:30 - 12:45	Closing Remarks, Adjourn
		

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Poster Presentations     

Poster sessions will be held throughout the Symposium beginning Saturday
evening through adjournment Monday at noon.  

Conference organizers:	

Aravinda Chakravarti
Bruce G. Buchanan			           University of Pittsburgh

Accommodations:	

Holiday Inn at University Center
100 Lytton Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-682-6200 or 1-800-HOLIDAY
Please mention the Keck Symposium for special rates.

Transportation in Pittsburgh

Shuttle from Airport


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Call for Posters




Deadline for receipt of poster abstracts:  September 7, 1993

Please submit the abstract in photo-ready form on the next page (preferably
unfolded) using the following format:




TITLE IN BOLD AND CAPS
Author, F., and Author, S.
Department, Institution, City

Please use Times  type font, if possible, no smaller than 10 point.  Abstract
MUST fit entirely within the boundaries indicated on the form (5"w x 7"h 
rectangle).  The abstract must be received by the deadline to be reviewed.i
Posters accepted for presentation at the Symposium will be included in the 
Symposium Proceedings.

Notification of acceptance will be sent  by September 21.


Abstract should be sent to:

	Lucille Jarzynka
	W.M. Keck Center for Computational Biology
	University of Pittsburgh
	206 Mineral Industries Building
	Pittsburgh, PA 15260
	
	Phone:  (412)624-6978
	email:  jarzynka at cs.pitt.edu
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Fourth Annual Keck Symposium, October 24-5, 1993, Pittsburgh, PA

<<Please type title information as per instructions above followed by text to
fit within a rectangle 5 inches wide and 7 inches high.  Please send 
photo-ready hard copy.  Email abstracts cannot be accepted.>>  Be sure to 
include the following below your abstract:  


Name _________________________________Signature________________________
Address _______________________________ Date ___________________________

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				REGISTRATION

Please print/type


Name_______________________________________________ 								

Address_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________________ 			

City________________________ State/Zip________________ 		

Phone 	_______________________________________________							

Signature____________________________ Date____________ 									

Degree_____________________ Degree Year______________ 		


Registration Fee:  $150;  Student fee is $75

Please include check payable to University of Pittsburgh.

Registration fee will include Wine and Cheese Reception
(Saturday), coffee breaks, and dinner banquet (Sunday)

	______Please check if you are submitting a poster.
	______Please check if you would like information about
	  	predoc and postdoc fellowships offered by the 		  			W.M. Keck Center.

Registration deadline:   October 1, 1993.

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