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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