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The 24th Aharon Katzir-Katchalsky Conference
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BIOINFORMATICS <--> STRUCTURE
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November 17-21, 1996
Jerusalem Hyatt Regency, Israel
Celebrating the
25th Anniversary of the Protein Data Bank
10th Anniversary of SwissProt
The meeting will focus on the relationship of sequence, structure,
function, and databases. Sessions will include talks, poster
presentations and computer demonstrations with access to the Internet.
Under the auspices of:
Protein Data Bank
Brookhaven National Laboratory
University of Geneva
Israel Academy of Science and Humanities
The Weizmann Institute of Science
Sponsored by:
Compugen, Glaxo-Wellcome, Silicon Graphics
Organizing committee: Enrique E. Abola, USA, Amos Bairoch, Switzerland,
Manuel Peitsch, Switzerland, Joel L. Sussman, Israel/USA
Local organizing committee: Marvin Edelman, Kurt Giles, Michal Harel,
Michael Levitt, Uriel Z. Littauer, Jaime Prilusky, Joel L. Sussman,
S C I E N T I F I C P R O G R A M :
3-D STRUCTURES BIOLOGICAL SEQUENCES
Proteins Sequence Analysis
Nucleic Acids Profiles and Patterns
Protein-Nucleic Acid Interactions Molecular Evolution
Folding Algorithm Development
Classification Sequence to function
3-D Patterns Gene Organization
MODELING & PREDICTION DATABASES
Knowledge-based Modeling 3-D Structure Databases
Threading Protein/Nucleotide Sequence
Databases
3-D Profiles Genomic Databases
Protein Engineering Federation and Integration
Molecular Recognition Database Queries
Structure-based Drug Design
Molecular Graphics
Validation
Speakers Include:
Enrique Abola (USA) Olga Kennard (UK)
Ron Appel (Switzerland) Doron Lancet (Israel)
Rolf Apweiler (UK) Michael Levitt (USA)
Amos Bairoch (Switzerland) Victor Markowitz (USA)
Helen Berman (USA) Edgar Meyer (USA)
Tom Blundell (UK) John Moult (USA)
Peer Bork (Germany) Manuel Peitsch
(Switzerland)
Stephen Bryant (USA) Jaime Prilusky (Israel)
Graham Cameron (UK) Jane Richardson (USA)
Cyrus Chothia (UK) Chris Sander (Germany/UK)
David Eisenberg (USA) Manfred Sippl (Austria)
Ken Fasman (USA) William Studier (USA)
Osnat Herzberg (USA) Joel L. Sussman
(Israel/USA)
Barry Honig (USA) Yoshio Tateno (Japan)
Leroy Hood (USA) Tomitake Tsukihara (Japan)
Rod Hubbard (UK) Keith D. Watenpaugh (USA)
Ephraim Katchalski-Katzir (Israel) Keith Wilson (UK/Germany)
John Kendrew (UK) Ada Yonath (Israel)
DEADLINE for registration and poster abstract submission extended to:
JULY 30, 1996.
ORAL presentations of abstracts will be selected from those who submit
early.
REGISTRATION FEES (not including accommodation):
Before September 1, 1996 US$ 350
After September 1, 1996 US$ 450
Students US$ 50
Local Participant Please contact us via email
For registration and information contact:
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email: pdb25sw10 at bioinformatics.weizmann.ac.il
URL: http://bioinformatics.weizmann.ac.il/conf/pdb25sw10 (Israel)
or http://pdb.weizmann.ac.il/pdb25sw10 (Israel)
or http://www.pdb.bnl.gov/pdb25sw10 (USA)
or http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdb/pdb25sw10 (UK)
or http://162.105.177.12/npdb/pdb25sp10 (China)
Meeting secretary:
Ruth Goldstein - Katzir Center; fax: 972-8-9474425; tel.:972-8-9342148.
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Dr. Manuel C. Peitsch Phone Institute: +41.22.706.9666
Glaxo Institute of Molecular Biology Offices 3.26 : - " - 9920
Chemin des Aulx 14 FAX : +41.22.794.6965
CH-1228 Plan-les-Ouates e-mail :
mcp13936 at ggr.co.uk
Switzerland ========================
The human mind treats a new idea the way the body treats a
strange
protein -- it rejects it.
P. Medawar
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