Meeting: Structure and Functional Dynamics of Proteins - bis

[Herick Moniz]

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           Les Neuviemes Entretiens du Centre Jacques Cartier
             Structure and Functional Dynamics of Proteins
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We are pleased to announce a conference on Structure and Functional
Dynamics of Proteins as part of the 9th Symposia series of the Centre
Jacques Cartier, October 1-4 1996 in Sainte-Adele, Quebec, Canada.

Details on program and registration can be obtained from our World Wide
Web site at <http://www-structbio.BCH.UMontreal.CA/> or by contacting
us.

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Nous sommes heureux de vous inviter au colloque sur la Structure et la
Dynamique Fonctionnelle des Proteines. Ce colloque se tiendra dans le
cadre des Neuviemes Entretiens du Centre Jacques Cartier du 1er au 4
octobre 1996 a Sainte-Adele, Quebec, Canada.

Vous trouverez tous le details du programme et de l'inscription sur
notre site WWW a <http://www-structbio.BCH.UMontreal.CA/> ou encore en
communiquant avec nous.


How to contact us - Comment nous contacter:

      Dr. Jurgen Sygusch, professeur titulaire
      Universite de Montreal, departement de biochimie,
      C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-Ville
      Montreal (Quebec) Canada
      H3C 3J7
      Phone/Telephone: (514) 343-2389
      Fax/Telecopieur: (514) 343-2210
      E-Mail: syguschj at BCH.UMontreal.CA


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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
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     From October 1st to 4th, 1996

     Le Chantecler, Sainte-Adele, Quebec, Canada

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                      Protein structures of pharmacological interest I
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  Retrovirus integrase ( A. Wlodawer, Frederick Cancer Laboratory
  Frederick, USA )
  Viral Proteins ( S. Cusack, EMBL Grenoble, France )
  Soyabean lipo-oxygenase (M. Amzel, John Hopkins Univ. Baltimore, USA)
  NMR Structures of pharmacological inhibitors ( S. Laplante, Bio-Mega
  Montreal, Canada )

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                      Protein structures of pharmacological interest II
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  Beta-lactamine membrane receptors ( O.Dideberg, IBS Grenoble, France)
  Structural study of glycine decarboxylase complex ( C.Cohen-Addad,IBS
  Grenoble, France )
  Extracellular matrix proteins (M. van der Rest, IBS Grenoble, France)
  Propeptide-like inhibitors of cystein proteases ( M. Cygler, BRI
  Montreal, Canada )
  Proteins with a role in digestion: Lipase - colipase ( C. Cambillau,
  Marseille, France )

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                                      Structure and function
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  DNA/RNA structures ( K. Gehring, McGill Montreal, Canada )
  Protein - DNA interactions ( D. Moras, IGBMC Strasbourg, France )
  Antibodies with catalytic activities ( A. Friboulet, Compiegne,
  France )
  G-protein switches ( E. Pai, UofT Toronto, Canada )
  Hydrogenase ( M. Frey, IBS Grenoble, France )
  Structure of catalase and its reactional intermediates ( H.Jouve, IBS
  Grenoble, France )

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                                       Computational biology
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I. Prediction and structure

  Folding of ribonucleic acids ( R. Cedergren et F. Major, UdeM
  Montreal, Canada )
  Protein - ligand interactions ( J. Smith, CEA-Saclay Paris, France )
  Secondary structure prediction ( G. Deleage, IBCP Lyon, France )

II. Protein -ligand interactions

  Computational enzymology ( P. Bash, Argonne, France )
  Water - lipoprotein interactions ( B. Roux, UdeM Montreal, Canada )
  Protein - ligand interactions from databases ( C. Bayley, Merck
  Montreal, Canada )

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                           Protein crystallization in microgravity
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  Crystallisation of proteins: European experience ( J. Fontecilla, IBS
  Grenoble, France )
  Crystallisation of proteins: liquid-liquid diffusion ( J. Sygusch,
  UdeM Montreal, Canada )

                             Joint session with
                          AIDS pathogenesis meeting

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                              Molecules in AIDS pathogenesis
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  Structure - function of HIV nucleocapside protein ( B. Roques, Univ.
  Rene Descartes Paris, France )
  Inhibitors againts HIV protease ( P. Fitzgerald, Merck Rahway, USA )
  Structure of HIV reverse transcriptase ( E. Arnold, Rutgers Univ.
  Piscataway, USA )
  Ribosomal RNA - anti-sens RNA interaction ( L. Brakier-Gingras, UdeM
  Montreal, Canada )

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                       Progress in membrane protein structures
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  Dynamics of membrane proteins ( Eva Pebay-Peyrula, U. Joseph Fourier
  Grenoble, France )
  Modelling of transmembrane proteins (H.Weinstein, NYU New York, USA)
  Mutagenesis of G-proteins coupled receptors ( P. Walker, ASTRA
  Montreal, Canada )
  2D cryoelectromicroscopy ( C. Salesse, UQTR Trois-Rivieres, Canada )



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Herick Moniz, etudiant gradue,
Departement de Biochimie,
Universite de Montreal,
Quebec, Canada

E-Mail: monizh at BCH.UMontreal.CA