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Research Workshop and Summer School
"Theory and Computation in Molecular Biological Physics"
August 9-20, 2004
La Jolla, CA

The Center for Theoretical Biological Physics (CTBP), an NSF-sponsored Center, based on the campus of the University of California, San Diego as a partnership between UCSD, The Scripps Research Institute, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies and the San Diego Supercomputer Center in collaboration with the NIH Research Resource for Multiscale Modeling Tools in Structural Biology (MMTSB) will be hosting a two-week summer workshop, "Theory and Computation in Molecular Biological Physics", August 9-20, 2004.

Thirty-five applicants will be invited to participate no later than May 1, 2004.  Participants will have meals and accommodations in UCSD dormitories and funds are available to defray airfare expenses.  Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop computer with them to use for the hands-on computational work in the afternoons.   Computers should have wireless network capabilities and have OSX or linux operating systems.

Workshop Description:

This workshop will provide an introduction to the principles and practice of simulation methods in the broad area of molecular biophysics.  The two-week format will consist of lectures in the mornings, and hands-on computational work in the afternoons.  The lectures will cover six main areas: the nature of biological structures; development and use of molecular force fields; simulation methods; statistical thermodynamics; electrostatics; and energy landscapes in protein folding and structure prediction. Computational experiments will be drawn from a variety of application areas (including protein folding, electron transfer events, ligand docking, enzymatic reaction mechanisms, structure refinement, multi-scale modeling, and biomolecular visualization), and participants are encouraged to bring their own ideas for projects.

The workshop is designed primarily for people with undergraduate or higher degrees in the physical sciences (physics, chemistry, and engineering) with an interest into moving into areas of biological physics.  Familiarity with computers and with the fundamentals of organic chemistry and biochemistry is also required.

Lecture presenters and leaders for hands-on computational sessions will include:

Dr. Kim Baldridge* - Integrative Computational Sciences, San Diego Supercomputer Center,  Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Zurich, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego

Dr. Charles L. Brooks, III* - Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute

Dr. David Case* - Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute

Dr. Michael Feig - Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Chemistry, Michigan State University

Dr. Michael Holst* - Department of Mathematics, University of California, San Diego

Dr. Robert Konecny* - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego

Dr. J. Andrew McCammon* - Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego

Dr. José Onuchic* - Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego

Dr. Peter Wolynes* - Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego

Dr. Zan Luthey-Schulten - Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois

Dr. Stewart Adcock - Department of Chemistry, UCSD

Dr. Richard Law - Department of Chemistry, UCSD

Dr. Donald Hamelberg - Department of Chemistry, UCSD

Dr. Florence Tama - Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute

Dr. Justin Gullingsrud - Department of Chemistry, UCSD

*denotes a CTBP senior researchers