COLLEGE ON BIOPHYSICS: FROM MOLECULAR GENETICS TO STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

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COLLEGE ON BIOPHYSICS: FROM MOLECULAR GENETICS TO STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY | (smr 1329)

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Monday, 1 October 2001

08:30 - 10:30 Registration

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 08:30 Registration 2h0'
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee break

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 10:30 Coffee break 15'
10:45 - 11:00 Opening Session

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 10:45 Opening Session 15'
  
  Speaker: Professor M.A. Virasoro (Director of the Abdus Salam ICTP)
11:00 - 12:00 Experimental Techniques: An Introduction

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 11:00 Experimental Techniques: An Introduction 1h0'
  
  Speaker: D. Lamba (CNR and ICGEB, Trieste, Italy)
12:00 - 13:00 X-ray Diffraction, Electron Microscopy, Electron Diffraction, I

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 12:00 X-ray Diffraction, Electron Microscopy, Electron Diffraction, I 1h0'
  
  Speaker: S. Hovmoller (Univ. Stockholm, Sweden)
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch break

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 13:00 Lunch break 1h30'

14:30 - 15:30 Macromolecular Interactions: Theoretical Principles, I

Location:

Main Building Lecture Room C

14:30 Macromolecular Interactions: Theoretical Principles, I 1h0'

Speaker:	A. Vindigni (ICGEB, Trieste, Italy)
Material:	lecture notes

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 15:30 Coffee break 30'
16:00 - 17:00 Mass spectroscopy, I

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 16:00 Mass spectroscopy, I 1h0'
  
  Speaker: J. Rappsilber (Univ.Southern Denmark, Odense)
18:00 - 19:00 GET-TOGETHER

Location: Main Building Terrace
- 18:00 GET-TOGETHER 1h0'

Tuesday, 2 October 2001
- 09:00 - 10:00 Introduction to Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy, I
  
  Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
  - 09:00 Introduction to Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy, I 1h0'
    
    Speaker: B. A. Wallace (Univ.of London,Birkbeck College,U.K.)
- 10:00 - 11:00 X-ray Diffraction, Electron Microscopy, Electron Diffraction, II
  
  Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
  - 10:00 X-ray Diffraction, Electron Microscopy, Electron Diffraction, II 1h0'
    
    Speaker: S. Hovmoller (Univ. Stockholm,Sweden)
- 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
  
  Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
  - 11:00 Coffee break 30'
- 11:30 - 12:30 X-ray Diffraction, Electron Microscopy, Electron Diffraction, III
  
  Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
  - 11:30 X-ray Diffraction, Electron Microscopy, Electron Diffraction, III 1h0'
    
    Speaker: S. Hovmoller (Univ. Stockholm, Sweden)
- 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
  
  Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
  - 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
- 14:30 - 15:30 Application of Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy to Membrane Proteins, II
  
  Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
  - 14:30 Application of Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy to Membrane Proteins, II 1h0'
    
    Speaker: B. A. Wallace (Univ.of London,Birkbeck College,U.K.)
- 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break
  
  Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
  - 15:30 Coffee break 30'
- 16:00 - 17:00 Mass spectroscopy, II
  
  Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
  - 16:00 Mass spectroscopy, II 1h0'
    
    Speaker: J. Rappsilber (Univ.Southern Denmark, Odense)

Wednesday, 3 October 2001

09:00 - 10:00 Macromolecular interactions: Experimental Approaches, II

Location:

Main Building Lecture Room C

09:00 Macromolecular interactions: Experimental Approaches, II 1h0'

Speaker:	A. Vindigni (ICGEB, Trieste, Italy)
Material:	lecture notes

10:00 - 11:00 Synchrotron Radiation Circular Dichroism: New Developments and Future Prospects,III

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 10:00 Synchrotron Radiation Circular Dichroism: New Developments and Future Prospects,III 1h0'
  
  Speaker: B. A. Wallace (Univ.of London, Birkbeck College,U.K.)
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 11:00 Coffee break 30'
11:30 - 12:30 Mass spectroscopy, III

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 11:30 Mass spectroscopy, III 1h0'
  
  Speaker: J. Rappsilber (Univ. Southern Denmark, Odense)
12:30 - 15:30 Lunch break

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 12:30 Lunch break 3h0'

14:30 - 15:30 Molecular dynamics and modelling: An Introduction,

Location:

Main Building Lecture Room C

14:30 Molecular dynamics and modelling: An Introduction, 1h0'

Speaker:	P. Carloni (SISSA, Trieste, Italy)
Material:	lecture notes

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 15:30 Coffee break 30'
16:00 - 17:00 Folding and Stretching in Model Proteins

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 16:00 Folding and Stretching in Model Proteins 1h0'
  
  Speaker: M. Cieplak (Institute of Physics,Warsaw,Poland)

Thursday, 4 October 2001

09:00 - 10:00 Structural Bioinformatics, I

Location:

Main Building Lecture Room C

09:00 Structural Bioinformatics, I 1h0'

Speaker:	A.Tramontano (IRBM, Rome, Italy)
Material:	lecture notes

10:00 - 11:00 Membrane Proteins: A Tale of Conduction, I

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 10:00 Membrane Proteins: A Tale of Conduction, I 1h0'
  
  Speaker: K. Schulten (Univ.of Illinois,Urbana, USA)
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 11:00 Coffee break 30'

11:30 - 12:30 Structural Bioinformatics, II

Location:

Main Building Lecture Room C

11:30 Structural Bioinformatics, II 1h0'

Speaker:	A. Tramontano (IRBM, Rome, Italy)
Material:	lecture notes

12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
14:30 - 15:30 Membrane Proteins: A Tale of Harvesting, II

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 14:30 Membrane Proteins: A Tale of Harvesting, II 1h0'
  
  Speaker: K. Schulten (Univ.of Illinois,Urbana,USA)
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 15:30 Coffee break 30'
16:00 - 17:00 Membrane Proteins: A Tale of Vision, III

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 16:00 Membrane Proteins: A Tale of Vision, III 1h0'
  
  Speaker: K. Schulten (Univ.of Illinois,Urbana,USA)
17:00 - 18:00 Scaling of Folding Properties of Proteins

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 17:00 Scaling of Folding Properties of Proteins 1h0'
  
  Speaker: M. Cieplak (Institute of Physics,Warsaw,Poland)

Friday, 5 October 2001

09:00 - 10:00 Geometry and Physics of Proteins, II

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 09:00 Geometry and Physics of Proteins, II 1h0'
  
  Speaker: A. Maritan (SISSA, Trieste, Italy)

10:00 - 11:00 Structural Bioinformatics, III

Location:

Main Building Lecture Room C

10:00 Structural Bioinformatics, III 1h0'

Speaker:	A. Tramontano (IRBM, Rome, Italy)
Material:	lecture notes

11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 11:00 Coffee break 30'

11:30 - 12:30 Molecular Dynamics of Ion Channels, I

Location:

Main Building Lecture Room C

11:30 Molecular Dynamics of Ion Channels, I 1h0'

Speaker:	M.L. Klein (Univ.of Pennsylvania,Philadelphia,USA)
Material:	lecture notes

12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'

14:30 - 15:30 Molecular Dynamics of Ion Channels, II

Location:

Main Building Lecture Room C

14:30 Molecular Dynamics of Ion Channels, II 1h0'

Speaker:	M.L. Klein (Univ.of Pennsylvania,Philadelphia,USA)
Material:	lecture notes

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 15:30 Coffee break 30'

16:00 - 17:00 Molecular Dynamics of Ion Channels, III

Location:

Main Building Lecture Room C

16:00 Molecular Dynamics of Ion Channels, III 1h0'

Speaker:	M.L. Klein (Univ.of Pennsylvania,Philadelphia, USA)
Material:	lecture notes

Monday, 8 October 2001

09:00 - 10:00 Protein Structure and Function: An Introduction

Location:

Main Building Lecture Room C

09:00 Protein Structure and Function: An Introduction 1h0'

Speaker:	S. Pongor (ICGEB, Trieste, Italy)
Material:	lecture notes

10:00 - 11:00 Symmetry in Macromulecular Assemblies, I

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 10:00 Symmetry in Macromulecular Assemblies, I 1h0'
  
  Speaker: S. Steinbacher (MPI fÜr Biochemie, Martinsried, Germany)
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 11:00 Coffee break 30'
11:30 - 12:30 Single-molecule Mechanics: Principles and Techniques, I

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 11:30 Single-molecule Mechanics: Principles and Techniques, I 1h0'
  
  Speaker: M. Kellermayer (Univ.of Pécs, Hungary)
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
14:30 - 15:30 Electron Microscopy of Macromolecular Assemblies, I

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 14:30 Electron Microscopy of Macromolecular Assemblies, I 1h0'
  
  Speaker: J.M. Carazo (Centro Nac. de Biotecnologia, Madrid, Spain)
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 15:30 Coffee break 30'
16:00 - 17:00 Prediction and Classification of Protein Folds

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 16:00 Prediction and Classification of Protein Folds 1h0'
  
  Speaker: O. Carugo (ICGEB, Trieste, Italy)

Tuesday, 9 October 2001
- 09:00 - 10:00 Symmetry in Macromulecular Assemblies, II
  
  Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
  - 09:00 Symmetry in Macromulecular Assemblies, II 1h0'
    
    Speaker: S. Steinbacher (MPI fÜr Biochemie, Martinsried, Germany)
- 10:00 - 11:00 Electron Microscopy of Macromolecular Assemblies, II
  
  Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
  - 10:00 Electron Microscopy of Macromolecular Assemblies, II 1h0'
    
    Speaker: J.M. Carazo (Centro Nac.de Biotecnologia, Madrid, Spain)
- 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
  
  Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
  - 11:00 Coffee break 30'
- 11:30 - 12:30 Electron microscopy of Macromolecular, Assemblies, III
  
  Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
  - 11:30 Electron microscopy of Macromolecular, Assemblies, III 1h0'
    
    Speaker: J.M. Carazo (Centro Nac.de Biotecnologia, Madrid, Spain)
- 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
  
  Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
  - 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
- 14:30 - 15:30 Mechanics of Single DNA molecules. Single Motor Protein Mechanics, II
  
  Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
  - 14:30 Mechanics of Single DNA molecules. Single Motor Protein Mechanics, II 1h0'
- 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break
  
  Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
  - 15:30 Coffee break 30'
- 16:00 - 17:00 Symmetry in Macromulecular Assemblies, III
  
  Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
  - 16:00 Symmetry in Macromulecular Assemblies, III 1h0'
    
    Speaker: S. Steinbacher (MPI fÜr Biochemie, Martinsried, Germany)
- 17:00 - 18:00 Protein Structure Prediction: Energy Versus Evolution, I
  
  Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
  - 17:00 Protein Structure Prediction: Energy Versus Evolution, I 1h0'
    
    Speaker: A. Sali (The Rockefeller Univ., New York, USA)

Wednesday, 10 October 2001

09:00 - 10:00 Mechanics of Single Protein Molecules. Mechanical Unfolding of Single Protein Molecules. Mechanics of Inter- and Intramolecular Interactions, III

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 09:00 Mechanics of Single Protein Molecules. Mechanical Unfolding of Single Protein Molecules. Mechanics of Inter- and Intramolecular Interactions, III 1h0'
  
  Speaker: M. Kellermayer (Univ. of Pécs, Hungary)

10:00 - 11:00 Prediction of Transmembrane Protein Topology

Location:

Main Building Lecture Room C

10:00 Prediction of Transmembrane Protein Topology 1h0'

Speaker:	I. Simon (Inst.of Enzymology, Budapest, Hungary)
Material:	lecture notes

11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 11:00 Coffee break 30'
11:30 - 12:30 Dna dynamics and recognition, I

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 11:30 Dna dynamics and recognition, I 1h0'
  
  Speaker: A.J. Libchaber (The Rockefeller Univ.,New York, USA)
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
14:30 - 15:30 Problems and Promise of the Database-driven Protein Structure Prediction, II

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 14:30 Problems and Promise of the Database-driven Protein Structure Prediction, II 1h0'
  
  Speaker: A. Sali (The Rockefeller Univ., New York, USA)
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 15:30 Coffee break 30'
16:00 - 17:00 Integration of the Data, Simulations and Theory in Gemonics, III

Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
- 16:00 Integration of the Data, Simulations and Theory in Gemonics, III 1h0'
  
  Speaker: A. Sali (The Rockefeller Univ., New York, USA)

Thursday, 11 October 2001
- 09:00 - 10:00 Genetic and Biochemical Networks: A Search for Simple Principles, I
  
  Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
  - 09:00 Genetic and Biochemical Networks: A Search for Simple Principles, I 1h0'
    
    Speaker: S. Leibler (Princeton Univ., USA)
- 10:00 - 11:00 RecA/DNA, Kinetic proofreading, II
  
  Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
  - 10:00 RecA/DNA, Kinetic proofreading, II 1h0'
    
    Speaker: A.J. Libchaber (The Rockefeller Univ.,New York, USA)
- 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
  
  Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
  - 11:00 Coffee break 30'
- 11:30 - 12:30 Decoding the Regulatory Regions of a Genome: I Statistical Analysis
  
  Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
  - 11:30 Decoding the Regulatory Regions of a Genome: I Statistical Analysis 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Hao LI (Univ. of California, San Francisco, USA)
- 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
  
  Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
  - 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
- 14:30 - 15:30 Decoding the Regulatory Regions of a Genome: II Modelling Gene Expression Data and III Comparative Genome Study
  
  Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
  - 14:30 Decoding the Regulatory Regions of a Genome: II Modelling Gene Expression Data and III Comparative Genome Study 1h0'
    
    Speaker: Hao LI (Univ.of California, San Francisco, USA)
- 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break
  
  Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
  - 15:30 Coffee break 30'
- 16:00 - 17:00 Molecular Evolution, III
  
  Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
  - 16:00 Molecular Evolution, III 1h0'
    
    Speaker: A.J. Libchaber (The Rockefeller Univ.,New York, USA)
Friday, 12 October 2001
- 09:00 - 12:30 POSTER SESSION
  - 09:00 POSTER SESSION 3h30'
- 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break
  - 12:30 Lunch break 2h0'
- 14:30 - 15:30 Final Comments by the College Directors and Local Organizer
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Distribution of Diplomas for Participants
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  Location: Main Building Lecture Room C
  - 14:30 Final Comments by the College Directors and Local Organizer 1h0'