Fourth International Conference on Molecular Structural Biology
Vienna, Austria
Wednesday 5th - Sunday 9th September 2001

Introduction:

This conference, organised by the Biophysical Chemistry subgroup of the Austrian Chemical Society (GÖCH), is the fourth in the ICMSB series, which aims to bring together scientists from the fields of X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, molecular biology, structure prediction, computer modeling and microscopy. The fourth conference will again cover all these areas, and will in addition feature a session on the industrial use of these techniques in the design of novel biologically active molecules, as well as a session on Structural Genomics. The conference will take place in the beautiful central european city of Vienna, which is an ideal conference location, not only because of its international airport and excellent public transport system, but also because of its beauty and historical interest. The conference will take place from the evening of Wednesday 5th September 2001 to Sunday 9th. Following the opening lecture on Wednesday evening, the next four days will include plenary lectures given by outstanding scientists from all over the world, plus short communications which will be selected from abstract submissions. There will be 2 poster sessions, with a poster prize being awarded for the best poster contribution. In addition, an entertainment and social programme will provide the participants with a taste of the cultural side of Vienna.

Preliminary Programme:

Honorary Speaker Jürgen Drews (Int. Biomed. Management Partners) Macromolecular Structures Dino Moras (Université Louis Pasteur) Ian Wilson (Scripps Institute) Johann Deisenhofer (Texas University at Houston) John Walker (MRC Cambridge) Structural Genomics Andrej Sali (Rockefeller University) Barry Honig (Columbia University) Tom Peat (Structural GenomiX Inc.) Malcom Weir (Inpharmatica Ltd.) Structural Molecular Biology Brian Sykes (University of Alberta) Ad Bax (NIH) Kiyoshi Nagai (MRC Cambridge) Structure-Based Design Ursula Egner (Schering) Jörg Kallen (Novartis) Torben Borchert (Novo Nordisk) Kal Ramnarayan (Structural Bioinformatics Inc.) Folding and Function Brian Matthews (University of Oregon) Eugene Shakhnovich (Harvard University) Manfred Sippl (University of Salzburg) Special Topic: Protein Factory Pirkko Vihko (University of Helsinki)

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