Computational Biomolecular Science Program
Organized by Peter G. Wolynes, Russell Doolittle, and J. A. McCammon
September 11-13, 1997
Irvine, CA
Friday, September 12
Session I
Russell Doolittle, Chair
Peter Wolynes
Introduction
Measuring genome evolution
Peer Bork, EMBL, Heidelberg
Determining biological function from sequence:Building highly specific sequence motifs for genome analysis
Douglas Brutlag, Stanford
Experimental studies of protein folding dynamics
William Eaton, NIH
Coupling the folding of homologous proteins
Ron Elber, Hebrew University
Session II
Andrew McCammon, Chair
Photoactive yellow protein: Prototype for the PAS domains of sensors and clocks
Elizabeth Getzoff, Scripps Research Institute
Inhomogeneities in genomic sequence composition
Philip Green, University of Washington
New refinement methods for NOE-distance based NMR structure
Angela Gronenborn, NIH
Estimation of evolutionary distances between DNA sequences
Wen-Hsiung Li, University of Texas, Houston
After-dinner Lecture
From slide rule to super computer, Hans Frauenfelder, Los Alamos
Saturday, September 13
Session III
Andrew McCammon, Chair
Comparing Sequence Comparison with Structure Comparison
Michael Levitt, Stanford University
Structural classification of proteins and its evolutionary implications
Alexey Murzin, MRC, Cambridge University
Exploring the protein folding funnel landscape - connection to fast folding experiments
Jose Onuchic, University of California, San Diego
Bridged bimetallic enzymes: A challenge for computational chemistry
Gregory Petsko, Brandeis University
Session IV
Peter Wolynes, Chair
Robert Sauer, MIT
The evolution of efficient light harvesting in photosynthesis - one goal, many solutions
Klaus Schulten, University of Illinois
Electrostatic steering and ionic tethering in simulations of protein-ligand interactions
Rebecca Wade, EMBL, Heidelberg University
Computer simulation of enzymatic reactions and other biological process; Finding out what was optimized by evolution
Arieh Warshel, University of Southern California
After-dinner Lecture
Applications of computers in structural biology, Harold Scheraga, Cornell University
