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BDBDB2 Workshop on Biological Diffusion and Brownian Dynamics Simulations in Heidelberg

Aufbauend auf einen erfolgreichen Workshop im Jahr 2007 in Heidelberg, beginnt am heutigen Montag (11.-13. Oktober), wiederum in Heidelberg, (Studio Villa Bosch) ein Workshop, der sich mit biomolekularen Diffusionsprozessen beschäftigt. Organisiert wurde dieser von Forschern des Heidelberger Instituts für theoretische Studien (HITS) in Kooperation mit der Universität von San Diego.

In biological systems, macromolecules are constantly moving around by diffusion. How do the molecules find their binding partners? How do they fold to form a particular shape? How do they diffuse through the crowded environment of the cell interior? How does the presence of many diffusing macromolecules in a cell affect the function of individual molecules?
These are just some of the questions that are being pursued with the experimental and theoretical approaches that will be discussed at the workshop. Brownian dynamics is a computational technique that allows the diffusive motion of molecules to be simulated, and a particular focus of the meeting will be the discussion of current developments in this simulation methodology.
35 scientists, theoreticians and experimentalists, from Europe, Israel, and the US will gather in Heidelberg for BDBDB2. They will be joined by 15 participants in San Diego, California, via live videoconferencing.
The workshop is organized by Rebecca Wade and Paolo Mereghetti (Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS)) and Andy McCammon (UCSD), and is sponsored the BIOMS Center for Modelling and Simulation in the Biosciences, Heidelberg, the University of California, San Diego, the Center for Theoretical Biological Physics (CTBP), San Diego, the National Biomedical Computation Resource (NCBR), San Diego, and HITS.

 

Kontakt:

Dr. Rebecca Wade

HITS gGmbH

Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 35

69118 Heidelberg

Tel.: +49 (0)6221 - 533 - 247

Fax: +49 (0)6221 - 533 - 298

Email: rebecca.wade(at)h-its.org

http://www.h-its.org

 

Weitere Informationen:

http://www.h-its.org/english/press/pressreleases.php?we_objectID=733 HITS press release

http://mcm.h-its.org/BDBDB2 Workshop website with program and participants

Quelle: Heidelberger Institut für Theoretische Studien gGmbH Redaktion: Länder / Organisationen: USA Themen: Lebenswissenschaften Grundlagenforschung

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