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Chambery Meeting - 2nd Circular |
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
European Conference
on
COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY AND THE LIVING WORLD:
FROM SEQUENCE TO FUNCTION.
Chambery (French Alps), 20-24 April, 1998
Organised by the
Physical Chemistry Division, French Chemical Society (SFC)
Bunsen-Gesellschafft fur Physikalische-Chemie,
Faraday Division of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC),
Division di Chimica Fisica (SCI),
French Biophysical Society.
International Scientific Committee:
J.C. Smith (CEA-Saclay, Chairman); R. Botter (DCP Paris), secretary;
J. Brickmann (TH Darmstadt); J.E. Dubois (U. Paris VII); J. Garnier
(INRA-Jouy); M. Karplus (U. Strasbourg); R. Lavery (IBPC, Paris);
B. Maigret (U. Nancy); C. Chipot (U.Nancy); G. Richards (U. Oxford);
E. Soulie (CEA-Saclay); J. Tomasi (U. Pisa); C. Troyanowsky (DCP
Paris).
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SECOND CIRCULAR
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A - SCOPE OF THE MEETING
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The results of the genome projects are expected to lead to a scien-
tific revolution in the beginning of the next century. The complete
gene sequences of organisms of several different levels of develop-
ment, including Homo Sapiens, will be available. This enormous
amount of genetic information will be in the form of nucleotide se-
quences. The information present in a gene sequence is translated
in the cell into a protein sequence. This sequence determines the
way the protein folds into a three-dimensional architecture, which
confers biological function (catalysis, recognition, etc.).
The question arises as to how to exploit the genetic information as
effectively as possible. To do this will require an understanding
of the processes of translation of the genetic information from se-
quence to structure and function. Both theory and experiment are
expected to play major roles in obtaining this understanding. The
meeting in Chambery will focus on the role of computational chemis-
try in the activity that will be sparked by the genome results. How
can numerical calculation help us to understand and exploit genome
sequences ? How can modelling and simulation help in understanding
how amino-acid sequence is translated into three-dimensional bio-
logical structure, the functional interactions of these structures
and the effect of engineered modifications ?
The meeting will be covering the following topics, organised into
three themes: sequence analysis, biomolecular structure and folding
and biomolecular function. Research into the chemistry of biologi-
cal macromolecules requires close cooperation between theorists and
experimentalists. In the present meeting we hope to attract scien-
tists from both fields. We have invited a number of leading experi-
mentalists to give lectures, and hope to emphasize the broad com-
plementarity between theory and experiment in the lectures rather
than specialized discussion of theoretical methodology.
The meeting is expected to be of interest to researchers in all
branches of computational chemistry, as well as structural and mo-
lecular biologists and biochemists. The consequences for industry
of success in the endeavours discussed above are enormous, and this
has been realised in several drug companies that have set up inte-
grated computational/experimental groups on sequence-structure-
function relationships.
B - PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
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MONDAY APRIL 20-th
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8.45-9.15 Welcome.
THEME 1: SEQUENCES
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9.15-10.00 Jean-Michel Claverie (Marseille) "Analysis of
gene sequences"
10.00-10.30 Pause + Exhibition.
10.30-11.15 Antoine Danchin (Paris) "The Genome Projects".
11.00-12.15 Three short talks
14.00-14.45 Cyrus Chothia (Cambridge) "Patterns in Protein
Structure"
14.45-15.15 Charles Brooks (Scripps Institute) "Simulation
of Protein Folding"
15.15-15.45 Two short talks.
15.45-16.15 Break.
16.15-17.15 Oral Poster presentations.
17.15-18.15 Poster session.
18.30 Reception by the Mayor of Chambery.
TUESDAY APRIL 21-st
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THEME 2: FOLDING AND STRUCTURE
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9.00- 9.45 Mannfred Sippl (Graz) "Molecular forces in
protein folding and prediction."
9.45-10.45 Three short talks
10.45-11.30 Pause + Exhibition.
11.30-12.15 Michael Hecht (Princeton) "De Novo Proteins
from Designed Combinatorial Libraries."
14.00-14.45 Eugene Shakhnovitch (Harvard) "Lattice Models
of Protein Folding"
14.45-15.45 Three short talks.
15.45-16.15 Break.
16.15-17.15 Oral poster presentations.
17.15-18.15 Poster session.
WEDNESDAY APRIL 22-nd
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9.00- 9.45 Wilfred van Gunsteren (Zurich) "Reversible
Protein Folding in Solution by MD Simulation"
9.45-10.30 Pause + Exhibition.
10.30-11.15 Three short talks.
AFTERNOON FREE:
- Ski trip
- Wine trip
- Visit of the city
THURSDAY APRIL 23-rd
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9.00- 9.45 Chris Dobson (Oxford) "Nuclear Magnetic Reso-
nance in Protein Folding"
9.45-10.30 Pause + Exhibition.
10.30-11.30 Three short talks.
11.15-12.15 Eric Westhof (Strasbourg) "Simulation of Nuc-
leic Acid Structure"
THEME 3: BIOMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS AND FUNCTION
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14.00-14.45 David Chandler (Berkeley) "Statistical Mecha-
nics of Biological Interest"
14.45-16.00 Pause + Exhibition.
15.30-16.30 Three short talks.
20.00 Banquet and Blues concert "The Baskerville's
Blues Band"
FRIDAY APRIL 24-th
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9.00- 9.45 Harel Weinstein (New York) "From sequence to
molecular mechanism in G-protein coupled re-
ceptors: structural motifs as functional
microdomains."
9.45-10.30 Pause + Exhibition.
10.30-11.30 Three short talks.
11.30-12.15 Klaus Schulten (Illinois) "Evolution of effi-
cient light harvesting in photosynthesis - One
goal, many solutions." (this talk will be mo-
ved to eariler in the week).
14.00-14.45 Wayne C. Guida (Novartis Pharmaceutical) "Drug
Design"
14.45-16.30 Oral presentations and final discussion.
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CALL FOR PAPERS
_______________________________________________________________________
Attendents who want to present a poster or make an oral presentation
should send a one-page abstract. Authors who would like to make an oral
presentation are asked to send their abstract BEFORE January 10-th,
1998.
Oral presentations will be selected by the scientific committee at the
end of January 1998, and the authors of the selected papers will be
informed at the begining of February 1998.
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PUBLICATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS
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The proceedings of this meeting will be published as a special issue of
Theoretical Chemistry Accounts (formerly Theoretica Chimica Acta), Edi-
ted by R. Lavery and J. Tomasi. Principal speakers are invited to
prepare full articles, that present their recent results or give an
overview of their contributions. Full articles can contain up to 24
double-spaced pages of text plus figures. Short talks and posters will
be published in the form of letters, which can contain up to 12 double-
spaced pages. Speakers are urged to bring their manuscripts with them
to the meeting to enable rapid refereeing. The ABSOLUTE DEADLINE for
submissions will be March 31-st 1998. Instructions for authors can be
obtained from the Web site:
http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00214/
or from any copy of "Theoretical Chemistry Accounts".
It should be noted that colour figures will be published free of
charge, and that it is possible to add supplementary material in the
form of web archives.
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PRACTICAL INFORMATION
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LOCATION: The meeting will be held at the Centre de Congres Le Manege,
331 rue de la Republique, 73000 Chambery.
The center is in downtown Chambery, within easy walking dis-
tance of the railway station and numerous bars, brasseries
and restaurants that serve breakfast, lunch and dinner.
ACCESS: Chambery can be conveniently reached by air road or rail. The
high speed TGV train runs directly to Chambery in 3 hours
from Paris Gare de Lyon, or Paris Charles de Gaulle airport.
Railway information and reservation:
SNCF: Tel. 33.8.36.35.35.35
Internal flights exist between Paris Orly and Chambery-Aix-
les-Bains airports (1 hour 10 mins).
N.B. Transfer between Charles de Gaulle and Orly takes up to
2 hours by train.
Chambery can also be reached by train from Geneva airport (1
hour 15 mins) or bus from Lyon Satolas airport (1 hour).
Access by car by toll autoroute from Lyon and Geneva (A43)
and Grenoble and Italy (A41).
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Participants should fill out the REGISTRATION/EVENTS AND ACCOMODATION
FORMS and send them to the SEPARATE ADDRESSES indicated.
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CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
_______________________________________________________________________
Please, send the completed registration form AS SOON AS POSSIBLE and by
REGULAR MAIL with payment fee to the Conference address.
REGISTRATION FEES(*)
____________________
____________________________________________________________________
Before March 15-th After March 15-th
____________________________________________________________________
Regular price 2400 FF 2800 FF
Members of the 1800 FF 2200 FF
Organizing Societies
Students 1300 FF 1700 FF
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(*) Registration fees include the conference dinner and concert for the
participants
o METHOD OF PAYMENT
_________________
All payments must be in FRENCH FRANCS.
Bank order and bank draft payable to:
DCP/SFC, Congres de Chimie Informatique
BNP Saclay
Account N 30004 01788 0010000693 27
N.B. We have already received a large number of preliminary inquieries.
Places at the meeting are limited to 320 and will be allocated on
a first come first served basis.
o HOTEL ACCOMMODATION
___________________
Hotels of different price categories have been reserved for the Confe-
rence period.
o DAILY RATES OF HOTEL ROOMS
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Hotel category Single room Double room
1 person 2 persons
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3-star Hotel 400 FF 450 FF
2-star Hotel 250 FF 300 FF
1-star Hotel 180 FF 220 FF
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(Price in French Francs, taxes, services and breakfast included)
o STUDENT ACCOMMODATION
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Room 20 m2, 2 persons 220 FF/room
Room 30 m2, 3 persons 285 FF/room
Room 35 m2, 4 persons 340 FF/room
(Price per room and per day, breakfast included, towel upon request)
o HOTEL AND STUDENT ROOM RESERVATIONS
___________________________________
Please, reserve by completing the enclosed ACCOMMODATION FORM. All ac-
commodation will be allocated in the order of receipt of registration.
If rooms are unavailable at your requested choice of hotel category,
the closest available rate will be assigned. You will receive written
confirmation and a hotel voucher stating the name and adress of the ho-
tel booked as soon as your accommodation form and deposit have been re-
ceived by "BRIGITTE DEBAS, ITC".
o SHARING ROOM
____________
For those, who intend to share a room with an other registrant, please
indicate roommate's name in accommodation form.
o BOOKING PAYMENT
_______________
DEPOSIT, which include processing charges received by "BRIGITTE DEBAS,
ITC" must accompany your accommodation form. This deposit (excluding
the booking fees) will be deduced from your hotel bill when you check-
out.
NO RESERVATION will be confirmed until your payment is received.
All payment must be in French Francs only:
Bank transfer and bank draft payable to:
BRIGITTE DEBAS, ITC
Account N : 18006-00010-00606453050-57
Bank: Credit Agricole de la Savoie.
and mailed with Accommodation Form to:
BRIGITTE DEBAS, ITC - Cité de l'Entreprise
Boulevard Barrier 73100 Aix les Bains France
Note: In order to avoid any trouble in money transfer, a copy of remit-
tance invoice or receipt should be sent with your Accomodation
Form.
o CANCELLATION AND REFUND
_______________________
Deposit (minus 85 FF processing charges) will be refunded only by "Bri-
gitte Debas, ITC" on receipt of a written cancellation sent only to
"Brigitte Debas, ITC" (by fax N 33 79 88 11 36 or letter) and not di-
rectly to the hotel before March 20-th, 1998. Any cancellation after
this date will not be refunded.
o EVENTS, EXCURSIONS AND TOURS
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* Evening events
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Reception by the Mayor of Chambery
Participants are invited to attend a free reception, organized by
the Mayor of Chambery on Monday evening, April 20-th, at 6.30 PM.
* Conference dinner
_________________
The official Conference Dinner will be held at the Conference site
"Le Manège" on Thursday, April 23rd. A concert of CHICAGO BLUES will
be given by THE BASKERVILLES BLUES BAND - winners of Polyphonie Ile-
de-France Blues contest. Dinner and Concert are included in the fees
for the participants and will be 280 FF per accompanying person.
* Excursions and Tours
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WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (22-nd April) will be reserved for trips. We
are planning five types of trip.
Accompanying persons are welcome to come.
Tour tickets can be paid with room reservation or will be available
at the registration desk in "Le Manège".
1 - HIGH-ALTITUDE ALPINE SKI TRIP TO COURCHEVEL
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300 FF per person
Price includes transport and afternoon ski pass. Ski boots can
be rented in Chambery.
2 - WINE ROAD
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160 FF
3 - VISIT OF CHAMBERY
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55 FF
4 - LAC DU BOURGET
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165 FF
5 - CHAMONIX - MER DE GLACE
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450 FF
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REGISTRATION FORM
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Computational Chemistry and the Living World, from Sequence to Function
Chambery, april 20-24, 1998
To be returned to:
Mr. Rene Botter,
Computational Chemistry and the Living World,
Laboratoire de Chimie Physique,
11 rue P. et M. Curie,
75005 PARIS
France
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REGISTRATION FORM
_________________
NAME: _________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS: ______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
TELEPHONE: ____________________________________________________________
FAX: __________________________________________________________________
E-MAIL: _______________________________________________________________
REGISTRATION FEES
_________________
(Conference Dinner and Concert included)
____________________________________________________________________
Before March 15-th After March 15-th
____________________________________________________________________
Regular price 2400 FF 2800 FF
Members of the 1800 FF 2200 FF
Organizing Societies
Students 1300 FF 1700 FF
____________________________________________________________________
METHOD OF PAYMENT
_________________
All payments must be in FRENCH FRANCS.
Bank order and bank draft payable to:
DCP/SFC, Congres de Chimie Informatique
BNP Saclay
Account N 30004 01788 0010000693 27
I WISH/DO NOT WISH TO PRESENT A POSTER ________________________________
Participants wishing to present a poster should send a hard copy of a
one-page abstract to Rene Botter, at the above address, before January
10-th 1998.
I WISH/DO NOT WISH TO MAKE A 20 MINUTE ORAL PRESENTATION ______________
Authors of all posters presented will be invited to make very short
oral introductions to their posters. If you wish to be considered for a
longer presentation, please indicate this above.
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ACCOMMODATION, EVENTS AND TOUR FORM
___________________________________
To be completed and returned with payment to:
ITC-Cité de l'Entreprise
Boulevard Robert Barrier, 73100 Aix les Bains - France
NAME (Mr, Ms) _________________________________________________________
FIRST NAME ____________________________________________________________
TITLE _________________________________________________________________
COMPANY/INSTITUTION ___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
ADRESSS _______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
POSTAL/ZIP CODE ___________________ CITY ______________________________
COUNTRY ___________________________
TELEPHONE _________________________ FAX ______________________________
E-MAIL ________________________________________________________________
ACCOMPANIED BY:
NAME __________________________________________________________________
FIRST NAME ____________________________________________________________
DATE OF ARRIVAL _______________________________________________________
TIME __________________________________________________________________
DATE OF DEPARTURE _____________________________________________________
TIME __________________________________________________________________
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION: Car _________ Train __________ Air _________
ACCOMMODATION REQUIRED:
1 person _________ 2 persons(*) ___________
Double bed _________ 2 single beds ___________
Rates per Room and per Night. Deposit includes 85 FF processing charges
received by "ITC":
____________________________________________________________
Category Price Deposit
____________________________________________________________
3-star hotel 350 FF to 500 FF 485 FF
2-star hotel 250 FF to 330 FF 335 FF
1-star hotel 180 FF to 220 FF 265 FF
2-bed room 220 FF/ room 305 FF
3-bed room 285 FF/ room 370 FF
4-bed room 340 FF/ room 425 FF
____________________________________________________________
(*) If you wish to share a room with another (other) registrant(s),
please indicate:
Name: Mr / Ms _________________________________________________________
Mr / Ms _________________________________________________________
Mr / Ms _________________________________________________________
Mr / Ms _________________________________________________________
TOTAL HOTEL DEPOSIT __________________________________ FF
EVENT AND TOUR FORM
___________________
EVENING EVENT:
Conference Dinner:
Thursday, April 23-rd 280 FF x _________ acompanying person(s)
_____________________________________ FF
EXCURSIONS AND TOURS:
___________________________________________________________________
Ref. Name Price Number of Persons Total
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T1 Chambery 55 FF x ________________ _______ FF
T2 Lac du Bourget 165 FF x ________________ _______ FF
T3 Ski-Courchevel 300 FF x ________________ _______ FF
T4 Wine road 160 FF x ________________ _______ FF
T5 Chamonix-Mont Blanc 420 FF x ________________ _______ FF
___________________________________________________________________
TOTAL ACCOMMODATION ______________ FF
TOTAL CONFERENCE DINNER ______________ FF
TOTAL EXCURSIONS ______________ FF
____________________________________________
TOTAL AMOUNT ______________ FF
PAYMENT (in French Francs only)
_______________________________
o CREDIT CARD:
NAME __________________________________________________________________
EXPIRATION DATE _______________________________________________________
CARD NO. ______________________________________________________________
DATE AND SIGNATURE ____________________________________________________
o BANK CHEQUE AT THE ORDER OF "ITC - Congrès":
Bank Order or Bank Draft payable to: ITC-Congrès
Account No: 86 06 59 80 051
Bank: CREDIT AGRICOLE DE LA SAVOIE
Code: 18106 - 00810/44
Only application received with this accommodation and tour form toge-
ther with the payment of the amount will be considered.
DATE ____________________________________
NAME AND SIGNATURE OF PERSON RESPONSIBLE ______________________________
______________________________
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Chris Chipot
Laboratoire de Chimie Theorique Phone: (33) 3-83-91-25-96
U.R.A. C.N.R.S. No 510 Fax: (33) 3-83-91-25-30
Universite Henri Poincare - Nancy I
B.P. 239
54506 Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy Cedex E-mail: chipot - at - lctn.u-nancy.fr
`The light shines through the darkness
and the darkness has not overcome it'
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