We are organizing an interdisciplinary conference on
Molecular Evolution
to be held in Dresden (Germany), July 5-10 2004.
The conference is sponsored by the Max-Planck-Institut for the Physics of Complex Systems.
The goals of molecular evolution can only be accomplished by a highly interdisciplinary combination of experimental techniques of molecular biology, bioinformatics, and mathematical modeling. The increasing amountof data made available by genome sequencing projects are demanding an increasing integration of these disciplines. In particular, progresses in understanding the structural properties of biological entities at different levels, such as molecules, networks, and populations, can greatly contribute both to elucidate the mechanisms of evolution and to reconstruct its course.
We aim at bringing together people from different scientific communities working in the following three main areas: theoretical and empirical studies of population dynamics, computational and experimental studies of the stability and properties of biological macromolecules, and statistical analysis of sequences databases. The synergies between these different approaches are anticipated to improve our understanding of the processes and pathways of molecular evolution, and should be pursued further. We hope that our workshop helps stimulating this integration and provides a lively framework for debate and interaction.
Scientific coordinators:
Ugo Bastolla (Centro de Astrobiología, Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain)
Markus Porto (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany)
H. Eduardo Roman (Universitŕ di Milano, Italy)
Michele Vendruscolo (University of Cambridge, UK)
Organisation: Mandy Lochar, MPIPKS Dresden, Germany
Invited speackers (* to be confirmed):
G. Bernardi (Italy) P. Bork (Germany) L. Duret (France) A. Eyre-Walker (UK) H. Fraser (USA) R. Goldstein (UK) P. Hammerstein (Germany) P. Higgs (Canada) I.K. Jordan (USA) M. Lassig (Germany) E. Lazaro (Spain) A. Lesk (UK) W.-H. Li (USA) S. Lindquist (USA)* P. Liň (UK) J. Lobry (France) A. Moya (Spain) M. Nei (USA) T. Ohta (Japan) C. Orengo (UK) L. Peliti (Italy) P. Schuster (Austria) E. Shakhnovich (USA) J. Shapiro (USA) P.F. Stadler (Germany) E. Szathmary (Hungary) A. Valencia (Spain) A. Wagner (USA)*
Applications are welcome and should be made by using the application form on the conference web page:
http://www.mpipks-dresden.mpg.de/~strapp04
However, please note that the number of attendees is very limited. The registration fee is 100 euro. Costs for accommodation and meals will be covered by the Max Planck Institute. In exceptional cases, limited funding for travel expenses is available.
Deadline for applications is March 31, 2004.
For further information and application forms please contact:
Visitors Program
Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme,
Nöthnitzer Str. 38, D-01187 Dresden
Tel.: +49-351-871-2105 / Fax: +49-351-871-2199
strapp04@mpipks-dresden.mpg.de
http://www.mpipks-dresden.mpg.de/~strapp04
Yours sincerely,
Ugo Bastolla, Markus Porto, Eduardo Roman, Michele Vendruscolo |
