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From Computational Biophysics to Systems Biology (CBSB12)
June 3-5, 2012  Knoxville, Tennessee
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Workshop Program

Saturday, June 2, 2012
afternoonArrival in Knoxville
7:00 pm Informal gathering at Cocoa Moon (19 Market Square)
Sunday, June 3, 2012
8:30-8:55 amRegistration
8:55-9:00 amWelcome
9:00-10:00 amRon Levy (Keynote)
Exploring Landscapes for Protein Folding and Binding Using Replica Exchange Dynamics, Kinetic Networks and Markov State Models
10:00-10:30 amBreak
10:30-11:00 amPhanourios Tamamis (CBSB12 Outstanding Young Researcher talk)
Development of Regulatory Compounds for the Complement System by MD Simulations and Experiments
11:00-11:20 amNicholas Bodmer
Molecular Investigations into the Mechanics of a Muscle Anchoring Complex
11:20-11:40 pmGia Maisuradze
Protein folding by coarse-grained molecular dynamics
11:40-12:10 pm Panel Discussion
12:10-2:00 pmLunch
2:00-2:30 pmJens Meiler (Invited Talk)
A Computational Platform for Protein Structure Determination Integrating Limited Experimental Data
2:30-3:00 pmJulie Mitchell (Invited Talk)
Knowledge-Based Structural Approaches for Predicting Hot Spots of Protein Binding and Allostery
3:00-3:30 pmEwa Golas (CBSB12 Outstanding Young Researcher talk)
Molecular Dynamics of the Hsp70 Chaperone in response to nucleotide and substrate: a coarse-grained perspective
3:30-4:00 pmBreak
4:00-4:30 pmXiaolin Cheng (Invited Talk)
Simulating the transport of a cellulose chain through the cellulase catalytic tunnel
4:30-4:50 pmJun Fan
Molecular dynamics simulation and coarse-graining study on cofilin remodeling actin filaments
4:50-5:10 pmAmit Roy
Long-distance correlations of rhinovirus capsid dynamics contribute to uncoating and antiviral activity
5:10-5:40 pmPanel Discussion
5:40-6:00 pmBreak
6:00-7:30 pmPoster Session
Monday, June 4, 2012
9:00-9:30 amCeleste Sagui (Invited Talk)
Free energy landscapes of polyproline and polyglutamine peptides
9:30-10:00 amGarrett Goh (CBSB12 Outstanding Young Researcher talk)
pH-coupled simulations of RNA in explicit solvent
10:00-10:30 amBreak
10:30-11:00 amArjan van der Vaart (Invited Talk)
Enhanced sampling simulations of DNA and protein-DNA complexes
11:00-11:20 amJeff Wereszczynski
The calculation of free energies over vast length scales through conventional, enhanced sampling, and free energy molecular dynamics simulations
11:20-11:40 amSigurdur Jonsson
Distinct phases of free alpha-synuclein - a flat-histogram Monte Carlo study
11:40-12:10 pmPanel Discussion
12:10-2:00 pmLunch
2:00-3:00 pmGregory Voth (Keynote)
Theory and Simulation of Biomolecular Systems: Surmounting the Challenge of Bridging the Scales
3:00-3:30 pmChunli Yan (CBSB12 Outstanding Young Researcher talk)
Coupling of DNA binding and architectural remodeling drives the function of Human RPA
3:30-4:00 pmBreak
4:00-4:30 pmSandor Vajda (Invited Talk)
High throughput identification and druggability analysis of protein binding sites
4:30-4:50 pmJodian Brown
Using Molecular Dynamics to Understand theMolecular Mechanisms Underlying the Application ofCombination Therapies to Inhibit Hepatitis C VirusPolymerase
4:50-5:10 pmIgor Drobnak
Modeling Autotransporter Secretion
5:10-5:40 pmPanel Discussion
5:40-6:00 pmBreak
6:00-8:00 pmDinner
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
9:00-9:30 amJana Shen (Invited Talk)
Recent development and application of continuous constant pH molecular dynamics
9:30-10:00 amVirginia Burger (CBSB12 Outstanding Young Researcher talk)
Characterizing Pathways between Metastable States of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
10:00-10:30 amBreak
10:30-11:00 amCollin Stultz (Invited Talk)
Modeling disordered states of Proteins: Are structural models of the unfolded state correct?
11:00-11:20 amStephanie DeLuca
ROSETTAEPR: An Integrated Tool for Protein Structure Determination from Sparse EPR Data
11:20-11:40 amReza Salari
Direct Observations of Shifts in the β-Sheet Register of a Protein-Peptide Complex Using Explicit Solvent Simulations
11:40-12:00 pmBreak
12:00-12:30 pmJerome Baudry (Invited Talk)
From Computational Docking to Exploration of Biochemical Pathways
12:30-1:15 pmJohn Straub (Invited Talk)
Role of hydration and confinement in protein folding and aggregation
1:15-1:30 pmConcluding Remarks
Conference ends