Exploring Modular Protein Architecture
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Tuesday 19 January - Friday 22 January 2010 Application closed
Over the last few years a new paradigm has been emerging concerning the nature of Eukaryotic regulatory proteins - contrasting with the nice neat globular protein view expounded by biochemical and cell biological textbooks. Instead, many proteins have a remarkable number of architecture modules - including long natively disordered segments and short linear motifs that are awkward to investigate computationally and experimentally.
The course will set the scene by introducing the biological concepts behind these architecture modules and provide extensive hands-on application of the relevant bioinformatics tools with appropriate example proteins. The power - but also the limitations, which remain substantial - of the currently available software will be examined.
Topics:
- Introduction to Common Bioinformatic Tools (optional initial half day at no extra cost)
- Multiple Sequence Alignment
- Protein-Protein Interaction Networks
- Predicting Globular Domains and Native Disorder
Heidelberg, Germany, 19 - 22 January 2010
Aims
Over the last few years a new paradigm has been emerging concerning the nature of Eukaryotic regulatory proteins - contrasting with the nice neat globular protein view expounded by biochemical and cell biological textbooks. Instead, many proteins have a remarkable number of architecture modules - including long natively disordered segments and short linear motifs that are awkward to investigate computationally and experimentally.
The course will set the scene by introducing the biological concepts behind these architecture modules and provide extensive hands-on application of the relevant bioinformatics tools with appropriate example proteins. The power - but also the limitations, which remain substantial - of the currently available software will be examined.
Topics
- Multiple Sequence Alignment
- Protein-Protein Interaction Networks
- Predicting Globular Domains and Native Disorder
- Exploring Regulatory Protein Motifs
- 3D Structures of Proteins and Protein-Protein Interactions
- Bioinformatic Resource Integration
Programme
HERE
Teachers
Ricardo Rodriguez de la Vega, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
Francesca Diella, Biobyte Solutions GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany
Niall Haslam, Complex and Adaptive Systems Laboratory, University College Dublin, Germany
Lars Juhl Jensen, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Denmark
Philip McDermott , University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Sean O'Donoghue, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
Steve Pettifer, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Venkata Satagopam, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
Andrea Schafferhans-Fuhrmann, TU Muenchen, Germany
David Thorne, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Registration
Registration Link: Academia incl. registration
Attendance Fee:
250 Euros including twin room accommodation (for 2 or 3 nights, depending whether you apply for the optional initial introductory half-day), meals, local transport and course material.
The number of participants is limited to 20.
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Hotel
A place in a twin room is included in the participation fee for 2 or 3 nights, depending whether you apply for the optional initial introductory half-day(19 Jan). The default dates are 19, 20, 21 Jan.
Rooms have been reserved at the ISG Hotel.
All additional nights will be charged extra at the hotel.(approx. EUR 75 per night).
Local Transport
A detailed schedule will be available 2 weeks before the meeting.
Travel
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Contact
For inquiries regarding the Sponsoring Options or the Sponsorship Order Form, please contact :
Antje Seeck - Marketing Officer
For other administrative issues please contact:
Adela Valceanu - Course & Conference Office
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