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The Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing (PSB-98) is an international, multidisciplinary conference for the presentation and discussion of current research in the theory and application of computational methods in problems of biological significance.
We are currently soliciting manuscripts for the track/session "Molecular modeling in drug design and biotechnology" and/or abstracts for an accompanying poster session.
This session will highlight state-of-the-art molecular modeling approaches which aid in small molecular and structure-based drug design and protein engineering. These include approaches to analyze the energetics and dynamics of macromolecular structures and their interactions with various ligands. Advances in the generation and assessment of molecular models of proteins and protein-ligand complexes will be discussed. One focal point will be new developments and advances in computational tools to perform automated ligand docking to target receptor sites, including the design of new or modified ligands with desired receptor binding properties. New methods and practical examples of computer-aided protein engineering will also be highlighted. Contributions from all areas of pharmaceutical or biological research are encouraged to illustrate the increasing importance of computational methods in drug development.
PSB-98 will publish peer-reviewed full papers in an archival proceedings. Manuscripts must adhere to the guidelines set forth on the the PSB web page. Full papers must not have been previously presented or published, nor currently submitted to another journal. Once accepted to the conference, a paper may be submitted for journal publication. Each manuscript will be refereed by at least four reviewers. Authors who do not wish to submit a full paper are welcome to submit a 1-2 page abstract as outlined on the PSB web page, which will be distributed at the meeting separately from the archival proceedings.
The deadline for paper submission is July 14, 1997. Abstracts may be submitted until October 1.
Papers must be submitted to:
PSB-98
c/o Section on Medical Informatics
Stanford University Medical School, MSOB X215
Stanford, CA 94305-5479 USA
Electronic submission of papers is encouraged. Format requirements for electronic submission will be available on the PSB-98 web page or from Russ Altman. Electronic papers will be submitted directly to Dr. Altman.
We prefer that all one page abstracts are submitted electronically. Please send them to us in plain ascii text or as a Microsoft Word file. If this is impossible, please contact Teri Klein.
Contact information:
Terry Lybrand
Univ. of Washington, Box 351750
Phone: (206)-685-1515 (office); (206)-685-1512 (lab)
E-mail: lybrand@proteus.bioeng.washington.edu
For more information on the Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing, please see our web site at http://psb.stanford.edu.