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CALL FOR PAPERS
January 3-7, 2001
Honolulu, Hawaii
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We are soliciting papers on the topic of Disorder and
Flexibility in Protein Structure and Function, which will be a session
at the Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing
(PSB), January 3-7, 2001, Honolulu, Hawaii.
The importance of intrinsic disorder and flexibility in
protein function is being increasingly recognized. Advances in computational
and experimental methodologies have recently pushed back the boundaries
that limit the analysis of flexible and disordered states. At the same
time there has been a rapid increase in the number of proteins found to
be intrinsically disordered or to require flexible regions for function,
thus further underscoring the importance of this topic.
The organizers of this session encourage the submission
of manuscripts on computational, experimental and theoretical studies on
disordered and partially folded conformational states of proteins.
Potential topics include:
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Prediction of protein flexibility or disorder
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Experimental characterization of protein disorder or flexibility
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Computational and/or experimental techniques for assessing
disordered and flexible regions
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Computational and/or experimental analysis of order / disorder
transitions
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Thermodynamics of disordered or flexible proteins
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Biological functions of disorder and flexibility
Given the focus of PSB, preference will be given to papers
that present novel theoretical and / or computational approaches.
Submission Information
PSB 2001 will publish accepted full papers in an archival
Proceedings. All contributed papers will be rigorously peer-reviewed by
at least three referees. Each accepted full paper will be allocated up
to 12 pages in the conference Proceedings. A limited number of papers will
be selected for a 30-minute oral presentation to the full assembled conference.
Accepted poster abstracts will be distributed at the conference separately
from the archival Proceedings. To be eligible for Proceedings publication,
each full paper must be accompanied by a cover letter stating that it contains
original unpublished results not currently under consideration elsewhere.
Important Dates:
July 17
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Paper submissions due.
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August 28
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Notification of paper acceptance.
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September 25
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Final paper deadline.
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November 6
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Poster abstracts due (after this date, posters
will be accepted on a space available basis; space will be limited especially
for interactive / computational posters after this date).
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All one page abstracts for posters should be submitted
by November 6, 2000. Please send electronically (in plain
ascii text or as a Microsoft Word file) to: psb@smi.stanford.edu.
Full papers must be submitted before July 17, 2000 by email to Russ
Altman at altman@smi.stanford.edu.
Only postscript, pdf, and Microsoft Word formatted files will be accepted.
We can NOT accept Tex files or other formats.
Format requirements for electronic submissions are available
here.
Please note that all submissions must be accompanied by an (email) cover
letter that specifies by which specific session (if any) the paper should
be reviewed. Please also include a statement in the cover letter that the
paper contains original unpublished results not currently under consideration
elsewhere and that all co-authors concur with its contents.
Conference Co-Chairs:
Clay Bracken
Department of Biochemistry
Weill Medical College
1300 York Avenue
New York, NY 10021
(212) 746-6473
fax: (212) 746-8875
clay@bronx.med.cornell.edu |
A. Keith Dunker
School of Molecular Biosciences
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-4660
(509) 335-5322
fax (509) 335-9688
dunker@mail.wsu.edu
http://disorder.chem.wsu.edu/ |
Malin M. Young
Biosystems Research Department
Sandia National Laboratories
MS 9214, PO Box 926
7011 East Avenue
Livermore, CA 94551
(925) 294-2949
fax (925) 294-2234
mmyoung@sandia.gov |
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