Announcement and Call for Papers

Computational Studies on the Design of Protease Inhibitors

C. Nick Hodge, chair

This track will emphasize the similarities and differences between proteases and their inhibitors, from a medicinal, biophysical, enzymological or theoretical perspective. However, bear in mind that the conference attracts a broad range of biological and computer scientists, so sufficient background information should be included in the posters and papers.

The minitrack includes poster sessions followed by a two-hour session in which posters are presented orally and questions of general interest are raised and addressed. I will also submit a few papers of broad interest and high quality to the main track for oral presentation after review.

Overview

The track will be a success if workers in the field of protease structure and inhibitor design leave the conference more familiar with methods used in other laboratories, and with a sense of how certain strategies may- or may not- have utility when they are applied to other classes of protease enzymes. Scientists from other disciplines should leave with more knowledge of how computational studies on protease inhibitor design is benefiting from and contributing to the general field of biocomputing, and where productive cross-disciplinary collaborations might be formed. Please see the description below for more details.

Content

Preference will be given to papers with the following content:

Novelty

Review Process

Submittals

Please submit via:

General Notes

Feel free to be creative in presenting your material. If live demonstrations are desired I will try to arrange for a VCR and television or monitor.

For more information, please send email to hodgecn@lldmpc.dnet.dupont.com