Barcelona BioMed Conferences
INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEINS IN BIOMEDICINE
Miquel Pons and Pau Bernadó (IRB Barcelona)
and Peter Wright (Scripps Research Institute,
La Jolla, USA)
Barcelona, Spain. 4-6 OCTOBER, 2010
Intrinsically disordered proteins are Nature’s response to the increased complexity of higher organisms and are associated with diseases such as Cancer and Neurodegeneration. Genome sequencing projects and bioinformatics analyses have shown that disordered proteins are highly abundant in eukaryotes and are tightly regulated. Enabling technologies that offer structural information in solution, such as Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Small Angle X-ray scattering, and single molecule fluorescence, are providing novel insights into the structural propensities and interactions of disordered proteins. A new paradigm, in which dynamic averaging of conformational ensembles is central, is emerging for the structural and functional analysis of disordered proteins.
This conference gathers together some of the major contributors to the development of this field to analyze the current ideas and future avenues of research in a multidisciplinary, think-tank atmosphere.
Organised by IRB Barcelona with the collaboration of the Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Foundation (fBBVA).
Hosted by the Institut d'Estudis Catalans (IEC).
For more information, please contact the Barcelona BioMed Conference Secretariat at
biomed
irbbarcelona.org
Registration deadline: July 15, 2010
There is no registration fee for this conference, but the number of participants is limited.
Participants are invited to submit abstracts, a number of which will be selected for short talk and poster presentations. Abstracts should include a title, authors, affiliations, summary (max 250 words) and references.
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