FW: Physical Virology Workshop Announcement

[Barbara Corzani]

Dear Colleagues,

 

Please find enclosed the information about the Physical Virology Workshop that will be held at the ICTP, Trieste, from Sept. 24 to 28. 

Interested participants should register by June 1st at the following link: http://cdsagenda5.ictp.trieste.it/full_display.php?ida=a11189

 

Best wishes,

 

Cristian Micheletti

 

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PHYSICAL VIROLOGY WORKSHOP


ICTP, Trieste, Italy; 24-28 September 2012


 

 

The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP, Trieste, Italy) is organizing a Workshop on Physical Virology that will be held at the ICTP from 24 - 28 September 2012. 

APPLICATIONS:

 

Interested participants should apply by June 1st and fill in the relevant forms at the following link: http://cdsagenda5.ictp.trieste.it/full_display.php?ida=a11189

 

 

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION:


By comparison to bacteria and eukaryotic cells, viruses are minimalistic organisms that achieve a high efficiency of their replication cycle by harnessing various passive and active physical mechanisms. 

The Workshop aims at gathering researchers from different disciplines to report on recent theoretical and experimental advancements on the elucidation of these physical mechanisms, particularly those with a molecular basis. 


THE MAIN FOCUS AREAS WILL BE: 


- self-assembly and maturation of viral capsids; 
- packaging and ejection of the viral genome from the capsid; 
- interactions between the viral DNA/RNA and capsid coat proteins; 
- virus based nano-composites; 
- genomics-based modelling of epidemic outbreaks. 



INVITED SPEAKERS INCLUDE: 

Martin CASTELNOVO (Lyon, France) 
Bogdan DRAGNEA (Bloomington, USA) 
Ralf EVERAERS (Lyon, France) 
Alex EVILEVICH (Pittsburgh, USA) 
Silvio FRANZ (Orsay, France) 
Marta DE FRUTOS (Orsay, France) 
Ernesto DI MAURO (Rome, Italy) 
Bill GELBART (Los Angeles, USA) 
Mauro GIACCA (Trieste, Italy) 
Steve HARVEY (Atlanta, USA) 
Michael LASSIG (Cologne, Germany) 
Amélie LEFORESTIER (Orsay, France) 
Peter LEIMAN (Lausanne, Switzerland) 
Per LINSE (Lund, Sweden) 
Davide MARENDUZZO (Edinburgh, Scotland) 
Murugappan MUTHUKUMAR (Amherst, USA) 
Toan NGUYEN (Providence, USA) 
Henri ORLAND (Gif-sur-Yvette, France) 
Enzo ORLANDINI (Padova, Italy) 
Adrian PARSEGIAN (Amherst, USA) 
Rob PHILLIPS (Pasadena, USA) 
Raul RABADAN (New York, USA) 
Paul van der SCHOOT (Eindhoven, Netherlands) 
Antonio SIBER (Zagreb, Croatia) 
Nicole STEINMETZ (Cleveland, USA) 
Alasdair STEVEN (Bethesda, USA) 
Peter STOCKLEY (Leeds, UK) 
De Witt SUMNERS (Tallahassee, USA) 
Reidun TWAROCK (York, UK) 
Roya ZANDI (Riverside, USA) 


PARTICIPATION: 

Scientists and students from all countries that are members of the United Nations, UNESCO or IAEA may attend. As the Workshop will be conducted in English, participants should have an adequate working knowledge of this language. Although, the main purpose of the Centre is to help research workers from developing countries, through a programme of training activities within a framework of international cooperation, a limited number of students and post-doctoral scientists from developed countries are also welcome to attend. 

As a rule, travel and subsistence expenses of the participants should be borne by their home institution. Every effort should be made by candidates to secure support for their fare. However, very limited funds are available for partial support of some participants who are nationals of, and working in, a developing country, and who are not more than 45 years old. Such support is available only for those who attend the entire Workshop. There is no registration fee for attending this activity. 



(This Workshop is endorsed by the Division of Physics of Life of the European Physical Society) 



Activity Secretariat: 
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) 

Ms. Doreen Sauleek
 
Strada Costiera 11 
I-34151 Trieste 
Italy 

Telefax: +39-040-224163
 Telephone: +39-040-2240346 

 

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