Announcement of a Workshop at the Aspen Center For Physics
“Molecular Physics of Non-Bonded Biomolecular Interactions”
Summer 2013
A proposal will be submitted to the Aspen Center for Physics (ACP) in Aspen
Colorado to sponsor a three week workshop focusing on efficient computational
approaches to enhance the understanding of non-bonded interactions in
biological systems and assemblies. The workshop will occur sometime during
the last two weeks of June through the end of July of 2013 depending on space
availability. The purpose of this advertising statement is to find 40 Ph.D.
scientists that may have interest in such a workshop. However, no commitment
is required at this time. If the workshop is accepted, ACP will notify
interested parties and put out a general invitation and application on their
web site.
The purpose of the ACP is to provide an enriching and non-interrupted
atmosphere for each person to work on an individual project while having time
to exchange ideas with other attendees. The workshop is partially funded by
the National Science Foundation through significant reductions in housing
costs. There are no experimental facilities at ACP so all projects are
computational in nature. More information on the goals and costs of attending
the workshop can be found on the ACP web site – aspenphsy.org.
Formal presentations on individual work are not required. However, short
presentations are encouraged at the beginning of the workshop for introductions
as to the expertise of each attendee.
The workshop is being organized by the following people who have interests,
respectively, in modeling of protein folding, macromolecular structure through
halogen bonds and force field development:
Dr Mark Plummer – MPr&d, LLC -
mplumme...@msn.com<mailto:mplumme...@msn.com>
Dr. Shing Ho – Dept. Biochemistry Colorado State University –
shing...@colostate.edu<mailto:shing...@colostate.edu>
Dr. Anthony Rappe – Dept. Chemistry Colorado State University –
ra...@lamar.coloradostate.edu<mailto:ra...@lamar.coloradostate.edu>
Please contact one of the above by June 29, 2012 to express an interest and a
possible area of study.
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P. Shing Ho, Ph.D.
Professor & Chair
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
1870 Campus Delivery
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1870
970-491-0569 (phone)
