Physics of Biomolecular Folding and Assembly: Theory meets Experiment

General Information

The WE-Heraeus-Seminar: "Physics of Biomolecular Folding and Assembly: Theory meets Experiment" was hold at the Physikzentrum Bad Honnef from Feb 2nd till Feb 6th (2014). It was generously funded by the WE-Heraeus-Stiftung.

Update 10 Feb 2014

We as organizers would like to thank all the participants for their contributions to the success of the seminar. We had great oral presentation by fantastic speakers from all around the world, many excellent posters and a stimulating atmosphere for countless scientific discussions. Therefore, we would like to thank the WE-Heraeus-Stiftung for their generous financial and adminstrative support of this event which made all this possible.

On the molecular level life functions by concerted biomolecular machines like proteins, RNA or DNA. Both ingenious experimental advances and theoretical modeling have lead to a significantly better understanding of the underlying principles. The 552nd WE Heraeus Seminar gathers experts from around the world to present and discuss the progress in this interdisciplinary field.

Scientific organizers

Abhinav Verma (abhinav verma ∂does-not-exist.kit edu)

Alphabetic list of confirmed speakers:

1. Orsolya Barabas, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
2. Robert Best, Laboratory of Chemical Physics, NIH, MD, USA
3. Ralf Biehl, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
4. Hendrik Dietz, Department of Physics, Technical University of Munich, Germany
5. William A. Eaton, Laboratory of Chemical Physics, NIH, MD, USA
6. Shachi Gosavi, Theory and Modelling of Biological Systems, NCBS, Bangalore, India
7. Helmut Grubmüller, Theoretical and Computational Biophysics, MPI Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
8. Frauke Gräter, Molecular Biomechanics, Heidelberg Institute of Theoretical Studies, Heidelberg, Germany
9. Volkhard Helms, Center for Bioinformatics, University of Saarland, Germany
10. Gerhard Hummer, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt, Germany
11. Changbong Hyeon, School of Computational Sciences, Korea Institute for Advanced Study, South Korea
12. Edward Lemke, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
13. Victor Muñoz, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Madrid, Spain
14. Ulrich Nienhaus, Department of Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
15. Mikael Oliveberg, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
16. José Onuchic, Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice University, TX, USA
17. Sheena Radford, Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
18. Matthias Rief, Molecular and Cellular Biophysics,Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
19. Alexander Schug, Steinbuch Centre for Computing, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
20. Ben Schuler, Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
21. Claus Seidel, Institute for Physical Chemistry,University of Düsseldorf, Germany
22. Birgit Strodel, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
23. Joanna Sulkowska, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
24. Hendrik Szurmant, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA
25. Anne Ulrich, Department of Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
26. David Wales, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
27. Martin Weigt, Laboratoire de Génomique des Microorganismes,Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
28. Wolfgang Wenzel, Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
29. Paul Whitford, Theoretical Condensed Matter and Biological Physics, Northeastern University, MA, USA
30. Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede, Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
31. Magnus Wolf-Watz, Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden