Date :

 27-29 July 2005

Place :

 Room 312, Department of Physics, National Taiwan University

 National Center for Theoretical Sciences (Critical Phenomena and Complex Systems focus group)

 Institute of Physics of Academia Sinica (Taipei)

 Miss Chia-Chi Liu (Secretary, Physics Division, NCTS)
 Tel:(886)-2-33665566; Fax:(886)-2-33665565; E-mail: ccliu@phys.ntu.edu.tw

Schedule :

 27 July (Wednesday) 

Professor Ching-Hwa Kiang

(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, USA; E-mail: chkiang@rice.edu )

Protein Folding Pathways Studied with Single-Molecule Atomic Force Microscopy

[ Abstract ]

Tea Break

Professor Jung-Hsin Lin

(School of Pharmacy, National Taiwan University, TAIWAN; E-mail: jlin@rx.mc.ntu.edu.tw )

Dynamics, Conformational Transition, and Drug Interactions of P-glycoprotein upon ATP-binding

[ Abstract ]

Tea Break

Doctor Hsiao-Ping Hsu

( John von Neumann Institute for Computing, GERMANY; E-mail: h.p.hsu@fz-juelich.de )

Simulations of Star Polymers: Scaling of Single Star Polymers and Effective Interactions between Two Star Polymers

[ Abstract ]

Tea Break

Doctor Muyoung Heo

(Department of Physics, Pusan National University, KOREA; E-mail: myheo@pusan.ac.kr )

Perceptron learning of the pairwise-contact energies of proteins incorporating amino acids' environment

[ Abstract ]

28 July (Thursday)

9:30-10:30

Professor Iksoo Chang

( Department of Physics, Pusan National University, KOREA; E-mail: chang@random.phys.pusan.ac.kr )

Is RMSD-criterion good enough for an identification of native structures form structural ensembles of protein in NMR experiment? 

[ Abstract ]

Tea Break

10:50-11:50

Professor Iksoo Chang

(Department of Physics, Pusan National University, KOREA; E-mail: chang@random.phys.pusan.ac.kr)Identification of the elusive transition state in the protein folding kinetics

[ Abstract ]

Lunch Break

Doctor Kwanghoon Chung

(Department of Physics, Pusan National University, KOREA; E-mail: av15@pusan.ac.kr )

Folding and Unfolding Kinetics of CI2 and BBL Proteins : Monte Carlo Simulation using Munoz-Eaton Energy Function

[ Abstract ]

Tea Break

Doctor Jie-Jun Tseng

(Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, TAIWAN; E-mail: gen@phys.sinica.edu.tw) 

Reconstructing Gene Regulatory Networks from Time-Series Microarray Data

[ Abstract ]

Tea Break

Doctor David B. Saakian

(Theoretical Physics Division, Yerevan Physics Institute, ARMENIA; E-mail: saakian@phys.sinica.edu.tw)

Exact solution of Diploid evolution model with a single peak fitness

[ Abstract ]

Tea Break

Doctor O. Rozanova

(Faculty of math. and mechanics, Moscow State Univ., RUSSIA; E-mail: rozanova@mech.math.msu.ru)

Solution of a population genetics model with two wild alleles: the basin of attractions for different steady states

[ Abstract ]

29 July (Friday)

9:30-10:30

Professor R. Abagyan

(The Scripps Research Institute, USA; E-mail: abagyan@scripps.edu)

Accurate prediction of partial protein structure by stochastic global optimization in internal coordinates

[ Abstract ]

Tea Break

10:50-11:50

Professor Michael W. Deem

(John W. Cox Professor, Rice University, USA; E-mail: mwdeem@king.rice.edu)

Quantifying Influenza Vaccine Efficacy and Antigenic Distance

[ Abstract ]

Lunch Break

Professor Chung-Kang Peng

(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Harvard Medical School, USA; E-mail: peng@physionet.org )

Measuring Complexity of Complex Biological Systems

[ Abstract ]

Tea Break

Doctor Phuong H. Nguyen

(Inst. of Phys. and Theo. Chem., J. W. Goethe Univ., GERMANY; E-mail: phuong@theochem.uni-frankfurt.de)

Nonequilibrium Dynamics in Biomolecules

[ Abstract ]

Tea Break

Professor Michael W. Deem

(John W. Cox Professor, Rice University, USA; E-mail: mwdeem@king.rice.edu)

Evolvability is a Selectable Trait

[ Abstract ]

Tea Break

Professor Michael W. Deem

(John W. Cox Professor, Rice University, USA; E-mail: mwdeem@king.rice.edu)

Glassy Dynamics in the Adaptive Immune Response Prevents Autoimmune Disease

[ Abstract ]

Tea Break

Doctor Ruben Ghulghazaryan

(Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, TAIWAN; E-mail: ghulr@phys.sinica.edu.tw)

Monte Carlo Simulation of Small Peptides with Wang-Landau Algorithm

[ Abstract ]