Principal organizer:
Professor Davor Juretić
Physics Department, Faculty of Science,
University of Split, Nikole Tesle 12, 21000 Split, Croatia
Phone: +385 21 385 133
Fax: +385 21 385 431
Email: juretic@pmfst.hr

Australian co-organizer:
Professor Frances Separovic
School of Chemistry, Bio21 Institute
University of Melbourne, VIC 3010 Australia
Phone: +61 3 8344 2447 or 6492
Fax: +61 3 9347 8189 or 5180
Email: fs@unimelb.edu.au

Note: the official workshop webpage is http://split4.pmfst.hr/konferencija/

The workshop will be held at the Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences (MedILS) in Split, Croatia, 9-13 Aug 2010, and is organized by the University of Split, Faculty of Science, in participation with MedILS. Together with several other local institutions, the two have recently established an international PhD programme in biophysics at the University of Split. The workshop is an official summer school for the students in the programme, with additional wider participation. There are several groups in Split working on antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), and we have put together a program with lecturers primarily from Australia and Croatia. Croatia’s has strength in theoretical approaches to modelling structure, activity and selectivity of AMPs, while Australian expertise is
focused on isolation, synthesis and structure/activity measurements of AMPs. The workshop will bring together experimentalists and theoreticians interested in understanding the mechanism of action of AMPs and their possible applications as peptide antibiotics.

The workshop is not limited to Australian and Croatian researchers, but will be open to researchers and post-graduate students from other countries and has broad scope with respect to the included research topics. This can be seen from preliminary list of invited researchers who have confirmed their participation and offered titles for their contributions as detailed in (6) below.

The participants include at least 7 senior scientists from each side, 4 Australian PhD students and 8 Croatian PhD students in biophysics or 26 confirmed participants and an additional 14 registrants to be accommodated, i.e., a total of 40 participants.

The participation of postdoctoral fellows and PhD students has been ensured on both sides such that tutorials on experimental and theoretical techniques will be an obligatory part of the workshop. The invited lecturers would each give 2 x 45 min lectures and a 45 min tutorial, plus a student poster session (2 hrs) and presentations by early career researchers (2 hrs), which would come to 4.5 days of formal program. In addition a free afternoon has been planned.

This one week workshop focused on a single topic will bring together an interdisciplinary group of researchers primarily from the two countries which would not only strengthen their biophysics programs but is more likely to lead to close and long term collaboration. The program will be evaluated through course questionnaires for both the students and the lecturers. Assessment of students will be on the basis of a short (5-10 min) oral presentation on their poster for which student prizes will be awarded.

The following invited speakers have agreed to participate; the subject of their presentations is also included:

Prof Mibel Aguilar, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Monash University: Membrane active peptides and peptidomimetics for drug development
Prof Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecky, Department of Chemistry, Humboldt University: Noble metal cluster chromophores: Absorption, enhancement and conformational control of peptides
Prof David Craik, Institute for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Queensland: NMR and protein structure in drug design
Prof Renato Gennaro, Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste: Structure/activity relationship and mode of action of Bac7, a Pro-rich antibacterial peptide
Prof Ante Graovac, Faculty of Science, University of Split and R. Bošković Institute, Applications of novel carbon nanostructures in biology and medicine
Prof Davor Juretić, Physics, University of Split: Design of novel peptide antibiotics
Prof Alan Mark, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland: Antimicrobial peptide insertion and assembly - insights from atomisticsimulations
Dr Lisa Martin, Chemistry, Monash University: Interfacial chemistry of antimicrobial peptides and model membranes
Prof Frances Separovic, Chemistry, University of Melbourne: Membrane activity of antimicrobial peptides
Dr David Smith, Centre for Computational Solutions in the Life Sciences, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Molecular dynamics studies on natural and non-natural opioid peptides
Assoc Prof Damir Vukičević, Mathematics, University of Split: Algorithm for the design of novel highly-selective peptide antibiotics
Prof John Wade, Peptide Laboratory, Howard Florey Institute: Design and development of novel antibacterial peptides
Prof Irene Yarovsky, Applied Sciences, RMIT University: Molecular dynamics of peptide-surface interactions
Dr Bojan Žagrović, MedILS: Computational biophysics of macromolecules

The support of the Biophysical Society of USA, European Biophysics Societies’ Association, Australian Peptide Association, Australian Society for Biophysics and European Peptide Society is gratefully acknowledged.

Sponsor logos:

Organizer: Helle Ulrich, Ivan Dikic, Frauke Melchior, Simona Polo

The objective of this course is to present state-of-the-art methodology for the analysis of ubiquitination and sumoylation. This will involve practical experiments demonstrating the use of modifying enzymes and ubiquitin receptors in vitro, the identification and analysis of in vivo targets in mammalian cells and yeast, and a tutorial on predictive and search tools for the bioinformatical analysis of components of the ubiquitin system. Lectures by experts will convey a wide range of background knowledge, covering both the basics of the ubiquitin and SUMO systems and applications of proteomics, mass spectrometry and large genomic screens. However, the emphasis will be on methodology and practical approaches.

Split, MedILS 13. 07.– 21. 07. 2010
Organizer:Union Graduate College, NY, USA; University of Vilnius, Lithuania

Based on the model of its long distance learning Masters in Bioethics Program, Union Graduate College, in partnership with the Department of Medical History and Ethics of Vilnius University (Lithuania), offers a graduate level, combination on-line and on-site Advanced Certificate Program in Research Ethics aimed at training doctors, scientists, academics, lawyers, and administrators from Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries to become research ethicists, advocates for human research subjects protection, and institutional and national leaders in their home countries.

The total length of the Program, which begins with an introductory seminar at Vilnius University (July 13, 2009), is 16 months. Both the on-line and on-site courses are taught in English jointly by European and American lecturers.
The Capstone, the final course of the certificate, will provide an opportunity for students to demonstrate they have mastered the essential knowledge base and practical skills necessary to function as a competent research ethicist in the Central and Eastern European environment. The Capstone performs both an assessment and evaluative function to assure the key objectives of the certificate curriculum have been accomplished.

SLIKE

Ljetna tvornica znanosti je znanstveno-edukacijski projekt namijenjen za djecu i mlade, koji imaju želju kreativno provesti ljetne praznike proučavajući znanost kroz interakciju s drugom djecom i mladim znanstvenicima.

Kriteriji:

Za osnovnoškolske radionice prijaviti se mogu djeca starosti od 9 do 15 godina (od završenog 3. do 8. razreda osnovne škole), dok se za srednjoškolske radionice može prijaviti bilo koji srednjoškolac neovisno o razredu koji pohađa. Tražimo visoko motivirane sudionike koji su spremni tjedan dana provesti učeći, kroz zabavu i intenzivan rad, o svijetu koji ih okružuje. Od prijavnika se očekuje sposobnost rada u grupi, te aktivno sudjelovanje u rješavanju problema, raspravi i interakciji sa svojim vršnjacima.
Očekujemo da dijete ima osiguran smještaj u mjestu održavanja radionica, te da ga svaki dan dovede i odvede odgovorna osoba (starija od 18 godina).

Formular za prijavu:

Na ovoj stranici nalazi se elektronički formular za prijavu na radionice.
Ako imate pitanja ili problem s prijavom javite se:
Ivanu Novoselu (nemo [na] fizika.org ili 098 885 258).

NATJEČAJ za dodjelu stipendija u suradnji s Gradom Splitom

Kriteriji dodjele sredstava su:
• izvrsnost učenika i studenata (natprosječne ocjene, sudjelovanje u znanstvenim projektima i programima)
• područje studija mora biti kompatibilno sa područjima znanstvenih projekata MedILS-a
• student/primatelj stipendije mora biti spreman raditi svoj završni/doktorski rad na projektu MedILS-a tijekom trajanja stipendije
Pravo na dodjelu stipendije imaju:
a) Studenti/ce na sveučilišnom diplomskom ili integriranom studiju koji nisu stariji od 25 godina:
• ako nisu, osim iz opravdanih razloga, ponavljali godinu studija
• ako imaju prosjek ocjena u dosadašnjem studiju od najmanje 4,0
b) Polaznici/e doktorskih studija ili osobe sa završenim diplomskim ili integriranim sveučilišnim studijem koji nisu stariji od 35 godina:
• ako su na diplomskom ili integriranom sveučilišnom studiju imali prosjek od najmanje 4,0
• ako dobro poznaju engleski jezik, do te mjere da se mogu uspješno služiti stručnom i znanstvenom literaturom
• ako su pokazali izvrsnost tijekom studija i u znanstvenoistraživačkom radu
Prijave za natječaj primaju se i rješavaju se dok se ne ispuni financijska kvota određena za dodjelu stipendija za tekuću godinu.
Prijavi se prilažu dokazi o ispunjavanju traženih uvjeta natječaja.

Potrebni dokumenti su:
• životopis
• potvrda o upisu na fakultet (za studente)
• prijepis ocjena u dosadašnjem studiju
• potvrde o osvojenim nagradama
• potvrde sudjelovanja u znanstvenoistraživačkim projektima
• motivacijsko pismo
• pismo preporuke mentora ili profesora
Nepotpune prijave neće se uzimati u razmatranje. Odluka o dodjeli sredstava bit će objavljena na internetskoj stranici Instituta u roku 8 dana od usvajanja odluke Povjerenstva.
Natječajnu dokumentaciju pošaljite na
e-mail:medils@medils.hr
ili na adresu:
MedILS
„Za dodjelu stipendije“
Meštrovićevo šetalište bb
21000 Split

Tekst Natječaja
Pravilnik

prof. dr. Wilfred F. van Gunsteren

Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH, 8093 Zuerich, Switzerland

Computer simulation of the dynamics of biomolecular systems by the molecular dynamics technique yields the possibility of describing structure-energy-function relationships of molecular processes in terms of interactions at the atomic level. This is one of the reasons why computation based on molecular models is playing an increasingly important role in biology, biological chemistry, and biophysics. Since only a very limited number of properties of biomolecular systems is actually accessible to measurement by experimental means, computer simulation can complement experiment by providing not only averages, but also distributions and time series of any definable – observable or non-observable – quantity, for example conformational distributions or interactions between parts of molecular systems. Present day biomolecular modelling is limited in its application by four main problems: 1) the force-field problem, 2) the search (sampling) problem, 3) the ensemble (sampling) problem, and 4) the experimental problem. These problems, or rather challenges, will be discussed and in particular the pitfalls of comparing simulated with measured data will be illustrated using different examples. Perspectives will be outlined for pushing forward the limitations of computational modelling of biomolecular systems.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 45 (2006) 4064 – 4092
Biochem. Soc. Trans. 36 (2008) 11-15
Curr. Opin. Struct. Biology 18 (2008) 149-153

www.igc.ethz.ch

Upoznavanje s principima reflektivne spektroskopije u identifikaciji svojstava i interpretaciji kompleksnih pojava u okolišu: praktična primjena terenskog spektroskopa u stvarnim uvjetima; integracija, obrada, i analiza prikupljenih rezultata provodene spektroskopske detekcije

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