5th National Symposium cum Workshop
on “Recent Trends in Structural Bioinformatics and Computer Aided Drug Design”
[SBCADD’2013]
19th- 22rd February, 2013
Organized by
Department
of Bioinformatics
ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY
KARAIKUDI
– 630003, TAMIL NADU, INDIA
SYMPOSIUM THEME
Human
Genome Project is largely complete, so the problem facing by scientists is how
to maximize the use of the newly acquired data for improving health care. It is
estimated that the number of therapeutic targets available for drug discovery
will increase from the current number of 600 to 1000 to perhaps as many as 5000
to 10,000. In addition to the challenges that this number provides to the
pharmaceutical industry, there is the issue of sequence variation through
Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs), some of which may impact upon the way
that the body handles drug treatment. This may be due to a direct effect on the
binding site of the protein target through non-conservative alterations of the
amino acid sequence, or else through indirect effects on drug metabolizing
enzymes. In order to meet these challenges, the combination of structural
proteomics and computer-aided small molecule design provides opportunities for
creating new molecules in silico; these may be designed to bind to selected pharmacogenetic
variants of a protein in order to overcome the non-responsiveness of certain
patient groups to a particular medicine.
In
silico drug discovery methods reduce both time and cost of development of novel
drug/lead molecules. Knowledge about the molecule, its interaction with the
drug, molecular modeling, and new drug development creates an awareness of the
molecule at the organ level and aids in the prevention, diagnosis, and
treatment of diseases. Computational tools have the advantage of delivering new
lead candidates more quickly and at lower cost. In the 21st century, in silico
methods facilitate target identification, structure prediction and lead/drug
discovery. The computational methods expect more reliable and expeditious
protocols for development of novel ideas, which increase the potential leads.
The computer-assisted molecular design has succeeded in the QSAR and protein
modeling algorithms to improve activity of lead compounds. Selecting candidates
via the described in silico virtual screening, should help to reduce the list
of candidate molecules and thereby reduce time and costs significantly.
LIST OF SPEAKERS (TENTATIVE)
Dr. M.R.N. Murthy, Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore
Dr. D. Velmurugan, University of Madras,
Chennai
Dr. P. Gautham, Anna University, Chennai
Dr. Mukesh Doble, Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT) Madras
Dr. D. Sundar, Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT), Delhi
Dr. Basant Kumar Tiwary, Pondicherry
University, Pudhucherry
Dr. R. Raghu, Schrodinger GmbH, USA
PARTICIPANTS
Students,
Research Scholars, Research Scientists and Faculty members from the
Universities, Colleges, Institutes and Industries.
Call
for Poster Presentation:All the participants are invited to submit an abstract
of one page in English, describing their original research related to the theme
of this symposium cum workshop. The abstract must be sent to dbiconf@gmail.com . Kindly visit the
conference website for more details.
SCIENTIFIC TOPICS
Small and Macromolecule X-ray
Crystallography
Protein Modeling and Molecular Docking
Molecular Mechanics & Dynamics
Pharmacophore Modeling & 3D-QSAR
Free Energy Calculation Methods
De Novo Drug Design
Quantum Chemistry
Functional Genomics and Proteomics
Pharmacogenomics
Database Creation and Development
Text and Data mining
REGISTRATION
The
participants are requested to send the filled in registration form along with
registration fee on or before February 1st, 2013. The DD should be drawn in
favour of Organizing Secretary, payable at Karaikudi.
Students: Rs. 750
Research Scholars: Rs. 1000
Faculties from Academic Institution:
Rs. 1500
Faculties from Non Academic
Institution / Industries: Rs. 2000
ACCOMMODATION
Request
for accommodation should be sent to the organizing secretary at the earliest
opportunity to the students in the University Hostel/Hotel. The expenses for
accommodation and food will be met by the participants.
Please
log on to http://conf.bioinfoau.org/sbcadd'2013/index.html
for more details
ADDRESS FOR COMMUNICATION
Dr.
P. Srinivasan
Organizing
Secretary, SBCADD’ 2013
Department
of Bioinformatics
Science
Block, 4th Floor
Alagappa
University, Karaikudi - 630 004
Tamil
Nadu, India.
Phone:
+ 91 - 4565 230725
Fax:
+ 91 - 4565 225202
Mobile:
+ 91 - 9444482814
Mail:
dbiconf@gmail.com
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