[SocBiN] Coevolution in proteins and RNA, theory and experiments

[Arne Elofsson]

*Coevolution** in proteins and RNA,*

*theory** and experiments*





Cargèse, Corsica, April 17th-23rd, 2016





Organizing committee : S. Cocco (Ecole Normale Supérieure), R. Monasson
(Ecole Normale Supérieure), M. Weigt (Université Pierre et Marie Curie)



Scientific committee : W. Bialek (Princeton University), E. Domany (Weizmann
Institute), S. Leibler (The Rockefeller University), M.Nilges (Institut
Pasteur)





deadline for application : December 31st, 2015





In the course of evolution RNA and protein sequences undergo mutations. The
statistics of those mutations and of their correlations reflects the
structural and functional constraints exerted on the biomolecules. A
fundamental challenge is to extract and exploit this information from
rapidly growing sequencedatabases. The goal of the workshop is to gather
scientists involved in the study of coevolution in biomolecules (proteins and
RNA), from the points ofview of sequence analysis, structural prediction,
and evolutionary dynamics. Those fields are at the crossroads of molecular,
structural, and evolutionarybiology, biochemistry, statistical inference,
statistical physics, bioinformatics. This workshop will be a unique
opportunity for experts in those differentcommunities, for theoreticians as
well as for experimentalists, to meet, to present their fields of research
 and recent results, and to foster fruitfulexchanges.



The workshop will combine long invited talks by internationally
recognized experts,
as well as shorter talks by younger researchers. The list of invitedpeople
include:



Erik Aurell (KTH Stockholm, Sweden),

John Barton (MIT, Cambridge, USA),

Arup Chakraborty (MIT, Cambridge, USA),

Arne Elofsson (Stockholm University, Sweden),

Sean Eddy (Janelia Research Campus, USA),

Raphaël Guerois (CEA Saclay, France),

Doeke Hekstra (U. SouthWestern Texas, Dallas, USA),

David Jones (University College London, UK),

Paolo de Los Rios (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland),

Faruck Morcos (University of Texas at Dallas, USA),

Clément Nizak (ESPCI, Paris, France),

Andrea Pagnani (Politecnico Torino, Italy),

Rama Ranganathan (U. SouthWestern Texas, Dallas, USA),

Elena Rivas (Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, USA),

Olivier Rivoire (Univ. J. Fourier, Grenoble, France),

Eugene Shakhnovich (Harvard University, Cambridge, USA),

Alexander Schug (KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany),

Hendrik Szurmant (The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA),

Olivier Tenaillon (Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France),

Michele Vendruscolo (Cambridge University, UK),

Aleksandra Walczak (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France),

Tandy Warnow (University of Texas, Austin, USA),

Eric Westhof (Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France)



In addition we will have a limited number of contributed talks as well as a
poster session, so that each participant will be offered the possibility to
presenthis/her work. In total we expect to have about 60 participants
(maximal number due to space constraints). The registration fees amount to
350 euros andinclude the housing (shared room) for the whole week, all
breakfasts and lunches, and the attendance to the social dinner.



The workshop is funded by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche project
Coevstat.



Registration
<http://www.iesc.univ-corse.fr/en/participation/inscriptions-en-ligne/acces-enregistrement/idecole4/893/>



Program <http://www.phys.ens.fr/~monasson/Cargese2016/Program>



Practical information
<http://www.phys.ens.fr/~monasson/Cargese2016/Practical%25252520information>



Yours

Arne

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  Arne Elofsson                Science for Life Laboratory
  Tel:+46-(0)852481531     Stockholm University
  http://bioinfo.se/             Box 1031,
  Email: arne at bioinfo.se   17121 Solna, Sweden
  Twitter:   https://twitter.com/arneelof
  Scholar: http://scholar.google.se/citations?user=s3OCM3AAAAAJ
  ORCID: 0000-0002-7115-9751
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