ICBP 2004
GOTHENBURG
The 5th International Conference on Biological Physics
-- ICBP2004 Gothenburg , Sweden
(August 23 - August 27, 2004)
ANNOUNCEMENT
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- February 31, 2004, Request for Travel
Grants should be received
- June 30, 2004, Abstract in electronic form
or in paper should be received at the Conference Secretariat
- June 30, 2004, Advance registration with reduced fee
- June 30, 2004, Reservation of hotel accommodation and social programs
HOSTED BY
The Condensed Matter Theory Group
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ORGANIZED BY
A collaboration between scientists at Chalmers University of Technology,
APPROVED BY
Swedish Biophysical Society
European
Physical Society – Division of Living Systems
Swedish
Physical Society – Section for Biological Physics
INSTITUTIONAL
SPONSORS
The
Nobel
Institute for Physics, and its
Nobel
Institute for Chemistry
The Swedish
Research Council
International
International
EXHIBITORS
Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP): www.hfsp.org
Q-Sense: www.q-sense.com
Elsevier: www.elsevier.com
Dear Colleagues:
On behalf of the Swedish Physical Society
– Section for Biological Physics, the Swedish Biohysical Society, the
International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), the International Union
of Pure and Applied Biophysics (IUPAB), and the European Physical Society –
Division of Living Systems, it is our pleasure to invite you to attend the 5th
International Conference on Biological Physics (ICBP2004). The conference is
held at Chalmers University of Technology,
The Commission for Biological Physics was
formed by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) in 1990.
Four international conferences have been previously organized by this
commission; the 1st in
Background: Without
the tools of modern physics, the structure of DNA would probably not have been
discovered 1953. The knowledge of the DNA structure in turn initiated a rapid
development in molecular biology, which lead to the present detailed but still
qualitative understanding of phenomena, such as, gene regulation, DNA
replication and cell division, to mention just some important results. A
quantitative understanding of molecular biology, for instance understanding the
dynamics of DNA, and fully exploiting the data from the human genome project
(HUGO), however, requires a modeling that goes beyond methods currently used in
bioinformatics. Obviously, living systems consist of condensed matter, although
more complex than inanimate matter. Thus, apart from chemistry and mathematical
statistics, even the tools of condensed matter physics must be employed. This
could also open up for technological applications such as development of new
biosensors.
The first two International Conferences on Biological Physics were mainly focused on biopolymers and membranes, but, in the 3rd and 4th conferences the scope was significantly broadened, to also include biological functions of the living cell. The 5th conference will continue in this direction, and also include networks of living cells. There are 16 plenary lectures and 12 symposia, in principle covering all areas within biological physics with the aim to present the frontier developments. Each symposium consists of invited talks, and talks selected among contributed papers. Other contributed papers are presented as posters. Abstracts of all invited and contributed papers are published in the Abstract Booklet. Selected papers will be reviewed and published after the conference.
The subjects of the symposia and plenary
lectures, as well as information on the location and schedule of the
conference, are given below. You will also find detailed instructions for the
registration and submission of papers, abstracts and posters. We hope that this interdisciplinary
conference will be equally successful as the previous conferences in this
series.
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Clas Blomberg |
Mats Jonson |
Leif Matsson |
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Chairman |
Vice-Chairman |
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PRELIMINARY LIST OF INVITED SPEAKERS
O Single molecule
studies
W.E. Moerner (Stanford
Univ., USA)
Adrian Parsegian (NIH Bethesda, USA)
O Nanotechnology
and surface science
Wolfgang Knoll (MPI Mainz, Germany)
O Biosensors
and medical applications
David Walt (Tufts
Univ., Medford, USA)
O Charge transfer
in biomolecules, and photobiology
Cees Dekker (Delft UT, Netherlands)
Joshua Jortner (Tel Aviv Univ., Israel)
O Structure
and dynamics of biomolecules (Protein folding)
Hans Frauenfelder (Los Alamos NL, USA)
Peter Wolynes (UCSD, USA)
O Dynamical
models of DNA
Michel Peyrard (ENS Lyon, France)
Kendall Smith (Cornell Univ., New York, USA)
O Physics
of subcellular structures
Michael E. Fisher (Univ.
of Maryland, College Park, USA)
O Modelling
aspects of cell biology
Eshel Ben-Jacob (Tel Aviv Univ., Israel)
O Physics
of the neural system
John Hopfield (Princeton Univ., Cambridge, USA)
O Evolution
and the origin of life
Gunter von Kiedrowski (Univ. of Ruhr-Bochum, Germany)
O Complex systems in biological physics
David Nelson (Harvard Univ., Cambridge, USA)
O General Biological Physics
Ian Smith (NRC,
Winnipeg, Canada)
Symposium 1: W.E. Moerner (Stanford
Univ., USA), Pal Ormos (Szeged Univ.,
Hungary), Kenichi Yoshikawa (Kyoto
Univ., Japan) Andreas Zumbusch (Univ.
of Munich).
Symposium 2: Steven G. Boxer (Stanford Univ., USA), Wolfgang Knoll (MPI Mainz, Germany), Jonas Tegenfeldt (Lund Univ., Sweden).
Symposium 3: Bernd Saegmueller (Ludw.-Maximil.
Univ., Germany), Peter Schellenberg (Jena
Inst. of Mol. Biotech., Germany), David Walt (Tufts Univ., USA).
Symposium 4: Cees
Dekker (TU Delft, Netherlands), Joshua Jortner (Tel Aviv Univ., Israel), Jens Ulstrup (DTU Lyngby, Denmark), Josef Wachtweitl (J. W. Goethe Univ., Germany).
Symposium
5: Jane Clarke (Cambridge Univ., UK), Alan R. Fersht (MRC Cambridge, UK), Hans Frauenfelder (Los Alamos Nat. Lab., USA), Yurii
Krupyanskii (NN Semenov Inst., Russia),
Eugene Shakhnovich (Harvard Univ., USA),
Peter Wolynes (UCSD, USA).
Symposium 6: Alexei Kornyshev (Imperial College London, UK), Adrian Parsegian (NIH Bethesda, USA), Michel Peyrard (ENS Lyon, France), Kim Rasmussen (Los Alamos Nat. Lab., USA), Kendall
Smith (Cornell Univ., USA) Sergey
Volkov (Bogolyubov Inst., Ukraine).
Symposium 7: William E. Brownell (Baylor
College Houston, USA), Marileen Dogterom (FOM Amsterdam, Netherlands), Michael E. Fisher (Univ.
of Maryland, USA), John Nagle (Carnegie
Mellon Univ., USA), Samuel Safran (Weizmann
Institute, Israel), Miljko Sataric (Univ.
of Novi Sad, Serbia), Jack Tuszynski
(Univ. of Alberta, Canada).
Symposium 8: Eshel
Ben-Jacob (Tel Aviv Univ., Israel),
Frank Bergmann (Keck Grad. Inst., USA),
Irina Mihalcescu (J. Fourier Univ.,
France), Johan Paulsson (Cambridge
Univ., UK).
Symposium 9: Fanji Gu (Fudan Univ.,
China), John Hertz (Nordita, Denmark),
John Hopfield (Princeton Univ., USA), Frank Moss (Univ. of Missouri, USA).
Symposium 10: Gunter von Kiedrowski (Ruhr-Univ. Bochum, Germany), Albert Nummelin (Chalmers UT, Sweden), Eors Szathmary (Collegium Budapest, Hungary).
Symposium 11: Mans Ehrenberg (Uppsala
Univ., Sweden), Frank Juelicher (MPI
Dresden, Germany), David
Nelson (Harvard Univ., USA).
Symposium 12: Peter L. Christiansen (DTU Lyngby, Denmark), Yuri Gaididei (Bogolyubov Inst., Ukraine), Ralf Metzler
(Nordita, Denmark), Virulh Sayakanit
(Bangkok Univ., Thailand), Ian Smith (NRC, Winnipeg, Canada) Wokyung Sung (Pohang Univ., Korea).
1.
Single molecule studies
Organizers: Andreas
Zumbuch (Univ. of Munich, Germany),
Mikael Kaell (Chalmers UT, Sweden),
Jerker Widengren (Stockholm Univ., Sweden).
Single molecule studies can
provide novel information on the structure and dynamics of important
biomolecules, in vitro and in vivo, information that could be difficult or
impossible to obtain by traditional, ensamble everaging measurement
techniques. By manipulating and
visualizing single biomolecules, such as, proteins, DNA and various
cytoskeletal filaments, one may thus learn about their mechanical and dynamical
properties, higher order structures, and conformational transitions. Single
molecules can also be used as probes of diverse biological environements, which
may lead to the development of new strategies for ultrasensitive clinical
diagnostics and screening. Contributions to this symposium may involve single
molecule studies using various experimental techniques, theoretical modeling
and computational methods to understand the dynamics, biological function, and
higher order structures of single biomolecules, as well as to analyze and
predict single molecule phenomena. We also welcome contributions on all kinds
of ultrasensitive detection and measurement techniques that promote development
of single biomolecule research.
2. Nanotechnology and surface science in biology
Organizers:
Wolfgang Knoll (MPI Mainz, Germany),
Fredrik Hook (Chalmers UT, Sweden),
Bengt Kasemo (Chalmers UT, Sweden).
Living matter is full of
nano-systems, which, apart from other cross-disciplinary aspects, also require
an adequate physical understanding. One important area for nano and surface
science is the interface between synthetic and living matter. Major fields of
technological application are medical implants and devices, biosensors,
clinical diagnostics, pharmaceutical production, and bio-array fabrication. Tissue
engineering and culturing of cells are other important examples. Scientific
issues concern the structure, properties, energetics, and kinetic processes of
biological entities at surfaces and interfaces. Examples are water and small
biomolecules (amino acids, nucleic acids), peptides, proteins, DNA,
self-assembled monolayers and supported biomembranes, macromolecular
assemblies, cells and tissues. Nano- and microfabrication techniques of
chemical-physical micro architectures for molecule, cell, and tissue guidance,
and handling of small sample volumes, will be discussed. The development and
adoption of new analytical techniques, such as the scanning probe microscopies
(STM, AFM, SNOM,..) optical (SFG, SHG, FTIR, ellipsometry, SPR,..) and other
(piezoelectric, magnetic, calorimetric,..) techniques for bio-interfacial
studies, including enhanced sensitivities realizing or approaching single
molecule detection, will also be addressed in this session.
3. Biosensors and medical applications
Organizers: Michael Grunze (Heidelberg Univ., Germany), Bo Liedberg (Linkoeping Univ., Sweden), Ingemar Lundstroem (Linkoeping Univ., Sweden).
Modeling the signal
transduction network in living cells is one of the most urgent interdisciplinary
research areas. Apart from a general interest to understand the functions of
molecular biological systems and cells, in response to different stimuli, such
knowledge can also be exploited to develop biosensors. For instance, ligand and
voltage gating of various transmembranal entities can be used in designing and
developing biosensors. Natural whole cell biosensors and artificial structures,
such as, liposomes, vesicles, and
membrane fragments will be discussed. Cellular biosensors can be used in
medical research and therapy, for instance, in tumor biology, where biosensors
can monitor intracellular levels of cytostatica. Biosensors are also employed
in the pharmaceutical industry, e. g., for quality surveillance in various
production lines. The symposium will also deal with recent developments in
transducer technologies, and micro(nano)array fabrication, but is not limited
to subjects listed here.
4. Charge
transfer in biomolecules, and photobiology
Organizers: Jens Ulstrup (DTU
Lyngby, Denmark), Tomas Gillbro (Umea
Univ., Sweden),
Sven Larsson (Chalmers UT, Sweden).
Photosynthesis and respiration, providing
necessary free energy for life, are at the same time biological processes from
which we may learn how to built efficient solar energy converters. In
photosynthesis the system is excited by sunlight and an electron ejected in a
charge separation (CS) process. By
performing CS in the spin singlet state much energy is saved. Wasteful charge
recombination to the locally excited triplet state is avoided by a series of
very fast electron transfer steps, ending in a proton transfer step.
Fundamental physical problems are commonplace in this type of complicated
processes. For example why does CS occur in a reaction center and not in the
antenna system, where the excitation is first transported before it reaches the
reaction center. Recently the structures of photosystems I and II of green
plants have been determined and it is now possible to study these systems
theoretically and compare to the photosynthetic mechanisms of the already
well-known bacterial photosynthetic systems. The structure of cytochrome c
oxidase, where respiration occurs, has also been determined recently. In this
case too, important problems are, for example, how the coupling between
electron transfer and proton transfer is organized in electron transfer and
proton transfer chains.
5. Structure and dynamics of biomolecules (Protein folding)
Organizers:
Peter Wolynes (UCLA San Diego, USA),
Johan Aqvist (Uppsala Univ., Sweden),
Anders Ehrenberg (Stockholm Univ., Sweden),
Anders Irbaeck (Lund Univ., Sweden), Mikael Oliveberg (Umea Univ.,
Sweden).
To translate and exploit
information in the genome into specific biological functions, such as, of receptors,
hormones and enzymes, the extended chain of amino acids in a protein must be
“folded” into a compact globular molecular object with the right shape.
Modeling of the structure and dynamics of a certain protein from a given
sequence of amino acids, is expected to yield novel information about the
biological function of that protein. Contributions to such knowledge can also
be obtained by comparing a wild type protein with mutated sequences, and by
seeing the protein as a product of biological (or pre-biological) evolution.
Protein denaturation and renaturation can be studied as a function of
temperature, or concentration of various reactants working at a constant
physiological temperature. For instance, the conformational changes of a
protein between unphosphorylated, phosphorylated, and dephosphorylated states,
can explain the differences between active and inactive forms of a protein
complex.
6. Dynamical
models of DNA
Organizers:
Michel Peyrard (Ecole Norm. Sup., France), Leif Matsson (Chalmers UT, Sweden).
The discovery of the
two-chain helical structure of DNA 50 years ago provided the key to a detailed
although qualitative understanding of the cellular signal network, DNA
replication, and division of cells. A quantitative description of the cell
cycle control system, however, also requires an understanding of the DNA
dynamics, of the free duplex, as well as of the DNA structure embedded in an
activated cell. This in turn requires studies of the higher order structures
and soft condensed properties of DNA, that comes to expression, for instance,
at the initiation of DNA replication, and the metaphase-to-anaphase transition,
both of which are non-eqilibrium, hence, concentration/density dependent
processes. In particular, a quantitative knowledge of the harmonic-displacive
type dynamics of DNA, its nonlinear dependence on density and distance
variations, sequence of bases, and quantum effects, are also prerequisites to
interprete and evaluate various recent experiments on the electronic and elastic
properties of the “molecule of life”. This symposium will deal with:
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nonlinear,
nonequilibrium dynamics of DNA
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liquid crystal
like properties of DNA
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acousto-mechanical,
and conductivity properties of DNA
and
related problem areas.
7. Physics of
subcellular structures
Organizers: John
Nagle (Carnegie Mellon Univ., USA),
Jack Tuszynski (Univ. of Alberta, Canada),
Olle Edholm (KTH Stockholm, Sweden),
Per Rudquist (Chalmers
UT, Sweden).
This symposium will deal with
experiments and theory of biological systems on a level between a whole cell
and molecules. For instance, membranes, vesicles, cytoskeletal filaments, and
molecular motors will be discussed in terms of their biochemical/biophysical
structure and biological function. Protein-lipid, protein-protein and protein-drug
interactions, as well as, structural and dynamical properties of protein
filaments (actins and microtubules) will be quantitatively addressed. The
functional roles of these subcellular structures, especially their
participation in force generation, signalling enzymatic processes, and energy
transduction, will be given prominent exposure.
Importantly, both lipid bilayers and microtubules possess liquid crystal
like properties, exhibiting the delicate balance between rigidity and fluidity
that is important for their biological functioning. The biological function
usually depends on concentration variations of key chemical reactants, and a
lyotropic modeling of this kind of living systems at non-equilibrium conditions
appears to be the realistic type of approach for an understanding of their
dynamics and biological function. However, their temperature variations may
still reveal interesting structural properties.
We intend to initiate discussions how these different properties are
brought to bear on various key cellular processes, such as, cell division and
differentiation.
8. Modelling aspects of cell biology
Organizers: Michael Elowitz (Rockefeller, USA) , Mans Ehrenberg (Uppsala Univ., Sweden),
Carsten Peterson (Lund Univ., Sweden).
This session will highlight
progress in interdisciplinary areas of biological research that aims at
understanding the function of cells by mathematical modeling of intracellular
networks, one of the major challenges for biological sciences. Since discovery
of the structure of DNA fifty years ago, molecular biologists have unveiled a
substantial amount of molecular hardware information concerning the control of
gene expression, in bacteria, yeasts and many other organisms. However, in spite of the revolutionary
discoveries made by molecular biologists, we are still far from understanding
the molecular machinery that controls the biological functions in response to
external stimuli, such as, in growth and division of cells, and how cells adapt
and integrate to living beings. To
understand how molecular components in stochastic processes and local control
systems in the cell can operate together to achieve diverse tasks, a global
modeling of very complex systems is needed, albeit with many important details
unknown. Gene expression and metabolic flows are often characterized by noise
that will have profound effects on the physiology of cells. Concepts from
control theory, like robustness, can be predicted to play an important role for
future progress. In this modeling also physics will be important, to
discriminate between different intracellular network theories, however, as an
integrated part of molecular biology.
9. Physics of the neural system
Organizers: Frank Moss (Missouri Univ., USA), Erik Fransén (KTH Stockholm, Sweden), Hans Liljenstroem (SLU Uppsala, Sweden).
The main focus of this
session is on computational models of neural systems and information processing
at subcellular, cellular, and network levels.
Topics will include modeling of ion channels, single neurons, neural
networks, and related phenomena, such as, ion channel kinetics, neuronal firing
patterns, spike synchronization, cortical neurodynamics, and stochastic
resonance in neural systems. The session will further address problems
concerning functions of neural systems, e. g., motor control, perception, and
associative memory. Specific problems
could be related to the efficiency of neural systems, the role of oscillations
and fluctuations in such systems, or to relations between various micro-,
meso-, and macroscopic processes. Many questions in this area call for answers. For instance, how can a
balance be attained between order and disorder, or between stability and
flexibility? What is the origin of cellular excitability, a property basic for
the neural information processing? Which properties at the microscopic level
are important for an understanding of macroscopic phenomena? Which problems
related to higher brain functions, such as, cognition, can be addressed using
computational modeling and simulations? Where is a good balance, in the
modeling process, between realism and details on the one hand, and
simplification and abstraction on the other? This session is intended to
address and elucidate some of these and related issues.
10. Evolution and origin of life
Organizers:
Gunter von Kiedrowski (Bochum, Germany),
Clas Blomberg (KTH Stockholm, Sweden),
Kristian Lindgren (Chalmers UT, Sweden).
This symposium will deal with
physical aspects of the origin and evolution of life. The origin of life
comprises questions on the development of complex behaviour in prebiotic
macromolecular systems, as well as questions about the minimum requirements for
a primitive, living cell and how it could appear. Macromolecular selection and
the emergence of stable, functional networks are central themes that have been
studied by mathematical-physical modeling and experiments on simplified
systems. Related to this are questions about the characterization of life and
what is called “artificial life”, models with relevant features (such as the
possibility of evolution) in common with existing life, as well as
investigations of methods for creating systems exhibiting life-like behaviour.
Physical modeling in evolution theory will also be given prominent exposure in
this session. Questions to be highlighted are also various selection processes
in a complex organization, and the development of functional units.
11. Complex systems in biological physics
Organizers: John Hertz (Nordita, Denmark), Zoran Konkoli (Chalmers UT, Sweden), Bernhard Mehlig (Chalmers UT, Sweden).
Living organisms may exhibit a variety of
coexisting states (phases, conformations, patterns). Starting from the
molecular level, how do they emerge?
What triggers transitions between these states? How do living systems
evolve, both on very short (molecular), and long (evolutionary) time scales? In
order to address these questions statistical and stochastic approaches are
called for and have been very successful. Examples of phenomena of interest are
glassy dynamics, protein folding, coding and gene expression, pattern
formation, neural dynamics, evolutionary forces and genetic drift, and gene
regulation, to name but a few. The aim of this symposium is twofold: to
demonstrate how statistical approaches have been and could be used to describe
biological systems, and to stimulate cooperation in a cross-disciplinary
environement.
12. General Biological Physics/Others
Organizer:
Marina Voinova (Chalmers UT, Sweden).
This symposium will deal with all
different types of problems in the interface between physics and biology. In
particular nonlinear and non-equilibrium type phenomena, as well as condensed
matter type problem areas in biological physics are considered. The session
also takes up items that are not easily included in the other symposia, or
contributed works that can be seen from different aspects. In addition late abstract contributions that
have been selected for an oral presentation have been included here.
Detailed Program (may download slowly)
Author
index for Poster Sessions A and B
Invited
Speakers
Plenary & Symposium
Lecture Abstracts
GENERAL INFORMATION
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Tea
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and afternoon during the Conference.
Lunch
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about SEK 60.-.
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The exchange rate (June, 2003) is approximately:
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Submission of Abstracts
(Online)
All participants are invited to submit an abstract, for oral or poster presentation, maximum 1 page.
A number of contributed abstracts will be selected for oral presentation in each session. This selection
will start before the month of May and therefore the chance to be selected increases if contributions
arrive as early as possible.
The topics for the 5th International Conference on Biological Physics are:
1.
Single molecule studies
2.
Nanotechnology and surface science in biology
3. Biosensors
and medical applications
4.
Charge transfer in biomol:s and
photobiology.
5.
Structure and dynamics of biomolecules.
6.
Dynamical models of DNA
7.
Phsysics of subcellular structures
8.
Modelling aspects of cell biology
9.
Physics of the neural system
10.
Evolution and origin of life
11.
Complex systems in biological physics
12.
General Biological Physics/Others
The abstract deadline is June 30, 2004 (date of receipt).
Please note that only abstracts which are submitted on-line according to the instructions given will be accepted.
The corresponding author will be notified of
the committee’s decision on the submitted abstracts by the latest on July 10, 2004.
· The abstract must be prepared in Microsoft Word; (version Word 95, Word 97, Word 2000 or Word 2002).
· The abstract should be written in English and should be single-spaced throughout.
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The abstract should be headed
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affiliation (s), address (es).
· The abstract should also
contain telephone number, fax number and e-mail address to the corresponding
author.
· Underline the name of the presenting author.
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· The abstract text should if possible include background/aim,
methods, results and conclusions, according to the abstract temple.
· Abstract submission by fax or e-mail will not be accepted.
· The author is responsible for typing errors in the title and abstract.
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corrections, please state your name and abstract title send a completely new
abstract as an attachment by e-mail to the abstract secretariat: icbp2004@stocon.se
(this is only valid before June 30, 2004).
Poster Contribution
Contributed papers will be accepted as poster presentations. Poster presenters
should be present during the assigned time for discussion. The poster space for
each presentation will be 180 cm high x 90 cm wide.
Proceedings
Following review,
selected papers will be published by the American Institute of Physics (AIP) in
a proceedings volume. Papers should be 5-15 pages long (though shorter and
longer manuscripts may be accepted) and must be written in 12 point “Times New
Roman” font according to the instructions available on the web at http://proceedings.aip.org/proceedings/6x9.jsp.
Microsoft Word templates and LaTex macros are available at this link. Complete
manuscripts should be received electronically as pdf files to the Conference
Secretariat via email icbp2004@fy.chalmers.se
not later than October 20, 2004. Further questions are welcome to the
Conference Secretariat icbp2004@fy.chalmers.se.
Submission
of Abstracts (Online)
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Registration Fee (in Swedish Kronor)
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Before June 30, 2004 |
After June 30, 2004 |
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Excl.VAT |
4.650 |
5.150 |
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Incl.VAT |
5.800 |
6.440 |
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Excl.VAT Student |
2.650 |
3.150 |
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Incl.VAT Student |
3.300 |
3.900 |
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Accompanying person Incl.VAT |
850 |
850 |
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2004.
CANCELLATION OF SOCIAL EVENTS
Notification of cancellation must be made in writing and sent
to Stocon. Cancellation of social events will be accepted until July 15,
2003, up to which date the total amount will be refunded. We regret that no
refund can be made for any cancellation received after July 15, 2004.
Official
Letter of Invitation
Those who need an official letter of invitation in order to attend the
Conference may write to the Conference Secretariat specifying details. This
procedure, however, is applicable for assisting participants who need visa, or
permission to attend the Conference, and is not an official invitation covering
fees or any other expenses.
A number of rooms have been reserved at Gothia hotel, Parnorama Hotel and
SGS Youth hostel for the convenience of the participants.
Hotel rooms will be assigned on first-come, first-served basis.
Those who wish to make hotel reservations are requested to fill in the
appropriate parts of the Registration & Reservation Form and send by
regular mail to Stocon, "ICBP 2004", P O Box 6911, SE 102 95
Stockholm, Sweden or book on-line
to reach no later than June 30, 2004.
To complete your hotel reservation, the hotel application should be accompanied
by payment of a deposit (SEK 1500 per room Gothia and Panorama, 500 per room at
the SGS Youth Hostel). The hotel deposit will be deducted from your total hotel
bill. No hotel reservation will be processed without payment.
Other Types of Accommodations
Youth Hostels Group
City Hotels
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1,419
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1,486 |
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Hotel
Vasa |
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715 |
BU |
715 |
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860 |
5min/15 min |
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Panorama
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955/1055 |
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1255 |
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955 |
5 min/15 min |
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1,435
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1,435 |
5 min/15 min |
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Mornington |
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956 |
EU# |
1,116 |
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1,396 |
5 min/15 min |
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Hotel
Lorensberg |
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860 |
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1,260 |
5 min/15 min |
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Hotell
Liseberg Heden |
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915 |
GU |
1,160 |
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370 |
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490 |
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Above rates are daily room charges* in Swedish
Kronor 2003 including, breakfast, service charge and consumption tax. #) An
extra bed for accompanying person can be installed.
Other Types
of Accommodations
Those who would like to stay with other types of accommodations like youth
hostels or Swedish inns at reasonable prices are advised to visit the following
web sites and contact their offices or facilities directly.
<Goteborgs
Mini-Hotel>
Tredje Langgatan 31,
Gothenburg, www.minihotel.se
Tel +46-31 241023, Fax +46 31 243009.
<Goteborgs
Vandrarhem>
Molndalsvagen 23,
S-412 63 Gothenburg, www.goteborgsvandrarhem.se
Tel +46 31401050, Fax +46 31 401151.
<Slottskogens
Vandrarhem>
Vegagatan 21, S-413
11 Gothenburg, www.hostel.nu
Tel +46 31 426520, Fax +46 31 142102.
<Stigbergslidens
Vandrarhem>
Stigbergsliden 10, S-414
63 Gothenburg, www.hostel-gothenburg.com
Tel +46 31 241620, Fax +46 31 246520.
<Masthuggsterrassens
Vandrarhem>
Matshuggsterrassen 8,
S-413 18 Gothenburg, www.mastenvandrarhem.com
Tel +46 31 424820, Fax +46 31 424821.
SOCIAL PROGRAM
Those who would like to attend the social program are requested to fill in
appropriate parts
of the
Registration & Reservation Form, which should be received before June
30, 2004.
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S1:
Get-together
Monday, August 23, 19:00-21:00 all conference
participants including accompanying persons are welcome to get-together party
held at the Gothenburg City-Hall
“Boersen”. This
event is free of charge. S3: City Tour Wednesday, August 25, 14:00-16:30 A tour which will
take you to all the interesting sites of Gothenburg such as the Masthuggs
Church from where you have a great view over the city and the Goeta River,
Gotaplatsen, Gustav Adolf Square with the City Hall, the Opera House, Klippan
with its amazing history and many other sites, old historic places and modern
ones with an interesting future. Minimum:
30 persons. The city tour takes S4: Banquet The rate
for the banquet is 385.- SEK per person. S6: The too few registered) Minimum:
40 persons. The tour takes about 7 hours. |
S2:
The Minimum:
40 persons. Price ca 750.- SEK per person, incl. dinner.. S5: Own (Free of
charge) S7: Gunnebo House
(CANCELLED, too few
registered) Minimum:
40 persons. Price
ca 275.- SEK per person.. |
Social Program Cancellation and Refund Policy
In the event that cancellation of any social program is necessary,
please notify Inspiro Event in writing or per email. The refund policy is as
follows:
Cancellation received by 1 day prior: 80% refund
Cancellation received on the date or no notice given: No refund will be made.
Funds that are intended to provide
Travel Grants and to help young scientists, especially from developing
countries or the Asian countries, with the cost of attending the Conference
will be made available. The Travel Grants cover the Conference registration fee
and a part of the travel and accommodation expenses.
Travel Grants will normally be limited to young scientists who do not yet have
a permanent salaried position - for example graduate students working for a
higher degree and post-doctoral workers without a tenured position.
Application Procedure
Application for support should be sent to:
ICBP2004 Desk
c/o Inspiro Event
Kastellgatan 1
SE-413 07 Gothenburg
Sweden
with the following documents:
1. A completed application form.
download application form (PDF format, Acrobat
Reader 4.0 is required)
2. A letter of support by the
Applicant's Supervisor or Head of Department.
3. One copy of the abstract describing the scientific contribution to be submitted
to the Conference.
These documents should be received by the
end of February, 2004. Applicants will be informed by the end of March 2004
whether their applications for Travel Grants have been successful. The decision
of the Local Organizing Committee will be final.
SATELLITE AND RELATED MEETINGS
1.
FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS (from birth to death)
Gothenburg,
Organizer: Anders Blomberg
In
this the 7th annual conference in Gothenburg on Functional Genomics (this year with
the subtitle "from birth to death") about the challenges and
potentials in both academia and industry in the post-genomic era, the focus
will be on the understanding of developmental programs in stem cells,
mechanisms in ageing, and the phenotypic characterisation of large-scale
gene-deletion collections, Phenomics. Participants are invited to submit
abstract to be considered for oral presentation. http://funcgenomics.lundberg.gu.se/
2. DNA Dynamics and Replication
Gothenburg, August 21, 2004, 10:00-17:00
at
Organizers: Leif Matsson and Michel Peyrard
The discovery of DNA´s structure 50 years
ago initiated an intensified research in molecular biology, which resulted in
the present detailed but still qualitative descriptions of a large number of
biological phenomena. Quantitative descriptions, e. g., of DNA replication,
gene regulation and the cell cycle control system, however, require a
quantitative understanding of the DNA dynamics. The forces that control the
compaction-unfolding transitions of the genome can also be studied in vitro by
means of various chemical agents, or by mechanical stretching of single DNA
molecules. These and related topics, and possible connections between them,
will be highlighted in a one-day satellite meeting August 21, 2004, at the
ICBP2004 Conference Venue. Some of these themes will be briefly discussed
during the main conference. Contributions to this subject area are called for.
Those who are interested to give a talk
at his satellite meeting can fill in this part on the Registration &
reservation form. The charge for this one-day meeting, SEK 750:-, will cover
the costs for locality and includes lunch. Proposals and comments are welcome and can be forwarded to leif.matsson@fy.chalmers.se
3. Annual Meeting of the Swedish
Biophysical Society
August 26, 2004, 13:00-15:00 in KB Lecture Hall, Chemistry Builiding at
Chalmers
Organizers: Orjan Hansson and Martin
Billeter
The annual meeting of the Swedish Biophysical
Society will take place during the 5th ICBP 2004 conference at the conference
venue. The Swedish Biophysical Society will also honor a young biophysicist
with the Hugo Theorell award. The prize winner will present his work in a
public lecture on Thursday, August 26, 13:00-14:00 in the KB lecture hall in
the Chemistry building at Chalmers. Between 14:00-15:00 the yearly business
meeting for members of the Society will take place in the same lecture hall.
More information can be obtained from Orjan.Hansson@chem.gu.se and Martin.Billeter@chem.gu.se .
4. NORDITA Workshop on Statistical Physics, Soft Matter and Biological Physics
NORDITA
Organizers: Ralf Metzler, Petter
Minnhagen, Kim Sneppen, John Hertz and
Hans Fogdeby
The physics of biological and soft matter
systems is a quickly expanding field within the Nordic Physics Community. It is
developing in parallel to more traditional fields like classical condensed
matter physics or medical physics, and tries to connect in the spirit of
complex systems approaches to real biological systems. It is relevant to help
understand the basic mechanisms of life such as the behaviour of single DNA
molecules and their interaction with proteins. Due to their physical
properties, biomolecules and their interaction with the cellular environment
are aptly described by statistical mechanical tools. Conversely, biomolecules
also provide ideal units to explore classical models such as from polymer
physics, due to their unique properties and reproducibility. Biological physics
also stretches deep into important medical issues, for instance, the
understanding of biomolecules can be used to optimize methods like PCR,
electrophoresis motility assays, or facilitate drug delivery. It is therefore
timely to bring together scientists from the Nordic countries to exchange about
their objectives and methods. NORDITA is the ideally suited place to hold
conventions on the theoretical side. We therefore intend to organize a Nordic
Network, stretching over 3 years, during which researchers from the Nordic countries
will meet annually at NORDITA. Assisted by a webpage collecting online
addresses of the different institutes and members, these annual meetings will
foster active exchange between the scientists. It will be worthwhile to also
include a number of experimentalists, as close interaction between theory and
experiment is necessary in such a newly emerging field. Applications for
participation, indicating whether an oral or poster presentation is preferred,
can be directed to metz@nordita.dk.
Check also for the upcoming webpage, which
will be linked from our homepage www.nordita.dk
INFORMATION
ON GOTHENBURG/GOETEBORG
History of
Gothenburg
The region’s
first “Goeteborg” was founded already in the 11th century, at a
place called Loedoese, 40 km north of the present site. The City of
The early 19th century saw the beginnings of Gothenburgs
shipbuilding industry, when three major shipyards were constructed. The company
SKF was founded upon the invention of ball bearings and Volvo produced its
first car in 1927. These, then small local industries, are now multinational
giants.
Gothenburg and its satellites, with almost
1 million inhabitants, is
Climate in Gothenburg
July / August
Av. daytime high 21.1 C (70 F) / 20.6 C (69 F)
Av. nighttime low 13.1 C (56 F) / 12.3 C (54 F)
Av. humidity 74% / 77%
Days with more than 10mm rainfall 2.3 days
/ 2.3 days
Railways
Cities within 50 km, e. g.,
hours. Tickets and traffic information for domestic and abroad travels are
obtainable on the internet site
www.sj.se and telephone +46 771 757575.
Tramway and Buses
Fares by tramway and bus are paid by coupons ŕ 10 SEK. Travels within
Gothenburg community costs 2 coupons for adults and 1 coupon for children
between 6-16 years, and is free for children under 6 years. You can by tickets
from the driver in the first carriage.
Air Traffic
Information on air traffic from Landvetter (25 km from Gothenburg) is
obtainable
at www.landvetter.lfv.se
or per telephone +46 31 941100.
Taxis
In general the fare for a taxi ride in
Access to Gothenburg: map
(1) From
(2) Via Gothenburg Central Station
From Gothenburg Central Station you can
travel to the conference venue, Chalmers, in about 25 min. by tramway, or in
10-15 min. by taxi.
(3) Via
From
(4) Via
From
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Encyclopedia of Nonlinear Science, details available at http://www.routledge-ny.com/nonlinearsci/
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Related literature, by Jack Sarfatti, Cornell, at http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/
v
Institute of Physics Publishing, at www.iop.or
, new journal “Physical Biology” at http://www.iop.org/EJ/journal/physbio
v
Journal of Biological Physics, at http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/0092-0606/contents
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