2016 Workshop on Kinetics and Markov State Models in Drug Design

The 2016 Workshop on Kinetics and Markov State Models in Drug Design
Dates: May 19th-20th, 2016
Venue: Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, 220 Massachusetts Ave. Room 132, Cambridge, MA

This workshop will be preceded by the 2016 Workshop on Free Energy Methods in Drug Design: Targeting Cancer, at Vertex.
Dates: May 16th-18th, 2016
Venue: Auditorium of Building 1, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Headquarters, 50 Northern Avenue, Boston, MA 02210

Registration form for both workshops: [1]

Introduction

This workshop focuses on the use of Markov state models and other simulation techniques to predict the kinetics of drug association/dissociation with biomolecular targets.

Organizers

• John Chodera, Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (john.chodera@choderalab.org)
• Greg Bowman, Washington University (bowman@biochem.wustl.edu)
• Camilo Velez-Vega, Novartis (camilo.velez-vega@novartis.com)
• Gianni De Fabritiis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (gianni.defabritiis@upf.edu)
• Vijay Pande, Stanford University (pande@stanford.edu)
• Rommie Amaro, University of California, San Diego (ramaro@ucsd.edu)
• Benoît Roux, University of Chicago (roux@uchicago.edu)
• Frank Noé, Freie Universität Berlin (frank.noe@fu-berlin.de)

Workshop Format

There will be a number of talks spaced over two days, with ample time for discussion. We hope to draw talks on several main themes, including:

1. Themes to come

Talks should be focused on addressing these or related aims. As in our previous workshop, participants should feel free to discuss work that highlights problems or limitations, present ideas on how these limitations may be overcome, and discuss new developments that are underway.

Schedule

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Travel and Lodging

Discount rates may be available for some hotels in the area. Attendants can individually ask for the “Novartis discount rate” at the following hotels (mentioning their attendance to a workshop at Novartis):

Cambridge Marriott (Two Cambridge Center, Cambridge MA), Le Meridian (Sidney Street, Cambridge MA), Hyatt Regency (Memorial Drive, Cambridge MA), Eliot Hotel (Commonwealth Ave, Boston MA)