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LES HOUCHES
SESSION LXXXII
Ecole d’été de physique théorique
Marie Curie Training Course of the European Union
MULTIPLE ASPECTS OF DNA AND RNA:
FROM BIOPHYSICS TO BIOINFORMATICS
August 2 - August 27, 2004
Scientific Direction:
Didier CHATENAY, Simona COCCO (Laboratoire de Dynamique des Fluides Complexes, Strasbourg, France)
Oleg KRICHEVSKY (Department of Physics, Beer-Sheva University, Israel)
Rémi MONASSON (Laboratoire de Physique Théorique ENS, Paris, France)
Denis THIEFFRY (Laboratoire de Génétique et Physiologie du Développement, Marseille, France)
Lecture series:
J. Kadonaga (University of California, Los Angeles): Genes and genomes: organization and regulation.
R. Lavery (Institut Curie, Paris): DNA: structure, dynamics and recognition.
J. Marko (University of Illinois, Chicago): DNA and chromosomes: single molecule experiments and theory.
B. Novák (Technical University of Budapest) : Differential dynamical modelling of biological regulatory networks.
T. Strick (Coldspring Harbor): DNA and protein interactions: single molecule experiments.
F. Taddei (Université René Descartes, Paris): Dynamics of the Genome: Evolution and repair.
J. van HeIden (Université Libre de Bruxelles): Regulatory sequence analysis.
E. Westhof (Université Luis Pasteur, Strasbourg): RNA: from sequence to structure.
Shorter Lectures and Seminars:
G. Cavalli (Institut de génétique humaine, Montpellier): Chromatine and the maintenance of the memory of cell fate.
H. de Jong (Inria Rhône-Alpes): Qualitative modeling and simulation of genetic regulatory networks.
T. Duke (Cavendish Lab, Cambridge): Physics of DNA electrophoresis.
A. Khokhlov (Moscow State University): Statistical physics of polymers and macromolecules.
N. Kolchanov (Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk): Organization of regulatory regions of eukaryotic genes.
D. Mukamel (Weizmann Institute, Rehovot): Theory of DNA thermal denaturation.
D. Peer (Hebrew University of Jerusalem): Reverse engineering of gene expression interactions on the basis of expression data.
M. Samsonova (St. Petersburg Polytechnical University): Analysis of genetic networks: structure and function.
Other seminars will be contributed by participants and short term visitors.
Scientific Program:
DNA and RNA molecules, central to vital processes, have been experimentally studied by molecular biologists for decades. Recent progresses
(e.g. use of DNA chips, manipulations at the single molecule level, availability of huge genomic databases…) have revealed an imperious need for
theoretical modelling. This school aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the theoretical and experimental aspects of the biological, physical
and computational analysis of DNA and RNA molecules. It is opened to young researchers interested in learning the essentials of this new field.
Introductory lectures will provide them with a common background, while more specialized lectures and seminars will give an up to date panorama
Registrations: Applications must reach the School before March 7, 2004 in order to be considered by the selection committee. The full cost per
participant, including housing, meals and the lectures book, is 1500 euros. Thanks to financial support by various funding agencies, a contribution of
only 800 euros / participant is requested. A few additional grants will be available. Application forms and additional information can be downloaded
from the site : http://www-houches.ujf-grenoble.fr/ . One can also contact the School at
ECOLE D'ETE DE PHYSIQUE THEORIQUE
La Côte des Chavants
74310 LES HOUCHES, France
Phone: +33 -4 50 54 40 69 - Fax: +33 -4 50 55 53 25
Email: [email protected]
Les Houches is a resort village in the Chamonix valley in the French Alps. Established in 1951, the Physics School is located in a group of chalets
surrounded by meadows and woods, at an altitude of 1150 m facing the Mont-Blanc range - a very favourable environment for intellectual activity in
ideal surroundings for hiking, mountaineering and sight-seeing.
The Physics School is affiliated with Université Joseph Fourier and Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, and is supported by the Ministère
de la Jeunesse, de l'Education Nationale et de la Recherche, the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and the Direction des
Sciences de la Matière du Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA/DSM).
Ecole de Physique des Houches, la Côte des Chavants, F-74310 les Houches
Director: Jean Dalibard