22^nd "Darmstadt" Molecular Modeling Workshop

Computer-Chemie-Centrum, 91052 Erlangen, Germany

Tuesday, April 29 – Wednesday, April 30, 2008

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This year, the 22nd Molecular Modelling Workshop will take place on April, 29th and 30th, immediately before Ascension Day. For the sixth time, the workshop will be hosted by the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. The research group of Professor Tim Clark at the Computer Chemistry Center will be responsible for the technical organization. PD Dr. Wolfgang Brandt, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Halle, will be responsible for the scientific organization.

This workshop encourages young scientists - especially graduate students - to present and discuss their research topics. Young scientists at the beginning of their academic careers will be able to meet new colleagues from academia and gain feedback from industrial colleagues.

Contributions are welcome from all areas of molecular modeling -
from the life sciences, computational biology, computational chemistry to materials sciences.

Plenary lectures

We are pleased to announce the following confirmed plenary speakers:

Hans-Jörg Hofmann	Institute of Biochemistry, University of Leipzig
Pavel Hobza	Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague

Oral and poster presentations

Several reasons have prompted us to introduce English as the official workshop language. (Oral presentations may still be given in German. However, please prepare slides in English in this case.) Oral presentations should not exceed 20 minutes (including discussion); posters should be prepared in portrait format (90x140cm). Talks with solely commercial content (i.e., that aim at advertising a product) will no longer be accepted. Detailed product presentations will be possible during the software/hardware exhibition that takes place on both workshop days.

Awards

As in the past years, there will be two Poster Awards of 100 Euro each and three Lecture Awards for the best talks:

Winner: Travel bursary to the Young Modellers Forum in the United Kingdom (travel expenses are reimbursed up to 500 Euro)
2nd Winner: 200 Euro travel expenses reimbursement
3rd Winner: 100 Euro travel expenses reimbursement

Only undergraduate and graduate research students qualify for the poster and lecture awards. A Web Award for WWW-based scientific applications in the field of molecular modelling will not be awarded this year.

The deadline for registration and submission of abstracts for oral and poster presentation is
April 4th, 2008.

Registration is only possible online. Please submit abstracts for oral and poster presentation (one page DIN A4 format) no later than April 4th by e-mail to PD Dr. Wolfgang Brandt (erlangen@ipb-halle.de). Use this Word template for abstract preparation.

Conference location

All talks, the exhibition, and the coffee breaks will take place at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, Henkestraße 42. The Poster session and the Buffet-Dinner at Tuesday evening will take place at the Computer-Chemie-Centrum, Nägelsbachstrasse 25.

Miscellaneous

Participants must organize travelling and accommodation themselves. However, up to twenty travel bursaries of 100 Euro each will be offered. These will be available only to undergraduate or graduate research students. Written applications for a bursary must include a supporting reference letter from the research project supervisor. Please address bursary applications either to Dr. Michael Krug (Michael.M.Krug@merck.de ).
For further information, and a list of abstracts already received, please visit this workshop website. Please address additional questions regarding the organization of the workshop to da.workshop@chemie.uni-erlangen.de.
The general meeting of the MGMS (German Section) will be held during the workshop.
The conference fee amounts to 50 Euro (Students: 25 Euro). This fee includes the annual membership fee for the MGMS DS.

We are looking forward to meeting you in Erlangen!

Wolfgang Brandt,
Harald Lanig