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Theoretical Biophysics Symposium

Donostia, March 5 -7; 2003


Day #1: Wednesday, March 5th

Day #2: Thursday, March 6th

Day #3: Friday, March 7th



Day # 1. March 5th, 2003


Speaker Title Notes
Chairman: J.M. Lluch



9:00-9:40 R.J. Boyd "Towards the Development of Theoretical Models for Biological Catalysis"

9:40-10:20 A. Largo "Synthetic routes for interstellar organic and prebiotic molecules"

10:20-10:40 Coffee Break

Chairman: L.A. Eriksson



10:40-11:20 J.M. Mercero "Aluminum Interactions with Aminoacid Side Chains in a Protein Model Environment"

11:20-12:00 Bo Durbeej "Some Applications of Time-Dependent Density Functional Methods to Biochemical Systems"

12:00-12:40 Jordi Villa "Ion channels: through the hole and over the mountain"

12:40-15:00 Lunch

Chairman: J. M. Lluch



15:00-15:40 A. Gonzalez-Lafont "On the location of stationary points in enzymatic catalysis: Mandelate Racemase as an example"


15:40-16:20 J. I. Mujika "Theoretical study of the cleavage of the peptide bond"

Day # 2. March 6th, 2003


Speaker Title Notes
Chairman: J. Andres



9:00-9:40 Roland Stote
Ligand binding and conformational changes in DNA gyrase B


9:40-10:20 V. Moliner
"Theoretical Insights in Enzyme Catalysis"


10:20-10:40 Coffee Break

Chairman: J.M. Ugalde



10:40-11:20 N. Russo "A DFT investigation of some biomolecular systems"

11:20-12:00 U. Ugalde "Microbial Autoinducers: Molecular Structure and Biological Function"

12:00-12:40 Eider San Sebastian
"Molecular Modelization of Antimetastatic Drugs and Drug Targets"

12:40-15:00 Lunch

Chairman: L.A. Eriksson



15:00-15:40 A. Zubia "Antimetastatic drugs: an example of synthesis based on theoretical design"

15:40-16:20 X. Lopez "QM and QM/MM Studies on Phosphate Diester Hydrolysis Reactions"

16:20-16:40 Coffee Break

16:40-18:00 POSTER SESSION

Day # 3. March 7th, 2003


Speaker Title Notes
Chairman: J. Andres



9:00-9:40 Fahmi Himo "DFT Studies of Radical Enzymes"
9:40-10:20 A. Rubio "Optical properties of biomolecules within TDDFT: excited state electron ion dynamics"

10:20-10:40 Coffee Break

Chairman: J.M. Ugalde



10:40-11:20 Miquel Duran
"A new vision of aromaticity through the electron-pair density"

11:20-12:00 Jorge Llano Thermochemistry of Electron, Proton, and Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reactions in Solution

12:00-12:40 Darrin York "Computational Methods for RNA Catalysis"