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Dear Colleagues,</div>
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<div class="">We hope that you will be able to attend the International Conference on Structural Genomics 2015 "Deep Sequencing Meets Structural Biology", which will be held on the campus of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel June 7-11, 2015.
This conference is intended to foster international collaboration and to provide an overview for the most recent developments in Structural Biology and Structural Genomics and future impacts on biology, medicine and disease.</div>
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<div class="">The scientific topics to be covered in ICSG 2015 include:</div>
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<div class="">� Deep sequencing for modeling and refinement of macromolecular structures</div>
<div class="">� Membrane protein structure and function using complementary methods</div>
<div class="">� Technological advances in XFEL, Cryo-EM, NMR, SAXS, MS, MX and macromolecular complexes</div>
<div class="">� Combining low and high resolution data and modeling for structural biology</div>
<div class="">� Synergistic use of 3D structures and deep sequencing to realize personalized medicine</div>
<div class="">� Protein design and deep sequencing</div>
<div class="">� Cancer, antibiotic resistance and drug discovery</div>
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<div class="">In order to widen the opportunities for younger researchers, we have organized satellite workshops before ICSG 2015 (during the day on June 7, 2015). These include:</div>
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<div class="">� Cryo-EM developments for structural biology [Sponsored by FEI]</div>
<div class="">� PHENIX: Automated determination of molecular structures</div>
<div class="">� HKL3000: From X-ray diffraction images to structure determination in minutes</div>
<div class="">� Approaches to the translation of deep sequencing data into three-dimensions</div>
<div class="">� Protein expression and characterization workshop</div>
<div class="">� Proteopedia: A Scientific Wiki Bridging the Rift Between 3D Structure & Function</div>
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<div class="">You can see all the details of the conference at <a href="http://www.weizmann.ac.il/conferences/ICSG2015" class="">
http://www.weizmann.ac.il/conferences/ICSG2015</a> . </div>
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<div class="">Five oral presentations will be chosen from the posters, and six poster prizes will be awarded, so be sure to submit your abstracts by April 15, 2015!</div>
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<div class="">Invited Speakers will include:</div>
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<div class="">Keynote Speakers:</div>
<div class="">Shamil Sunyaev - Harvard Medical School</div>
<div class="">Janet Thornton � EMBL/EBI - The FEBS National Lecturer</div>
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<div class="">Speakers:</div>
<div class="">Arie Admon � Technion, Haifa</div>
<div class="">Lucia Banci - CERM, University of Florence</div>
<div class="">Pamela J. Bjorkman � CalTech, Pasadena</div>
<div class="">Samir K. Brahmachari - CSIR-Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology, Delhi</div>
<div class="">Susan Buchanan - NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda</div>
<div class="">Mark Gerstein - Yale University, New Haven</div>
<div class="">Wayne Hendrickson - Columbia University Medical Center, New York</div>
<div class="">Yvonne Jones - University of Oxford</div>
<div class="">Luhua Lai - Peking University, Beijing</div>
<div class="">Michael Levitt � Stanford University</div>
<div class="">Michal Linial � The Hebrew University of Jerusalem</div>
<div class="">Abraham Minsky - Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot</div>
<div class="">John Moult - IBBR, University of Maryland, Rockville</div>
<div class="">Nathan Nelson - Tel Aviv University</div>
<div class="">Stefan Raunser - MPI of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund</div>
<div class="">Monica Roth - Rutgers University, Piscataway</div>
<div class="">Dinakar M. Salunke � Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Gurgaon</div>
<div class="">Eran Segal - Weizmann Institute of Science</div>
<div class="">Philip Selenko - Leibniz Institute of Molecular Pharmacology (FMP Berlin)</div>
<div class="">Sachdev Sidhu - University of Toronto</div>
<div class="">Rotem Sorek - Weizmann Institute of Science</div>
<div class="">Jan Steyaert - VIB, Flanders, Brussels</div>
<div class="">Dan Tawfik - Weizmann Institute of Science</div>
<div class="">Gunnar von Heijne - Stockholm University</div>
<div class="">Soichi Wakatsuki - Stanford University</div>
<div class="">Shigeyuki Yokoyama - Genomic Sciences Center, RIKEN Yokohama Institute</div>
<div class="">Ada Yonath - Weizmann Institute of Science</div>
<div class="">Mingjie Zhang � Hong Kong University of Science & Technology</div>
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<div class="">We are looking forward to welcoming you to the Weizmann Institute in the June of 2015!</div>
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<div class="">Sincerely yours,</div>
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<div class="">ICSG 2015 Local Organizing Committee</div>
<div class="">Joel L. Sussman, Gideon Schreiber, Tamar Unger and Israel Silman, Weizmann Institute</div>
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<div class="">ICSG 2015 International Organizing Committee</div>
<div class="">Cheryl Arrowsmith, (Structural Genomics Consortium, Toronto)</div>
<div class="">Lucia Banci, (University of Florence, Florence)</div>
<div class="">Jacqui Beckmann, (Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne)</div>
<div class="">Mark Gerstein, (Yale University, New Haven)</div>
<div class="">Yvonne Jones, (University of Oxford, Oxford)</div>
<div class="">Luhua Lai, (Peking University, Beijing)</div>
<div class="">Katsumi Maenaka, (Hokkaido University, Sapporo)</div>
<div class="">Gaetano Montelione, (Rutgers University, Piscataway)</div>
<div class="">John Moult, (Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, Rockville)</div>
<div class="">John Norvell, Maryland (Founding Director of the NIGMS Protein Structure Initiative)</div>
<div class="">Dinakar Salunke, (Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Gurgaon)</div>
<div class="">Gideon Schreiber, (Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel)</div>
<div class="">Joel L. Sussman, (Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel)</div>
<div class="">Janet Thornton, (European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton)</div>
<div class="">Gunnar von Heijne, (Stockholm Bioinformatics Center, Stockholm)</div>
<div class="">Ron Unger, (Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan)</div>
<div class="">Shoshana Wodak (University of Toronto, Toronto)</div>
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<div class="">International Structural Genomics Organization Executive Committee</div>
<div class="">Lucia Banci</div>
<div class="">Aled Edwards</div>
<div class="">Jennifer Martin</div>
<div class="">Joel Sussman</div>
<div class="">Tom Terwilliger</div>
<div class="">Shigeyuki Yokoyama</div>
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