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