Please distribute. Apologies for multiple postings. ################################################################### ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE XXI SITGES CONFERENCE on STATISTICAL MECHANICS: Statistical Mechanics of Molecular Biophysics. Sitges, Barcelona, SPAIN, 2-6 June 2008 http://www.ffn.ub.es/sitges ################################################################### Dear Colleague, This is the announcement and call for contributions to the XXI Sitges Conference on Statistical Mechanics, to be held in Sitges, a charming seaside resort near Barcelona (Spain), from the 2nd until the 6th of June 2008. The title of this forthcoming edition of the Sitges Conference will be ``Statistical Mechanics of Molecular Biophysics' , and we are inviting prominent researchers working in the general fields of physics, biology and chemistry, both experimental and theoretical. There will be specific sessions regarding the self-assembly in biological systems, protein aggregation and crystallization, protein folding and denaturation, reactions in biosystems with a few molecules, single molecule microfluidics, transport phenomena and molecular motors. This Conference intends to stimulate a discussion between biologists, physicists, and chemists about the cellular behavior to favor the interchange and cross-fertilization of ideas, and to deepen the understanding of the open questions in the field. We are pleased to tell you that the following speakers have already accepted our invitation: J.P. Andersen University of Aarhus(*) M.C. Bellissent-Funel CNRS Saclay C. Dekker TU Delft K.A. Dill Univ. California San Francisco C.M. Dobson University of Cambridge A.V. Finkelstein Institute of Protein Research RAS Moscow P. Hanggi Ausburg University J. Klafter Tel Aviv University J.-M. Lehn CNRS Strasbourg V. Muñoz Spanish Research Council (CSIC) H. Qian University of Washington K Schulten U.I. Urbana-Champaign F. Sciortino Universita’ di Roma La Sapienza S.M. Simon Rockefeller University(*) H.E. Stanley Boston University W.W. Webb Cornell University H. Weinstein Weill Medical College of Cornell Un.(WCMC) (*) To be confirmed The list of invited contributors will be periodically updated in the conference web-page http://www.ffn.ub.es/sitges. Important Deadlines: Request for financial support 18 April 2008 Conference registration for contribution 2 May 2008 Announcement of acceptance of abstracts 12 May 2008 Final program communication 16 May 2008 Announcement of financial support 19 May 2008 Conference registration for other participants 19 May 2008 Early registration fee payment 23 May 2008 You can register and see the outline structure of this and previous conferences at the web-site http://www.ffn.ub.es/sitges, which will be updated and completed as the Conference planning proceeds. We would be very grateful if you could circulate the conference notice to your colleagues, post-docs, and Ph.D. students, and encourage them to submit talks and/or posters. We are looking forward to seeing you in Sitges, The Local Organizing Committee of the XXI Sitges Conference Giancarlo Franzese David Reguera Miguel Rubi -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Prof. Giancarlo Franzese E-Mail: [log in para visualizar] Departament de Fisica Fonamental WEB www.ffn.ub.es/gfranzese Facultat de Fisica Phone: +34 934039212 Universitat de Barcelona Fax: +34 934021149 Diagonal 647, 08028 Barcelona, Spain Secretary: +34 934021150 XXI SITGES CONF.:STAT. MECH. OF BIOPHYSICS www.ffn.ub.es/sitges