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CCPBioSim & MGMS Conference in Newcastle – Register now!

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It is our pleasure to announce that registration is now open for the 10th Annual CCPBioSim Conference, to be held jointly with the MGMS, on 1st-3rd July 2024, in Newcastle, UK.
 
This year’s CCPBioSim annual conference has the theme of molecular modelling in structure-based drug design and will showcase the latest relevant computational methods. We will explore the important interplay between simulation and experiment, and highlight case studies in computer-aided design from industry and academia.
 
 
Confirmed speakers:
 
Mohammed AlQuraishi, Columbia University
Joe Bluck, Bayer
Cecilia Clementi, Freie Universität Berlin
Marco de Vivo, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Antonia Mey, University of Edinburgh
Giulia Rossetti, Forschungszentrum Jülich
Giulio Tesei, University of Copenhagen
Frank von Delft, Diamond Light Source
 
The call for participants, and talk and poster contributions, is now open! You can find more details at the link below:
 
https://www.ccpbiosim.ac.uk/newcastle2024 
 
We look forward to seeing you in Newcastle!
 
Danny Cole, Agnieszka Bronowska, Natalie Tatum – the organising committee
 
Announcements, Conferences, MGMS Lecture Tour, News

MGMS Lecture Tour & AGM: November 24, 2020

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We are pleased to announce that Prof. Rebecca Wade from Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) and Heidelberg University, Germany will be giving a virtual MGMS Lecture Tour lecture titled, “Computational Approaches to Protein Dynamics and Binding Kinetics for Drug Discovery”, and it will be held via Zoom on:

Tuesday, November 24th, 2020

  • 2:00 pm GMT:  Lecture: “Computational Approaches to Protein Dynamics and Binding Kinetics for Drug Discovery”
  • 2:45 pm GMT: Q&A
  • 3:00 pm GMT: MGMS Annual General Meeting (AGM).
    • Agenda of the AGM can be found here.
    • Minutes of 2019 AGM can be found here.
    • Chair report can be found here.

 

Conferences

Modelling Photoinduced Processes in Molecular Systems

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A 2-day workshop sponsored by the MGMS Early-Career Workshop initiative was hosted at the Molecular Sciences Research Hub, the new home of the department of Chemistry, Imperial College London. The meeting, organised by Lara Martínez-Fernández (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain) and Javier Segarra-Martí (Imperial College, UK) brought together over 70 young theorists from 10 different countries worldwide investigating quantum states in molecular systems and their interaction with external stimuli such as photons, phonons and electrons. It served as a platform for the next generation of theoretical photochemists to gather and network, and highlighted the vast advances early-career scientists have made in the modelling of photoinduced processes. The great feedback obtained from all participants has triggered a follow-up meeting planned for 2021 in Spain and which we hope will become a yearly forum for young scientists in this modelling field. 

Announcements, Conferences, Meetings

Postponed: “Computational Drug Design: A tribute Frank Blaney” Meeting

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June 17-19 2020, The Queen’s University, Belfast, U.K.

https://frank-blaney-mgms-conference.weebly.com/

Given the increasing seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic, the MGMS has decided to postpone our scientific meeting to honor the life and work of Dr Frank Blaney, a well-known computational chemist who worked for many years in the pharmaceutical industry.

Frank was a pioneer within the world of molecular modelling, particularly with respect to Drug Discovery. Not only did he contribute greatly to promoting science within academia but also in advancing commercial sectors for Drug Discovery.  Frank was actively involved in the development of approaches to model membrane bound proteins such as GPCRs, ion channels and transporters, and the application of these approaches in drug discovery. Frank was a founding member of the Molecular Graphics and Modelling Society (MGMS), and over the years worked in a number of academic and commercial institutions including Oxford University, Queen’s University Belfast, as well as Beecham Pharmaceuticals, GSK and Heptares.

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Announcements, Conferences

Announcing the 4th CCPBioSim/CCP5 Conference on Multiscale Modelling of Condensed Phase and Biological Systems

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30th March – 1st April 2020
Manchester, UK

The early bird registration deadline for the 4th Manchester Multiscale Conference is coming soon (30 November 2019). The abstract submission deadline is 30 January 2020. Please see the CCPBioSim website for further details.

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Announcing “Computational Drug Design: A Tribute to Frank Blaney”

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June 17-19 2020, The Queen’s University, Belfast, U.K.

https://frank-blaney-mgms-conference.weebly.com/

The MGMS is pleased to announce our scientific meeting to honor the life and work of Dr Frank Blaney, a well-known computational chemist who worked for many years in the pharmaceutical industry. Frank was a pioneer within the world of molecular modelling, particularly with respect to Drug Discovery. Not only did he contribute greatly to promoting science within academia but also in advancing commercial sectors for Drug Discovery.  Frank was actively involved in the development of approaches to model membrane bound proteins such as GPCRs, ion channels and transporters, and the application of these approaches in drug discovery. Frank was a founding member of the Molecular Graphics and Modelling Society (MGMS), and over the years worked in a number of academic and commercial institutions including Oxford University, Queen’s University Belfast, as well as Beecham Pharmaceuticals, GSK and Heptares.

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Announcing the AMMA MM2019 Conference

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We are pleased to announce the Australasian chapter of the MGMS, AMMA (the Association of Molecular Modellers of Australasia), is organizing their premier conference on molecular modelling from December 5-8, 2019. It will be held on the beautiful resort island of Bintan (Indonesia), around an hour’s ferry ride from Singapore.

For more information, see https://mm2019.bii.a-star.edu.sg.

This is the first time that the MM conference is being hosted in Asia, and it will bring together an international audience at all stages of their careers. It will also feature the award lecture by the 2019 winner of the AMMA Medal. Themes of the conference will include:

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Conferences

MGMS Big Data Meeting a big success

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The recent MGMS Big Ideas for Big Data in Drug Discovery Meeting took place at the School of Pharmacy, UCL in London, and was a big success. A big thank you to MGMS Member Dr Ewa Chudyk from Vertex Pharmaceuticals for organizing it; to Dr. Shozeb Haider for hosting us; and our many sponsors for helping to make it possible. Ewa will post an update soon: in the meantime, here is a picture of our Chair, Prof. Phil Biggin, advertising our new MGMS Early Career Workshop Initiative:

Prof. Phil Biggin, University of Oxford, & Chair of MGMS talks about the MGMS Early Career Workshop initiative.