Dear Colleague,

You may be interested in the following event:

Faraday Discussion #169 - Molecular Simulations and Visualization ** CALL for ABSTRACTS deadline 22.7.2013 ** http://www.rsc.org/ConferencesAndEvents/RSCConferences/FD/FD169/cfp.asp

A few more details:

Current biology, chemistry and materials science make extensive use of computational methods ranging from applications at the cellular level, e.g. in systems biology, to detailed atomistic simulations of molecular assemblies, materials or small molecules.

Faraday Discussion 169 will illustrate and discuss the potential of Human-Computer Interaction and Virtual Reality for computational molecular sciences, focusing on the following themes:

* virtual and augmented reality; immersive molecular simulations * advanced visualization and visual analytics * computing power revolution and new algorithms: GP-GPUs, clouds and more * applications and serious games: from docking to protein folding

Take part in the excellent scientific programme at this Discussion, in which experts in biology, chemistry and computational science will stimulate discussions and initiate research aimed at deeper involvement, beyond the boundaries of each discipline.

Professor Helmut Grubmuller, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany Dr Graham Johnson, University of California, San Francisco, USA Dr David Glowacki, University of Bristol, UK Professor Valerie Daggett, University of Washington, USA Professor Thomas Ertl, University of Stuttgart, Germany Professor Vijay Pande, Stanford University, USA Professor John Stone, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Dr Melanie Stegman, Federation of American Scientists, USA Assistant Professor Jim Zheng, Medical University of South Carolina, USA Professor Frederick Brooks, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Professor Thomas DeFanti, University of California, San Diego, USA

Virtual Reality represents a formidable communication and learning tool that could significantly speed up understanding of dynamic behaviour of complex biomolecular systems. This meeting is an excellent opportunity to bring the relevant disciplines closer together and benefit from collaborations across diverse fields.

Yours sincerely, Marc Baaden