Tentative programme of the Joint Indo-Russian Workshop “Predictive Biology using Systems and Integrative analysis and Methods” Institute for Microbial Technology (CSIR), Chandigarh, India 15-19 November 2010
November 14, 2010
Arrival day
November 15, 2010
Institute for Microbial Technology (CSIR)
| Time | Speakers and Chair | Title |
| 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM | Visit to IMTECH Laboratories | |
| 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | LUNCH | |
| Time | Speakers and Chair | Title |
| 2:00 P.M. – 2:10 P.M. | Director, IMTECH, Chandigarh | Opening Remarks |
| 2:10 P.M. – 2:20 P.M. | Dr. S. Ramachandran, Dr. G.P.S. Raghava Indian Co-ordinators | Indo-Russian Co-operation in the era of Systems analysis for Predictive Biology |
| 2:20 P.M. — 2:30 P.M. | Dr. Dmitry Afonnikov, and Prof. Nikolai Kolchanov Russian Co-ordinatior | |
| 2:30 P.M. – 3:15 P.M. | Dr. GPS Raghava | Machine intelligence for biological predictions |
| 3:15 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. | Dr. A. Kochetov | Computational genomics: searching for new proteome components (pdf ) |
| 4:00 P.M. – 4:30 P.M. | TEA | |
| 4:30 P.M. – 5:15 P.M. | Dr. Vinod Scaria | «Understanding the Biology of Genomes» |
| 5:15 P.M. – 6:00 P.M. | Dr. Andrew M. Lynn | «Information theoretic applications in identifying specificity determining residues» |
November 16, 2010
Institute for Microbial Technology (CSIR)
| Time | Speakers and Chair | Title |
| 10:00 A.M. — 10:45 A.M. | Dr. Yuri Matushkin | Evolution of trophically linked populations of unicellular organisms; translation efficiency in unicellular organisms. (pdf) |
| 10:45 A.M. — 11:30 A.M. | Prof. Alexander V. Efimov | Modeling of Protein Structure and Protein Folding (pdf) |
| 11:30 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. | TEA | |
| 12:00 P.M. – 12:45 P.M. | D. Debasisa Mohanty | Structure based approach for predicting substrates for protein kinases (pdf) |
| 12:45 P.M. — 2:00 P.M. | LANCH | |
| 2:00 P.M. – 2: 45 P.M. | Dr. Vladimir Ivanisenko | Reconstruction of molecular genetic networks: text mining as a tool for knowledge discovery (pdf) |
| 2:45 P.M. — 3:30 P.M. | Dr. S. Ramachandran | Computational platforms for Integrative Analysis in Open Source (pdf ) |
| 3:30 P.M. — 4:00 P.M. | TEA | |
| 4:00 P.M. — 4:45 P.M. | Dr. Nagasuma Chandra | Networks in M. tuberculosis: Deriving optimal strategies for drug discovery (pdf) |
| 4:45 P.M. – 5: 30 P.M. | Dr. Anshu Bhardwaj | Open Source Drug Discovery (pdf) |
| Special Dinner | ||
November 17, 2010
IMTECH, Chandigarh
| Time | Speakers and Chair | Title |
| 10:00 A.M. — 10:45 A.M. | Dr. Dmitry Afonnikov on behalf of Prof. Nikolai Kolchanov, Russian Organizer | The systems biology: integration of experimental and computational approaches (pdf) |
| 10:45 A.M. — 11:30 A.M. | Prof. Alok Bhattacharya | Comparative genomics and genome evolution of microbes (pdf) |
| 11:30 A.M. — 12:00 P.M. | TEA | |
| 12:00 P.M. — 12:45 P.M. | Dr. Dmitry Afonnikov | Prokaryotic adaptation to different environmental conditions at the genomic level: Molecular evolution analysis (pdf) |
| 12:45 P.M. — 2:00 P.M. | ||
| 2:00 P.M. – 2:45 P.M. | Prof. Sergey Deev | Barnase-barstar module as a platform for targeted delivery of imaging and therapeutic nanoconstructs (pdf) |
| 2:45 P.M. — 3:30 P.M. | Dr. R. Ravishankar | Rational approach to drug discovery (pdf) |
| 3:30 P.M. — 4:00 P.M. | TEA | |
| 4:00 P.M. — 4:45 P.M. | Prof. Alexis Ivanov | Integration of Structure-Based Drug Design and SPR Biosensor Technology in Discovery of New Lead Compounds (pdf) |
| 4:45 P.M. — 5:30 P.M. | Dr. RamaSubbu Sankar | Using molecular dynamics simulations to understand the specificity of protein-ligand interactions (pdf) |
November 18, 2010
| Time | Speakers and Chair | Title |
| 10:00 A.M. — 10:45 A.M. | Ms. Nisha Chandran | Open source methods and using SysBorg2.0 |
| 10:45 A.M. — 11:30 A.M. | Prof. Roman Efremov | Intrinsic structural heterogeneity of biomembranes is functionally important: a molecular modeling view.(pdf) |
| 11:30 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. | TEA | |
| 12:00 P.M. — 12:45 P.M. | Dr. Vsevolod Makeev | Improved modulon identification from bacterial expression array data using operon-based reference correlation set |
| 12:45 P.M. — 2:00 P.M. | LUNCH | |
| 2:00 P.M. — 3:00 P.M. | Round table discussion “Bioinformatics research in India and Russia: perspectives of mutual collaboration”. Sum up report. | |
November 19, 2010
Individual discussions (and other visits)
Departure.