The NSBM cordially invites you to visit its fall meeting November 26 2012. During the meeting, the floor will be given to PhD students and postdocs who study protein structure and/or structural bioinformatics or related topics (see a list below). The main topic for this year’s meeting will be: */“Dissecting and designing interactions”/* As guest speaker, *Dr. Carlos Camacho*of Pittsburgh University, USA, will give a lecture on an "Interactive and efficient discovery tool of small molecule protein-protein interaction antagonists". ** * * *Abstract Format* Abstracts should be limited to a maximum of 10 lines, with 12-pt font and single-spaced text, giving a short description of the research done. Please include a title in bold. The name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s) should follow the title. The opportunity will be given to present a poster, though this is not mandatory. If you wish to present a poster, please indicate so. *Abstract Submission* All abstracts, should be submitted electronically in MSWord via e-mail attachment to science.secr.nmr@uu.nl <mailto:science.secr.nmr@uu.nl>with as subject line /“NSBMmeeting 2012”/. The deadline for receipt of all abstracts is November 5^th 2012. Selected candidates will be notified no later than November 13^th 2012. Presentations will be 20 min, including a 5 min discussion. Starting PhD students are particularly encouraged to present their research. For questions regarding the abstract or meeting please contact Gerry Nicolaes, +31-(0)43 3881688, g.nicolaes@maastrichtuniversity.nl <mailto:g.nicolaes@maastrichtuniversity.nl> *Registration* Registration can be made free of charge via e-mail to science.secr.nmr@uu.nl <mailto:science.secr.nmr@uu.nl>with as subject line /“NSBMmeeting 2012”/. A lunch and coffee/tea breaks will be provided for. Should a lack of funding be a hurdle for visiting the NSBM Spring Meeting, please contact prof. Gert Vriend at vriend@cmbi.ru.nl <mailto:vriend@cmbi.ru.nl>so that an arrangement can be made.** ** *Topics for presentations may include, but are not limited to:* ** • Computational Biology and Bioinformatics • Computer-aided drug design • Drug design and drug discovery • Grid computing • Homology modelling • Molecular and supramolecular dynamics • Molecular modeling and simulation • Mutational analysis • Protein crystallography • Protein NMR • Protein structure analysis • Protein structure prediction • Protein-protein interactions • Protein-small molecules interaction • Protein software design • Proteomics • Structural bioinformatics • Structure-function analysis • Text mining & information extraction • Virtual screening Conference Chairs: *Prof. Dr. Alexandre Bonvin*, professor of Computational Structural Biology and *Dr. Gerry Nicolaes*, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht -- Barbara van Kampen CMBI 260 Radboud University Nijmegen-Medical Centre / NCMLS CMBI Office / Room 0.02 PO Box 9101 Geert-Grooteplein 26-28 6500 HB Nijmegen 6525 GA Nijmegen Phone: +31(0)24 36 19390 Fax: +31 (0)24 36 19395 www.cmbi.ru.nl