Despite progress with experimental high-throughput techniques for the analysis of protein-protein interactions, bioinformatics, molecular modeling and simulation can play important roles in determining the stability and the structure of protein complexes, in identifying weak transient interactions, in understanding the role of non-functional interactions in a crowed molecular environment and in analyzing dynamic protein interaction networks.

This meeting aims at defining the present strengths and weaknesses in this rapidly growing field. The conference will bring together renowned scientists working in bioinformatics, molecular modeling and molecular simulation and it will be an occasion to discuss and open new perspectives in the field.

The meeting addresses a large public, including students. The meeting is organized within the framework of the French action “Future Investments in Bioinformatics” - MAPPING Project.

Patrick ALOY – Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Spain

Alexandre BONVIN – Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Alan COOPER – University of Glasgow, UK

Matteo Dal PERARO – École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

Juan FERNANDEZ-RECIO - Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain

Emmanuel LEVY – Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Rama RANGANATHAN – University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, USA

Gideon SCHREIBER – Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Eugene SHAKHNOVICH – Harvard University, USA

Zhiping WENG – University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA

Shoshana WODAK – University of Toronto, Canada

Martin ZACHARIAS – Technische Universität München, Germany

Alessandra CARBONE – LCQB – CNRS-UPMC, Paris, France
Richard LAVERY – IBCP – CNRS-Université de Lyon, France
François PENIN – IBCP – CNRS-Université de Lyon, France
Sophie SACQUIN-MORA – IBPC – CNRS, Paris, France