VCU Bioinformatics and Bioengineering Summer Institute
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Research Simulation
The Importance of Water Molecules
in Biomacromolecular Structure

Time: Wed-Mon, June 15 - July 20, 9:00 am - 11:30 am
Place: Biotech Park I (medical campus) Suite 212
Organizers: Glen Kellogg
Audience: Primarily 1st year students

Schedule
Tue Jun 14, 11:30
Life Sci 250
Pietro Cozzini (University of Parma)
H2O: Molecule of Life
Wed Jun 15, 9am Introduction to locating and characterizing important water molecules in proteins and/or protein-ligand cpomplexes

READING:
Fornabaio et al (2004) J Med Chem 47:4507-4516
Simple, Intuitive Calculations of Free Energy of Binding for Protein-Ligand Complexes. 3. The Free Energy Contribution of Structural Water Molecules in HIV-1 Protease Complexes

Cozzini et al (2004) Curr Med Chem 11:1345-1359
Free Energy of Ligand Binding to Protein: Evaluation of the Contribution of Water Molecules by Computational Methods
Thu Jun 16, 9am Individual identification of important water molecules
Mon Jun 20, 9am Continuation of individual work (with Micaela Fornabaio)
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