Scientific Programme

9.30-10.00   Welcome

10.00-11.00   Peter Stockley, The Astbury Centre for structural molecular biology, Leeds University

                      Coupling viral assembly with RNA folding

11.00-11.30   Coffee

11.30-12.15   Kasper Peeters, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Durham University

                     Intriguing patterns in virus capsid vibrations

12.45- 2.00   Lunch

2.00- 2.45    Eric Dykeman, York Centre for Complex Systems Analysis, York University

                     Atomistic calculations of the low frequency vibrational modes of tubular and icosahedral viral capsids

2.45- 3.30   Paul Yeo, Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University

                     The inside story of the Mononegavirales : Can you model it?

3.30- 4.15    Tom McLeish, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research, Durham University

                      Can protein dimers produce opposite effects from identical causes?

4.15- 4.45    Coffee

4.45- 5.45   Ard Louis, Rudolph Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford

                     Positive design for self-assembly: From colloids to viruses to DNA nanostructures