Robertson Symposium
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FRONTIERS OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION
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Research School of Biological Sciences
Australian National University
Canberra, 27-29 January 1993
Molecular biology, the "new biology", lies at the heart of genetic
engineering and other advances that affect our welfare. Molecular biology
is also revolutionizing our understanding of evolution. Questions such
as where and when did human beings first appear? and where and how did
the AIDS virus arise? are now intertwined with the goal of understanding
the structure and function of biological macromolecules. The study of the
origins and changes of these macromolecules, especially DNA, RNA and
proteins, forms the new science of molecular evolution.
The programme and speakers as follows.
RUBISCO
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Paul Curmi University of NSW
"Structural & Dynamic Transitions in Rubisco:
A Comparison of Activated and Non-Activated Forms"
Steven Gutteridge DuPont, Delaware
"Mechanistic Implications of some High Resolution Structures of
Ribulose-P2 Carboxylase/Oxygenase from the Cyanobacterium
Synechococcus PCC6301"
Matthew Morell ANU
To be advised
A SUPERFAMILY OF MEMBRANE TRANSPORTER
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Carl Doige UC Berkeley
"Structural and Functional Studies of the Histidine Permease:
A Model System for the Superfamily of Traffic ATPases"
Chris Higgins Oxford
To be advised
Tony Howells ANU
"Structure/Function Studies on the ATP-Binding Transmembrane
Permeases Involved in Drosophila Eye Pigmentation"
PROTEIN STRUCTURE; DETERMINATION AND PREDICTION
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Lisa Palmer Biosym
"A comparison of the structural homology between HIV-1 PR and
other members of the aspartyl protease family"
Gregory Petsko Brandeis
To be advised
Willy Taylor Mill Hill
"Protein structure prediction"
HUMAN ORIGINS
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Simon Easteal ANU
To be advised
Masatoshi Nei Penn. State
To be advised
Naoyuki Takahata Mishima
"On the origin of modern Homo sapiens"
EMERGING VIRUSES
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Charles Calisher Colorado State
"Recent Opportunities for the Emergence or Reemergence
(if not the evolution) of Viruses"
Fernando Garcia-Arenal Madrid
"Emergence of New Plant Virus Systems: Two Examples"
Paul Sharp Dublin
"Origins and evolution of AIDS viruses"
EVOLUTION OF DEVELOPMENTAL REGULATORY GENES
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Donna Cohen ANU
"Transcription Factor AP-1: A Universal Regulator From
Yeast to Mammals."
Richard Harvey Walter & Eliza Hall Institute
To be advised
David Miller James Cook
"Homeobox gene structure and organization in the lower metazoa"
Nipam Patel Carnegie
"A molecular analysis of the evolution of insect segmentation"
Rob Saint University of Adelaide
"Molecular evolution of cell cycle genes"
SEQUENCE ANALYSIS AND PHYLOGENETIC RECONSTRUCTION
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Lloyd Allison Monash
"Estimating Parameters and Evolutionary Distances in
the Inference of Evolutionary Trees"
Dan Faith CSIRO Wildlife
"Methods in phylogenetic reconstruction"
David Green ANU
"The Chicken or the Egg - The How and Why of Multiple
Sequence Alignment."
Alex Reisner ANGIS
"The role of networks and databases in sequence analysis"
Mike Steel Christchurch
"Spectral analysis - a new approach for tree reconstruction"
THE MOLECULAR TREE OF LIFE
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Mark Chase Chapel Hill
To be advised
Charles Marshall UCLA
"The relative importance of molecular and morphological data
in understanding the evolutionary relationships among animals"
Erko Stackebrandt University of Queensland
To be advised
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Robertson Symposium: Frontiers of Molecular Evolution
27-29 January 1993
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ACCOMMODATION
For participants requiring accommodation during the conference
on-campus rooms are available in Bruce Hall, one of the residential
colleges. Single Rooms only, $32 Bed and Breakfast. Hotel/motel
accommodation can be organised if requested.
REGISTRATION
Registration fees to cover lunches, morning and afternoon tea, and
the conference dinner, will be A$100 (students $60).
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RSBS, ANU
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Canberra ACT 2601 Fax: 61 6 249 4437
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