School on Biological Physics and Biomolecular Simulations

April 14-19, 2025

ICTP-SAIFR, São Paulo, Brazil

ICTP-SAIFR/IFT-UNESP

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The re-emergence of Machine Learning (ML) in the last decade has started to revolutionize the way we think about science, technology, and even our everyday lives. ML has rapidly become a significant part of research across all scientific areas, including the physical sciences. This school attempts to capture the recent excitement about ML in general and for biophysical and biomolecular systems in particular, addressing participants with various backgrounds ranging from biology or biotechnology to physics.

The school’s purpose is threefold: a) to provide a theoretical foundation from the physicists’ perspective, b) to cross-pollinate different theoretical, experimental, and computational approaches, and c) to develop an overarching perspective that would tie together the various phenomena from biomolecular simulation and electrostatic interactions on the molecular scale to collective behavior of macroscopic biological entities in a unified approach within an ML framework.

There is no registration fee and limited funds are available for travel and local expenses.

This school will be preceded by the II Brazilian Workshop on Soft Matter from April 7-11.

Organizers:

  • Fernando Luís Barroso da Silva (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
  • Ralf Eichhorn (Nordita, Sweden)

 

Click HERE for online application
Application deadline: February 1, 2025

Lecturers

Lecturers

  • Cecilia Clementi (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany): Design of protein models with machine learning
  • Fernanda Selingardi Matias (Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil): Biological neural networks
  • Rosangela Itri (IFUSP, Brazil): Experimental techniques in structural biophysics
  • Oliver Lieleg (Technical University of Munich, Germany): Machine learning approaches for biomolecular and biophysical research
  • Shaker Chuck Farah (IQUSP, Brazil): Proteins and nucleic acids: basic concepts and challenges?
  • Fernando Barroso (FCFRP/USP, Brazil): Constant-pH simulation methods for biomolecular systems: the physics behind it
  • Ralf Eichhorn (Nordita, Sweden): Introduction to Machine Learning

Registration

Click HERE for online application
Application deadline: February 1, 2025

Program

TBA

 The schedule might be changed.

Additional Information

Attention! Some participants in ICTP-SAIFR activities have received email from fake travel agencies asking for credit card information. All communication with participants will be made by ICTP-SAIFR staff using an e-mail “@ictp-saifr.org”. We will not send any mailings about accommodation that require a credit card number or any sort of deposit.

BOARDING PASS: All participants, whose travel has been provided or will be reimbursed by ICTP-SAIFR, should bring the boarding pass  upon registration. The return boarding pass (PDF, if online check-in, scan or picture, if physical) should be sent to secretary@ictp-saifr.org by e-mail.

COVID-19: Brazilians and foreigners no longer have to present proof of vaccination before entering the country.

Visa information: Nationals from several countries in Latin America and Europe are exempt from tourist visa. Nationals from Australia, Canada and USA are exempt from tourist visa until April 10, 2025. Please check here which nationals need a tourist visa to enter Brazil.

Accommodation: Participants, whose accommodation will be provided by the institute, will stay at The Universe Flat. Hotel recommendations are available here.

Poster presentation: Participants who are presenting a poster MUST BRING A PRINTED BANNER . The banner size should be at most 1 m (width) x 1,5 m (length). We do not accept A4 or A3 paper. Click here to see what a banner looks like: http://designplast.ind.br/produtos/detalhe/impressao-digital/banner/119/9