First NGP-NET Symposium on Non-Globular Proteins

Porto will receive from 6th to 9th October 2015 the fisrt NGP-NET Symposium on Non-Globular Proteins. The meeting organization committee is headed by IBMC's researcher Sandra Macedo Ribeiro.
It is estimated that non-globular regions (NGR) or non-globular proteins (NGP) of unknown function encompass approximately 38% of all amino acid residues in the human proteome. The interest of the scientific community in NGPs has increased recently mostly because of growing evidence that these proteins, which defy the traditional sequence-structure-function paradigm, are central to cellular function and associated with many human diseases.

The program for the symposium will cover different aspects of NGRs and NGPs, which due to their intrinsic flexibility and dynamics may assume different shapes. Experimentally, the peculiar nature of NGPs requires a highly specialized plethora of integrated methodologies, while a systematic approach for their classification is mandatory. A panel of invited speakers will present their expert perspectives on NGPs classification, intrinsic disorder, repeat proteins and protein aggregation. This exciting program will be complemented by aYoung Investigators Forum where research highlights and opportunities for young scientists in this field will be amply discussed. Additionally, there will be excellent opportunities for attendees to present their research, both in poster sessions or as oral presentations selected from the poster abstracts.

Call for abstracts will be open from 15th July 2015 until 14th September 2015. The meeting will include three poster sessions as part of the program, during which participants will have the opportunity to introduce and attract attention to their work. In this way, we expect to stimulate lively discussions and exchange of ideas.

Registration and more information: http://www.ibmc.up.pt/ngpnet/