From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Tue Aug 12 11:41:00 2014 From: "Danielle Chandler dechandl|a|ks.uiuc.edu" To: CCL Subject: CCL: Announcement: Hands-On Workshop On Computational Biophysics Message-Id: <-50395-140812103152-32750-OiUYe9P/OXPiDhYN8XMKzw^_^server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: Danielle Chandler Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 09:31:26 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Sent to CCL by: Danielle Chandler [dechandl::ks.uiuc.edu] Dear Colleagues, The Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics (www.ks.uiuc.edu), is pleased to announce the following training opportunity: "Hands-on" Workshop on Computational Biophysics http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Training/Workshop/Atlanta2014/ to be held November 3-7, 2014 at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. This workshop will explore physical models and computational approaches used for the simulation of biological systems and the investigation of their function at an atomic level. Topics covered include: using VMD and NAMD, applications of VMD and NAMD in modern research, force fields and parameterizing new molecules, simulating membrane proteins and ion channels, free energy calculations, and the use of Molecular Dynamics Flexible Fitting (MDFF) for modeling biomolecular structures based on cryo-EM density maps. Lectures in the morning will by followed by hands-on tutorials in the afternoon. The workshop is designed for researchers and students in computational and/or biophysical fields who seek to extend their research skills to include computational and theoretical expertise, as well as other researchers interested in theoretical and computational biophysics. Applications to the workshop are due by October 20, 2014, for full consideration. Selection and notification of participants from the applicant pool is ongoing through October 27. Those selected to attend must confirm participation and pay applicable registration fees. Participants are responsible for the cost of housing, and the workshop can neither fund nor arrange participant travel. All participants are required to bring their own laptop for use in workshop tutorial sessions. Due to space and equipment constraints, enrollment is limited to 24 participants. For further information, and online application, go to http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Training/Workshop/Atlanta2014/ We look forward to receiving your application! TCBG Workshop Organizers E-mail: workshop+atlanta2014,ks.uiuc.edu From owner-chemistry@ccl.net Tue Aug 12 13:33:00 2014 From: "Sergio Manzetti sergio.manzetti]^[outlook.com" To: CCL Subject: CCL: Metallo-organic vs Organometallic chemistry Message-Id: <-50396-140812095308-17831-wMe7Oitm/T2V7VoD8Vcidw=server.ccl.net> X-Original-From: "Sergio Manzetti" Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 09:53:06 -0400 Sent to CCL by: "Sergio Manzetti" [sergio.manzetti],[outlook.com] Dear CCLrs. A while a go we discussed the peculiar terminology of metallo- organic and organo-metallic chemistry. The discussion turned out with an interesting discern of that metalloorganic was referred to non-covalent interactions while organometallic was referred to covalent interactions between metals and organic components. However not this was correct either. In Crabtree's The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals Hardcover April 6, 2009 by Robert H. Crabtree (Author) The books discusses metal-organic complexes of covalent nature. In the book Metallo Organic Chemistry by Anthony J. Pearson (May 1985), the book discusses precisely the same topics. This leaves, evidently the option on that two the terminologies mean the same, and there is no onvention of when to use one, or when to you the other. Cheers Sergio