Overview

The 4th conference on Experimental and computational approaches in Molecular Medicine (ECAMM-2024) will be held from 14th to 16th October 2024 in Hanoi, Vietnam.

The ECAMM-2024 is organized by the VNU Key Laboratory for Multiscale Simulation of Complex Systems. It is sponsored by the VNU University of Science and the Institute for Computational Biomedicine (INM-9/IAS-5), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH.

The ECAMM has been a biannual activity of the Key Laboratory since 2016. The ECAMM is aimed to be an international conference for scientists in Vietnam, in the region and worldwide. Our mission is to foster scientific exchanges and to promote a high-standard level of research and education in Vietnam and foreign experts in the field of molecular medicine.

The conference will cover topics of theoretical, computational, and experimental multidisciplinary science in the following fields:

  • Novel drug design strategies
  • Neuromedicine
  • Cancer research
  • Viral diseases
  • Materials Informatics in life science
  • Machine learning in molecular science

We are looking forward to welcoming you at the conference.

The Organizing Committee.

Our goals

Computational biomedicine is at its infancy in Vietnam, yet top Vietnamese theoretical physicists, chemists, computer scientists can greatly contribute to the development of powerful tools for contributing in solving relevant problems for the human health.

The KeyLab for Multiscale Simulations of Complex Systems offers a unique chance to do outstanding research in neuromedicine, with unique perspectives of a high level career in science. The research is strongly interdisciplinary, with colleagues from Germany (IAS-5/INM-9 at Forschungzentrum Jülich) and UK (Culham Center for Fusion Energy at Abingdon) bringing in their expertise to the projects. Students and postdocs exchanges with Juelich will further foster the collaborations.

In this context, the biannual ECAMM meeting aims to offer a platform for scientists to present their research results, learn new methods, exchange ideas, make network and cooperate … in a stimulating and friendly environment.

The ECAMM covers different topics of molecular medicine, materials and life sciences … encompasing theoretical, computational and experimental oriented research.

Previous ECAMM conferences organized by the KeyLAB:

  • September 22nd - 29th, 2019. The 3rd KeyLAB international conference: the "Second training course and international workshop on multiscale biophysics computations", Hanoi, Vietnam.
  • June 27th - 29th, 2018. The 2nd KeyLAB international conference: "Recent Computational and Experimental advances in Molecular Medicine", organized as a self-contained section in collaboration with the BME7 conference, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
  • June 30th - July 01st, 2016. The 1st KeyLAB international conference: The "2016 International Workshop and Summer school in Physics – Biology – Pharmacy: Molecular Dynamics in Drug Design", Hanoi, Vietnam. The conferene is one of several scientific activities to inaugurate the establishment of the MSCS KeyLAB.

Speakers

  • Prof. Vincenzo Carnevale, Temple University, 1801 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122 (USA).
  • Prof. Ran Friedman, Linnaeus University, Department of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, 391 82 Kalmar, (Sweden).
  • Prof. Giuseppe Legname, Neurodegenerative diseases, Prion Biology Laboratory, SISSA - Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Via Bonomea, 265, 34136 Trieste, (Italy)
  • Prof. Riccardo Capelli, University of Milan (Italy)
  • Prof. Ellinor Haglund, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
  • Prof. Alejandro Giorgetti, University of Verona ITALY Institute for Neuroscience and Medicine, Computational Biomedicine (INM-9), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, VNU-KeyLab Member, Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße, 52428 Jülich, (GERMANY)
  • Prof. Giulia Rossetti, Institute for Neuroscience and Medicine, Computational Biomedicine (INM-9), Forschungszentrum Jülich, VNU-KeyLab member, Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße, 52428 Jülich, (GERMANY)
  • Prof. Tran Phuoc Duy, Tokyo Institute of Technology, School of Life Science and Technology (Japan)
  • Prof. Giorgio Colombo, University of Pavia (Italy)
  • Prof. Phuong Nguyen, Institute de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris (France)
  • Prof. Francesco Musiani, University of Bologna (Italy)
  • Prof. Paolo Carloni, Forschungszentrum Jülich & RWTH Aachen University, Germany
  • Prof. Jer-Lai Kuo, Academia Sinica (Taiwan)
  • Prof. Ke Zuo, Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences, Chongqing (China)
  • Prof. Adam Sieradzan, University of Gdańsk (Poland)
  • Prof. Francesca Spyrakis, University of Turin (Italy)
  • Prof. Shozeb Haider, University College London (UK)

Committees

Scientific Committee

Paolo Carloni

Professor
Forschungszentrum Jülich & RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Toan T. Nguyen

Professor
University of Science, Vietnam National University

Nguyen Manh Duc

Professor
Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, United Kingdom

Mai Suan Ly

Professor
Institute of Physics, Poland

Secretariat

Annachiara Berra-Krichel

Forschungszentrum Jülich

DO Thi Ngoc

University of Science, Vietnam National University

Schedule

Monday, October 14th (Room 418, Building T1)

08:00-08:30
Shuttle from Hanoi Tirant Hotel to VNU University of Science
08:45-09:00
Welcome and Introduction to the KeyLAB
Section 1:
Chair: Prof. Paolo Carloni
09:00-09:45
Paolo Carloni
Forschungszentrüm Jülich (Germany)
Multi-scale simulations of membrane proteins
09:45-10:30
Ellinor Haglund
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
Pierced Lasso Topologies: Folding, Function, and Therapeutics Potential
10:30-11:00
Coffee break
11:00-11:45
Giulia Rossetti
Forschungszentrüm Jülich (Germany)
Understanding the role of membrane in protein assembly and pharmacology
11:45-12:30
Giuseppe Legname
SISSA/ISAS, Trieste (Italy)
A novel mechanism of protein aggregates clearance in neurodegenerative diseases
12:30-14:00
Lunch
Section 2:
Chair: Prof. Paolo Carloni
14:00-14:45
Riccardo Capelli
University of Milan (Italy)
A Structure-based approach to protein-ligand binding thermodynamics and kinetics
14:45-15:30
Alejandro Giorgetti
University of Verona (Italy)
Enhancing Disease and Drug Models through Structural Systems Biology
15:30-16:00
Coffee Break
16:00-16:45
Jer-Lai Kuo
Academia Sinica (Taiwan)
Efficient first-principles exploration on the physical and chemical space of peptides and saccharides enabled by neural network potentials
16:45-17:30
Tran Phuoc Duy
Tokio Insitute of Technology (Japan)
Signal Transduction in G-protein Coupled Receptors Class A and Class C
17:30-18:15
Giorgio Colombo
University of Pavia (Italy)
Dynamics and Energy in Protein Recognition and Functional Mechanisms
19:00-20:30
Welcome Dinner (by invitations, location TBA)
20:30-21:00
Shuttle from Restaurant to Hanoi Tirant Hotel

Tuesday, October 15th (Room 401, Building T1)

08:15-08:45
Shuttle from Hanoi Tirant Hotel to VNU University of Science
Section 3:
Chair: Prof. Toan Nguyen
09:00-09:45
Vincenzo Carnevale
Temple University, Philadelphia (USA)
TBA
09:45-10:30
Mai Ngoc Xuan Dat
Center for Innovative Materials and Architectures, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Design and Modification of Porous Nanomaterials as Drug Carriers in Cancer Therapy
10:30-11:00
Coffee break
11:00-11:45
Emiliano Ippoliti
Forschungszentrüm Jülich (Germany)
Exploring new technologies for Molecular Dynamics
11:45-12:30
Phuong Nguyen
Institute de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris (France)
TBA
12:30-14:00
Lunch
Section 4:
Chair: Prof. Duc Nguyen
14:00-14:45
Francesco Musiani
University of Bologna (Italy)
Nickel trafficking in urease activation: latest results
14:45-15:30
Ke Zuo
Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences, Chongqing (China)
NEET proteins: from electronic properties to drug design
15:30-16:15
Adam Sieradzan
University of Gdańsk (Poland)
The unified coarse-grained model
16:15-16:45
Coffee Break
16:45-17:30
Francesca Spyrakis
University of Turin (Italy)
Design of novel NLRP3 allosteric inhibitors to fight neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration
17:30-18:15
Shozeb Haider
University College London (UK)
Non-Equilibrium Dynamics of SOAT enzymes
18:45-20:30
Gala Dinner (HUS Canteen, VNU University of Science)
20:30-21:00
Shuttle from VNU University of Science to Hanoi Tirant Hotel

Wednesday, October 16th (Room 418, Building T1)

08:15-08:45
Shuttle from Hanoi Tirant Hotel to VNU University of Science
Section 5:
Chair: Prof. Francesca Spyrakis
09:00-09:45
Toan The Nguyen
VNU University of Science , Hanoi (Vietnam)
Machine learning approaches to computational biophysics and biomedicine at the Key Laboratory for Multiscale simulation of Complex Systems
09:45-10:30
Ran Friedman
Linnaeus University, Kalmar (Sweden)
Computer simulations to understand drug resistance in cancer
10:30-10:45
Ivy Vo
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (USA)
Enzymatic wound care revolution: Engineering SOD variants for rapid skin restoration
10:45-11:00
Paolo Carloni
Forschungszentrüm Jülich (Germany)
Concluding remakrs

Venue

University of Science, Vietnam National University - Hanoi
334 Nguyen Trai Street, Thuong Dinh, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam
Phone: (+84) 243 858 4615
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