MATH/CHEM/COMP 2004 Program


Program of the Nineteenth International Course & Conference on the Interfaces among Mathematics, Chemistry & Computer Sciences



Sunday, June 20, 2004

 

 

 

20:00–23:00 REGISTRATION & WELCOME DRINKreception desk, Hotel Lero, Dubrovnik, Iva Vojnovića 14

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Monday, June 21, 2004

 

9:00-10:00 REGISTRATION Inter-University Centre

Dubrovnik, Don Frana Bulića 4

 

 

9:30-9:45 OPENING CEREMONY

 

Ivo Banac, Director of the Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik

Berta Dragičević, Secretary of the Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik

Dražen VIKIĆ-TOPIĆ, President of the Scientific Council of the Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb

Ante Graovac, Director of the MCC 2004

 

ADDRESS IN HONOUR OF DR. EDWARD C. KIRBY FOLLOWED BY HIS LECTURE

 

Chairman: Darko Butina

 

9:45-10:15

Edward C. Kirby

Memoire of a slightly schizophrenic graph theorist

10:15-10:30= Coffee Break

 

Morning Session: Session on Chemoinformatics (organized by Darko Butina)

 

Chairman: Edward C. Kirby

 

10:30-11:10

Gerrit Schüürmann     

Quantum Chemical Parameters for Structure‑Activity Relationships – Mechanistic Interpretation and Dependence  on the Level of Theory

11:10-11:30

Darko Butina

Performance of Kier-Hall e-states descriptors in QSAR of multi‑functional molecules

11:30-11:50

Matevž Pompe, Milan Randić

Anti-connectivity in QSAR studies

11:50-12:10  = Coffee Break

 

Morning Session: Session on Drug Design (organized by Darko Butina) Part I

 

Chairman: Hrvoj Vančik

 

12:10-12:50

Jürgen Harter

Connecting Biology & Chemistry - Using Ontologies

 

 

12:50

Wine & Cheese Party  in honour of Dr. Edward C. Kirby

 


 

 

Afternoon Session: Session on Drug Design (organized by Darko Butina) Part II

 

Chairman: Mira Grdiša

 

16:00-16:30

Donatella Verbanac, Dubravko Jelić, Sanja Koštrun, Višnja Stepanić, Dinko Žiher    

Quo vadis drug discovery?

16:30-17:00

Darko Butina                                                                                       

Use of chemical similarity in drug discovery

 

17:00-17:10 Break

 

Afternoon Session: Session on Drug Testing (organized by Mira Grdiša & Paško Konjevoda)

 

Chairman: Donatella Verbanac

 

17:10-17:30

Mira Grdiša

PROTEIN TRANSDUCTION AS A TOOL FOR DELIVERING OF DRUGS INTO THE CELLS

17:30-17:50

Dorian Tješić-Drinković, Nikola Štambuk, Duška Tješić-Drinković,

Paško Konjevoda, Biserka Pokrić

Met-enkephalin  effects on  the histamine induced bronchoconstriction in guinea-pigs

17:50-18:10

Irena Mudri, Slobodan Rendić, Paško Konjevoda

Analysis and planing of experiments with enzyme inhibitors

18:10-18:30

Mohammad J. Pourvaghar

The Effect of a Certain Activity on Triglyceride and Cholesterol Blood Serum

 

 

18:30 GUIDED CITY TOUR  - meeting point in front of the Inter‑University Centre (IUC) building, Don Frana Bulića 4


 

 

 


 

Tuesday, June 22, 2004

 

Morning Session: Session on Bioinformatics: Structural Biology (organized by István Simon and

Peter F. Stadler) Part I

 

Chairman: István Simon

 

8:30-9:10

Jürgen Sühnel                                                                                       
New Insights into Protein Structure form Structural Bioinformatics Approaches

9:10-9:50

András Fiser

Protein structure modeling and the Protein Structure Initiative

9:50-10:10   = Coffee Break

 

Chairman: András Fiser

 

10:10-10:50

Éva Tüdős, István Simon

Redox state of residue Cys: which kind of information is stored in the
sequential vicinity of these residues?

10:50-11:10

Christina Witwer, Ivo L. Hofacker, Peter F. Stadler          

Prediction of Consensus RNA Secondary Structures  Including Pseudoknots

11:10-11:40

Davor Juretić, Paško Županović

Enzyme evolution and entropy production

11:40-11:50   = Coffee Break

 

Chairman: Paško Konjevoda

 

11:50-12:20

Jörg Reichardt, Stefan Bornholdt, Peter Ahnert

Managing the Complexity of Biomedical Information

 

Course

 

Chairman: Jürgen Harter

 

12:20-13:00

Hrvoj Vančik

Course in Philosophy of Chemistry

 


 

 

Afternoon Session: Session on Bioinformatics: Structural Biology (organized by István Simon and Peter F. Stadler) Part II

Course

 

Chairman: Nikola Štambuk

 

16:00-17:30

Ivo Hofacker

A tutorial on RNA Secondary Structure Prediction

 

Afternoon Session: Graph Theory Part I

 

Chairman: Aleksander Vesel

 

17:30-17:50

Sandi Klavžar, Petra Žigert

Fibonacci cubes are the resonance graphs of fibonaccenes

 

17:50-18:50 Poster Disscussion & Refreshments

 

Moderator: Josef LeydolD

 

 

21:30  Concert dedicated to Dr. Edward C. Kirby  in happy celebration of his birthday

Nataša Klasinc-Lončar & Miroslav Lončar, Guitar Duo

Hotel Lero, Iva Vojnovića 14


 

 

 

Poster Session: Posters given below are exhibited from morning of Tuesday, June 22, and are open for discussion between 17:50-18:50. After that posters should be removed.

Moderator: Josef LeydolD

 

Carsten Baldauf, Robert Günther, Hans‑Jörg Hofmann        

Side Chain Control of Folding into Mixed Peptide Helices

 

Stephan H. F. Bernhart, Ivo L. Hofacker, Peter F. Stadler   

PM_Match - A new way to align RNA structures

 

Neva  Bešker, Claudio Anselmi, Pasquale De Santis   

Systematic Search of Possible Compact Nucleosome Structures

 
Michael Clausen, Axel Mosig        
A Generic Framework for Geometrically Matching Molecular Shapes
 

Claudia Fried, Peter Ahnert, Peter F. Stadler

Distribution of SNPs in Genes, Phylogenetic Footprints and Non‑Coding Regions

 

Ana Jerončić, Davor Juretić        

Database of pore domain models from cationic channels

 

Jelena Kašnar-Šamprec, Ljubica Glavaš-Obrovac, Marina Pavlak, Nikola Štambuk, Paško Konjevoda, Biserka Žinić

Synthesis, Spectroscopic Characterization and Biological Activity of N-1-Sulfonylcytosine Derivatives

 

Sandra Kraljević, Nikola Štambuk, Marijeta Kralj, Paško Konjevoda

Met-enkephalin and Naloxone Effects on Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cell Lines

 

Matthias Kruspe, Dirk Drasdo       

Evolution of artificial gene regulation networks for the control of cell‑motion and cell‑cell‑interaction

 

Ivana Lojkić, Paško Konjevoda, Zdenko Biđin, Biserka Pokrić            

The differentiation of virus strains by restriction enzyme analysis and determination of strain similarities

 

Ulrike Mückstein, Kurt Grünberger

Shadows and Intersections of RNA Secondary Structure

 

Stefan Müller, Christoph Flamm, Peter Schuster     

A Minimal Model for Gene Regulatory Networks

 

Debnath Pal, Manfred S. Weiss, Jürgen Sühnel            

The Nest/Egg Motif in Proteins

 

Piotr Romiszowski, Andrzej Sikorski
Computer simulation of polypeptide motion 
 
Piotr Romiszowski, Andrzej Sikorski             
Static and dynamic properties of branched polymers 

 

Camille Stephan‑Otto Attolini, Peter F. Stadler

Evolving towards the hypercycle

 

Roman R. Stocsits, Ivo L. Hofacker, Peter F. Stadler           

Alignments of Partly Coding Regions: The code2aln – Project

 

Nikola Štambuk, Duška Tješić-Drinković, Ana Votava-Raić, Paško Konjevoda, Dorian Tješić‑Drinković, Lana Mađerčić

Molecular Modelling of  Bioactive Gluten Peptides and Related T-cell Receptors

 

Andrea Tanzer, Peter Stadler        

Statistical evidence for specific expansion of the miRNA repertoire in vertebrates

 

Paško Županović, Edita Zenčić, Davor Juretić, Srećko Botrić

                Stationary processes in dilute gases and the maximum entropy production principle

 

 

 

 

 



 

Wednesday, June 23, 2004

 

Morning Session: Session on Bioinformatics: Sequences & Phylogeny (organized by

István Simon and Peter F. Stadler) Part III

 

Chairman: Davor Juretić

 

8:30-8:55

Daniel Merkle, Martin Middendorf

Combines Phylogenies: Hosts and their Parasites

8:55-9:20

Matthias Bernt, Daniel Merkle, Martin Middendorf           

Solving the Multiple Genome Rearrangement Problem with Common Intervals

9:20-9:40

Nikola Štambuk, Paško Konjevoda, Nikola Gotovac

New Binary Algorithm for the Prediction of Protein Folding Types

9:40-10:00   = Coffee Break

 

Chairman: Vladimir A. Ostrovskii

 

10:00-10:40

Peter F. Stadler

Gene Phylogenies of non‑coding RNAs

10:40-11:00

Jörg Galle, Gernot Schaller     

Quantitative individual based models of multicellular growth processes?

11:00-11:20

Sonja Prohaska

Relative Rate Tests for Conserved Non‑Coding Sequences

 

Morning Session: Mathematical Chemistry & Physics

 

Chairman: Leo Klasinc

 

11:20-12:00

Howard M. Lee

Love in van der Waals equation

 

 

12:00  EXCURSION   - meeting point in front of the Inter‑University Centre (IUC) building, Don Frana Bulića 4

 

 

 

 



 

Thursday, June 24, 2004

 

Morning Session: Session on Bioinformatics: Bridge to Graph Theory (organized by

István Simon and Peter F. Stadler) Part IV

 

Chairman: Peter F. Stadler

 

8:30-9:00

Milan Randić                  

Novel Graphical Representations of DNA Sequences as a Map

9:00-9:30

Željko Bajzer, Milan Randić        

Graph-theoretic approach to characterizaton of proteome maps

9:30-9:50 = Coffee Break

 

Morning Session: Graph Theory: Bridge to Nanosciences (organized by Ante Graovac) Part II

 

Chairman: Tomislav Živković

 

9:50-10:20

Erwin Lijnen, Arnout Ceulemans              

Generation and symmetry classification  of 2‑cell embeddings:  A method to predict new molecular structures

10:20-10:50

István László

Topological description of single-wall carbon nanotube junctions

10:50-11:10  = Coffee Break

 

Morning Session: Quantum Chemistry & Physics   Part I

 

Chairman: Milan Randić

 

11:10-11:40

Milorad Milun

Quantization of electrons in ultrathin metallic films
11:40-12:10

Robert Ponec, Gleb Yuzhakov, David L. Cooper

Electron reorganization in chemical reactions. Strucural chenges from the analysis of bond order profiles

12:10-12:40

Tomislav P. Živković                                                                           

Exact treatment of the interaction of an isolated state with the known infinite‑dimensional quantum system


 

 

 

Afternoon Session: Quantum Chemistry & Physics   Part II

 

Chairman: Milorad Milun

 

16:00-16:40

Jerzy Cioslowski, Katarzyna Pernal

Density Matrix Functional Theor

 

16:40-17:00 Break

 

Chairman: Robert Ponec

 

17:00-17:30

Veljko zlatić

Thermoelectric properties of heavy fermions

17:30-18:00

Ghorban Ali Moghani, Ali Reza Ashrafi

SYMMETRY PROPERIES OF SOME MOLECULES

 

 18:00-19:00  Poster Disscussion & Refreshments

 

Moderator: Damir Vukičević

 

 

21:00 Conference Dinner, YACHT CLUB ORSAN, Ivana Zajca 2


 

 

 

Poster Session: Posters given below are exhibited from morning of Thursday, June 24, and are open for discussion between 18:00-19:00. After that posters should be removed.

 

Moderator: Damir Vukičević

 

Yoganand Balagurunathan,  Stanislav Frančišković-Bilinski

Granulometric roundness parameter determined on model and natural sediment grains, suggested as a possible sphericity index

 

Halka Bilinski, Stanislav Frančišković-Bilinski, Darko Hanžel, Gábor Szalontai, László Horvath

Comparative methods for characterization of alumino‑silicates in stream sediments

 

Tomislav Biljan, Zlatko Meić, Sanda Rončević

                Non-vibrational features in NIR FTRaman spectra of lanthanide sesquioxides

 

Tomislav Cvitaš, Nenad Kezele, Leo Klasinc, Matevž Pompe, Glenda Šorgo, Marjan Veber           

Frequency analysis of long term

 
Marco D´ Abramo, Alfredo Di Nola, Massimiliano Aschi , Andrea Amadei

Calculation of the Optical Rotatory Dispersion of solvated molecules by means of the Perturbed Matrix Method

 

Gergely Dezső, Imre Bálint, Iván Gyémánt

Simultaneous optimization of exactly N-representable density matrix and its geminal basis

 

Saša Kazazić, Leo Klasinc, Bogdan Kralj, Dunja Srzić, Ljerka Tušek‑Božić, Dušan Žigon

Investigation of liquid and gas phase ligation of metal ions with crown ethers by mass spectrometry

 

Edward C. Kirby                                                                                                         

On visualizing carbon cages

 

Bono Lučić, Dragan Amić, Marjana Novič, Damir Nadramija, Ivan Bašic           

Improved structure-toxicity relationships for aquatic toxicity of environmental pollutants

 

Bono Lučić, Damir Nadramija, Ivan Bašic, Dean Nasteski, Dragan Amić, Nenad Trinajstić

Simplified structure-solubility relationships for early ADME evaluation in drug discovery

 

Ante Miličević, Sonja Nikolić, Nenad Trinajstić

Coding and Ordering Kekulé Structures

 

Svetlana  E. Morozova, Andrei V. Komissarov, Kirill  A. Esikov, Vladimir A. Ostrovskii

Acidity of linear polycyclic tetrazole compounds

 

Sonja Nikolić, Marica Medić-Šarić, Julija Matijević-Sosa, Marko Puzović

QSAR Study of Phthalimide Derivatives

Alen Orbanić, Marko Boben, Gašper Jaklič, Tomaz Pisanski 

Algorithms for drawing polyhedra from 3‑connected planar graphs

 

Igor Pesek, Aleksandar Vesel                                                                                 

Drawing the resonance graphs of catacondensed benzenoid graphs

 

Milan Randić, Nabamita Basak, Dejan Plavšić

Novel Graphical Matrix and Distance‑Based Molecular Descriptors

 

Nenad Raos

Estimation of Stability of Coordination Compounds by Overlapping Spheres Method

 

Guillermo Restrepo, José L. Villaveces        
From Dendrograms to Topology

 

Vilko Smrečki, Norbert Müller

                DFT Calculation of NMR CSA Tensors

 

Kurt Varmuza, Wilhelm Demuth, Heinz Scsibrany

Binary substructure descriptors for organic compound

 

 

 

 

 



 

Friday, June 25, 2004

 

Morning Session: Modelling in Sciences

 

Chairman: Janez Žerovnik

 

9:00-9:30

Alina A. Suzko

Exactly Solvable Models for Investigation of Dynamica

9:30-10:00

Matevž Bren, Vladimir Batagelj

MixeR package for compositional data analysis

10:00-10:20

Stanislav Frančišković‑Bilinski

A mathematical model relating stream sediment geochemistry and the Kupa River drainage basin lithology

10:20-10:50

Victor S. Adamchik

Integrals associated with the Potts model

10:50-11:10 = Coffee Break

 

Morning Session: Drawings & Languages

 

Chairman: Dejan Plavšić

 

11:10-11:40

Milan Randić                                                                                         

Universal Languags of the Past and the Present

11:40-12:00 = Coffee Break

 

Morning Session: Graph Theory: Drawings & Chemistry Part III

 

Chairman: Ivo Hofacker

 

12:00-12:30

Marko Boben,  Alen Orbanić, Tomaž Pisanski

Drawing graphs on torus

12:30-13:00

Aleksander Vesel

CHARACTERIZATION OF THE RESONANCE GRAPHS OF CATACONDENSED HEXAGONAL GRAPHS

 

 

13:00  IUC Reception, Inter‑University Centre, Don Frana Bulića 4

 


 

 

 

Afternoon Session: Chemistry & Spectroscopy

 

Chairman: Nenad Raos

 

16:00-16:30

Attila G. Császár, Viktor Szalay, Gábor Czakó

First-principles rovibrational spectroscopy

16:30-16:50

Urban Bren, Jože Koller, Milan Hodošček

Optimization of Empirical Force Field Parameters for Netropsin

 

16:50-17:00 Break

 

Chairman: Attila G. Császár

 

17:00-17:30

Vladimir A. Ostrovskii

New horizon of tetrazol chemistry

17:30-18:00

Tomislav Cvitaš, Leo Klasinc, Nenad Kezele, Sean P. McGlynn, William A. Pryor             

How dangerous is surfacial ozone?

 

 

21:00     Concert dedicated to Dr. Edward C. Kirby  in happy celebration of his birthday

Mateo KATULIĆ, Bass-Baritone & Diana Haller, Piano

Hotel Lero, Iva Vojnovića 14

 

 

 

 

 



 

Saturday, June 26, 2004

 

Morning Session: Graph Theory: Applications to Chemistry Part IV

 

Chairman: Nenad Trinajstić

 

9:00-9:20

Josef Leydold, Türker Biyikoglu             

Faber-Krahn Type Inequalities for Trees

9:20-9:50

Janez Žerovnik

On modified Wiener indices

9:50-10:10

Damir Vukičević, Ante Graovac

Valence Connectivity Versus Randić, Zagreb and Modified Zagreb Index: A Linear Algorithm to Check Discriminative Properties of Indices in Acyclic Molecular Graphs

10:10-10:30

Damir Vukičević, Ivan Gutman

Almost all Trees and Chemical Trees Have Equiseparable Mates

 

 

10:30        CLOSING OF THE MEETING