Significance of Knotted Structures for Function of Proteins and Nucleic Acids

The Biophysical Society, in association with the Polish Biophysical Society, hosted a meeting on the significance of knotted structures for functions of proteins and nucleic acids that was held at the University of Warsaw. Attracting both experimentalists and theoreticians in the fields of biophysics, biology, and mathematics, this meeting will explored topics related to knotting, linking, and general entanglement in proteins and nucleic acids, and their relationship to folding and function.

The focus was on using physical principles to understand how nature controls tangling and untangling in both proteins and nucleic acids, with focus on understanding the consequences for function of those biomolecules.

Event Organizers

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Program Commitee

• Wilma Olson, Rutgers University, USA
• Jose Onuchic, Rice University, USA
• Matthias Rief, Technical University of Munich, Germany
• Joanna Sulkowska, University of Warsaw, Poland
• Sarah Woodson, Johns Hopkins University, USA

Local Organizers

• Krsysztof Bryl, University of Warmia and Mazury, Poland
• Sebastain Kmiecik, University of Warsaw, Poland
• Andrzej Kolinski, University of Warsaw, Poland
• Alicja Kurcinska, Secretary, University of Warsaw, Poland
• Monika Pietrzak, University of Warmia and Mazury, Poland
• Joanna Sulkowska, University of Warsaw, Poland
• Mariusz Szabelski, University of Warmia and Mazury, Poland
• Zbigniew Wieczorek, University of Warmia and Mazury, Poland