Genome Biophysics: Integrating Genomics and Biophysics to Understand Structural and Functional Aspects of Genomes - Santa Cruz 2018

Genome Biophysics: Integrating Genomics and Biophysics to Understand Structural and Functional Aspects of Genomes is organized by Biophysical Society and will be held from Aug 19 - 24, 2018 at Chaminade Resort & Spa, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America.

Course Description:
This meeting aims to bring together scientists across disciplines to explore the long-overdue application of biophysical methods in genomics, emphasizing structural and functional aspects of genome and transcriptome dynamics. The program will cover a wide range of topics including: extremophile genomes, highly compact genomes, circular and micro RNAs, DNA viruses and viroids, just to name a few.

Genomic tools are becoming essential in molecular and personalized medicine by virtue of their capacity to analyze diversity within the human genome. Whereas genomic variability at the sequence level is manifestly involved in health and diseases of organisms, little is known about the roles that such variability play in the physical organization of genomes. We are looking forward to a highly collaborative meeting.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.