<div dir="ltr">CECAM Tutorial "Hybrid Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics (QM/MM) Approaches to Biochemistry and Beyond" <div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"> February 9-13, 2015, Lausanne (Switzerland) <a href="http://www.cecam.org/workshop-1191.html*" target="_blank">http://www.cecam.org/workshop-1191.html</a> We are pleased to announce the third CECAM tutorial "Hybrid Quantum Mechanics / Molecular Mechanics (QM/MM) Approaches to Biochemistry and Beyond" that will take place in Lausanne, from February 9th to 13th, 2015. The objective of the tutorial is to make neophytes familiar with QM/MM interfaces that are nowadays generally part of major computer codes but that are still often regarded as (and used as) mysterious objects. Attendants of the present tutorial will be instructed to select a specific QM/MM set-up depending on the particular system and specific problem they want to study. The tutorial consists of lectures in the mornings and computer exercises in the afternoon; we shall use the CP2K (<a href="http://www.CP2K.org/" target="_blank">http://www.CP2K.org/</a> <<a href="http://www.CP2K.org" target="_blank">http://www.CP2K.org</a>>) and CPMD (<a href="http://www.CPMD.org/" target="_blank">http://www.CPMD.org/</a> <<a href="http://www.CPMD.org" target="_blank">http://www.CPMD.org</a>>) codes in the exercise sessions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ <div> Specific topics being covered: * How to set-up a QM/MM system: * From pristine crystallographic coordinates to the setup for dynamical simulations. * Practical aspects of QM/MM simulations (QM size, classical equilibration, QM-MM border) * QM/MM Hamiltonian and calculation of forces * Interactions between the QM and MM subsystems * Molecular dynamics within QM/MM * Advanced techniques (Combining QM/MM with TD-DFT and metadynamics) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The tutorial is intended for a maximum of 30 participants; the attendants are required to have at least a basic knowledge of static optimisation techniques and classical/first principles molecular dynamics. Further information can be obtained and the application for participation made at the CECAM web site <a href="http://www.cecam.org/workshop-1191.html" target="_blank">http://www.cecam.org/workshop-1191.html</a> Please include a motivation for your participation, explanation of your experience and names and contact information of possible references (supervisor etc). There is no conference fee, the accomodation is provided to the participants, but they are supposed to get financed for their travel themselves. The application deadline is *Friday January 11th, 2015*. <ul><li>Carme Rovira (University of Barcelona, Spain)</li><li>Ursula Roethlisberger (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland)</li><li>Mauro Boero (University of Strasbourg and CNRS Strasbourg, France</li><li>Ari Paavo Seitsonen (Ecole Normale Supérieure, France) </li></ul></div></div></div></div>