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April 9, Tuesday
12:00 – 13:00

Proteins are the major building blocks of all living things; they mediate almost all biochemical reactions; and are the targets of almost all medicines. Proteins exert their biological function through unique three dimensional structures, encrypted in a linear genetic code. This linear coding of three dimensional structures is one of the hallmarks of life on earth. Deciphering the code would provide deep insights into fundamental questions in biology, and at the same time have major impact on medicine. This task, known as the protein structure prediction problem, has been a major challenge in computational biology over the last four decades. In my talk, I will give a brief introduction to the protein structure prediction problem and then present the way my group approaches it emphasizing software engineering and machine learning aspects. The talk is self-contained and does not require biological background.