Program:

18:00-20:00

Registration and Welcome Reception

9:00-9.15	Introductory Remarks and Course Overview Manuela M. Pereira- Chairman of the SPBf, ITQB-UNL, Oeiras, Portugal
9:15-10:15	Protein Folding Combining Experiment, Theory, and Computation: From Fundamentals to the Current Hot Topics Victor Muñoz Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
10:15-10:45	Coffee break
10:45-11:45	Protein Folding Combining Experiment, Theory, and Computation: From Fundamentals to the Current Hot Topics (continuation) Victor Muñoz Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
11:45-12:45	Structures in solution Jerson Lima da Silva, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
12:45-14:30	Lunch
14:30-16:00	Guided tour
16:00-17:00	Structures in solution (continuation) Jerson Lima da Silva, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
17:00-17:30	Coffee break
17.30-18:30	Clinical aspects of protein misfolding and aggregation Alexandre de Mendonça, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
20:00-	Course Dinner

9:00-10:00	Biophysics of Protein Misfolding and Aggregation in Disease Cláudio M. Gomes ITQB-UNL, Oeiras, Portugal
10:00-11:00	Folding kinetics and stability Eduardo P. Melo University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal
11:00-11:30	Coffee break
11:30-12:30	Protein folding/unfolding Thermodynamics – the calorimetry contribution Margarida Bastos Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
12:30-15:00	Lunch
15.00-16:00	Towards understanding the molecular basis of protein stabilization by thermolytes: effect on protein dynamics and thermal unfolding kinetics Helena Santos ITQB-UNL, Oeiras, Portugal
16:00-16:30	Coffee break
16:30-17:30	In silico protein folding and unfolding Rui Brito Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
17:30-17:45	Concluding remarks Manuela M. Pereira- Chairman of the SPBf, ITQB-UNL, Oeiras, Portugal