The Robbins Lecture Series

The Pomona College Chemistry Department Presents
The 50th Robbins Lecture Series

"Computer-Aided Biophysics and Drug Discovery:
From the Molecule to the Cell"

November 7-11, 2011

Professor J. Andrew McCammon

Joseph E. Mayer Chair Professor of Theoretical Chemistry and Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology
University of California, San Diego

Dr. McCammon joined the faculty of UCSD in 1995, and has invented theoretical methods for accurately predicting and interpreting molecular recognition, rates of reactions, and other properties of chemical systems.  These methods play a growing role in the design of new drugs and other materials.  He is the author with Stephen Harvey of "Dynamics of Proteins and Nucleic Acids" and is the author or co-author of more than 650 publications in theoretical chemistry and biochemistry.

Dr. McCammon is the recipient of many awards, including the Smithsonian Institution's Information Technology Leadership Award for Breakthrough Computational Science in 1995 and the American Chemical Society's 2008 National Award for Computers in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research.  He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.

The 2011 Robbins Lecture is the 50th in the series established by Mr. Fred Robbins to bring to Pomona College distinguished chemists to discuss their current research.

Monday, November 7, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.
"HIV, Parasites, and Other Nasty Beasties: Saving Lives through Computer-Aided Drug Discovery"

Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at 4:30 p.m.
"Molecular Recognition Exposed by Molecular Simulations"

Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 4:30 p.m.
"Multiscale Simulations in Biology: From the Molecular to the Cellular Level"

Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 11:00 a.m.
"Enhanced Sampling in Molecular Simulations: Atomistic and Coarse-Grained"

The lecture series will be held in

Seaver North Auditorium
645 N. College Avenue
Claremont, California
(The cross streets are College Avenue & 7th Street)

All lectures are free and open to the public. Please mark you calendar.