Structural & Computational Biology
The Structural and Computational Biology Programme at the IRB Barcelona brings together researchers with the common aim of studying biological processes from a structural viewpoint. Biological macromolecules, such as proteins and nucleic acids, are the main players in the living cell and knowledge of their three-dimensional structure and the way they interact with each other contributes to our understanding how the cell machinery functions. Furthermore, the enormous amount of genomic and structural information available requires the use of computational tools to attain a synthetic perspective of the mechanisms, interplay and networks underlying cell action.
At present, the Programme includes research groups specialised in X-ray crystallography, NMR and other biophysical techniques, as well as bio-computation. State-of-the-art technological facilities are available for research activities in all these fields.
Programme coordinator
Miquel Coll
Office Tel: +34 93 403 49 51
e-mail: miquel.coll
irbbarcelona.org
Groups
- Patrick Aloy: Structural bioinformatics
- Miquel Coll: Proteins, nucleic acids and complexes
- Ignasi Fita: Macromolecular aggregates
- Maria J. Macias: Biomolecular NMR spectroscopy
- Modesto Orozco: Molecular modelling and bioinformatics
- Miquel Pons: Biomolecular NMR
Programme Staff
Programme Secretary
Vanessa Llobet
Office Tel: +34 93 403 99 53
Fax: +34 93 403 99 76
e-mail: vanessa.llobetirbbarcelona.org
