NOTES: Before to submit your communication we strongly recommend to read to read carefully the notes to participants at the end of the welcome message and/or the notes in the following page [Notes to authors] about publication model, copyright, authors responsibilities, etc.

Welcome Message

Dear colleagues worldwide welcome to the Summer Research Institute (SRI) Symposium of the School of Science, Technology, and Engineering Management of Saint Thomas University (STU) and Miami Dade College (MDC). SRI series have research and education objectives providing undergraduate students, master, and phd students as well as research associated and professor hands-on experiences and computational projects. The workshop is dual including both in person participation (mostly for STU-MDC students and professors) and online participation (including students and professors from abroad). It covers multidisciplinary topics in science ranging from modern techniques of molecular biology, statistical analysis, mathematical modeling, computational physics, bioinformatics, nano sciences and a large variety of characterization techniques to the social, legal, and educational implications of these techniques.

For the third time, this year, the memories of the SRI series will be hosted online by the MOL2NET conference series. It means, that all communications will be published online at Sciforum platform. All presentations will be peer reviewed and a DOI number will be assigned. MOL2NET conference of Sciforum is one of the platforms with international recognition for scientific exchange. The variety of topics included within this new edition acknowledges the inter-disciplinary, teamwork, and networking of modern science. Feel free to contact researchers and participants to foster more collaboration efforts.

MDPI Associated Journals Issue (Organized by SRI Committee Members)

In parallel, the members of committees and/or authors are encouraged to edit special issues for different journals of the editorial MDPI (http://www.mdpi.com/). The special issue is now in call for papers, submissions are welcome in a posteriori, in parallel, or totally independently from the conference. Manuscripts should be submitted online atwww.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. In order to send a proposal of associated workshop and/or special issue contact the chairperson of the conference Prof. González-Díaz H. Please, check the following special issue associated to our conference:

Applied Sciences (Call for Papers): Special issue entitled: Complex Networks and Machine Learning: From Molecular to Social Sciences. Journal Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417), JCR IF = 1.679. Topics: machine learning, complex networks, systems biology, protein networks, metabolic networks, ecosystems, artificial neural networks, social, financial, and legal networks. Editors: Prof. D. Quesada, Director of Dept. of Mathematics, Miami Dade Colege (MDC), Miami, FL, USA. Prof. M. Cruz-Monteagudo, West Coast University, Miami Campus, FL, USA, FCT Fellow University of Porto Portugal, Consultant, Center for Computer Science (CCS), University of Miami, FL, USA. Prof. González-Díaz H., IKERBASQUE Professor, Dept. of Organic Chemistry II, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU , Leioa (Great Bilbao), Biscay, Spain.

Thank you for your support!

SRI Series Chairman

Prof. Dr. David Quesada, Director of Dept. of Mathematics,
Miami Dade Colege (MDC), Miami, FL, USA.
Email: [email protected]

Scientific Committee

Prof. Dr. Alexis Tapanes-Castillo, Assistant Professor of Biology
School of Science, Technology and Engineering Management,
St. Thomas University (STU), Miami, FL, USA.
Email: [email protected]

Prof. Dr. Reinaldo Sanchez-Arias, Assistant professor of Mathematics,
School of Science, Technology and Engineering Management,
St. Thomas University (STU), Miami, FL, USA.
Email: [email protected]

Prof. Dr. Luis Fernandez-Torres, Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
School of Science, Technology and Engineering Management,
St. Thomas University (STU), Miami, FL, USA.
Email: [email protected]

Dr. Marta G. Lete, Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Dept. of Biochem. & Mol. Biol. and Biofisika: Basque Center for Biophysics
University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU , 48940, Leioa, Biscay, Spain.
Email: [email protected]

Dr. A. Duardo-Sanchez (Law.Lic., Ph.D. TICs & Legal Sciences)
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Chair in Law and The Human Genome,
Dept. of Public Law, University of Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa 48940, Spain.
(SRI Advisory Chairperson), Email: [email protected]

Publication Advisory Chairman

Prof. González-Díaz H., IKERBASQUE Professor, Email: [email protected]
(1) Dept. of Organic Chemistry II, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU , 48940, Leioa, Biscay, Spain.
(2) IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science , 48011, Bilbao, Biscay, Spain.

Welcome to the Meeting of Young Researchers in Structural Computational Biology (EJIBCE 2019), see last editions (EJIBCE 2018), (EJIBCE 2017), aims at bringing together the Portuguese scientific community working in the field in a free-of-charge meeting, to provide a forum for discussion and sharing with no strings attached. This Sixth edition builds on the success of previous editions in Porto, Lisbon, Coimbra, Oeiras and Coimbra, which gathered ca. 60 participants and had over 10 oral communications in each edition.

Mission & Objectives

Given the current economic situation in Europe, and particularly in Portugal, it is increasingly harder to obtain funding and to have an optimistic approach to science and collaborations. Besides, the recent austerity measures put in place by the Portuguese government led many researchers to join groups and institutes abroad, and eventually lose touch with the Portuguese scientific community and developments. After obtaining a doctoral degree or finishing a postdoctoral appointment, many Portuguese scientists abroad look back to their country looking for an opportunity to continue their careers and contribute to the development of Portuguese science. Others wish to remain abroad, but at the same time reach out to the Portuguese community and cultivate stronger ties to its researchers. However, what groups are there on Computational Structural Biology? What do they actually focus on? Are they open to collaborations?

This meeting was created in order to answer these and other similar questions. Its main goal is to provide a simple no-frills environment where Portuguese researchers in Computational Structural Biology, active both in Portugal and abroad, can meet and get to know each other’s research and ambitions. Ultimately, we hope that in doing so, we will be able to stimulate new collaborations and broaden the horizons of the Portuguese community of Computational Structural Biologists.

EJIBCE 2018 builds up on the format of previous editions, focusing on a small number of oral communications interspersed with several breaks to encourage discussion and exchange of ideas. Throughout the day, 12 researchers will present their results. Seven will be selected from the submitted abstracts by the Scientific Committee, based on the quality and originality of the work, and will be given 15 minutes to speak, followed by a short discussion. The remaining 5 oral communications will be delivered by invited keynotes, who will be given 25 minutes to speak plus 10 for discussion.

Statement of Responsibility

All materials and services on this website are provided without warranties. The content published in these pages may contain errors for which the organization assumes no liability or responsibility. The content is also subject to periodic changes without the duty of notice. Any doubts and questions should be addressed to the organization by email ([email protected]). Registration to this event implies acceptance of these conditions.

EJIBCE-MDPI Associated Journal Special Issues

Molecules (Call For Papers): Special Issue: GPCR Mechanism and Drug Design. Journal: Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049), JCR IF = 3.098. Topics: data science; drug design and discovery; computational chemistry; structural biology; molecular modeling; molecular docking; computational mutagenesis; G-protein-coupled receptors; protein–protein interactions; protein–ligand interactions. Editor: Dr. Irina Moreira, Email: [email protected], Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC), University of Coimbra (UC), Portugal. Workshop Associated: EJIBCE, Encontro de Jovens Investigadores de Biologia Computacional e Estrutural, Portugal, 2018.

Molecules (Call For Papers): Special Issue: Structure and Function of Metalloenzymes. Journal: Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049), JCR IF = 3.098. Topics: catalytic power of enzymes; computer-aided drug design; bio-desulfurization; computational methods in chemistry and biochemistry; metalloenzymes; biological membranes; docking and virtual screening; computational enzymatic catalysis. Editor: Dr. Sérgio Filipe Sousa, Email: [email protected],UCIBIO/REQUIMTE, BioSIM - Departamento de BioMedicina, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal. Workshop Associated: EJIBCE, Encontro de Jovens Investigadores de Biologia Computacional e Estrutural, Portugal, 2018.

Chairpersons

Dr. Irina Moreira, E-mail: [email protected]
Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC)
Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal;
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2970-5250

Dr. Miguel Machuqueiro,
Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências,
Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL), Lisboa, Portugal.

Dr. Paulo A. Da Costa Lemos, [Group page]
REQUIMTE LAQV, Department of Chemistry,
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia,
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal.

Advisory Chairperson

Prof. González-Díaz H., IKERBASQUE Professor, Email: [email protected]
(1) DepT. of Org. Chem. II, Univ. of the Basque Country UPV/EHU , 48940, Leioa, Biscay, Spain.
(2) IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science , 48011, Bilbao, Biscay, Spain.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9392-2797

Dear colleagues worldwide,

Welcome to the workshop LAWSci-03, PANELFIT H2020 Challenges in Law, Technology, Life, and Social Sciences. This workshop is associated to the European Commission Project PANELFIT H2020. In this sense, the workshop series will help to attract the attention of the pubic worldwide over the topics of the project. The project is concerned about changes in the regulation of ICT research and innovation are opening up a new scenario. It is expected that stakeholders, policy makers, and end users adapt to them as soon as possible. This, however, might be hard, especially for SMEs. PANELFIT is firmly committed to facilitating this adaptation process by producing a set of editable, open access Guidelines, validated by two data protection agencies. Once produced, they will serve as operational standards able to reduce the ethical and legal issues posed by ICT technologies while promoting innovation and market growth, enabling high-quality job creation and ensuring an adequate level of privacy and security/cybersecurity.
Furthermore, we will produce a complementary set of six outcomes to 1) suggest possible concrete improvements to the current regulatory and governance framework, both at the EU and the national level, 2) create mutual learning and support tools and to promote networking among stakeholders and policy makers and 3) increase the quantity and quality of the information available to policy makers, professionals, researchers, journalists and the public.
All these outcomes will be produced by a co-creation process involving policy makers, stakeholders, and end-users. They will all participate in the creation of the main outcomes of the project through a range of engagement activities that includes workshops, public consultations, encounters, surveys, etc. This will be combined with a strong communication and dissemination strategy that includes numerous activities, such as webinars, MOOC courses, public debates, a constant use of a web site and social networks and the creation of a Platform for Mutual Learning, which is meant to become the reference forum for the discussion of the issues at stake even after the end of the project. The participation in PANELFIT of the European Data Journalism Network, with an aggregated web audience of almost 70 million monthly visits will help us reach this aim.

In this sense, LAWSci workshop series promotes multidisciplinary collaborations and debate in the frontiers of Law, Technology, Life, and Social Sciences. The interaction between bio-science and ICTs has forged great developments in many fields. However, the appreciation of these discoveries is sadly, all too often, accompanied by a lack of understanding of the legal implications. This conference series aims to provide a reference to the various legal avenues that are available for the protection of scientific advances, but also the legal instruments to protect society from unwanted effects. It constitutes a study of some of the legal implications of bioscience and ICT advances, weighing their impact on society and the law's role in shaping that effect.

The presentations will be focused on legal trends in different fields covering, but not limited to: patentability in plants and human genomics, clinical procedures’ standards, patients’ personal data protection, informed consent, regulatory issues in drug discovery, biomedical research legislation, toxicology, medico-legal problems such as healthcare malpractice, medical insurance or ethics in medical practice, software protection in chemo-informatics, bioinformatics, medical informatics, and social sciences, taxes in the biotechnology industry and causality/liability in environmental pollution, criminology, etc. The conference will run on-line and free, saving traveling and participation costs (subscriptions, open publication, participation in forum, certificates, etc., are free of cost).

Publication Model and Authors Responsibility:

Before to submit your work be aware that the editorial process is the same than for a PREPRINT service. Therefore, all works receive doi number and are indexed in databases (GoogleScholar, Publons, etc.). However, the works published here are preliminary communications and not post-print journal papers. In this sense, committee and/or external reviewers check only scope and apparent scientific soundness. The works may receive also comments from registered participants (public post-publication review). The authors are encouraged to submit their works to a peer-reviewed scientific journals of MDPI or other editorials during or after finalization of the conference, as per SciForum copyright rules.

In any case, it is the responsibility of the authors, to ensure the veracity of the contents, checking similarity to other works, and carry out a proper citation of previous works. The committee is not responsible of this previous aspects in this publishing modality. In this sense, we strongly recommend the authors to use online text-similarity checking services to avoid any form of plagiarism or copyright violation. Some workshops in this conference series use specialized services to checked for possible text similarity. For instance, some users use institutional accounts for URKUND web server. Please, be aware that the authors may be requested to modify (re-write their texts) the communication in the case that high similarity is detected and reported to the committee. In these cases, the manuscript could temporarily withdrawn until the authors re-submit the proper version. The authors are also allowed to submit short reviews, comments, letters, or discussions of papers already published if they guarantee sufficient difference to previous public contents.

LAWSci Steering Committee

MODEC2018, International Workshop on the Natural Products and Agro-Industrial Processes in Ecuadorian Amazon region

Welcome to the MODEC2019 workshop. This is Amazon State University's (UEA) first workshop, devoted to the promotion and application of the Multidisciplinary Sciences to the development of natural products and agro-industrial processes in Ecuadorian Amazon regions. This workshop runs both online and on location at the university. The online portion of the workshop is powered by the SciForum platform of MDPI, hosted by the MOL2NET International Conference Series on Interdisciplinary Sciences.

Additionally, the physical component of the workshop is also scheduled to run through the Department of Earth Sciences (Facultad de Ciencias de la Tierra) at Universidad Estatal Amazónica (UEA), Puyo, Ecuador. Please, contact the workshop chairmen for further details. Paper submission is already open and the publication of papers for conference purposes in SciForum platform is free of cost.

Publications are expected to be short papers consisting of 1-3 pages. Be aware that the submission is a two step process. First you must register and submit a tentative title, authors list and abstract. Next, you need to submit your full publication upon acceptance of the abstract by the committee. Full publications will be published online, free of charge, with doi number as soon as possible after acceptance. If you are planning to submit a publication, please use the following template, [MODEC 2019 Template.doc]. Click on the following link to register and/or submit your communication Sumit to MODEC here.

All submitted papers should fall under one of the following categories:

• Computational chemistry, Cheminformatics, and Bioinformatics
• Mathematical modeling
• Organic and Functional Foods
• BioTrade: Natural Products of the Amazon
• Production systems with agro-business and forestry purposes or biomass for energy purposes
• Environmental impacts
• Agro-industrial development processes

• Abstracts submission until 2019-Oct-01, Envio de los abstract hasta el 01 de octubre de 2019.
• Abstract acceptance until 2019-Oct-03.
• Communications submission until 2019-Nov-01.
• Communications acceptance until 2019-Nov-15.
• Communications publication until 2019-Nov-30.

NOTE ON PUBLICATION MODEL: Before to submit your work be aware that the editorial publication model of this workshop is similar to a PREPRINTservice. It means that works presented here have to be considered only as preliminary communications and not as final post-print versions of journal papers. In this sense, even when all the works published are revised by at least one member of the committee and/or external reviewer this level of revision checks only apparent scientific soundness and general scientific interest. In a second level, collective post-publication review, the works published may receive comments (published in the form of posts) from all the participants registered in the conference. The authors are prompted to use all these opinions to write the full versions of their works and submit them to publication in a peer-reviewed scientific journals according to SciForum copyright rules. In any case, the authors are the only one responsible of the veracity of the contents, checking similarity to other works, citing properly previous works, etc.

Chairperson

Prof. Amaury Pérez Martínez , Universidad Estatal Amazónica, Ecuador

Email: [email protected]