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Engineering Approaches to Biomolecular Motors: From in vitro to in vivo
Program Schedule
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9:45 – 10:15
Lawrence Lee, University of New South Wales, Australia
Artificial Synthesis of the Bacterial Flagellar Motor
10:15 – 10:30
Flash talks from posters
10:30 – 10:50
Coffee Break
Harbour Centre Concourse
Session VI
Biological Molecular Motors II: Modification and Redesign
of Biological Motors
(continued)
Zev Bryant, Stanford University, USA, Chair
10:50 – 11:20
Robert Cross, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Tweaking the Kinesin-Microtubule Interface
11:20 – 11:50
Kristen Verhey, University of Michigan, USA
Engineering Inhibitable Kinesin Motors
11:50 – 12:20
Ken’ya Furuta, NICT, Japan*
Creating Novel Biomolecular Motors Based on Dynein and
Actin-binding Proteins
12:20 – 13:50
Lunch Break
(on own)
Session VII
Biological Molecular Motors III: Organization and Control of Motor
Collection in vitro
Samara Reck-Peterson, University of California, San Diego, USA, Chair
13:50 – 14:05
Session Introduction - Samara Reck-Peterson
14:05 – 14:35
Andrej Vilfan, J. Stefan Institute, Slovenia
Translational and Rotational Motion of Coupled Motor Proteins
14:35 – 15:05
Sivaraj Sivaramakrishnan, University of Minnesota, USA
Cooperativity in Myosin Ensembles Revealed by DNA Nanotechnology Platforms
15:05 – 15:20
Nathan Derr, Smith College, USA*
Cargo Rigidity Affects the Sensitivity of Dynein Ensembles to Individual
Motor Pausing
15:20 – 15:35
Flash talks from posters
15:35 – 16:00
Coffee Break
Harbour Centre Concourse
Session VIII
Nanodevices I: Using Devices to Study Motor Function
Heiner Linke, Lund University, Sweden, Chair
:
16:00 – 16:15
Session Introduction – Heiner Linke
16:15 – 16:45
Philip Collins, University of California, Irvine, USA
All-Electronic, Single-Molecule Monitoring of the Processive Activity of DNA
Polymerase I
*Contributed talks selected from among submitted abstracts