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Biophysical Society 58
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Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California
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Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Daily Program Summary
All rooms are located in the Moscone Convention Center unless noted otherwise.
8:00
am
–11:00
am
New Council Meeting
Room 124
8:00
am
–12:00
pm
Career Center
Room 300
8:00
am
–12:00
pm
Undergraduate Student Lounge
Rotunda, 300 Level
8:00
am
–3:00
pm
Child Care
Marriott Marquis, Pacific H, I, J
8:00
am
–3:00
pm
Poster Viewing
Hall D
8:00
am
–3:30
pm
Family Room
Room 112
8:15
am
–10:15
am
Symposium: Myosin Motors in Vitro and in Cells
Co-Chairs:
Michelle Peckham, University of Leeds, United Kingdom, and Margaret Titus,
University of Minnesota
Room 134
UNRAVELLING THE PROPERTIES OF SINGLE
α
-HELICAL DOMAINS IN MYOSIN
AND OTHER PROTEINS.
Michelle Peckham
MYTH-FERM MYOSINS HAVE ROLES IN REGULATING ACTIN POLYMERIZATION.
Margaret Titus
DIRECTED ACTIN ASSEMBLY AND CONTRACTILITY.
Laurent Blanchoin
HOW ACTIN FILAMENT ELONGATORS PAVE THE ROAD FOR MYOSIN.
Jan Faix
8:15
am
–10:15
am
Symposium: Biophysics of Genetic Switches
Co-Chairs:
Laura Finzi, Emory University, and Ido Golding, Baylor College of Medicine
Room 135
A QUANTITATIVE NARRATIVE FOR THE LIFE CYCLE OF BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA.
Ido Golding
LONG-RANGE DNA LOOPING IN THE LAMBDA GENETIC SWITCH.
Keith Shearwin
GENETIC SWITCHES AND TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION: INSIGHTS FROM SINGLE
MOLECULES.
Laura Finzi
AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM CONTROLS THE GENETIC CIRCUITRY THAT DRIVES A BACTERIAL
CELL CYCLE.
Lucille Shapiro
8:15
am
–10:15
am
Platform: Ion Channel Regulatory Mechanisms
Room 130/131
8:15
am
–10:15
am
Platform: Neurons: Modeling, Synaptic Transmission, and Optogenetics
Room 132/133
8:15
am
–10:15
am
Platform: Cardiac, Smooth, and Skeletal Muscle Electrophysiology
Room 303
8:15
am
–10:15
am
Platform: Micro- and Nanotechnology II
Room 304
8:15
am
–10:15
am
Platform: Membrane Structure
Room 305
8:15
am
–10:15
am
Platform: Dynamics of Ligand Binding and Coupled Motions
Room 306
9:00
am
–1:00
pm
Biomolecular Discovery Dome
Hall D
10:30
am
–11:15
am
Coffee Break
Hall D
10:30
am
–12:30
pm
Poster Presentations and Late Posters
Hall D
10:30
am
–12:30
pm
Meet the Speakers/Meet the Editors
Hall D
12:30
pm
–3:00
pm
Publications Committee Meeting
Room 122
1:00
pm
–3:00
pm
Symposium: Structures of Membrane Fusion
Co-Chairs:
Erica Ollmann Saphire, The Scripps Research Institute, and DavidWeliky, Michigan State University
Room 134
SOLID-STATE NMR STRUCTURAL MEASUREMENTS AND MODELS OF THE HIV
AND INFLUENZA FUSION PROTEINS IN MEMBRANES.
David P. Weliky
MEMBRANE DYNAMICS AND LIPID INTERACTIONS OF INFLUENZA FUSION PROTEINS.
Peter Kasson
HOW SNARE ASSEMBLY AND FOLDING MAY DRIVE MEMBRANE FUSION.
Lukas K. Tamm
STRUCTURAL REARRANGEMENT OF THE EBOLA VIRUS VP40 PROTEIN BEGETS MULTIPLE
FUNCTIONS IN THE VIRUS LIFE CYCLE.
Erica Ollmann Saphire
1:00
pm
–3:00
pm
Symposium: Biophysics of Cell Division and Spatial Relationships
Co-Chairs:
Sue Biggins, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Wallace Marshall,
University of California, San Francisco
Room 135
DIRECT EVIDENCE FOR SISTER KINETOCHORE FUSION IN MEIOSIS I.
Susan Biggins
INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC NOISE INTHE FLAGELLAR LENGTH CONTROL SYSTEM.
Wallace Marshall
CYTOSKELETAL ASSEMBLY UNDER CONFINEMENT.
Daniel Fletcher
A CELL’S LIFE UNDER CONFINEMENT: GROWTH, DIVISION AND MIGRATION WHEN
SPACE IS LIMITED.
Matthieu Piel
