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Biophysics in the Understanding, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Infectious Diseases Program
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Biophysics in the Understanding, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Infectious Diseases
Stellenbosch, South Africa
November 16 - 20, 2015
PROGRAM
Scientific sessions will be held in the Auditorium and the poster sessions in the Old Wine
Cellar of the Spier Wine Estate Conference Center unless otherwise noted.
Sunday, November 15, 2015
17:00 – 19:00
Registration/Information
Auditorium Foyer
18:00 – 19:00
Reception
Auditorium Foyer and Lounge
Monday, November 16, 2015
8:00 – 17:00
Registration/Information
Auditorium Foyer
Opening Session
9:00 – 9:05
Ed Egelman, Biophysical Society President
9:05 – 9:10
Tjaart Kruger, Chairman of the Biophysics Committee of SAIP
Session I
Chair: Musa Mhlanga, CSIR Biosciences, South Africa
9:10 – 9:50
Sriram Subramaniam, NCI/NIH, USA
The Cryo-EM Revolution: Applications to Biology and Medicine
9:50 – 10:30
Peijun Zhang, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USA
Structural Basis of HIV-1 and Host Cell Interactions
10:30 – 10:50
Gnana Gnanakaran, Los Alamos National Labs, USA*
Characterization of Glycosylation Profiles of the HIV Envelope Protein
10:50 – 11:20
Coffee Break
11:20 – 12:00
Erica Ollmann Saphire, The Scripps Research Institute, USA
The Molecular Tool-Kit of the Filoviruses
12:00 – 12:40
Edward Egelman, University of Virginia, USA
Cryo-EM of Helical Polymers
12:40 – 13:00
Caroline Ross, Rhodes University, South Africa*
In Silico Analysis of Evolutionary Conserved Interacting Motifs within
Picornavirus Capsids
13:00 – 15:00
Lunch
Riverside Terrace
*Short talks selected from among submitted abstracts