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Biophysical Society 59
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Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Daily Program Summary
All rooms are located in the
Baltimore Convention Center
unless noted otherwise.
7:30
am
–5:00
pm
Registration/Information
Charles Street Lobby
8:00
am
–9:00
am
Biophysical Society Business Meeting
Room 327/328/329
8:00
am
–4:30
pm
Poster Viewing
Hall C
8:00
am
–5:30
pm
Career Center
Room 301/302/303
8:15
am
–10:15
am
Symposium: Biophysics of RNA Processing: Degradation, Splicing, DEAD Box Proteins
Ballroom I
Chair:
Sun Hur, Harvard University
INSIGHTS INTO HELICASE EVOLUTION FROM THE SPECIFICITY AND MECHANISM OF A DEAD-BOX
PROTEIN.
Anna L. Mallam
SINGLE-MOLECULE IMAGING OF PRE-MRNA SPLICING.
Sanjay Tyagi
AUXILIARY FACTORS AND RNA SUBSTRATES REGULATE DEAD-BOX PROTEIN ACTIVITY BY
MODULATION OF THE DEAD-BOX PROTEIN CONFORMATIONAL CYCLE.
Dagmar Klostermeier
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF VIRAL RNA DETECTION: RIG-I AND MDA5.
Sun Hur
8:15
am
–10:15
am
Symposium: Molecules of Memory: Glutamate Receptor Channels
Ballroom II
Chair:
Mark Mayer, NIH
CONFORMATIONAL CHANGES UNDERLYING GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR GATING.
Mark Mayer
AMPA RECEPTOR STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, AND DYNAMICS.
Robert E. Oswald
INTRACELLULAR DOMAINS OF NMDA RECEPTORS CONTROL CHANNEL PERMEATION AND GATING
PROPERTIES.
Gabriela K. Popescu
NMDA RECEPTORS AS DYNAMIC ALLOSTERIC MACHINES.
Pierre Paoletti
8:15
am
–10:15
am
Platform: Single-Molecule Spectroscopy
Ballroom III
8:15
am
–10:15
am
Platform: Skeletal Muscle Mechanics, Structure, and Regulation
Ballroom IV
8:15
am
–10:15
am
Platform: Intracellular Channels and Calcium Sparks and Waves
Room 307/308
8:15
am
–10:15
am
Platform: Membrane Structure
Room 309/310
8:15
am
–10:15
am
Platform: Protein Structure and Conformation III
Room 314/315
8:15
am
–10:15
am
Platform: Bioengineering and Biomaterials
Room 316/317
9:00
am
–10:00
am
Subgroup Chairs Meeting
Room 318
9:30
am
–10:30
am
Career Center Workshop
Room 301/302/303
Successfully Navigating the International Job Search
10:00
am
–5:00
pm
Biomolecular Discovery Dome
Hall C
10:00
am
–4:30
pm
Exhibits
Hall C
10:15
am
–11:00
am
Coffee Break
Hall C
10:30
am
–12:00
pm
Exhibitor Presentation: SensiQ Technologies Inc
Hall C, Room B
Learn How SensiQ’s Dynamic Injection (diSPR®) Techniques Enhance
the Biophysical Characterization of Binding Events Using Surface Plasmon Resonance Technology
10:45
am
–12:45
pm
Symposium: Awards Symposium
Ballroom I
Chair:
Dorothy Beckett, University of Maryland, Society President
RECENT PROGRAMS ON OLD PROBLEMS.
Harold Scheraga
MEMBRANE PROTEINS NEED LIPIDS.
Anthony Watts
EVOLUTION AND ASSEMBLY OF PROTEIN COMPLEXES.
Sarah Teichmann
SURPRISES I FOUND IN STUDYING MEMBRANES.
Gerald W. Feigenson
TALES OF TUBULIN TAILS.
Antonina Roll-Mecak
FROM CYTOKINESIS TO THE EARLY MOUSE EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT: A SIMPLE PHYSICAL VIEW OF
CELL MORPHOGENESIS.
Hervé Turlier