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Biophysical Society 59
th
Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland
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Monday, February 9, 2015
Daily Program Summary
All rooms are located in the
Baltimore Convention Center
unless noted otherwise.
7:30
am
–8:30
am
Graduate Student Breakfast
Room 327/328/329
7:30
am
–5:00
pm
Registration/Exhibitor Registration
Charles Street Lobby
8:00
am
–5:30
pm
Career Center
Room 301/302/303
8:00
am
–10:00
pm
Poster Viewing
Hall C
8:15
am
–10:15
am
Symposium: Future of Biophysics
Ballroom I
Co-Chairs:
Enrique De La Cruz, Yale University, and Karen Fleming, Johns Hopkins University
STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL STUDIES OF IONOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTORS.
Alexander Sobolevsky
STRUCTURAL AND MECHANISTIC DIVERSITY OF TRANSPORT PROTEINS.
Heather Pinkett
ENABLING BIOPHYSICAL DISCOVERIES THROUGH THE LENS OF A COMPUTATIONAL MICROSCOPE.
Rommie E. Amaro
PROTEIN INTERACTIONS TO MAP INFORMATION FLOW IN CELL SIGNALING.
Sivaraj Sivaramakrishnan
8:15
am
–10:15
am
Symposium: Probing Ion Channel Structure/Function Using Novel Tools
Ballroom II
Chair:
Henry Colecraft, Columbia University
CONFORMATIONAL CHANGES IN VOLTAGE-SENSING DOMAINS: CONCERTED SIMULATION AND
SCATTERING STUDIES.
Douglas J. Tobias
TRICKING OUT THE TOOLBOX: USE OF GENETIC CODE EXPANSION FOR THE STUDY OF ION
CHANNELS.
Chris Ahern
SMALL MOLECULE MODULATION OF VOLTAGE-GATED ION CHANNELS.
Heike Wulff
CALCIUM CHANNEL ENGINEERING.
Henry M. Colecraft
8:15
am
–10:15
am
Platform: Calcium Signaling
Ballroom III
8:15
am
–10:15
am
Platform: Cell Mechanics, Mechanosensing, and Motility I
Ballroom IV
8:15
am
–10:15
am
Platform: Membrane Physical Chemistry II
Room 307/308
8:15
am
–10:15
am
Platform: Computational and Simulation Methods
Room 309/310
8:15
am
–10:15
am
Platform: Protein Dynamics and Allostery I
Room 314/315
8:15
am
–10:15
am
Platform: Micro- and Nanotechnology
Room 316/317
8:30
am
–10:00
am
Exhibitor Presentation: FEI Company
Hall C, Room B
Advances in Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy
8:30
am
–10:30
am
CPOW Committee Meeting
Room 333
9:30
am
–11:00
am
Exhibitor Presentation: Pall ForteBio LLC
Hall C, Room A
Measuring Engineered Changes in Binding Affinity with the BLItz® Label-Free System
10:00
am
–11:00
am
Career Center Workshop
Room 301/302/303
Ten Tough Industrial Interview Questions (and Ten Pretty Good Responses)
10:00
am
–5:00
pm
Biomolecular Discovery Dome
Hall C
10:00
am
–5:00
pm
Exhibits
Hall C
10:15
am
–11:00
am
Coffee Break
Hall C
10:15
am
–11:15
am
New Member Welcome Coffee
Room 327/328/329
10:30
am
–12:00
pm
Exhibitor Presentation: Molecular Devices LLC
Hall C, Room B
Performing Positive Allosteric Modulator (PAM) Assays and Investigating Use-Dependent Inhibition of Ion Channels
on Automated Electrophysiology Systems Including the IonFlux
TM
Benchtop Reader and the IonWorks Barracuda
®
Instrument