Biophysical Society 59th Annual Meeting Program Guide

Monday Walter Gonzalez , Florida International University 1092-Pos, B43 CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PHOTOPHYSICAL, THERMODYNAMIC AND STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF THE TERBIUM(III)-KCHIP3 COMPLEX. Aliana López de Victoria , University of Central Florida 1129-Pos, B80 TARGETING THE HUMAN DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASE, DDX3, AS A NOVEL STRATEGY TO INHIBIT AGGRESSIVE BREAST CANCER METASTASIS. Sara Sizemore , Arizona State University 1154-Pos, B105 CHARGE PATTERNING, SALT SCREENING AND DENATURANT EXPANSION IN THE CGRP NEUROPEPTIDE. Tuesday Andres T. Cavazos , Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis 2076-Pos, B213 AN INVESTIGATION OF WHETHER VITAMIN E PREFERENTIALLY INTERACTS WITH POLYUNSATURATED LIPIDS. Christal R. Davis , University of Colorado Denver 2349-Pos, B486 COMBINED QM/MM STUDY OF THE TRANSLOCATION OF CHLORIDE IONS THROUGH ESCHERICHIA COLI CHLORIDE ION TRANSPORTERS. Joshua Francois , University of California, San Diego 2288-Pos, B425 MECHANICS OF NEUTROPHIL MIGRATION IN THREE- DIMENSIONAL MATRICES. Kevin Hauser , Stony Brook University 1997-Pos, B134 A HUMAN TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IN SEARCH MODE. Wednesday Elton Jhamba , Delaware State University 3133-Pos, B563 FLUORESCENCE ANISOTROPY MEASUREMENTS OF FLUOROSCEIN MIXED WITH FICOLL SOLUTIONS. * Marisa Aikins , Oberlin College MUCIN-ANTIBODY INTERACTIONS IN TRAPPING SALMONELLA TYPHI * Samuel Rubin , Pitzer College FOLDING MESO-STRINGS WITH PATTERNS OF HYDROPHOBICITY * Edwin J. Alvarado , University of Puerto Rico, Cayey LONGER LOOPS OF PSEUDOKNOTS WITH APPROPRIATE SEQUENCE FORM LOCAL TRIPLEX SEGMENTS THAT STABILIZE DNA MOLECULES * Sydnie Turner , Xavier University of Louisiana PHOSPHOLIPID BIOSYNTHESIS AS AN ANTICANCER TARGET * See Addendum for programming.

Jyotsana J. Parmar , Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay 2718-Pos, B148 NUCLEOSOME KINETICS AND ACCESIBILITY OF DNA. Maria Ryazantseva , Russian Academy of Sciences 2970-Pos, B400 POSSIBLE ROLE OF STIM1 SENSOR SIGNAL IN MEMORY LOSS CONNECTED WITH FAMILIAL ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE. Likhesh Sharma , Indian Institute of Science 2582-Pos, B12 ENGINEERING THE CYSTEINE MOTIF ‘CXXC’ INTO A PROTEIN IMPARTS IT NOVEL PROPERTIES. David V. Svintradze , Tbilisi State University, Georgia 2588-Pos, B18 MOVING MACROMOLECULAR SURFACES UNDER HYDROPHOBIC/HYDROPHILIC STRESS. Algirdas Toleikis , National Institute for Medical Research, United Kingdom 2555-Plat INITIATION OF ASYMMETRIC ROLLING-CIRCLE PLASMID REPLICATION BY REPD STUDIED USING MAGNETIC TWEEZERS. Yolima P. Torres , Pontifical Xavierian University, Colombia 2869-Pos, B299 MENTHOL-INDUCED CHANGES IN MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL DIFFERENTIATION. Dilek Yonar , Middle East Technical University, Turkey 3156-Pos, B586 A NOVEL METHOD FOR EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA FROM HUMAN SERUM SAMPLES: SURFACE INTERACTIONS RESTRICTS AMYLOID β PEPTIDES MOVEMENTS RESULTING IN THEIR RAPID SELF-ASSEMBLY INTO β SHEETS; A MOLECULAR DYNAMICS STUDY. Vivian M. Gonzalez-Perez , Washington University in St. Louis 117-Plat BETA-2 AND GAMMA-1 AUXILIARY SUBUNITS COASSEMBLE IN THE SAME BK CHANNEL AND INDEPENDENTLY CONTRIBUTE TO REGULATION OF CHANNEL GATING. Carol J. Huseby , The Ohio State University 311-Pos, B91 TAU FILAMENT LENGTH DISTRIBUTION REFLECTS END-TO- END ANNEALING. Abir Maarouf , Wayne State University 171-Plat RESOLVING NANOSCALE CURVATURE ON LIPID BILAYERS WITH POLARIZED LOCALIZATION MICROSCOPY. Kasturi Mitra , University of Connecticut 450-Pos, B230 THERMOTROPIC BEHAVIOR OF CARDIOLIPIN AND DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE BILAYERS IN THE PRESENCE AND ABSENCE OF CALCIUM. Patricia Soto , Creighton University 461-Pos, B241 PRION PROTEINS AND MECHANISMS OF INTERACTION WITH MODEL MEMBRANES. ATR-FTIR SPECTROSCOPY. MINORITY AFFAIRS Sunday Natnael B. Doilicho , University of Chicago 324-Pos, B104

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