Program Overview
Opening reception: Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, Friday October 2 in the evening (6-8 p.m. Big 10 Room “C”)
Scientific program: Chemistry Building, Michigan State University, Saturday October 3 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Confirmed Speakers
Mark Foster, The Ohio State University （Keynote）
Andy Hinck, University of Pittsburgh
Katherine Henzler-Wildman, University of Wisconsin-Madison
David Giedroc, Indiana University
Ümit Akbey, University of Pittsburgh
Yaqiang Wang, Medical College of Wisconsin
Libin Ye, University of South Florida
Joshua Ziarek, Northwestern University
Erik Shapiro, Michigan State University
Additional talks selected from submitted abstracts!
Poster session and poster awards!
Conference Schedule
Friday, October 2
Arrival in East Lansing
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Welcome reception
Big 10 Room “C”
Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center
Saturday, October 3
All events in Chemistry Building, Michigan State University
All oral sessions in Room 138 Chemistry
Posters may be hung at any time (Chemistry Building Corridors)
8:00 am – 8:30 am Check-in and registration
8:30 am – 8:40 am Welcome address
8:40 am – 9:20 am Mark Foster, The Ohio State University, Keynote Lecture
Dynamics in Site Specific DNA Recombination
9:20 am – 9:40 am Q&A
9:40 am – 10:00 am David Giedroc, University of Indiana
GTP Hydrolysis-Powered Zinc Metallochaperones as Molecular Switches
10:00 am – 10:10 am Q&A
10:10 am – 10:30 am Jin-Gon Shim, Northwestern University
Chemically Designing Next-Generation 19F NMR Probes
10:30 am – 10:40 am Q&A
10:40 am – 10:55 am Coffee Break
10:55 am – 11:15 am Ümit Akbey, University of Pittsburgh
Structural Insights into the Bacterial Biofilm Forming Functional Amyloids & Native Biofilms
11:15 am – 11:25 am Q&A
11:25 am – 11:35 am Forkan Saroar, Michigan State University*
New Insights into the HIV gp41 Membrane Fusion Protein by Biophysical Analysis
11:35 am – 11:40 am Q&A
11:40 am – 11:50 am Motilal Uttarkabat, The Ohio State University*
Hoogsteen base pairing in DNA Complexes probed by DNP solid-state NMR
11:50 am – 11:55 am Q&A
11:55 am – 12:15 pm Andrew Hinck, University of Pittsburgh
Synthesis of 13C-Methyl-Labeled Amino Acids and their Incorporation into Proteins in Mammalian Cells
12:15 pm – 12:25 pm Q&A
12:25 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch (Chemistry Building and adjacent courtyard)
Catering by Grand Traverse Pie Company
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Poster session (Chemistry Building Corridors)
2:00 pm – 2:20 pm Katherine Henzler-Wildman, University of Wisconsin
Regulation and Gating in a “Minimal” Proton-Coupled Transporter
2:20 pm – 2:30 pm Q&A
2:30 pm – 2:40 pm Anand Jacob, Michigan State University*
Yeast Cell Wall Architecture and Stress-Responsive Remodeling Probed by Solid-State NMR
2:40 pm – 2:45 pm Q&A
2:45 pm – 3:05 pm Yaqiang Wang, Medical College of Wisconsin
Drugging Dynamic RNA Conformations with Small Molecules
3:05 pm – 3:15 pm Q&A
3:15 pm – 3:25 pm Nathan Finegold, The Ohio State University*
Configuration Dependent Regulation of ATP binding and Hydrolysis in the DNA Helicase RepA
3:25 pm – 3:30 pm Q&A
3:30 pm – 3:40 pm Coffee Break
3:40 pm – 3:50 pm Rafael Brüschweiler. Remarks from the Secretariat
3:50 pm – 4:00 pm Dawei Li, The Ohio State University*
COLMARvista: an open source 1D/2D/3D NMR spectral processing, visualization, and analysis software in JavaScript
4:00 pm – 4:05 pm Q&A
4:05 pm – 4:15 pm Tahmina Khatun, Michigan State University*
Influenza HA2-Catalyzed Membrane Fusion and Bilayer Perturbation Probed with Lipid Mixing, TEM, and ²H Solid-State NMR
4:15 pm – 4:20 pm Q&A
4:20 pm – 4:40 pm Libin Ye, University of South Florida
The Advancement of 19F-NMR for Quantifying GPCR Conformations and Dynamics
4:40 pm – 4:50 pm Q&A
4:50 pm – 5:10 pm Erik Shapiro, Michigan State University
Functional” PET/MRI and Protein Engineering of Hepatic OATP Transporter Activity
5:10 pm – 5:20 pm Q&A
5:20 pm – 5:30 pm Awards
Closing remarks
Adjournment
*: Promoted poster abstract
