BPS Program Book 2014

Wednesday, February 19, 2014 Daily Program Summary All rooms are located in the Moscone Convention Center unless noted otherwise.

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8:00 am –11:00 am 8:00 am –12:00 pm 8:00 am –12:00 pm 8:00 am –3:00 pm 8:00 am –3:00 pm 8:00 am –3:30 pm

New Council Meeting

Room 124 Room 300

Career Center

Undergraduate Student Lounge

Rotunda, 300 Level

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Child Care

Marriott Marquis, Pacific H, I, J

Poster Viewing Family Room

Hall D

Room 112 Room 134

Symposium: Myosin Motors in Vitro and in Cells Co-Chairs: Michelle Peckham, University of Leeds, United Kingdom, and Margaret Titus, University of Minnesota

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UNRAVELLING THE PROPERTIES OF SINGLE α -HELICAL DOMAINS IN MYOSIN AND OTHER PROTEINS. Michelle Peckham MYTH-FERM MYOSINS HAVE ROLES IN REGULATING ACTIN POLYMERIZATION. Margaret Titus DIRECTED ACTIN ASSEMBLY AND CONTRACTILITY. Laurent Blanchoin HOW ACTIN FILAMENT ELONGATORS PAVE THE ROAD FOR MYOSIN. Jan Faix

8:15 am –10:15 am

Symposium: Biophysics of Genetic Switches Co-Chairs: Laura Finzi, Emory University, and Ido Golding, Baylor College of Medicine

Room 135

A QUANTITATIVE NARRATIVE FOR THE LIFE CYCLE OF BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA. Ido Golding LONG-RANGE DNA LOOPING IN THE LAMBDA GENETIC SWITCH. Keith Shearwin GENETIC SWITCHES AND TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION: INSIGHTS FROM SINGLE MOLECULES. Laura Finzi AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM CONTROLS THE GENETIC CIRCUITRY THAT DRIVES A BACTERIAL CELL CYCLE. Lucille Shapiro

8:15 am –10:15 am

8:15 am –10:15 am 8:15 am –10:15 am 8:15 am –10:15 am 8:15 am –10:15 am 8:15 am –10:15 am 8:15 am –10:15 am 9:00 am –1:00 pm 10:30 am –11:15 am 10:30 am –12:30 pm 10:30 am –12:30 pm 12:30 pm –3:00 pm

Platform: Ion Channel Regulatory Mechanisms

Room 130/131 Room 132/133

Platform: Neurons: Modeling, Synaptic Transmission, and Optogenetics Platform: Cardiac, Smooth, and Skeletal Muscle Electrophysiology

Room 303 Room 304 Room 305 Room 306

Platform: Micro- and Nanotechnology II

Platform: Membrane Structure

Platform: Dynamics of Ligand Binding and Coupled Motions

Biomolecular Discovery Dome

Hall D Hall D Hall D Hall D

Coffee Break

Poster Presentations and Late Posters Meet the Speakers/Meet the Editors Publications Committee Meeting

Room 122 Room 134

Symposium: Structures of Membrane Fusion Co-Chairs: Erica Ollmann Saphire, The Scripps Research Institute, and DavidWeliky, Michigan State University SOLID-STATE NMR STRUCTURAL MEASUREMENTS AND MODELS OF THE HIV AND INFLUENZA FUSION PROTEINS IN MEMBRANES. David P. Weliky MEMBRANE DYNAMICS AND LIPID INTERACTIONS OF INFLUENZA FUSION PROTEINS. Peter Kasson HOW SNARE ASSEMBLY AND FOLDING MAY DRIVE MEMBRANE FUSION. Lukas K. Tamm STRUCTURAL REARRANGEMENT OF THE EBOLA VIRUS VP40 PROTEIN BEGETS MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS IN THE VIRUS LIFE CYCLE. Erica Ollmann Saphire

1:00 pm –3:00 pm

Room 135

Symposium: Biophysics of Cell Division and Spatial Relationships Co-Chairs: Sue Biggins, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Wallace Marshall, University of California, San Francisco

DIRECT EVIDENCE FOR SISTER KINETOCHORE FUSION IN MEIOSIS I. Susan Biggins INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC NOISE INTHE FLAGELLAR LENGTH CONTROL SYSTEM. Wallace Marshall CYTOSKELETAL ASSEMBLY UNDER CONFINEMENT. Daniel Fletcher A CELL’S LIFE UNDER CONFINEMENT: GROWTH, DIVISION AND MIGRATION WHEN SPACE IS LIMITED. Matthieu Piel

1:00 pm –3:00 pm

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