BPS2026 Program Book

Registration/Exhibitor Registration 7:30 am - 6:30 pm, South Lobby Joint Council Meeting 8:00 am - 11:30 am, Marriott Marquis, SoMa Bioengineering Symposium 8:30 am - 12:30 pm, Room 212/213/214

10:12 am

intrinsically disordered protein subgroup postdoctoral awardee talk

S A T U R D A Y

10:25 am

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No Abstract 10:35 am STUDYING THE EFFECTS OF PERTURBATIONS ON DISORDERED PROTEIN ENSEMBLES USING SIMULATIONS. Sarah Rauscher 11:00 am flash talks No Abstract 11:15 am DOMINANT-NEGATIVE EFFECTS DUE TO OFF-DNA ABERRANT CON DENSATES (ODACS) OF MUTANT TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS IN GENETIC DISEASES. Pilong Li 11:40 am intrinsically disordered protein subgroup postdoctoral award: a retrospective and tribute to keith dunker’s contributions No Abstract 11:45 am ROLES OF BIOMOLECULAR CONDENSATES IN CANCER. Richard Kriwacki 12:20 pm business meeting Macromolecular Machines and Assemblies Symposium 8:30 am - 12:30 pm, Room 209/210/211 Subgroup Chair Seychelle Vos, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA 8:30 am opening remarks No Abstract 8:35 am USING A COMBINATION OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY APPROACHES TO CHARACTERIZE THE TIR-DOMAIN SIGNALOSOME. Bostjan Kobe No Abstract 8:55 am STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF MAGNESIUM TRANSLOCATION SYS TEMS. Doreen Matthies 9:15 am student/postdoc talk No Abstract 9:45 am STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY OF POLYCOMB REPRESSIVE COMPLEX 2 SUB TYPES. Trinity Cookis No Abstract 10:05 am TITLE TBD. Speaker TBD No Abstract 10:20 am DNA TOPOLOGY DURING TRANSCRIPTION THROUGH CHROMATIN. Michelle Wang No Abstract 10:40 am STRUCTURES OF THE PI3K ⍺ /KRAS COMPLEX ON LIPID BILAYERS REVEAL THE MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF PI3K ⍺ ACTIVATION. Kliment Verba 11:00 am student/postdoc talk No Abstract 11:20 am IMMUNE RECOGNITION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS: MECHANISTIC INSIGHTS FROM CRYO-EM. Carina de Oliveira Mann No Abstract 11:40 am DEFINING THE DYNAMICS OF RIBOSOMAL DISASSEMBLY. Michael Lawson

Subgroup Chair Kit Parker, Harvard University, USA 8:30 am

opening remarks

1-Subg 8:45 am INSTRUMENT, MEASURE, MODEL, AND CONTROL: A DIRECTED WALK THROUGH THINGS BIOLOGICAL. John Wikswo No Abstract 9:30 am ILLUMINATING AUTONOMIC CONTROL OF CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOL OGY. Crystal Ripplinger No Abstract 10:00 am LITER-SCALE CELL PRODUCTION AND RAPID 3D BIOPRINTING TOWARDS WHOLE ORGAN ENGINEERING. Mark Skylar-Scott 10:30 am break 10:40 am business meeting No Abstract 10:50 am DISCOVERING THE PHYSICS OF FOOD. Ellen Kuhl No Abstract 11:20 am VERTICALLY INTEGRATED TOOLS TO ENGINEER TISSUE GROWTH AND PROBE THE BIOPHYSICS OF MORPHOGENESIS. Francesco Pasqualini 11:50 am aip award ceremony 11:55 am aip award winner talk 12:29 pm closing remarks Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Symposium 8:30 am - 12:30 pm, Room 201/202/203 Subgroup Chair Lucia Chemes, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Argentina Program Co-Chairs Keren Lasker, The Scripps Research Institute, USA Jackie Pelham, Washington University Medical School in St. Louis, USA 8:30 am opening remarks No Abstract 8:35 am FUNCTIONAL STUDIES OF DYSFUNCTIONAL PROTEINS. Elizabeth Rhoades No Abstract 9:10 am REGULATING DYNAMIC DISORDER IN NUCLEOSOMES. Emma Morrison 2-Subg 9:35 am DISORDERED PROTEINS INTERACT WITH THE CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT TO TUNE THEIR PROTECTIVE FUNCTION DURING DRYING. Thomas

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