Biophysical Society 59th Annual Meeting Program Guide

Tuesday, February 10, 2015 Daily Program Summary All rooms are located in the Baltimore Convention Center unless noted otherwise.

T U

7:30 am –5:00 pm

Registration/Information

Charles Street Lobby

E S

8:00 am –9:00 am

Biophysical Society Business Meeting

Room 327/328/329

8:00 am –4:30 pm

Poster Viewing

Hall C

8:00 am –5:30 pm

Career Center

Room 301/302/303

D A Y

Symposium: Biophysics of RNA Processing: Degradation, Splicing, DEAD Box Proteins

Ballroom I

Chair: Sun Hur, Harvard University

INSIGHTS INTO HELICASE EVOLUTION FROM THE SPECIFICITY AND MECHANISM OF A DEAD-BOX PROTEIN. Anna L. Mallam SINGLE-MOLECULE IMAGING OF PRE-MRNA SPLICING. Sanjay Tyagi AUXILIARY FACTORS AND RNA SUBSTRATES REGULATE DEAD-BOX PROTEIN ACTIVITY BY MODULATION OF THE DEAD-BOX PROTEIN CONFORMATIONAL CYCLE. Dagmar Klostermeier MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF VIRAL RNA DETECTION: RIG-I AND MDA5. Sun Hur

8:15 am –10:15 am

Symposium: Molecules of Memory: Glutamate Receptor Channels

Ballroom II

Chair: Mark Mayer, NIH

CONFORMATIONAL CHANGES UNDERLYING GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR GATING. Mark Mayer AMPA RECEPTOR STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, AND DYNAMICS. Robert E. Oswald INTRACELLULAR DOMAINS OF NMDA RECEPTORS CONTROL CHANNEL PERMEATION AND GATING PROPERTIES. Gabriela K. Popescu NMDA RECEPTORS AS DYNAMIC ALLOSTERIC MACHINES. Pierre Paoletti

8:15 am –10:15 am

8:15 am –10:15 am

Platform: Single-Molecule Spectroscopy

Ballroom III

8:15 am –10:15 am

Platform: Skeletal Muscle Mechanics, Structure, and Regulation

Ballroom IV

8:15 am –10:15 am

Platform: Intracellular Channels and Calcium Sparks and Waves

Room 307/308

8:15 am –10:15 am

Platform: Membrane Structure

Room 309/310

8:15 am –10:15 am

Platform: Protein Structure and Conformation III

Room 314/315

8:15 am –10:15 am

Platform: Bioengineering and Biomaterials

Room 316/317

9:00 am –10:00 am

Subgroup Chairs Meeting

Room 318

Career Center Workshop

Room 301/302/303

9:30 am –10:30 am

Successfully Navigating the International Job Search

10:00 am –5:00 pm

Biomolecular Discovery Dome

Hall C

10:00 am –4:30 pm

Exhibits

Hall C

10:15 am –11:00 am

Coffee Break

Hall C

Exhibitor Presentation: SensiQ Technologies Inc

Hall C, Room B

10:30 am –12:00 pm

Learn How SensiQ’s Dynamic Injection (diSPR®) Techniques Enhance the Biophysical Characterization of Binding Events Using Surface Plasmon Resonance Technology

Symposium: Awards Symposium

Ballroom I

Chair: Dorothy Beckett, University of Maryland, Society President

RECENT PROGRAMS ON OLD PROBLEMS. Harold Scheraga MEMBRANE PROTEINS NEED LIPIDS. Anthony Watts

10:45 am –12:45 pm

EVOLUTION AND ASSEMBLY OF PROTEIN COMPLEXES. Sarah Teichmann SURPRISES I FOUND IN STUDYING MEMBRANES. Gerald W. Feigenson TALES OF TUBULIN TAILS. Antonina Roll-Mecak FROM CYTOKINESIS TO THE EARLY MOUSE EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT: A SIMPLE PHYSICAL VIEW OF CELL MORPHOGENESIS. Hervé Turlier

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