Biophysical Society 59th Annual Meeting Program Guide

Monday, February 9, 2015

M O N D A Y

Daily Program Summary All rooms are located in the Baltimore Convention Center unless noted otherwise.

7:30 am –8:30 am

Graduate Student Breakfast

Room 327/328/329

7:30 am –5:00 pm

Registration/Exhibitor Registration

Charles Street Lobby

8:00 am –5:30 pm

Career Center

Room 301/302/303

8:00 am –10:00 pm

Poster Viewing

Hall C

Symposium: Future of Biophysics

Ballroom I

Co-Chairs: Enrique De La Cruz, Yale University, and Karen Fleming, Johns Hopkins University

STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL STUDIES OF IONOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTORS. Alexander Sobolevsky STRUCTURAL AND MECHANISTIC DIVERSITY OF TRANSPORT PROTEINS. Heather Pinkett ENABLING BIOPHYSICAL DISCOVERIES THROUGH THE LENS OF A COMPUTATIONAL MICROSCOPE. Rommie E. Amaro PROTEIN INTERACTIONS TO MAP INFORMATION FLOW IN CELL SIGNALING. Sivaraj Sivaramakrishnan

8:15 am –10:15 am

Symposium: Probing Ion Channel Structure/Function Using Novel Tools

Ballroom II

Chair: Henry Colecraft, Columbia University

CONFORMATIONAL CHANGES IN VOLTAGE-SENSING DOMAINS: CONCERTED SIMULATION AND SCATTERING STUDIES. Douglas J. Tobias TRICKING OUT THE TOOLBOX: USE OF GENETIC CODE EXPANSION FOR THE STUDY OF ION CHANNELS. Chris Ahern SMALL MOLECULE MODULATION OF VOLTAGE-GATED ION CHANNELS. Heike Wulff CALCIUM CHANNEL ENGINEERING. Henry M. Colecraft

8:15 am –10:15 am

8:15 am –10:15 am

Platform: Calcium Signaling

Ballroom III

8:15 am –10:15 am

Platform: Cell Mechanics, Mechanosensing, and Motility I

Ballroom IV

8:15 am –10:15 am

Platform: Membrane Physical Chemistry II

Room 307/308

8:15 am –10:15 am

Platform: Computational and Simulation Methods

Room 309/310

8:15 am –10:15 am

Platform: Protein Dynamics and Allostery I

Room 314/315

8:15 am –10:15 am

Platform: Micro- and Nanotechnology

Room 316/317

Exhibitor Presentation: FEI Company

Hall C, Room B

8:30 am –10:00 am

Advances in Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy

8:30 am –10:30 am

CPOW Committee Meeting

Room 333

Exhibitor Presentation: Pall ForteBio LLC

Hall C, Room A

9:30 am –11:00 am

Measuring Engineered Changes in Binding Affinity with the BLItz® Label-Free System

Career Center Workshop

Room 301/302/303

10:00 am –11:00 am

Ten Tough Industrial Interview Questions (and Ten Pretty Good Responses)

10:00 am –5:00 pm

Biomolecular Discovery Dome

Hall C

10:00 am –5:00 pm

Exhibits

Hall C

10:15 am –11:00 am

Coffee Break

Hall C

10:15 am –11:15 am

New Member Welcome Coffee

Room 327/328/329

Exhibitor Presentation: Molecular Devices LLC Hall C, Room B Performing Positive Allosteric Modulator (PAM) Assays and Investigating Use-Dependent Inhibition of Ion Channels on Automated Electrophysiology Systems Including the IonFlux TM Benchtop Reader and the IonWorks Barracuda ® Instrument

10:30 am –12:00 pm

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Biophysical Society 59 th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland