Biophysical Society 59th Annual Meeting Program Guide

Sunday, February 8, 2015

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S A T U R D A Y S U 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

Postdoctoral Breakfast

Room 327/328/329

Exhibitor Presentation: FEI Company

Hall C, Room A

7:30 am –9:00 am

Cryo-TEMWorkflow Solutions: A New Era for 3D Structural Biology

7:30 am –5:00 pm

Registration/Exhibitor Registration

Charles Street Lobby

8:00 am –6:30 pm

Career Center

Room 301/302/303

8:00 am –10:00 pm

Poster Viewing

Hall C

Symposium: Regulated Protein Bridges Connecting Membranes: STIM Proteins in Cellular Signaling

Ballroom I

Chair: Richard Lewis, Stanford University

SINGLE-MOLECULE STUDIES OF THE ER CALCIUM SENSOR STIM1. Richard Lewis TUNING THE TAPS: STIM1 AND STIM2 REGULATORY MECHANISMS. Barbara A. Niemeyer GATING MECHANISMS OF STORE-OPERATED CRAC CHANNELS. Murali Prakriya THE MECHANICS OF STIM-ORAI COMMUNICATION. Patrick Hogan

8:15 am –10:15 am

Symposium: Mechanosensors

Ballroom II

Chair: Marcos Sotomayor, Ohio State University

THE MINIMAL CADHERIN-CATENIN COMPLEX BINDS TO ACTIN FILAMENTS UNDER FORCE. Alexander Dunn MECHANISMS AND MECHANOSENSITIVITY: EXCEPTIONAL CADHERINS FOR HEARING AND BALANCE. Marcos Sotomayor MECHANICAL FORCES IN B CELL ACTIVATION. Pavel Tolar NAVIGATING A MAZE - SENSING AND RESPONDING TO MECHANICAL OBSTACLES DURING CELLULAR INVASIVE GROWTH. Anja Geitmann

8:15 am –10:15 am

8:15 am –10:15 am

Platform: Molecular Simulation: Structure and Interactions

Ballroom III

8:15 am –10:15 am

Platform: Protein-Nucleic Acid Interactions I

Ballroom IV

8:15 am –10:15 am

Platform: Protein Structure and Conformation I

Room 307/308

8:15 am –10:15 am

Platform: Membrane Physical Chemistry I

Room 309/310

8:15 am –10:15 am

Platform: Ion Channels, Pharmacology, and Disease

Room 314/315

8:15 am –10:15 am

Platform: Kinesins, Dyneins, and Other MT-based Motors

Room 316/317

8:30 am –10:30 am

Minority Affairs Committee Meeting

Room 333

9:00 am –10:00 am

Career Center Workshop: Selling Yourself to the Life Sciences Industry

Room 301/302/303

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

Career Center Workshop

Room 301/302/303

10:30 am –11:30 am

Career Planning and Job Searching for Science Professionals: Academic Opportunities

Exhibitor Presentation: Carl Zeiss Microscopy LLC

Hall C, Room B

10:30 am –12:00 pm

Technology Innovations from ZEISS, the New ZEISS LSM 880 Confocal with Airyscan and the ZEISS Lightsheet Z.1

10:30 am –12:30 pm

International Relations Committee Meeting

Room 313

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Biophysical Society 59 th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland