Biophysical Society 61st Annual Meeting | Program Guide

Symposium:  New and Notable Co-Chairs: David W. Piston, Washington University and Catherine A. Royer, Rensellaer Polytechnic Institute DNA LOOPING MEDIATES NUCLEOSOME TRANSFER. Lucy Brennan ATOMIC STRUCTURE OF THE CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR. Jue Chen CONNECTING ATOMISTIC TO CELLULAR SCALES IN COMPUTER SIMULATIONS OF A BACTERIAL CYTOPLASM. Michael Feig SINGLE MOLECULE INSIGHTS INTO THE ASSEMBLY AND CATALYTIC ACTIVATION OF SPLICEOSOMES. Aaron Hoskins RESOLVING THE STRUCTURAL MECHANICS OF NCULEAR INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS IN SITU USING A CORRELATIVE AFM AND CRYO-EM APPROACH. Tanuj Sapra A NEWLY-IDENTIFIED INTERACTION MOTIF ASSOCIATED WITH GATING IN VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNELS. Bonnie Wallace Chair: Sarah Woodson, Johns Hopkins University CLEAVING FAST AND SLOW: STRATEGIES FOR SELF-ASSEMBLY OF CATALYTIC RNA. Sarah A. Woodson RNA TERTIARY STRUCTURE AND THE REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION. Anna Pyle ADVENTURES WITH RNA GRAPHS. Tamar Schlick THE STRUCTURAL AND MECHANISTIC ORIGINS OF CATALYSIS IN NUCLEOLYTIC RIBOZYMES. David M. Lilley Symposium: RNA Structures and Dynamics

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10:45 am–12:45 pm

Great Hall B

10:45 am–12:45 pm

10:45 am–12:45 pm Platform: Membrane Receptors and Signal Transduction I

Room R02/03

10:45 am–12:45 pm Platform: Cell Mechanics, Mechanosensing, and Motility I

Room R04/05

10:45 am–12:45 pm Platform: Protein Structure and Conformation I

Room R06/07

10:45 am–12:45 pm Platform: Protein Dynamics and Allostery I

Room R08/09

10:45 am–12:45 pm Platform: General Protein-Lipid Interactions I

Room 206/207

10:45 am–12:45 pm Platform: Cardiac, Smooth, and Skeletal Muscle Electrophysiology

Room 208/209

11:30 am–1:00 pm Undergraduate Student Pizza “Breakfast”

Room 205

11:30 am–5:00 pm Colleges in the Community Day

Room 205

12:00 pm–1:00 pm International Travel Awardee Luncheon

Rivergate Room, Lobby Level

Room 212/213

12:00 pm–1:00 pm Career Center Workshop

Networking: Optimizing Your Time at BPS 2017

12:15 pm–2:15 pm Public Affairs Committee Meeting

Room 203

Room 221

12:30 pm–2:00 pm Exhibitor Presentation: Bruker Corporation

Super-Resolution Microscopy: Performing Quantitative Analysis at the Molecular Level

1:00 pm–2:30 pm The World Outside the Lab: Many Ways to Use Your PhD Skills

Room R01

1:00 pm–3:00 pm Graduate & Postdoc Institution Fair

Hall B-2 & C

1:45 pm–3:00 pm Snack Break

Hall B-2 & C

1:45 pm–3:45 pm Poster Presentations and Late Posters

Hall B-2 & C

2:00 pm–3:30 pm Teaching Science Like We Do Science

Rivergate Room, Lobby Level

Career Center Workshop

Room 212/213

2:30 pm–3:30 pm

Demystifying the Academic Job Search I: Understanding the Search Process from the Perspective of Search Committees and Decoding Job Announcements

2:30 pm–4:00 pm CRISPR from a Policy Perspective

Room 210

3:30 pm–5:00 pm Early Careers Committee Meeting

Room 203

Room 212/213

4:00 pm–5:00 pm Career Center Workshop

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

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