Biophysical Society 61st Annual Meeting | Program Guide

Room 212/213

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

The Strategic Postdoc: How to Find and Leverage Your Postdoc Experience

M O N D A Y

Symposium: Protein Folding Mechanisms

Great Hall A

Chair: Susan Marqusee, University of California, Berkeley TOURING THE LANDSCAPE: THE VIEW DEPENDS ON HOW AND WHEN YOU LOOK. Susan Marqusee FOLDING OF DISORDERED PROTEINS: SINGLE MOLECULES TO MESOSCALES. Ashok Deniz FOLDING MECHANISMS: DISTINGUISHING SIGNATURES AND FUNCTIONAL ADVANTAGES. Olga Dudko PROTEINS AS PH SENSORS AND SWITCHES. Bertrand Garcia-Moreno

4:00 pm-6:00 pm

Symposium: Mitochondrial Dynamics and Transport

Great Hall B

Chair: Robert S. Balaban, NIH THE MUSCLE CELL MITOCHONDRIA RETICULUM. Robert S. Balaban CONTROL OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTION BY FUSION AND FISSION. David Chan

4:00 pm-6:00 pm

STRUCTURE AND IN SITU ORGANIZATION OF ATP SYTHASE AND RESPIRATORY CHAIN COMPLEXES. Karen Davies MITOCHONDRIA AND MEMORY: BIOENERGETICS, SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY AND NEURODEGENERATION. Elizabeth A. Jonas

Symposium: Epigenomic Changes Driven by Biomechanical Load

Room R02/03

Chair: Andrew D. McCulloch, University of California, San Diego SYSTEMS MECHANOBIOLOGY OF CARDIAC MYOCYTES. Andrew D. McCulloch THE “SELF-STIRRED” GENOME: BULK AND SURFACE DYNAMICS OF THE CHROMATIN GLOBULE. Alexandra Zidovska EPIGENETIC REGULATION OF CHROMATIN DYNAMICS. Michael G. Poirier MULTI-SCALE MODELING OF CHROMOSOMAL DNA IN PROKARYOTIC AND EUKARYOTIC CELLS. Andrew J. Spakowitz

4:00 pm-6:00 pm

4:00 pm-6:00 pm Platform: Skeletal Muscle Mechanics, Structure, and Regulation

Room R04/05

4:00 pm-6:00 pm Platform: Ion Channel Regulatory Mechanisms

Room R06/07

4:00 pm-6:00 pm Platform: Membrane Active Peptides and Toxins II

Room R08/09

4:00 pm-6:00 pm Platform: Optical Microscopy and Super-resolution Imaging: Novel Approaches and Analysis II

Room 206/207

4:00 pm-6:00 pm Platform: Membrane Protein Structures II

Room 208/209

Room 218

5:30 pm-7:00 pm Exhibitor Presentation: Sutter Instrument Scientists Empowering Scientists 8:00 pm-9:30 pm Awards and National Lecture

Great Hall A & B

9:30 pm-12:00 am Reception and Dance

Hilton, Grand Ballrooom

9:30 pm-12:00 am Reception and Quiet Room

Hilton, Versailles Ballroom

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