Biophysical Society 62nd Annual Meeting | Program Guide

Monday, February 19, 2018

M O N D A Y

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

7:30 am-8:30 am Graduate Student Breakfast

North, Lower Lobby, Room 20/21

7:30 am-5:00 pm Registration/Exhibitor Registration

South Lobby

8:00 am-10:00 pm Poster Viewing

Exhibit Hall ABC

Symposium: Fibril Assembly and Structure:

North, Lower Lobby, Room 24

Progress and Challenges Co-Chairs Robert Griffin, MIT Joan Emma-Shea, University of California, Santa Barbara HIGH RESOLUTION STRUCTURE DETERMINATION OF amYLOID FIBRILS. Robert G. Griffin

8:15 am-10:15 am

AGGREGATION OF THE TAU PROTEIN: INSIGHTS FROM ATOMISTIC AND MESOSCALE SIMULATIONS. Joan-Emma Shea HIGH RESOLUTION FIBRIL STRUCTURE OF amYLOID-β(1-42) BY CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY. Dieter Willbold FIBRIL FORMATION BY amYLOID-BETA AND BY LOW-COMPLEXITY SEQUENCES: INSIGHTS FROM SOLID STATE NMR. Robert Tycko Co-Chairs Sharon Campbell, University of North Carolina Roland Winter, Technical University of Dortmund, Germany RAS-MEMBRANE INTERACTIONS AND THEIR MODULATION BY EFFECTOR PROTEINS. Roland Winter ALLOSTERIC REGULATION OF SMALL GTPASES ON MEMBRANES. Jacqueline Cherfils LIPID BINDING SPECIFICITY OF THE KRAS MEMBRANE ANCHOR. John F. Hancock ROLE OF THE MEMBRANE IN EXCHANGE FACTOR - MEDIATED REGULATION OF RAP1B IN PLATELET ACTIVATION. Sharon L. Campbell Symposium: Biophysics of Lipid-modified GTPases

North, Lower Lobby, Room 25

8:15 am-10:15 am

South, Level Two, Room 207/208

8:15 am-10:15 am Platform: Optical Microscopy and Superresolution Imaging: Methods II 8:15 am-10:15 am Platform: Membrane Pumps, Transporters, and Exchangers 8:15 am-10:15 am Platform: Protein Structure and Conformation II 8:15 am-10:15 am Platform: Bioengineering and Biomaterials 8:15 am-10:15 am Platform: Protein-Nucleic Acid Interactions 8:15 am-10:15 am Platform: Microtubules and Associated Motors

South, Level Two, Room 215/216

Esplanade, Room 153 Esplanade, Room 154 Esplanade, Room 155 Esplanade, Room 156 Exhibit Hall, Room 6

8:30 am-10:00 am Exhibitor Presentation: TA Instruments – Waters LLC Characterizing Biopharmaceuticals for Stability and Affinity

South, Level Three, Room 306

8:30 am-10:30 am CPOW Committee Meeting

Exhibit Hall, Room 5

9:30 am-11:00 am Exhibitor Presentation: Bruker Corporation

The Latest in Mechanobiology Research with AFM

Career Development Center Workshop:

South, Lower Level, Room 2

10:00 am-11:00 am

Demystifying the Academic Job Search II: Preparing your Written Application Materials: CV, Cover Letter, and Research Statement

10:00 am-5:00 pm Exhibits 10:15 am-11:00 am Coffee Break

Exhibit Hall ABC Exhibit Hall ABC

10:15 am-11:15 am NewMember Welcome Coffee

North, Lower Lobby, Room 20/21

Exhibit Hall, Room 6

10:30 am-12:00 pm Exhibitor Presentation: Dynamic Biosensors GmbH

Biophysical Analysis of Molecular Interactions with the switchSENSE Biosensor

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