Biophysical Society Conference | Tahoe 2023

Proton Reactions: From Basic Science to Biomedical Applications

Daily Schedule

Proton Reactions: From Basic Science to Biomedical Applications Tahoe, California August 20-24, 2023 All scientific sessions will be held in the Mountain Ballroom unless otherwise noted. PROGRAM

Sunday, August 20, 2023

3:30 PM – 6 :30 PM

Registration/Information

Ballroom Pre-Function

6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Dinner

Granhall/Garden Deck

Session I

Protons in Physics and Biology Co-Chairs: Ana-Nicoleta, Bondar, University of Bucharest, Romania Thomas Decoursey, Rush University Medical Center, USA

8:00 PM – 8:10 PM

Welcome and Opening Remarks

8:10 PM – 8:40 PM

Keynote Lecture Robert Gennis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Structure and Proposed Mechanism of the Nicotinamide Nucleotide Transhydrogenase from E. Coli. Keynote Lecture Gregory Voth, University of Chicago, USA Proton Transport in Biomolecular Systems: A Remarkably Complex and Collective Phenomenon

8:40 PM – 9:20 PM

9:20 PM – 10:00 PM

Keynote Lecture Menachem Gutman, Tel Aviv University, Israel The Many-Faces Nature of Proton Transfer Reactions

Monday, August 21, 2023 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM

Breakfast

Granhall

8:00 AM – 6:30 PM

Registration/Information

Ballroom Pre-Function

Session II

Molecular Ion Transporters Chair: Petra Hellwig, University of Strasbourg, France

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Jessica Swanson, University of Utah, USA Kinetic Selection in Transporters: Teasing Out the Roles of the Electrical and Chemical Gradients Petra Hellwig, University of Strasbourg, France Electrocatalytic and Spectroscopic Studies on Cytochrome C Oxidase, a Highly Diverse Bacterial Membrane Protein

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM

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