Engineering Approaches to Biomolecular Motors

Engineering Approaches to Biomolecular Motors: From in vitro to in vivo

Program Schedule

9:45 – 10:15

Lawrence Lee, University of New South Wales, Australia Artificial Synthesis of the Bacterial Flagellar Motor

Flash talks from posters

10:15 – 10:30

Coffee Break

Harbour Centre Concourse

10:30 – 10:50

Session VI

Biological Molecular Motors II: Modification and Redesign of Biological Motors (continued) Zev Bryant, Stanford University, USA, Chair Robert Cross, University of Warwick, United Kingdom Tweaking the Kinesin-Microtubule Interface

10:50 – 11:20

11:20 – 11:50

Kristen Verhey, University of Michigan, USA Engineering Inhibitable Kinesin Motors

11:50 – 12:20

Ken’ya Furuta, NICT, Japan* Creating Novel Biomolecular Motors Based on Dynein and Actin-binding Proteins

Lunch Break (on own)

12:20 – 13:50

Session VII

Biological Molecular Motors III: Organization and Control of Motor Collection in vitro Samara Reck-Peterson, University of California, San Diego, USA, Chair

13:50 – 14:05

Session Introduction - Samara Reck-Peterson

14:05 – 14:35

Andrej Vilfan, J. Stefan Institute, Slovenia Translational and Rotational Motion of Coupled Motor Proteins

14:35 – 15:05

Sivaraj Sivaramakrishnan, University of Minnesota, USA Cooperativity in Myosin Ensembles Revealed by DNA Nanotechnology Platforms Nathan Derr, Smith College, USA* Cargo Rigidity Affects the Sensitivity of Dynein Ensembles to Individual Motor Pausing

15:05 – 15:20

Flash talks from posters

15:20 – 15:35

Coffee Break

Harbour Centre Concourse

15:35 – 16:00

Session VIII

Nanodevices I: Using Devices to Study Motor Function Heiner Linke, Lund University, Sweden, Chair :

16:00 – 16:15

Session Introduction – Heiner Linke

16:15 – 16:45

Philip Collins, University of California, Irvine, USA All-Electronic, Single-Molecule Monitoring of the Processive Activity of DNA Polymerase I

*Contributed talks selected from among submitted abstracts

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