Significance of Knotted Structures for Function of Proteins and Nucleic Acids - September 17-21, 2014

Significance of Knotted Structures for Function of Proteins and Nucleic Acids

Program

Significance of Knotted Structures for Function of Proteins and Nucleic Acids University of Warsaw Warsaw, Poland September 17-21, 2014 PROGRAM All scientific sessions and poster presentations will be held in the Auditorium of the Old Library at the University of Warsaw unless otherwise noted. Wednesday, September 17, 2014 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6:00 – 8:00 PM Registration/Information Auditorium Lobby 6:50 – 8:05 PM Opening Talks Jane Clarke, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Unfolded, but not Knotted! Mechanistic Studies of IDP Folding Upon Binding Ada Yonath, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel Ribosomes: RNA Machines for Protein Production that Withstand Evolution Pressures 8:10 – 9:30 PM Welcome Reception Auditorium Lobby Thursday, September 18, 2014 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Registration/Information Auditorium Lobby

Session: Structure of Proteins - Theory Chair: Jose Onuchic, Rice University, USA

8:30 – 9:00 AM

Alexey Murzin, Medical Research Council Center, United Kingdom Geometrical and Topological Aspects of Protein Structures Wladek Minor, University of Virginia, USA Experiment and Modeling: Competitive or Complementary Approaches to Structural Biology? Kenneth C. Millett, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Knots and Slipknots in Proteins Robert Jernigan, Iowa State University, USA Extracting Protein Dynamics from Experimental Structures

9:00 – 9:30 AM

9:30 – 10:00 AM

10:00 – 10:30 AM

Auditorium Lobby

10:30 – 10:45 AM

Coffee Break

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