Sunday, February 26, 2012

7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Optogenetics: Development of Novel Optical Tools for Controlling Protein Cellular Behavior
Kevin Gardner, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Chair
Peter Hegemann, Humboldt University, Germany
Orion Weiner, University of California, San Francisco
Chandra Tucker, University of Colorado Denver

Biofuels
Alex Aravanis, Sapphire Energy, Chair
Charles Wyman, University of California, Riverside
Sten Stymne, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Michelle Chang, University of California, Berkeley  

Measuring Excursions from the "Structure" (X-Ray Crystallography, NMR, Simulations)
Natalie Ahn, University of Colorado, Boulder, Chair 
Lewis Kay, University of Toronto, Canada
Haw Yang, Princeton University
James Fraser, University of California, San Francisco
Natalie Ahn, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Measuring, Modeling and Designing Protein Recognition Specificity
Ora Schueler-Furman, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, Chair
Sarel Fleishman, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Sachdev Sidhu, University of Toronto, Canada
Gevorg Grigoryan, Dartmouth College  
Ora Schueler-Furman, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Protein Reconstitution in Artificial Membrane Systems
Stephen Sligar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chair
Kalina Hristova, Johns Hopkins University
Heiko Heerklotz, University of Toronto, Canada
Jay T. Groves, University of California, Berkeley