2008 Motility Subgroup Program

Piotr Fajer, Florida State University, CIMAR, and

Roger Craig, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Subgroup Co-Chairs.

Sponsored in part by

Session I

12:00 noon - 12:05 pm

Session Overview

 

12:05 - 12:35 pm

Structure and Function of Muscle Regulatory Proteins.
Yuichiro Maeda, Nagoya University, Japan.

12:35 - 1:05 pm

Common Aspects of Communication between Functional Regions in P-Loop NTPases.
Andras Malnasi-Csizmadia, Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary.

1:05 - 1:35 pm

Putting Together a Myosin Binding Protein-C Puzzle: Structural Pieces and Functional Fits.

Samantha Harris, University of Washington.

 

1:35 - 2:05 pm

Cardiac Myosin Filament and Its Structural Changes during Disease.
Maria-Elena Zoghbi, University of Massachusetts Medical School.

2:05 - 2:15 pm

Student Poster Highlights I

 

2:15 - 2:45 pm

Break

 

Session II

2:45 - 3:10 pm

Business Meeting

 

3:10 - 3:15 pm

Session Overview

 

3:15 - 3:45 pm

Interface Energetics in the Actomyosin Cycle.
Kevin Facemyer, University of Nevada School of Medicine.

3:45 - 4:15 pm

Moving Parts of Kinesin.
Rob Cross, Marie Curie Research Institute, United Kingdom.

4:15 - 4:45 pm

Subnanometer-Resolution Studies of Kinesin's Power Stroke.
Charles Sindelar, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

 

4:45 - 4:55 pm

Student Poster Highlights II

 

5:00 - 8:00 pm

Dinner Break
 

8:00 - 9:00 pm
Evening Talk
A Random Walk through the Field of Motor Proteins.
Roger Cooke, University of California, San Francisco.

1986        Edward D. Korn (NIH)
               Structure-Function Studies on the Acanthamoeba Myosin Isoenzymes:

1987        D.J. DeRosier, (Brandeis Univ)
               LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTIN!

1988        James Spudich (Stanford Univ.)
               Myosin Structure and Function Explored by in vitro Movement Assays

1989        Ralph Yount (Washington State Univ)
               Protein Psychiatry: Glimpse into the Heads of Myosin

1990        Thomas Pollard (Johns Hopkins Univ.)
               New Functions for Cytoplasmic Contractile Proteins

1991        K. Campbell (Univ. of Iowa)
               Function Aspects of Dystrophin

1993        Andrew Somlyo (Univ of Virginia)
               Excitation-Contraction Coupling, Contractile Regulation and the Cross-Bridge

1994        Henry Epstein (Baylor College of Medicine)
               Critical Processes in Early Muscle Development

1995        Susan Lowey (Brandeis Univ)
               Light Chains Revisited

1996        Clara Franzini-Armstrong (Univ of Penn)
               Structural Basis of E-C Coupling

1997        Ken Holmes (Max-Planck Inst)
               How Myosin Works!

1998        Thomas Pollard (The Salk Inst for Biological Studies)
               Can Kinetics and Mass Action Account for the Dynamics of the Actin Cytoskeleton?

1999        Carolyn Cohen (Brandeis Univ)
               Myosin and More

2000        Hugh Huxley (Brandeis Univ)
               Trying to Understand How Muscles Contract

2001        Bob Simmons (Kings College, UK)
               What Single Molecules are Trying to Tell Us

2002        Edwin Taylor (Univ of Chicago)
                    Theme and Variations

2003        Steven M. Block (Stanford Univ)
               E Pur Si Muove

2004        Yale E. Goldman (Univ of Penn)
               Myosin Motors: The Original Smart Machines that Conserve Renewable

2005        John Kendrick-Jones (MRC)
                    Probing the Roles of Myosin VI in Membrane Dynamics and Transport Pathways in Cells

2006        H. Lee Sweeney (Univ of Penn)
               Myosin VI: A Kinesin Among Myosins

2007        Jim Sellers (NIH/NHLBI)

               Touch your Toes! The Key to Myosin Regulation

Previous Motility Subgroup Chairs (1985 – Current)

1985        Richard L. Moss (Univ of Wisconsin) & Peter Vibert (Brandeis Univ)

1986        ***

1987        Mike Reedy (Duke Univ) & Mark Schoenberg (NIH)

1988        Roger Craig (Univ of Mass) & Frederic Fay (Univ of Mass)

1989        James R. Sellers (NIH) & Howard D. White (Eastern Virginia Med Sch)

1990        Kristine E. Kamm (Univ of Texas, South Western Med Ctr)

1991        Bernhard Brenner (Univ of Ulm) & Kathleen G. Morgan (Harvard Med Sch )

1992        ***

1993        Terence Tao (Boston Biomed Res Inst) & Michael Walsh (Univ of Calgary)

1994        Bob Godt (Med College of Georgia) & Mary Reedy (Duke Univ) 

1995        Kathleen Trybus (Brandeis Univ) & Leepo Yu (NIH)

1996        H. Lee Sweeney (Univ of Penn) & Kuan Wang (Univ. of Texas)

1997        Avril Somlyo (Univ of Virginia) & Albert Wang (Boston Biomed Res Inst)

1998        Christine Cremo (Washington State Univ) & Jonathon Howard (Univ of Washington)

1999        P.B. Chase (Univ Washington) & L. Tobacman (Univ Iowa)

2000        Hank Granzier (Washington State University)

2001        Christopher Berger (Univ. of Vermont) & Justin Molloy (Univ. of York)

2002        David Hackney (Carnegie Mellon Univ) & Thomas Irving (Illinois Inst Tech)

2003        E. Michael Ostap (Univ of Penn) & Claudia Veigel (Univ of York, U.K.)

2004        Steven M. Block (Stanford Univ) & Emil Reisler (UCLA)

2005        Kazuhiro Oiwa (Natl Inst Inform & Comm Technol) & Steven Rosenfeld

               (Univ Alabama, Birmingham)

2006        Roberto Dominguez (Boston Biomed Res Inst) & Anne Houdusse (Inst Curie)

2007        Josh Baker (University of Nevada) & Enrique M. De La Cruz (Yale University)

Motility Subgroup Bylaws  

Article 1 
Name: The name of this Subgroup is the Motility Subgroup.

Article 2 
Objective: The purpose of this Subgroup is to advance and disseminate knowledge regarding the molecular mechanisms of motion-generation and regulation in biological systems and the role of motile-processes in cell, tissue, and whole organ function.

Article 3 
Member: A Motility Subgroup member is any Society member who submits his/her name to the Society and has paid his/her dues for the current year.

Article 4 
Dues: Dues will be assessed to cover expenses related to operation of the Motility Subgroup and will be collected by the Society.

Article 5 

Meetings: The annual Motility Subgroup meeting and business meeting will be held in connection with the Annual Biophysical Society Meeting. Elections will be held during the business portion of the Motility Subgroup Meeting and other business may be transacted by the members of the Subgroup at this time. 

Article 6 

Officers: The officers of the Subgroup will be two Subgroup Chairs and two Chairs-Elect. The Chairs-Elect shall serve as such for one year beginning immediately after the annual meeting in which they are elected and will serve as Chairs the following year. Only Motility Subgroup members are eligible for election as officers.

Article 7 

Operation: The Subgroup will be run by the two Subgroup Chairs. Duties of the Chairs include organizing and conducting the annual Motility Subgroup meeting, apprising the Biophysical Society of the activities and needs of the Subgroup, advising the Society on matters related to biological motility, promoting and overseeing the student research award (SRA) competition, and participating in activities that benefit the Subgroup and Society.

Article 8

Nominations: Nominations for Motility Subgroup Chairs-Elect shall be received from the floor during the business portion of the annual Subgroup meeting or by e-mail or letter up to two weeks prior to the annual meeting.

Article 9 
Elections: Elections shall be held during the business portion of the annual meeting. The two nominees receiving the highest number of votes will be elected.

Article 10 
Amendments to the Bylaws: Proposals for new or amended bylaws shall be submitted to one of the Chairs for consideration at the Annual business meeting. Changes in the bylaws require a majority vote at the annual business meeting.