Subgroup Co-Chairs: Jinqing Huang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, CHINA, and Keith Mickolajczyk, Rutgers Medical School, USA
Symposium Time: 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM PST
Symposium Room: Esplanade, Room 153
Business Meeting: 10:25 - 10:35 AM PST
8:30 AM Opening Remarks
8:40 AM Taekjip Ha, Harvard Medical School, USA
Multimodal Single Molecule Analysis of CTCF Dynamics and Regulation of Cohesin Barrier Function
9:15 AM Maria "Masha" Kamenetska, Boston University, USA
Elucidating Kinetics and Thermodynamics of RNA-ligand Interactions Using Force Spectroscopy and Optical Tweezer Single Molecule Approaches
9:35 AM Shixin Liu, The Rockefeller University, USA
Visualizing Mammalian Transcription Elongation on DNA and Chromatin
9:55 AM Early Career Award in Single-Molecule Forces, Manipulation and Visualization Awardee Talk
10:15 AM Break
10:25 AM Business Meeting
10:35 AM Student/Postdoc Talk: TBD
10:50 AM Sabrina Leslie, The University of British Columbia, CANADA
Single-Particle and Single-Cell Microscopy Advance the Biophysical Characterization, Understanding, and Optimization of Next-Generation Genomic Medicines
11:10 AM Peng Zheng, Nanjing University, CHINA
Computational Design of Ultastable Protein via Hydrogen Bond Maximization for Extreme Environment
11:30 AM Matthew Comstock, Michigan State University, USA
High-Resolution Fluorescence Plus Force Spectroscopy of RNA from Riboswitches to Telomerase
11:50 AM Scott Blanchard, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, USA
Parallel Stopped-Flow Interrogation of Diverse Biological Systems at the Single-Molecule Scale
12:25 AM Closing Remarks