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