Structural Biology
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Class of '62 Auditorium, John Morgan Building
1:00 - 1:45 p.m.
Daniel Leahy, Johns Hopkins
Hedgehog Signaling: sorting out complex interactions
1:45 - 2:05 p.m.
Julie Aaron, Christianson Lab, Department of Chemistry
Epi-isozizaene synthase, a platform for the engineering of new terpenoid cyclization templates
2:05 - 2:50 p.m.
Youxing Jiang, University of Texas Southwestern
Structural study of tetrameric cation channels
2:50 - 3:10 p.m.
Coffee Break
3:10 - 3:55 p.m.
Charles Lesburg, Schering-Plough
Engineered PXR for inverse structure-based drug design
3:55 - 4:15 p.m.
Alexei Polishchuk, DeGrado Lab,Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
Structure-based mechanism of proton transport through the influenza A M2 protein
4:15 - 5:00 p.m.
Lynne Regan, Yale University
Creating novel proteins by selection and design
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Reception in Atrium
Sponsored by:
Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GAPSA)
Biomedical Graduate Student Association (BGSA)
Organizers:
Julie Aaron
Daniela Fera
Glen Liszczak
Patrick Lombardi
Yao Zhang
Faculty Advisors:
David Christianson, Department of Chemistry
Ronen Marmorstein, Wistar/Chemistry/BMB
