Protein Allostery & Dynamics

Thursday, July 23
01:30 - 04:30 pm
Auditorium

CONCURRENT AFTERNOON SYMPOSIA 1
Chair: Modesto Orozco, IRB Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain.

01:35 David Fushman, University of Maryland. College Park, MD, United States.
Deciphering the 'ubiquitin code': conformations and molecular recognition of polyubiquitin signals.

Young Investigator Speaker:

02:05 Anna Monica Nunes, Rutgers University. Newark, NJ, United States.
The Role of the Mg(II) Ion on Integrin-collagen Interactions: Regulating Affinity Through Conformational Fluctuations.

02:20 Patricia Bassereau, Institut Curie Centre de Recherche. Paris, France.
Multifaceted BAR-domain proteins to shape cell membranes.

02:20 25-min Coffee Break

03:15 Jeanne Hardy,
 University of Massachusetts. Amherst, MA, United States.
Mapping Allosteric Sites Across the Apoptotic Caspases.

Protein Science Best Paper Speaker:
03:45 Chih-Chia (Jack) Su,
 Iowa State University. Ames, IA, United States.
Crystal Structure of the Campylobacter Jejuni CmeC Outer Membrane Channel.

04:00 Harald Schwalbe,  Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität. Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Allosteric Inhibition of FGF-FGFR-complex by small molecules.