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Wednesday, October
24,
2007 Registration, poster session and mixer 6:30 - 9:00pm |
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Thursday, October 25, 2007 |
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9:00 - 10:00 |
Poster Session and voting for top two
Outstanding Poster. |
| 10:00
- 10:15 |
Break |
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Morning Session I -
Immunity,
Pathogenicity and Multidrug Resistance &
Enzymes |
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| Dr. Robert Fox,
The University of Texas Medical Branch - Chair |
| 10:15 -
10:45 |
Richard Baxter,
University of Texas of Texas Southwestern Medical Center/HHMI -
Structural basis for conserved complement factor-like function in
the
antimalarial protein TEP1 |
| 10:45 -
11:10 |
Chad Brautigan,
University of Texas of
Texas Southwestern Medical Center/HHMI -
Biophysical
Studies on the Tp34 Lipoprotein of
Treponema pallidum |
| 11:10 -
11:35 |
Jinhui Dong, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX -
Crystal Structures Of Multidrug
Resistant Regulator EbrR |
| 11:35 - 12:00 |
Lenong Li,
Noble Foundation -
Crystal Structure of Medicago
truncatula UGT85H2 - Insights into the Structural Basis of a
Multifunctional (Iso)flavonoid Glycosyltransferase |
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| 12:00 -
1:30 |
Lunch |
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Afternoon Session I
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Signal Transduction
and Stress Response Mechanisms |
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Dr.
Joseph Ferrara, Rigaku Americas
Corp -
Chair |
| 1:30 -
1:55 |
John M. Humphreys, The University of
Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas -
An
Excursion from Ser/Thr to Tyrosine Kinase Activity Underlies the
Threshold Behavior of MAPK Modules
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| 1:55
- 2:20 |
Ryan Watkins,
MD Anderson Cancer Center - Crystal Structures of GSI-a
Glutamine Synthetase from Bacillus subtilis bound to ATP with
glutamate and the ATP analogue, AMP-PCP |
| 2:20 -
2:45 |
Aditya Hindupur,
University of Texas
Medical Branch -
Structural Biology of the E. coli stress response proteins: YedU
and YciF |
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2:45 - 3:10 |
Kate
J. Newberry,
University of Texas M.D. Anderson
Cancer Center - Structural Mechanism of Organic Hydroperoxide
Induction of the Transcription Repressor OhrR |
| 3:10 -
3:45 |
Coffee Break |
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Afternoon Session II -
Protein-Nucleic Acid Interaction |
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| Dr. Richard G. Brennan, University
of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center - Chair |
| 3:45
- 4:10 |
Maria A. Schumacher, University of Texas,
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Segrosome structure revealed by
ParR-centromere complex |
| 4:10
- 4:35 |
Mischa Machius, The University of
Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas - Epigenetic control
of transcription through histone demethylation by
LSD1 |
| 4:35 - 5:00 |
James E. Knapp,
The
University of Texas Medical Branch -
Domain-domain
flexibility leads to allostery within the cAMP Receptor Protein
(CRP) |
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| 5:00 - 6:30 |
Break |
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| 6:30 - 9:00 |
Thursday
Night Banquet: Featuring |
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Friday,
October 26, 2007 |
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Morning Session I |
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Dr. Joseph Ferrara, Rigaku Americas
Corp -
Chair |
| 9:00 -
9:20 |
Outstanding Poster Award Winner I |
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| 9:20
- 9:40 |
Outstanding
Poster Award Winner II (TBD) |
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Kevin M. Piro,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology, M.D. Anderson
Cancer Center,
Conformational hinge in Multidrug
transporter activation, N terminus requires
Pro72 for effective DNA binding
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| 9:40 -
10:10 |
Coffee Break |
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Morning Session II |
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Dr. Angela Criswell, Rigaku Americas
Corp -
Chair |
| 10:45 -
11:10 |
David B. Neau,
Center for Advanced Microstructures and
Devices, Louisiana State University,
Improving protein crystal quality by selective removal of a Ca2+-dependent
membrane insertion loop |
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11:10 - 11:35 |
Amber
L. Dowell, Trash to
Treasure: Changing a Poorly Diffracting Frozen Crystal to a High
Resolution Data Set |
| 11:35 - 12:00 |
Joseph Ferrara, Rigaku
Americas, HomeLabs Vs. Synchrotrons:
The Facts Will Surprise You |
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| 12:30 -
3:00 |
SouthWestern Barbeque Sponsored by
Rigaku Americas Corporation |
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