Listing of all posters

Thursday June 19, 2008

(8:45 – 9:15 a.m., Set-up for all poster sessions  - Clothier Memorial Hall)

Session I - Lecture Hall 101, Science Center, Discussion Leader: A. Joshua Wand, Ph.D.

(9:00 – 9:30 a.m. – Coffee & Refreshments)

9:30 – 10:00 a.m.

William F. DeGrado, Ph.D.
George W. Raiziss Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics    
"Late breaking news"

10:00 – 10:20 a.m.

Karl R. Schmitz
(graduate student in the laboratory of Kathryn Ferguson, Ph.D.)
"Structural characterization of Vps74p, a novel Golgi localization protein"

10:20 – 10:50 a.m.

Kathleen Boesze-Battaglia, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biochemistry (School of Dental Medicine)
"Role of the tetraspanin peripherin/rds in retinal cell development"

10:50 – 11:05 a.m.

Break

11:05 – 11:15 a.m.

"The BMB Graduate Group - present and future directions"
A. Joshua Wand, Ph.D.
Benjamin Rush Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics
Chair, Graduate Group in Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics

11:15 – 11:35 a.m.

Qingyi (Joy) Yang
(graduate student in the laboratory of Kim A. Sharp, Ph.D.)
"Characterization of large scale macromolecular motions"

11:35 – 12:05 p.m.

Emmanuel Skordalakes, Ph.D.
Wistar Institute Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics
"Structural studies of telomerase: insights into the mechanism of RNP assembly"

12:05 – 12:25 p.m.

Camella G. Wilson
(graduate student in the laboratory of Bryan A. Wolf, M.D., PhD.)
"Pancreatic derived factor increases hepatic gluconeogenesis"

12:30 – 2:00 p.m.

Poster Session I & Lunch (Clothier Memorial Hall)

Session II - Lecture Hall 101, Science Center, Discussion Leader: Mark A. Lemmon, Ph.D.

 2:00 – 2:30 p.m.

Mitchell Lewis, D.Phil.
Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics
"The lac operon: a second look"

2:30 – 2:50 p.m.

John M. Gledhill
(graduate student in the laboratory of A. Joshua Wand, Ph.D.)
"Optimized sampling of n-dimensional NMR experiments"

2:50 – 3:20 p.m.

Yale E. Goldman, M.D., Ph.D.,
Professor of Physiology
"Navigation by molecular motors"

3:20 – 3:40 p.m.

Peng Yuan
(graduate student in the laboratory of Gregory D. Van Duyne, Ph.D.)
"Structural and biochemical studies of serine integrases"

3:40 – 3:55 p.m.

Break

4:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Keynote Speaker:  Craig B. Thompson, M.D.
J. Samuel Staub, M.D. Professor of Medicine
Director, Abramson Family Cancer Research Center
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
"Cellular responses to bioenergetic stress"

5:00 – 6:30 p.m.

Poster Session II & Happy Hour (Clothier Memorial Hall)

Friday, June 20, 2008

(9:00 – 9:30 a.m. – Coffee & Refreshments)

Session III - Lecture Hall 101, Science Center, Discussion Leader: James Shorter, Ph.D.

9:30 – 10:00 a.m.

Ronen Marmorstein, Ph.D.
Wistar Institute Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics
"Structure and chemistry of histone acetyltransferases: learning new tricks from an old dog"

10:00 – 10:20 a.m.

Eric A. Mellon
(graduate student in the laboratory of Ravinder Reddy, Ph.D.)
"Estimation of the regional cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen consumption with MRI during the first 60 seconds of 17O2 inhalation in swine”

10:20 – 10:50 a.m.

Ben E. Black, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics
"The histone variant CENP-A and centromere specification"

10:50 – 11:10 a.m.

Douglas G. Metcalf
(graduate student in the laboratory of William F. DeGrado, Ph.D.)
"NMR structure of the resting integrin's cytosolic domains"

11:10 a.m.  – 12:40 p.m.

Poster Session III & Refreshments (Clothier Memorial Hall)

12:40 – 1:00 p.m.

Presentation of Poster Awards & Group Photograph
(outside Clothier Memorial Hall)

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Softball Game: Faculty vs. Students (by Sharples Dining Hall)

1:45 p.m. – ?

Picnic (by Sharples Dining Hall)

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