Our Schedule
Introduction
| Start | End | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:00 | 08:20 | Coffee | |
| 08:20 | 08:30 | Opening Remarks |
Session 1: Protein Discovery and Functional Analysis
| Start | End | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:30 | 09:05 | Professor David Baker (UW) | The coming of age of de-novo protein design |
| 09:05 | 09:50 | Professor Sam Gellman (University of Wisconsin) | Memorial Talk: Foldamers: Extrapolating from proteins |
| 09:50 | 10:25 | Professor Ed Solomon (Stanford) | Activating metal sites for biological electron transfer |
| 10:25 | 10:40 | Coffee Break |
Session 2: Protein Modification and Biocatalysis
| Start | End | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:40 | 11:25 | Professor Alanna Schepartz (UC Berkeley) | Memorial Talk: New molecules from ribosomes |
| 11:25 | 12:00 | Professor Alison Narayan (University of Michigan) | Using enzymes to build molecules |
| 12:00 | 02:00 |
Lunch Break |
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| 12:30 | 01:30 |
Lunch Event |
WIPC: Navigating Challenges as a woman in protein chemistry Please note this session will take place in Room 17A/B |
Session 3: Applications of Protein Chemistry
| Start | End | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02:00 | 02:35 | Professor Itaru Hamachi (Kyoto) | Chemical modification of native proteins in live systems and beyond |
| 02:35 | 03:20 | Professor Jean Chmielewski (Purdue University) | Memorial Talk: Stalking elusive pathogenic bacteria with cationic amphiphilic polyproline helices: Diving into human cells to treat infections |
| 03:20 | 03:55 | Professor Ben Shen (TSRI) | Leveraging a microbial strain collection to discover new enzymology |
| 03:55 | 04:30 | Professor Bob Langer (MIT) | Controlled release of macromolecules |
| 04:30 | 05:00 | Award Presentation and Closing Remarks |