Sponsored by COBRE on Membrane Protein Production and Characterization
Funded by the National Institute for General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), NIH

Date and Time:

Monday, April 29, 2013 — 8:00 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.

Registration & Continental Breakfast begin at 8:00 a.m.

Location:

Clayton Hall Conference Center (University of Delaware in Newark, DE)

Speakers:

Tamir Gonen, Howard Hughes Medical Institute - "The Influence of Lipids on Membrane Protein Structure and Function"

Jack Freed, Cornell University - "Electron-Spin Resonance in the Study of Membranes and Membrane Proteins"

Sarah Veatch, University of Michigan - "Lipid Rafts Reach a Critical Point"

Brian Fox, University of Wisconsin-Madison - "Membrane Proteins from Cell-Free Translation"

Michael Wolfe, Harvard Medical School - "Proteolytic Functions of Gamma-secretase and Implications for Alzheimer’s Disease"

Alan Grossfield, University of Rochester Medical Center - "Multiscale Modeling of G Protein-Coupled Receptors"

Hidde Ploegh, MIT - "Bacteria and Viruses as a Source of Tools for the Biochemist"

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Ann McDermott, Columbia University - "Ion Binding, Dynamics and Allostery in K+ Channels: NMR Studies of KcsA"

Cost:

There is no charge for this symposium; however, registration is required.

Registration:

Online registration is available..

The deadline to register is Monday, April 22 2013.

Poster Submission:

Posters can be submitted via the registration form.

Questions:

Contact Cinda Younce at 302-831-4500 or via email.