Delaware Membrane Protein Symposium :: :: :: :: ::
Sponsored by COBRE on Membrane Protein Production and Characterization
Funded by the National Center for Research Resources, NIH

Date and Time:

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 – 8:30 a.m.

Location:

John M. Clayton Hall (University of Delaware in Newark, DE)

Cost:

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

Registration:

Online registration is available for your convenience.

The deadline to register is November 4, 2009.

Confirmed Speakers:

Toby Allen (University of California - Davis)
Membrane Ion Permeability and Channel Function Explored with Atomistic Simulation


Barbara Baird (Cornell University)
Plasma Membrane Heterogeneity and Receptor Mediated Signaling


Donald Engelman (Yale University)
From Folding to pHLIP: a Voyage of Discovery


Thomas Sakmar (Rockefeller University)
Heptahelical Receptors: Ligand Recognition and Conformational Dynamics in Bilayers


Peter Tieleman (University of Calgary)
Computer Simulations of Transmembrane Helices


Francesco Tombola (University of California - Irvine)
The Voltage-Sensing Domain (VSD) and VSD-Containing Proteins


Bridget Wilson (University of New Mexico)
Insights into the Spatiotemporal Regulation of Receptor Signaling via Combined High Resolution Imaging Techniques


Joanne Yeh (University of Pittsburgh)
Structural Studies of Glycerol-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase: A Monotopic Membrane Enzyme Functioning at the Junction Between Essential Metabolic Pathways and Respiration


Poster Submission:

Posters can be submitted via the registration form.

Questions:

Contact Debbie Hendel at (302) 831-2061 or via email.