November 30, 2021

Biological Condensate

9:00                  Welcome – John Tainer, MD Anderson Cancer Center and
Jane Tao, Rice University

Convener:     John Tainer, MD Anderson Cancer Center

9:05                Keynote

Regulation of Pumilio RNA Binding Proteins by NORAD-induced Phase Separation

Joshua Mendell, UT Southwestern

9:40                Entropy-Enthalpy Balance in Liquid-Liquid Phase Separated Polypeptides

Monte Pettit, UTMB

10:05              Structural Basis of the Stereoselective Formation of the Spirooxindole Ring in the Biosynthesis of Citrinadins

Sherry Gao, Rice University 

10:30              Selected Talk
Harnessing Multiplexed Mass Cytometry to Dissect Acute Myeloid Leukemia Heterogeneity
Muharrem Muftuoglu, MD Anderson Cancer Center

10:40              Break

Convener:     Michael Zhu, UT Health Science Center Houston

 

10:50              Keynote

Liquid Condensation of Reprogramming Factor KLF4

Josephine Ferreon, Baylor College of Medicine

11:25              Biophysical Approaches to Understanding Outer Hair Cell Electromotilty

Robert Raphael, Rice University

11:50              Trainee Talk
Reconstruction of Solvent Structure: Contribution of Higher-Order Proximal Distribution Functions
Razie Yousefi, UTMB

12:00              Trainee Talk
A Near Analytic Solution of a stochastic Immune Response Model Considering Variability in Virus and T Cell Dynamics
Abhilasha Batra, IISER Bhopal

12:10-1:30 Lunch and Poster Session

12:45-1:30     Poster Session

Advanced Molecular Techniques

Convener:     Jane Tao, Rice University

1:30                Keynote

Live-cell Single-molecule Imaging Reveals Dynamics and Heterogeneity of Gene Expression

Marvin Tanenbaum, Hubrecht Institute

2:05                DNA-ruler and Force Gauge to Measure Force and Displacement During Ribosome Translocation 

Yuhong Wang, University of Houston

2:30                Design of Pan-alphavirus Immunogens

Werner Braun, UTMB

2:55                Trainee Talk

Mechanism of Translocation by Bacteriophage T7 Helicase gp4 using AWSEM-Suite
Shikai Jin, Rice University

3:05                Break

Convener:     Runze Shen, MD Anderson Cancer Center

3:15                Keynote

Single-cell, Super-resolution Imaging of Salmonella Pathogenesis

Linda Kenney, UTMB

3:50                Keynote

Mechanobiology Plays Major Roles in Development, Cancer and Aging
Michael Sheetz, UTMB

4:25                Observing Metal Ions Promoted DNA Synthesis in Crystallo

Yang Gao, Rice University

4:50                Trainee Talk
Exploring the Molecular Architectures of Large Pore Channels

Johanna Syrjanen, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

5:00                Closing remarks
John Tainer, MD Anderson Cancer Center and
Jane Tao, Rice University