Technologies for Structural Analysis of Metallo-Membrane Proteins

 

July 29 – 30, 2005

Michigan State University, East Lansing MI

 

Satellite Meeting of the 12th International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry (ICBIC)

                                        

 

Text Box: A workshop to explore emerging technologies for the expression, purification, crystallization and physical analysis of metallo-membrane proteins

 

Registration Deadline: June 1, 2005

 

Conference Site: The Biomedical and Physical Science (BPS) Building, Michigan State University.

 

Abstract Submission: Deadline June 1, 2005

Short Talks will be selected from Abstracts (see schedule below)

 

Lodging:  Reservations for the E. Lansing Marriott Hotel be made online at http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/LANEA

 

Invited Participants Include: Senyon Choe, Martin Caffrey, James Fee, R. Michael Garavito, Bob Gennis, Deborah Hanson, Shelagh Ferguson-Miller, Jean Luc Popot, Charles Sanders, Steve Sligar

 

Organizing Committee: R. Michael Garavito, Shelagh Ferguson-Miller, David DeWitt, Aizhuo Liu, Mark Worden

 

Additional information and updates will be posted soon.

 

Sponsored by: The Michigan Technology Tri-Corridor Center for Structural Biology at MSU (http://mcsb.bch.msu.edu/ ), the Research Excellence Center for the Structural Biology of Membrane Proteins at MSU, and the MSU Quantitative Biology and Modeling Initiative (http://biomodel.msu.edu/ ).


 

 


Technologies for Structural Analysis of Membrane MetalloProteins

12th International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry (ICBIC)

Satellite Meeting

Michigan State University July 29 – 30, 2005

Preliminary Schedule of Activities

Friday, July 29

Arrive at Michigan State University in E. Lansing Michigan.

2:00- 5:00 PM Registration, Poster set up, Atrium, Biomedical and Physical Science (BPS) Bldg. (N.E. Corner of Wilson Rd. & Science Rd., Michigan State University)

 

5:00 PM Welcome Address, R. Michael Garavito (Room 1415 BPS).

5:15 PM Plenary Lecture: Jean Luc Popot  (Room 1415 BPS) “New detergents”

6:15 – 6:30 PM Discussion

6:30 – 9:00 PM

Reception/Buffet Dinner Room 1400 BPS (catered), Posters will be on display in Atrium.

Saturday July 30

8: 00 AM

Continental breakfast, Room 1400 BPS

Session 1 Chair: David DeWitt (Room 1415 BPS).

8: 30 – 9:00 AM Deborah Hanson “Foreign  membrane protein expression in Rhodobacter’

9:00–9:10 AM Discussion

9:10 – 9:40 AM Senyon Choe “Mistic and Misticated Proteins: eukaryotic membrane protein expression”

9:40 - 9:50 AM Discussion

9:50 – 10:20 AM Martin Caffrey “ Robotic cubic phase expression”

10:20 – 10: 30 AM Discussion

 

10:30-10:50 AM Break

 

Session 2 Chair: Steve Sligar (Room 1415 BPS).

10: 50 – 11:20 AM Charles Sanders “Bicelles and NMR structure of membrane proteins”

11: 20 - 11:30 AM Discussion

11: 30 – 12: 00 AM TBN “Membrane protein analysis by NMR”

12: 00 – 12: 10 PM Discussion

12:10 – 12:30 PM Short Talk (selected from Abstracts)

12:30 – 12:50 PM Short Talk (selected from Abstracts)

12:50 – 1:15 PM Discussion

 

1:15 – 3:00 PM Lunch, Room 1415 BPS, Posters on display in Atrium

 

Session 3 Chair: Bob Gennis (Room 1415 BPS).

3:00-4:45 PM Round Table Discussion on Posters

3:50 – 4:20 PM Jim  Fee “Heterologous expression and high resolution structure of Thermus ba3 oxidase”

4:20 - 4:30 PM Discussion

4:30 – 5: 00 PM Shelagh Ferguson-Miller “ Role of Lipids in high resolution structure of membrane proteins ”

5:00 – 5:30 PM General discussion

 

7:00 PM Dinner (Marriott Hotel)