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Center for Structural Biology

Symposium Program

CSB Symposium 2024  |  March 28, 2024
Vanderbilt Student Life Center and Engineering Science Building

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Program

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Student Life Center Board of Trust Room:

Welcome

  • 8:30 am – 8:50 am ~ Coffee and pastries
  • 8:50 am – 9:00 am ~ Opening remarks

Scientific Session #1: 9:00 am – 12:30 pm

  • Session1A—Moderator: Vida “Storm” Robertson, Damo Lab
    • 9:00 – 9:45 ~ Nozomi Ando, Cornell University: Combining structural techniques to study protein motions
    • 9:45 – 10:00 ~ Doug Kojetin, Vanderbilt University: Nuclear receptor function made crystal clear with NMR spectroscopy
    • 10:00 – 10:15 ~ Break
  • Session 1B—Moderator: Katherine Stefanski, PhD, Sanders Lab
    • 10:15 – 11:00 ~ James Fraser, UC San Francisco: Discovering new ligands for viral macrodomains with fragments, AI, and entropy!
    • 11:00 – 11:15 ~ Tina Iverson, Vanderbilt University: A structural basis for bacterial chemotaxis
  • Session 1C—Moderator: Chris Williams, Kojetin Lab
    • 11:15 – 11:30 ~ Ana Chang-Gonzalez, PhD, Meiler Lab: Classification of nuclear receptor LRH-1 activity in cell-based assays using RosettaLigand energy terms
  • Session 1D—Moderator: Shannon Kordus, PhD, Lacy Lab
    • 11:30 – 12:15 ~ Jeanne Hardy, UMass Amherst: Harnessing protease reactions for detection and treatment of viral infection
    • 12:15 – 12:30 ~ Breann Brown, Vanderbilt University: Structure-Based Insights into the Regulation of Heme Biosynthesis

Lunch: 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Scientific Session #2: 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

  • Session 2A—Moderator: Amy Tran, Meiler Lab
    • 1:30 – 2:15 ~ Andrej Sali, UC San Francisco: From integrative structural biology to cell biology
    • 2:15 – 2:30 ~ Will Wan, Vanderbilt University: Characterizing the molecular mechanisms of Ebola virus budding
    • 2:30 – 2:45 ~ Break
  • Session 2B—Moderator: Chris Williams, Kojetin Lab
    • 2:45 – 3:00 ~ Rong Sun, PhD, Zhou Lab: Unveiling ferrosome formation by cryo-electron tomography
  • Session 2C—Moderator: Cameron Cohen, Jackson Lab
    • 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm ~ Poster Flash Talks

Closing

  • 3:30 pm – 3:40 pm ~ Closing remarks

Engineering Science Building:

Networking Events: 3:45 pm – 6:00 pm

  • Poster Session and Reception: 3:45 – 5:00
  • Science Jeopardy game: 5:00 – 6:00 ~ Hosted by Ray Blind

 

 

 

 

 

All events are scheduled to be presented in-person and subject to change. Email the Symposium Organizing Committee with questions.