SUNDAY |
4:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | PROTEIN INTERACTIONS WITH MEMBRANES |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Discussion Leader: Werner Mantele (Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat, Frankfurt, Germany) |
7:45 pm - 8:20 pm | Stephen White (University of California, Irvine CA)
"How bilayers cope with transmembrane helices: Insights from translocon-assisted helix insertion" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:05 pm | Carola Hunte (Max-Planck-Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt, Germany)
"Structural & Functional implications Lipid/Protein Interactions in Cytochrome bc1" |
9:05 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion / General Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | PROTON PUMPS AND PATHWAYS |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Discussion Leader: Peter Rich (University College London, United Kingdom) |
9:15 am - 9:40 am | Klaus Gerwert (Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Germany)
"Proton transfer via protein bound waters" |
9:40 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
9:50 am - 10:15 am | Alexei Stuchebrukhov (University of California at Davis, CA)
"The pumping mechanism of cytochrome c oxidase: Insights from computer simulations" |
10:15 am - 10:25 am | Discussion |
10:25 am - 10:50 am | Coffee Break |
10:50 am - 11:15 am | Jonathan Hosler (University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi)
"Role of Subunit III in Proton Movement in CcO" |
11:15 am - 11:25 am | Discussion |
11:25 am - 11:50 am | Deborah Hanson (Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois)
"Delivery of protons to reduced quinones in the bacterial reaction center" |
11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | General Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | WATER IN MEMBRANE PROTEINS: COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Discussion Leader: Greg Voth (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT) |
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm | Arieh Warshel (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA)
"H+/H2O Dynamics" |
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm | Yong-Sok Lee (Center for Molecular Modeling, NIH, Bethesda, MD)
"QM/MM Calculations on Bacteriorhodopsin" |
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm | Don Bashford (Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN)
"Bacteriorhodopsin, Electrostatics/Kinetics" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 10:20 am | MEMBRANE CHANNEL MODEL SYSTEMS |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Discussion Leader: Cecilia Tommos (Stockholm University, Sweden) |
9:15 am - 9:40 am | Kathleen Howard (Swarthmore College, PA)
"Site-directed spin labeling of the M2 proton channel from influenza A virus" |
9:40 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:10 am | Tim Cross (Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL)
"17O NMR Analysis of Gramicidin A Channel" |
10:10 am - 10:15 am | Discussion |
10:15 am - 10:25 am | General Discussion |
10:25 am - 10:55 am | Coffee Break |
10:55 am - 12:30 pm | PROTONS AT INTERFACES / IN PROTEINS |
10:55 am - 11:10 am | Discussion Leader: Norbert Dencher (Technische Universität, Darmstadt, Germany) |
11:10 am - 11:35 am | Hemi Gutman (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
"Proton Antennae in Proteins" |
11:35 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
11:40 am - 12:05 pm | Armen Mulkidjanian (Moscow State University, Russia)
"Proton transfer across and along the membrane-water interface" |
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | General Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | ATP SYNTHASE/ATPase: PROTON/SODIUM CHANNELS |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Discussion Leader: Robert Fillingame (University of Wisconsin Medical School, Wisconsin) |
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm | Peter Dimroth (Institute of Microbiology, Switzerland)
"Insights from the structure of the c ring into the function of the ATP synthase's Fo motor" |
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm | Aleksei Aksimentiev (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL)
"Animating atomic-detail structures of ion-motive ATPases with molecular dynamics" |
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm | George Oster (University of California at Berkeley, CA)
"Ion driven rotary motors" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | ION TRANSPORTERS / OTHER SYSTEMS |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Discussion Leader: Colin Wraight (University of Illinois at Urbana, IL) |
9:15 am - 9:40 am | Robert Stroud (UC San Francisco)
"The basis for proton exclusion by water and ammonia channels" |
9:40 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
9:50 am - 10:15 am | Ron Kaback (University of California, Los Angeles, CA)
"Everything You Always Wished You Knew About Lac Permease" |
10:15 am - 10:25 am | Discussion |
10:25 am - 10:55 am | Coffee Break |
10:55 am - 11:20 am | Poul Nissen (Aarhus University, Denmark)
"Ca++ Pump: Nucleotide Bound Forms" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:45 am | Matthias Ullmann (Univ. Bayreuth) |
11:45 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
11:50 am - 12:05 pm | Marilyn Gunner (CCNY, New York) |
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm | Qiang Cui (Univ. Wisconsin- Madison) |
12:20 pm - 12:25 pm | Discussion |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | General Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | ADVANCES IN STUDYING MEMBRANE PROTEINS |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Discussion Leader: Bob Gennis (University of Illinois at Urbana, IL) |
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm | Richard Armstrong (Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN)
"D/H Exchange Analysis of Protein Conformation" |
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm | Nicoleta Bondar (University of Heidelberg, Germany)
"Proton transfer in the early steps of the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle" |
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm | Martin Caffrey (University of Limerick, Ireland)
"Crystallizing Membrane Proteins in Lipidic Mesophases" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF PROTON TRANSPORT |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Discussion Leader: Jan Rydstrom (Göteborg University, Sweden) |
9:15 am - 9:40 am | Tom DeCoursey (Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL)
"Phagocytes Need Voltage-gated Proton Channels - Nothing Else Will Do!" |
9:40 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
9:50 am - 10:15 am | Etana Padan (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
"Structure of NhaA Na+/H+ antiporter, insights into mechanism of action and regulation by pH" |
10:15 am - 10:25 am | Discussion |
10:25 am - 10:55 am | Coffee Break |
10:55 am - 11:20 am | Larry Pinto (Northwestern University, Evanston, IL)
"The function and mechanism of action of the proton channels of influenza A and B viruses" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:55 am | Michael Pusch (Istituto di Biofisica, Italy)
"Voltage Dependent CLC Channels, Cl-/H+ Exchange" |
11:55 am - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm | Magnus Branden (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm) |
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm | Ling Qin (Michigan State University, E. Lansing) |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | GROTTHUSS 200th ANNIVERSARY |
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm | Discussion Leader: Peter Nicholls (University of Essex, United Kingdom) |
7:35 pm - 7:50 pm | Peter Nicholls (University of Essex, United Kingdom)
"Historical Significance" |
7:50 pm - 8:15 pm | Noam Agmon (Hebrew University, Israel)
"Proton motion in water and GFP" |
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm | Sam Cukierman (Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, IL)
"Grotthuss Today" |
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm | Short Talk |
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm | Fei Gao (Florida State Univ) |
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Colin Wraight (Univ Illinois Urbana) |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |