| SATURDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Peptide Research Today |
| Discussion Leaders: Ada Yonath (Weizmann Institute of Science) and Ben Dunn (University Of Florida) |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Dek Woolfson (University of Bristol)
"Rational peptide design: from structure to function and dynamics?"
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| 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Peptide Synthesis and Characterization |
| Discussion Leader: Carrie Haskell-Luevano (University of Minnesota) and Humeyra Taskent-Sezgin (National Cancer Institute) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Dai Min (Polytechnic Institute of New York University)
"Controlling the thermoresponsive nature of polypeptide materials"
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| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Welser Kathrina (University College London)
"Tuning a gene delivery vector: The role of peptide sequence and peptide branching in delivering of DNA and siRNA to the brain"
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| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Rechenmacher Florian (Technische Universitat Munchen)
"avβ3 or a5β1 Integrin Ligands in Medicinal Applications: Surface Coating and Tumor Imaging"
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| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Yftah Tal-Gan (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
"Synthesis of potent, backbone modified PKB/Akt peptide based inhibitors for anti cancer therapy" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Peptide Biochemistry and Biology |
| Discussion Leaders: Les Miranda (Amgen) and Bryson David (Virginia Tech.) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Li Yang (Johns Hopkins University)
"Targeting Collagen Strands by Photo-Triggered Triple Helix Hybridization"
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| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Garg Neha (Univeristy of Illinois)
"Two novel peptide antibiotics from Geobacillus thermodenitrificans"
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| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Wang Fang (Boston College)
"Solubilized Gramicidin A as Potential Systemic Antibiotics"
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| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Dube Nikhil (University of California)
"Evaluation of long circulating nanoparticles based on amphiphilic peptide-polymer conjugates as potential therapeutic carriers"
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| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Careers in the Life Sciences Academic and Industrial Opportunities |
| Discussion Leaders: Philip E Dawson (Scripps Research Institute) and Sievers Stuart (UCLA) |
| Richard DiMarchi (Indiana University) and Waleed Danho |
| Discussion |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |
