Configuration and Schedule

Configuration and Schedule: 11th Conversation

Tuesday, June 15 1999

Arrival, registration and check-in Colonial Quad; today guests can obtain dinner on a cash basis at the University Residential Life State Quad

8:30 -11:00 pm Wine and Cheese Reception

Patroon Terrace & Lounge (see map in Final Communique)

Wednesday, June 16 1999

8:00-8:15 University at Albany Welcomes the 11th Conversation Delegates

Plenary Lectures: Protein Design: Experiments and Theory

Chair: N. R. Kallenbach, New York University

8:15-8:55 Robert Sauer, MIT

8:55-9:35 Robert Jernigan, NIH

9:35-9:50 Goldgur, Y., NIH

9:50-10:00 Weiss, M., University of Chicago

Poster Session/Coffee, the first set of 30 Posters, 10:00-11:00 am

New Directions

Chair: G. Maass, Gesellschaft Biotech. Fors., Germany

11:00-11:25 C. Cantor, Sequenom Inc, San Diego CA and Sequenom GmbH,

11:25-11:40 Khomyakova, E., U-Paris XIII-Bobigny, France

Chair: D. Cowburn, Rockefeller University

11:40-12:05 Pardi, A., Univ. Colorado, Boulder

12:05-12:30 Sarma, R. H., University at Albany

12:30-1:30 pm LUNCH AT COLONIAL QUAD

The New Protein Data Bank; Nuclear Receptor Transcription Factors

Chair: Ruth Nussinov, Tel Aviv Univ, Israel & NIH

1:30-1:55 Berman, H., Rutgers University

1:55-2:20 Moras, D., IGMC Parc d'Innovation, France

Chair: Rick Ornstein, Battele Pacific Northwest Lab

2:20-2:45 Rastinejad, F., Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville

2:45-3:00 Prevost, C., IBPC, Paris France

3:00-3:15 Nishinaka, T., RIKEN, Japan

Imaging at the Molecular Level

Chair: M. Weiss, University of Chicago

3:15-3:40 Hansma, H., UC Santa Barbara

3:40-4:05 Gelles, J., Brandeis Univ.

Poster Session/Coffee, the second set of 30 Posters, 4:05-5:05 pm

DNA & RNA Computing

Chair: Mario Soumpasis, MPI, Göttingen, Germany

5:05-5:30 Landweber, L., Princeton Univ.

5:30-5:55 Winfree, E., Princeton Univ.

5:55-6:20 Seeman, N. C., New York University

6:20-8:00 pm DINNER AT COLONIAL QUAD

Evening Lecture 1: 8:00-9:00 pm

Chair & Introduction by Paul Sigler, Yale University

Nobel Laureate Har Gobind Khorana, MIT

Evening Lecture 2: 9:00-10:00 pm

Chair and Introduction by Richard Dickerson, UCLA

Wayne Hendrickson, Columbia University, New York

CASH BAR & CONVERSATION: 10 -12 MIDNIGHT: PATROON TERRACE & LOUNGE

Thursday, June 17 1999

RNA 1: Structure & Dynamics

Chair: M. Sundaralingam, Ohio State University

8:15-8:40 Hilbers, C.W., Univ. of Nijmegen, The Netherlands

8:40-9:05 V. Ivanov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Chair: David Lilley, University of Dundee, UK

9:05-9:30 Heinemann, U., Max-Delbruck-Centrum, Berlin, Germany

9:30-9:45 Mitra, S. N., Ohio State University

Poster Session/Coffee, the third set of 30 Posters, 9:45-10:45 am

RNA 2: Recognition, Evolution

Chair: Shakked, Z., Weizmann Institute, Israel

10:45-11:15 Schimmel, P., Scripps, La Jolla

11:15-11:35 Arnez, J., Albert Einstein, Bronx, NY

Chair: Chattopadhyaya, J., University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

11:35-11:55 Thierry, J.-C., Strasbourg-Illkirch, France

11:55-12:15 Ferris, J. P., RPI, Troy, NY.

12:15-1:15 pm LUNCH AT CAMPUS CENTER, BALL ROOM

DNA1: DNA-Protein Recognition

Chair:Palecek, Emil, Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic

1:15-1:40 Saenger, W., Free University, Berlin, Germany

1:40-1:55 Friedman, A. M., Purdue University, W. Lafayette

1:55-2:10 Bareket-Samish, Avital, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

DNA 2: Crosses, Bending and Twisting

Chair:Victor Zhurkin, NIH

2:10-2:35 Timsit, Y., IBPC, Paris, France

2:35-2:50 Fojta, M., Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic

2:50-3:05 Nagaich, A. K., Arizona State Univ. and NIH

DNA 3: Multi-stranded Motifs

Chair: Douglas, K. T., University of Manchester, UK

3:05-3:30 Panyutin, I., National Institutes of Health

3:30-3:45 van Buuren, B.N.M., Umea University, Sweden

Chair: Taillandier, E., Univ. Paris, Bobigny, France

3:45-4:00 Phan, Anh Tuan, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France

4:00-4:15 Chou, S. H., National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan

Poster Session/Coffee, the fourth set of 30 Posters, 4:15-5:15 pm

DNA 4: Docking with Drugs

Chair: Fritzsche, H., Friedrich-Schiller-University, Germany

5:15-5:40 Wemmer, D., UC Berkeley

5:40-5:55 Bischoff, G., Martin Luther University, Halle, Germany

Chair: Krugh, T. R., University of Rochester

5:55-6:10 Rodger, A., University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

6:10-6:35 Zimmer, C., Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, Germany

6:35-8:00 pm DINNER AT UNIVERSITY RESIDENTIAL LIFE

High End NMR Structural Studies

Chair: Maurice Guéron, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France

8:00-8:25 Kaptein, R., Utrecht Univ., The Netherlands

8:25-8:40 Fushman, D., The Rockefeller University

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Chair: Christopher J. Turner, MIT

8:55-9:10 Cromsigt, J., Umea University, Sweden

9:10-9:25 Anglister, J., Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel

9:25-9:50 Tjandra, N., NIH

CASH BAR & CONVERSATION: 10 -12 MIDNIGHT: PATROON TERRACE & LOUNGE

Friday, June 18 1999

DNA 5: Hot Wired DNA: Facts & Fiction

Chair: Pongor, S., ICGEB, Trieste, Italy

8:15-8:40 E. Tuite, Chalmers Univ. of Tech., Goteborg, Sweden

8:40-8:55 Rajski, S. R., California Institute of Technology

Chair: Shafer, R., University of California, San Fransisco

8:55-9:10 Wessely, S., University of Basal, Switzerland

9:10-9:25 Aich, P., University of Saskatchewan, Canada

9:25-9:40 Thibaudeau, C,. University of Uppsala, Sweden

DNA 6: Motion & Bending

Chair: Leng, M., Centre de Biophys. Moléc., Orleans, France

9:40-10:05 Tullius, T., Boston University

10:05-10:20 Mohanty, U., Boston College

10:20-10:35 Ng, H. -L., UCLA

Poster Session/Coffee, the fifth set of 15 Posters, 10:35-11:05 am

DNA 7: Structure & Theory

Chair: Wilma Olson, Rutgers University

11:05-11:30 Sponer, J., Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic

11:30-11:45 Leontis, N. B., Bowling Green State University

11:45- 12:00 Sullivan, M. R., Abott Labs

Chair: Harrington, R. E., Arizona State University

12:00-12:15 Gueron, M, Ecole Polytechnique, France

12:15-12:30 Lu, X-J, Rutgers University

12:30-1:30 pm LUNCH AT COLONIAL QUAD

DNA 8: Drug Development

Chair: Kearns, D. R., University of California San Diego

1:30-1:55 Gorenstein, D., Univ. Texas, Galveston

1:55-2:20 James, T. L., UC San Fransisco

2:20-2:35 Subba Rao, G., All India Insti of Med Sci, New Delhi, India

DNA 9: DNA-Protein Interaction

Chair: Frank-Kamenetskii, M. D., Boston University

2:35-3:00 Wang, A. H.-J., University. of Illinois, Urbana

3:00-3:15 Schwartz, T., MIT

3:15-3:30 Ciubotaru, M., SUNY at Buffalo

Poster Session/Coffee, the sixth set of 30 Posters, 3:30-4:30 pm

DNA 10: Recombination; Diseases

Chair: Cao, E.-H., Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

4:30-4:55 Vanduyne, G., Univ. of Pennsylavania

4:55-5:10 Pataskar, S., Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

5:10-5:25 Gao, X., University of Houston

DNA 10: Higher Order Structure of DNA

Chair: Welfle, H., Max-Delbruck-Centre, Berlin, Germany

5:25-5:50 Luger, K., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO

5:50-6.05 Kuhn, H., Boston University

6:05-6:30 Moudrianakis, E., Johns Hopkins

7:30 pm: Big Feast & Conversation at the Patroon Terrace & Lounge

Saturday, June 19 1999

Molecular Biophysics and Functional Energetics
Organized by David Beveridge and Steve Harvey

Chair: David Beveridge, Wesleyan Univ.

9:00 -905 Inroduction by Organizer Beveridge

9:05-9:25 Chance, Mark, Albert Einstein

9:25-9:45 White, S., Bryn Mawr College

9:45-10:05 Williams, L. D., Georgia Tech

10:05-10:25 Carey, J., Princeton University

10:25-10:45 Mukerji, I., Wesleyan Univ.

Coffee Break 10:45-11:00 am

Chair: Langley, D. R., Bristol Myers Squibb

11:00-10:20 Gilson, M., NIST

11:20-11:40 Lavery, R., IBPC, Paris, France

11:40-12:00 Honig, B., Columbia Univ.

Concluding Lecture, 12:00-1:00

Chair & Introduction: Alexander Rich, MIT

Ada Yonath, Weizmann Institute

1:00-1:05 Jacob V. Maizel, National Institutes of Health closes the
11th Conversation

1:00 -2:00 PM LUNCH AT COLONIAL QUAD