RNA BIOPHYSICS

6 th Biophysics Symposium at College Park

Organizer, D. Thirumalai

Tuesday, April 29, 2008 , 9:00 am – 5:30 pm

Bioscience Research Building Room 1103

PROGRAM

9:00 am         Welcome: Nariman Farvardin, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost

9:10 am         Introductory Remarks: D. Thirumalai

9:15 am         Hammerhead Redux

                       Olke Uhlenbeck, Northwestern University

10:05 am       From Gene to Protein, Force Rules

                       Koen Visscher, University of Arizona

10:55 am       Coffee Break

11:10 am      Structural and Biochemical Studies of Metabolite-binding mRNAs

                       Robert Batey, University of Colorado-Boulder

12:00 pm      Why is Dynamics Important for RNA Function?

                       Kwaku T. Dayie, Lerner Research Institute of the Cleveland Clinic

12:30 pm       Lunch Break

  1:45 pm       RNA Self-assembly from Ribozymes to Ribosomes

                       Sarah Woodson, Johns Hopkins University

  2:35 pm       How do DEAD-box Chaperones Help RNAs Fold?

                       Rick Russell, University of Texas

  3:25 pm       Allosteric Coordination of Translation Elongation Factor Binding and Peptidyltranster

                       Jonathan Dinman, University of Maryland

  3:55 pm      Coffee Break

  4:10 pm      Assembling Ribosomes in Vitro and in Cells

                      Jamie Williamson, The Scripps Research Institute

  5:00 pm      Closing Remarks

  5:15 pm      Reception

Symposium supported by the Institute for Physical Science and Technology, the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and the Center for Biomolecular Structure and Organization