Symposium Schedule
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Sunday, August 18, 2002, Afternoon Session
"Structure and Dynamics of Biomembranes and Related Systems I"
Session chair: Doug Tobias
Talks:
Georg Bueldt, KFA Juelich, "Light Driven Proton Pump Bacteriorhodopsin as Seen by Neutrons"
Ruep Lechner, HMI Berlin, "Structure-Dynamics-Function Correlation in Purple Membrane"
Steve White, UC Irvine, "Determination of Dynamic 3D Structures of Membranes from 1D Data:
Molecular Dynamics/Absolute Scale Refinement (MoDAS)"
Thomas Gutberlet, HMI Berlin, "Adsorption Kinetics of Phospholipid Membranes to Solid-Liquid Interfaces. Time-Resolved Reflectivity Studies"
Monday, August 19, 2002, Morning Session
"Crystallography"
Session chair: John Finney
Talks:
Nobuo Niimura, JAERI, "Hydrogen and Hydration in Proteins"
Martha Teeter, Boston University, "Correlated Protein Dynamics at 1.1 A Resolution by Neutron Diffraction"
Benno Schoenborn, Los Alamos, "Structural Biology with Spallation Neutrons"
Peter Timmins, Institut Laue Langevin, "Neutron Crystallographic Studies of Detergent Binding in Single Crystals of Membrane Proteins"
Monday, August 19, 2002, Afternoon Session
"Protein and Nucleic Acid Dynamics I"
Session chair: Dieter Middendorf
Talks:
Wolfgang Doster, TU Munich, "Probing the Dynamical Transition in Proteins: Surface Coupled and Intramolecular Motions"
Alexei Sokolov, University of Akron, "Slow Relaxation in DNA and Proteins: A Key to the Dynamical Transition"
Joerg Fitter, KFA Juelich, "Role of Conformational Dynamics for Thermal Adaptation of Proteins"
Mikio Kataoka, Nara Institute, "Inelastic and Quasielastic Neutron Scattering Studies on Protein Dynamics"
Mark Johnson, Institut Laue Langevin, "High Frequency Motions in Systems of Biological Interest"
Tuesday, August 20, 2002, Afternoon Session
"Structure and Dynamics of Biomembranes and Related Systems II"
Session chair: Steve White
Talks:
Kent Blasie, University of Pennsylvania, "Neutron Interferometry of Vectorially-Oriented Single Monolayers of Membrane Proteins and their Artificial Synthetic Maquettes"
Sow-Hsin Chen, MIT, "Collective Dynamics in Lipid Bilayers Studied by Inelastic X-ray Scattering"
John Katsaras, Chalk River, "Thermal Neutron Holography, Small-Angle Neutron Scattering, and Biomaterials"
Mathias Loesche, University of Leipzig, "Microscopic Views on the Structure of Lipid Surface Monolayers: the Quest for Surface-Sensitive Neutron Scattering Experiments"
Wednesday, August 21, 2002, Morning Session
"Structural and Dynamical Aspects of Biomolecular Hydration"
Session chair: Wolfgang Doster
Talks:
John Finney, University College London, "What Really Drives the Hydrophobic Interaction?"
Teresa Head-Gordon, UC Berkeley, "Simulation, Neutron, and X-ray Scattering Experiments for Pure Liquid Water"
Daniela Russo, UC Berkeley, "Hydration Water Dynamics of an Hydrophobic Small Oligo-Peptide"
Jeremy Smith, Heidelberg University, "How Does Protein Affect Water?"
Wednesday, August 21, 2002, Afternoon Session
"Structure and Association of Biomolecules in Solution"
Session chair: Sow-Hsin Chen
Talks:
Susan Krueger, NIST Center for Neutron Research, "Structure and Function of Biological Macromolecules in Solution: SANS Experimental Methods"
Susan Gregurick, University of Maryland, "Structure and Function of Biological Macromolecules in Solution: SANS Data Analysis and Modeling Methods"
Dmitri Svergun, EMBL Hamburg, "Structure Analysis of Biological Macromolecules with Small and Medium Angle X-ray and Neutron Scattering"
Adel Aschi, Tunisia University, "Effects of Guanidine Hydrochloride on the Structure and Properties of Beta-Casein in Solution and at Interface with Air"
Thursday, August 22, 2002, Morning Session
"Protein and Nucleic Acid Dynamics II"
Session chair: Mounir Tarek
Talks:
Dieter Middendorf, University of Oxford, "Neutron Views of the Dynamics of Proteins at Low Temperatures"
Salvatore Cannistraro, University of Perugia, "Low Frequency Vibrational Modes in Plastocyanin" MD and Neutron Scattering"
Marie-Claire Bellissent-Funel, Laboratoire Leon Brillouin, "Protein Dynamics Studied by Neutron Scattering and MD Simulation"
Adam Pivovar, NIST Center for Neutron Research, "Dynamic Behavior of Several Cytochrome c Structural States"
Joseph Curtis, UC Irvine, "Insights into the Role of Solvent on the Glass Dynamics of Proteins through the Use of Molecular Dynamics Calculations"