Schedule

Breadcrumb

All sessions will be held the lower level of the UCR Alumni & Visitors Center unless otherwise noted.

Schedule

Monday, February 10, 2020
8:00 am – 9:00 am Check-in, Registration and Poster Setup
8:00 am – 9:00 am Continental Breakfast
9:00 am – 9:20 am

Welcome Remarks 
Victor G. J. Rodgers
Christopher Lynch, Dean, Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering, UCR

9:30 am – 10:20 am

Keynote Speaker
Distinguished Professor J. Andrew McCammon
Diffusional Interactions of Biomolecules

10:20 am – 10:30 am Coffee Break
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Computational and Multi-scale Modeling in Biology and Medicine
Chair, Giulia Palermo
10:30 am – 10:50 am Chris Kieslich
Computational Tools for Optimizing Electrostatic Properties of Proteins
10:50 am – 11:10 am Douglas Tobias
Molecular Dynamics Simulation Studies of the Gating and Pharmacology of the Human HV1 Proton Channel
11:10 am – 11:30 am Roya Zandi
Self-assembly of Mature Conical HIV Particles: The Role of Genome and Membrane
11:30 am – 11:50 am Reed Harrison
Immunoengineering Peptides to Monitor Complement Activation
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch and Poster Presentations
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Molecular Biophysics: from NMR to Biophotonics
Chair, Victor G. J. Rodgers
Co-Chair: Valentine I. Vullev
1:00 pm – 1:20 pm Srigokul Upadhyayula
High Spatial & Temporal Resolution Biological Imaging Across Scales
1:20 pm – 1:40 pm Katarzyna Rybicka-Jasińska
Porphyrins as Photoredox Catalysts in Efficient C-C Bond Formation
1:40 pm – 2:00 pm Paul Champion
Proton Tunneling in Proteins
2:00 pm – 2:20 pm George P. Lisi
NMR Reveals Dynamic Signatures of Latent Allostery and Redox Sensitivity in Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor
2:20 pm – 2:40 pm Intermission
2:40 pm – 3:00 pm Peter Wright
Role of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins in Cellular Signaling and Regulation
3:00 pm – 3:20 pm Rafael Brüschweiler
Observing Functional Protein Motions on Unchartered Timescales by Nanoparticle-Assisted NMR Spin Relaxation
3:20 pm – 3:40 pm Patricia Jennings
TBA
3:40 pm – 3:50 pm Coffee Break
3:50 pm – 4:50pm Immunology, Immunophysics, and Immunoengineering
Chair, Mark Alber
3:50 pm – 4:10pm Elias Lolis
TBA
4:10 pm – 4:30pm Nehemiah T. Zewde
Mathematical Model of the Complement System Identifies Nasal Microenvironment as a Major Determinate of Neisseria Infection
4:30 pm – 4:50pm Vasilios Morikis
Tensile Force Transmitted Through LFA-1 Bonds Mechanoregulate Neutrophil Inflammatory Response
4:50 pm – 6:00 pm Reflections
Chair, Victor G. J. Rodgers
4:50 pm – 5:30 pm Individual Remarks
5:30 pm – 5:40 pm Jed Schwendiman
5:40 pm – 6:00 pm Gloria Gonzalez-Rivera
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Reception