Co-Chaired by:
Robert Tycko, NIDDK
Susan Buchanan, NIDDK

Main Auditorium, Natcher Conference Center

Progress in structural biology and biophysics is heavily dependent on underlying technological and methodological advances. This symposium will present recent results from four NIH labs that are actively involved in research in structural biology and biophysics that pushes the limits of current experimental approaches. Topics to be discussed include advances in nuclear magnetic resonance methods that expand the range and size of systems that can be structurally characterized, advances in time-resolved protein crystallography that permit the direct visualization of dynamic processes, and advances in electron microscopy that enhance the resolution at which macromolecular structures can be determined.

Program

Advances in Solution NMR
Ad Bax, NIDDK

Watching Proteins Function with 150 ps Time-resolved X-ray Crystallography
Philip Anfinrud, NIDDK

Three-dimensional Electron Microscopy at Molecular Resolution
Sriram Subramaniam, NCI

Solid State NMR Methods for Disordered and Noncrystalline Proteins
Robert Tycko, NIDDK