May 6, 2004
Structural biology: Frontiers in Biomedical Research Symposium set for May 14
“Frontiers in Structural Biology” is the title for the second annual Frontiers in Biomedical Research Symposium, sponsored by the School of Medicine’s Office of Research and Graduate Education and Office of the Dean.
The symposium, organized this year by the Department of Biochemistry, will be held from 9:45 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday, May 14, in Hogness Auditorium at the Health Sciences Center. It is open to all faculty, staff and students with no registration required.
Topics to be covered in the symposium include protein structure prediction, cryoelectron microscopy, electron tomography, large structures such as the ribosome and viruses, the limits of magnetic resonance imaging, optical tweezers, and structural genomics.
Scheduled speakers are Drs. David Baker of the UW, Eva Nogales of UC Berkeley, Wolfgang Baumeister of the Max Planck Institute, Harry Noller of UC Santa Cruz, David Stuart of the Wellcome Trust, Gerhard Wagner of Harvard Medical School, Carlos Bustamante of UC Berkeley, Titia Sixma of the Netherlands Cancer Institute and Stephen Burley of Structural GenomiX.
This year’s symposium has been organized by Drs. Wim Hol of the departments of Biochemistry and Biological Structure, Gabriele Varani of Biochemistry and Chemistry, and Alan Weiner, chair of Biochemistry. They noted that speakers have been chosen for interdisciplinary and interdepartmental appeal, especially at the interface between basic and clinical sciences. The speakers will highlight new techniques in structural biology that are transcending the traditional limits of molecular structure determination in terms of size, complexity and molecular mobility.
For more information on schedules, events and directions, see the Web site at http://depts.washington.edu/biowww/ or contact Vee White at veewhite@u.washington.edu
