Purdue Home | Purdue Search | Visit Purdue | Giving   Home Areas of Basic & Applied Membrane Sciences Archived Events Faculty Activities Honors Recently Received Affiliations Past Events Archive                   Home > Recent Activities of Faculty and Upcoming Events Symposium on Frontiers in Biological Membranes October 16-18, 2008 Dean’s auditorium and gallery, Pfendler Hall Symposium PDF Online-Registration Thursday, October 16 5:00pm   Welcome Reception – Drinks and appetizers   5:30-7:30pm   Poster Session Friday, October 17 Session I: Structure Function of Membrane Proteins Chairs: Cynthia Stauffacher and Dinesh Yernool 8:25am   Welcome by Bill Cramer   8:30-9:20am   William Weis, Stanford University Structure of the beta2 adrenergic receptor   9:20-9:45am   Michael Rossmann, Purdue University Structure and function of membranes that may envelope many viruses   9:45- 10:10am   Jue Chen, Purdue University Crystal structure of the E. coli maltose transporter   10:10-10:35am   Bill Cramer, Purdue University Structure strategies for transfer of large molecules across membranes   10:35-10:55am   Coffee/tea break   Session II: Membrane Receptors and Signaling Chairs: Chris Staiger and Dave Nichols 10:55-11:45am   Richard Anderson, University of Wisconsin PIP kinases and phosphoinositide signaling   11:45am-12:20pm   R. Claudio Aguilar, Purdue University Signaling functions of the endocytotic machinery   12:20-12:50pm   Marietta Harrison, Purdue University Signaling from Golgi membranes in T cells   12:50-1:15pm   Dave Nichols, Purdue University Molecular modeling, mutagenesis, and ligand synthesis: mapping the agonist binding domains of G protein coupled receptors   1:15 – 3:00pm   Lunch   Session III: Membrane Transport and Intercellular Trafficking Chairs: Chris Hrycyna and Wendy Peer 3:00- 3:50pm   Robert Tampe, Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt Structure and function of TAP, the transporter associated with antigen processing   3:50-4:15pm   Amy Davidson, Purdue University Using EPR to detect conformational changes in the maltose transporter   4:15-4:40pm   Angus Murphy, Purdue University The membrane-anchored M1.10 protease APM1 characterizes an IRAP-like endosomal compartment in Arabidopsis   4:40-5:05pm   Eric Barker, Purdue University Exploration of drug binding sites on the antidepressant and cocaine-sensitive Serotonin transporter   5:05-5:25pm   Discussion session Angus Murphy: moderator   5:30 – 6:15pm   Birck and Bindley Tours (TBA)   7:00pm   Session chairs take Invited and Internal Speakers to Dinner Saturday, October 18 Session IV: Emerging Applications of Membrane Technologies Chairs: John Morgan and David Nivens 9:00-9:50am   Horst Vogel, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Investigating cellular signaling at the nanometer and attoliter scale   9:50-10:15am   David Thompson, Purdue University Development of a supported membrane sensor for the detection of isoprenylcarboxymethyl transferase activity   10:15- 10:40am   Ken Ritchie, Purdue University Single molecule imaging of the dynamic structure of membranes in living cells   10:40-11:05am   Ji-xin Cheng, Purdue University Imaging membrane by CARS microscopy: from domains in supported bilayer to demyelination in multiple sclerosis   11:05- 11:20am   Coffee/tea break   “Bio-Pharma View of the Pipeline of Membrane Protein Research” Roundtable Discussion 11:20 – 12:30pm   Guest speakers Mark Chiu, Abbott Laboratories Warren MacKellar, Eli Lilly   12:30pm   End of Symposium

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