Contents:Volume 94, Meeting Abstracts, February 1, 2008   [Index by Author]       Other Issues:

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2008 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2008 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2008 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2008 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2008

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2008

INSTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEINS SUBGROUP

PERMEATION TRANSPORT SUBGROUP

MOTILITY SUBGROUP

BIOLOGICAL FLUORESCENCE SUBGROUP

MEMBRANE STRUCTURE AND ASSEMBLY SUBGROUP

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2008

SYMPOSIUM 1: THE BIOPHYSICS OF THE IMMUNE RESPONSE

SYMPOSIUM 2: MECHANOENZYMES

PLATFORM A: MEMBRANE DYNAMICS & BILAYER PROBES

PLATFORM B: VOLTAGE-GATED CA CHANNELS

PLATFORM C: STRUCTURE FUNCTION OF MEMBRANE TRANSPORT

PLATFORM D: MEMBRANE PROTEINS I

PLATFORM E: MICRO AND NANOTECHNOLOGY NANOPORES

SYMPOSIUM 3: MEMBRANE PROTEIN STRUCTURE: FREED FROM THE LATTICE

SYMPOSIUM 4: PUTTING THE MOVE ON MYOSIN

MINISYMPOSIUM 1: STRUCTURE-FUNCTION OF OXIDATIVE PATHWAY PROTEINS

PLATFORM F: DNA, RNA, STRUCTURE & CONFORMATION

PLATFORM G: CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

PLATFORM H: FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY

PLATFORM I: CELL MECHANICS & MOTILITY

SYMPOSIUM 5: DRIVING FORCES IN MACROMOLECULAR BINDING

SYMPOSIUM 6: EGF RECEPTOR SIGNALING AND NETWORKS

PLATFORM J: SELF-ASSEMBLED-SESSION: THE HIDDEN PHOTOPHYSICS OF AUTOFLUORESCENT PROTEINS

PLATFORM K: VOLTAGE-GATED K CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-DEPENDENCE & GATING

PLATFORM L: SELF-ASSEMBLED-SESSION: SLIDING ON DNA

PLATFORM M: PROTEIN AGGREGATES

PLATFORM N: ACTIN & ACTIN-BINDING PROTEINS

PLATFORM O: INTERFACIAL PROTEIN-LIPID INTERACTIONS

WORKSHOP 1: MODELING THE MEMBRANE

WORKSHOP 2: SINGLE MOLECULE BIOPHYSICS

WORKSHOP 3: STRUCTURAL GENOMICS: A DISCUSSION

PROTEIN CONFORMATION

PROTEIN DYNAMICS - I

PROTEIN DYNAMICS - II

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

TRANSCRIPTION

DNA REPLICATION, RECOMBINATION & REPAIR

RIBOSOME & TRANSLATION

DNA, RNA STRUCTURE & CONFORMATION

MEMBRANE PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY - I

MEMBRANE PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY - II

MEMBRANE DYNAMICS & BILAYER PROBES

MEMBRANE TRANSPORTERS & EXCHANGERS

INTERCELLULAR COMMUNICATION & GAP JUNCTIONS

CALCIUM SIGNALING PATHWAYS

CALCIUM SIGNALING PROTEINS

CALCIUM FLUXES, SPARKS AND WAVES

VOLTAGE-GATED K CHANNELS - I

VOLTAGE-GATED K CHANNELS - II

ANION CHANNELS

MECHANOSENSITIVE CHANNELS

MUSCLE MECHANICS & ULTRASTRUCTURE - I

MUSCLE MECHANICS & ULTRASTRUCTURE - II

MUSCLE REGULATORY PROTEINS - I

MUSCLE REGULATORY PROTEINS - II

ION MOTIVE ATPASES

MEMBRANE TRANSPORT

SOLUTION NMR

SOLID-STATE NMR

IMAGING AND OPTICAL MICROSCOPY - I

IMAGING AND OPTICAL MICROSCOPY - II

IMAGING AND OPTICAL MICROSCOPY - III

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY

VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2008

SYMPOSIUM 7: TRANSLATION AND THE TRANSLOCON

SYMPOSIUM 8: IMAGING AND CONTROLLING CELLULAR DYNAMICS IN VIVO USING LIGHT

PLATFORM P: PROTEIN DYNAMICS

PLATFORM Q: LIGAND-GATED CHANNELS

PLATFORM R: SELF ASSEMBLED SESSION: MEMBRANE DYNAMICS AND BIOLOGICAL FUNCTION

PLATFORM S: PROTEIN STRUCTURE AND ALLOSTERIC COMMUNICATION

PLATFORM T: MUSCLE MECHANICS & ULTRASTRUCTURE

PLATFORM U: BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOENGINEERING

SYMPOSIUM 9: RNA IN ACTION

SYMPOSIUM 10: CA++ SIGNALING: FROM THE PLASMA MEMBRANE TO THE NUCLEUS

MINISYMPOSIUM 2: STRUCTURAL REFINEMENT & MODELING GUIDED BY LOW-RESOLUTION EXPERIMENTAL POSTER

PLATFORM V: PROTEIN-LIGAND INTERACTIONS

PLATFORM W: VOLTAGE-GATED K CHANNELS, K-CHANNEL, STRUCTURE & DYNAMICS

PLATFORM X: MEMBRANE TRANSPORTERS & EXCHANGERS

PLATFORM Y: MUSCLE REGULATORY PROTEINS

PLATFORM Z: FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY II

SYMPOSIUM 11: COLLECTIVE MOTOR DYNAMICS IN CELL DIVISION

SYMPOSIUM 12: NON-CONDUCTING FUNCTIONS OF ION CHANNELS

PLATFORM AA: COARSE-GRAINED AND ENCHANCED SAMPLING BIOPHYSICAL SIMULATION METHODS

PLATFORM AB: SINGLE MOLECULE BIOPHYSICS - I

PLATFORM AC: RNA FOLDING

PLATFORM AD: MECHANOSENTITIVE CHANNELS

PLATFORM AE: CARDIAC MUSCLE

PLATFORM AF: MEMBRANE ENGINEERING

PROTEIN-LIGAND INTERACTIONS - I

PROTEIN-LIGAND INTERACTIONS - II

PROTEIN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

ENZYMES

MOLECULAR CHAPERONES

RNA FOLDING

VIRUS STRUCTURE & ASSEMBLY

MEMBRANE FUSION

MEMBRANE STRUCTURE - I

MEMBRANE STRUCTURE - II

LOCAL CALCIUM SIGNALING

MITCHONDRIAL CHANNELS & CALCIUM SIGNALING

ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM & PROTEIN TRAFFICKING

EXOCYTOSIS & ENDOCYTOSIS - I

EXOCYTOSIS & ENDOCYTOSIS - II

LIGAND-GATED CHANNELS

VOLTAGE-GATED K CHANNELS - III

VOLTAGE-GATED K CHANNELS - IV

VOLTAGE-GATED K CHANNELS - V

ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS

CARDIAC MUSCLE & REGULATORY PROTEINS - I

CARDIAC MUSCLE & REGULATORY PROTEINS - II

CARDIAC MUSCLE & REGULATORY PROTEINS - III

EXCITATION-CONTRACTION COUPLING-I

EXCITATION-CONTRACTION COUPLING - II

ELECTRON TRANSFER SYSTEMS

OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION

X-RAY DIFFRACTION

CRYO-ELECTRON MICROSCOPY & RECONSTRUCTION

FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY - I

FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY - II

MICRO- AND NANOTECHNOLOGY NANOPORES

BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOENGINEERING

MOLECULAR MECHANICS & FORCE SPECTROSCOPY

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2008

SYMPOSIUM 13: VOLTAGE-DEPENDENT PROTON CHANNELS COME OF AGE

SYMPOSIUM 14: MECHANISMS OF EXO- AND ENDOCYTOSIS

PLATFORM AG: PROTEIN CONFORMATION

PLATFORM AH: SELF-ASSEMBLED SESSION: KCNE PEPTIDES (MIRPS): ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF VOLTAGE-GATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS

PLATFORM AI: CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY & RECONSTRUCTION

PLATFORM AJ: MITOCHONDRIAL CHANNELS & CALCIUM SIGNALING

PLATFORM AK: MYOSIN & MYOSIN-FAMILY PROTEINS

PLATFORM AL: ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY

SYMPOSIUM 15: AWARDS SYMPOSIUM AND IUPAB ARNE ENGSTROM LECTURE

MINISYMPOSIUM 3: INACTIVATION AND DESENSITIZATION MECHANISMS IN ION CHANNELS

PLATFORM AM: EXOCYTOSIS & ENDOCYTOSIS

PLATFORM AN: PROTEIN FOLDING & STABILITY

PLATFORM AO: CHANNEL REGULATION & MODULATION

PLATFORM AP: KINESIN & DYNEIN FAMILY PROTEINS

PLATFORM AQ: MOLECULAR MECHANICS & FORCE SPECTROSCOPY

SYMPOSIUM 17: FROM PROTEIN CRYSTALS TO AMYLOID FIBRILS: CONDENSED COLLOIDAL PHASES IN BIOLOGY (APS/BPS)

PLATFORM AR: CALCIUM SIGNALING

PLATFORM AS: SINGLE MOLECULE BIOPHYSICS II

PLATFORM AT: MEMBRANE PROTEINS - II

PLATFORM AU: VOLTAGE-GATED NA CHANNELS

PLATFORM AV: MICROTUBULES & MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS

PLATFORM AW: MEMBRANE FUSION

HEME PROTEINS

MEMBRANE PROTEINS - I

MEMBRANE PROTEINS - II

MEMBRANE PROTEINS - III

G PROTEINS

PROTEIN-NUCLEIC ACID INTERACTIONS - I

PROTEIN-NUCLEIC ACID INTERACTIONS - II

INTERFACIAL PROTEIN-LIPID INTERACTIONS

INTERFACIAL PROTEIN-LIPID INTERACTIONS, PEPTIDES

INTERFACIAL PROTEIN-LIPID INTERACTIONS, SURFACTANTS

PROTEIN-HYDROCARBON CHAIN INTERACTIONS

INTRACELLULAR CHANNELS

RYANODINE RECEPTORS

IP3 RECEPTORS

EPITHELIAL CHANNELS & PHYSIOLOGY

INWARD RECTIFIER K CHANNELS

CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CHANNELS

CHANNEL REGULATION & MODULATION

BIOPHYSICS OF ION PERMEATION

ION CHANNELS, OTHER

ION CHANNELS,OTHER

MYOSIN & MYOSIN-FAMILY PROTEINS - I

MYOSIN & MYOSIN-FAMILY PROTEINS - II

ACTIN & ACTIN-BINDING PROTEINS

KINESIN & DYNEIN-FAMILY PROTEINS

MICROTUBULES & MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS

VISUAL RECEPTORS

PHOTOSYNTHESIS

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS - I

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS - II

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS, MOLECULAR DYNAMICS - III

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS, CELLULAR - IV

EPR SPECTROSCOPY

SINGLE MOLECULE BIOPHYSICS - I

SINGLE MOLECULE BIOPHYSICS - II

SINGLE MOLECULE BIOPHYSICS - III

SINGLE MOLECULE BIOPHYSICS - IV

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2008

SYMPOSIUM 18: DAMAGED PROTEINS-STRUCTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES

SYMPOSIUM 19: ALLOSTERY AND DYNAMICS IN PROTEIN FUNCTION

PLATFORM AX: MEMBRANE PROTEINS - III

PLATFORM AY: SINGLE MOLECULE BIOPHYSICS - III

PLATFORM AZ: ANION CHANNELS

PLATFORM BA: RYANODINE RECEPTORS

PLATFORM BB: EXCITATION-CONTRACTION COUPLING

PLATFORM BC: PROTEIN ASSEMBLIES

SYMPOSIUM 20: ABC TRANSPORTERS: MOLECULAR STRUCTURES AND MECHANISMS

SYMPOSIUM 21: NUCLEIC ACID-BASED MOTORS

MINISYMPOSIUM 4: THE PHYSICS OF PROTEIN FOLDING/UNFOLDING

PLATFORM BD: IMAGING AND OPTICAL MISCROSCOPY

PLATFORM BE: PEPTIDE & TOXIN ION CHANNELS

PLATFORM BF: MEMBRANE RECEPTORS & SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION

PLATFORM BG: SELF-ASSEMBLED SESSION: CALSEQUESTRIN AND THE CELLULAR CA+ STORE OF SKELETAL AND CARDIAC MUSCLE

PLATFORM BH: MEMBRANE STRUCTURE, RAFTS, DOMAINS AND PHASE SEPARATION

PROTEIN FOLDING STABILITY - I

PROTEIN FOLDING STABILITY - II

PROTEIN STRUCTURE

PROTEIN AGGREGATES

APOPTOSIS

NATIVELY UNFOLDED PROTEINS

MOLECULAR MODELING

CHROMATIN & NUCLEIC ACIDS

MOTIONS OF CELL SURFACE MOLECULES

LIPIDS AND SIGNALING ON MEMBRANE SURFACES

NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT

AUDITORY SYSTEMS

STORE-OPERATED CA++ CHANNELS

MEMBRANE RECEPTORS & SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION - I

MEMBRANE RECEPTORS & SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION - II

CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

SMOOTH & SKELETAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

TRP CHANNELS

SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION

PEPTIDE & TOXIN ION CHANNELS

VOLTAGE-GATED NA CHANNELS

VOLTAGE-GATED CA CHANNELS

NEURONAL SYSTEMS & MODELING

CELL MECHANICS & MOTILITY - I

CELL MECHANICS & MOTILITY - II

CELL MECHANICS & MOTILITY - III

SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION IN CONTRACTILE & MOTILE CELLS

BACTERIAL SENSING, MOTORS, & MOTILITY

PROTEIN STRUCTURE PREDICTION

STRUCTURE-BASED DRUG DESIGN

REGULATORY NETWORKS & SYSTEMS BIOLOGY - I

BIOINFORMATICS

REGULATORY NETWORKS & SYSTEMS BIOLOGY - II