Schedule
This is a final schedule of our events for Hitchhiker's 2021! We are excited to hear from our amazing line-up of speakers!
Day 1 | Wednesday, May 12th
Logon | 8:30 am - 8:50 am
Opening remarks: Trevor Boram, Organizing Committee Chair | 8:50 am - 9:00 am
Scientific Session 1: Frontiers in Bioinformatics | Moderator: Mackenzie Chapman
Opening Speaker: Dr. Genki Terashi; Purdue University, Biological Sciences| 9:00 am - 9:40 am
VESPER: Global and Local Cryo-EM Map Alignment and Database Search Using Local Density Vectors
Xiao Wang; Purdue University, Computer Science | 9:40 am - 10:00 am
Emap2sec+: Detecting Protein and DNA/RNA Structures in Cryo-EM Maps of Intermediate Resolution Using Deep Learning
Barrett Davis; Purdue University, Biomedical Engineering | 10:00 am - 10:20 am
Computational Model of PDZ-Binding Competition and AMPA Receptor Insertion in the Postsynaptic Density(PSD)
Daipayan Sarkar; Purdue University, Biological Sciences | 10:20 am - 10:40 am
Mem-LZeRD: Modeling transmembrane protein interactions using topological and biophysical principles
Coffee Break | 10:40 am - 10:50 am
Keynote Lecture
Keynote Speaker Introduction by Trevor Boram | 10:55 am - 11:00 am
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Doug Lauffenburger; MIT, Department of Biological Engineering | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Hijacked by Covid: Antibody-Centric Immune Systems Analysis, Intensely Applied
LUNCH BREAK | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Scientific Session 2: Enzymology Across Life | Moderator: Sebastian Kenny
Opening Speaker: Dr. Angeline Lyon; Purdue University, Chemistry | 1:00 pm - 1:40 pm
A Structure-Based Approach to Understanding Phospholipase C Function
Chelsea St. Germain; Purdue University, Chemistry | 1:40 pm - 2:00 pm
Characterization of the binding site of the zinc metalloprotease, Ste24
Karthik Srinivasan; Purdue University, Biological Sciences | 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm
Characterizing Fabs for the isolation of the TOC Complex
Tapiwa Chiura; Saint Louis University, Chemistry | 2:20 pm - 2:40 pm
Resonance Raman unveils a tilted configuration for the cyano adducts of human heme oxygenase
Coffee Break | 2:40 - 3:00 pm
Scientific Session 3: Investigating Human Disease with Novel Techniques | Moderator: Ari Cardillo
Opening Speaker: Dr. Shalini Low-Nam, Purdue University, Chemistry and Physics & Astronomy | 3:00 pm - 3:40 pm
Physical mechanisms of T cell signaling and activation at the single molecule, single cell level
Fan Xu; Purdue University, Biomedical Engineering | 3:40 pm - 4:00 pm
Three dimensional super-resolution imaging in whole-cell and tissue specimens
Muriel Eaton; Purdue University, MCMP | 4:00 pm - 4:20 pm
Substantial reduction of Scn2a expression renders behavioral abnormalities in mice indicative of autism spectrum disorder
Marco Hadisurya; Purdue University, Biochemistry | 4:20 pm - 4:40 pm
Quantitative proteomics and phosphoproteomics of urinary extracellular vesicles define diagnostic and prognostic biosignatures for Parkinson's Disease
BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY NETWORKING/SOCIAL | 4:45 pm - 5:45 pm
Facilitator: Sebastian Kenny
Day 2 | Thursday, May 13th
Logon | 8:30 am - 8:50 am
Scientific session 4: Fighting Bacterial Pathogens through Biophysics | Moderator: Evan Billings
Opening Speaker: Dr. Nicholas Noinaj; Purdue University, Biological Sciences | 9:00 am - 9:40 am
The β-barrel Assembly Machinery in Motion
Shalini Iyer; Purdue University, Chemistry | 9:40 am - 10:00 am
Modulation of host signaling by two syntenic genes of Legionella pneumophila
Ravi Yadav; Purdue University, Biological Sciences | 10:00 am - 10:20 am
Structural insight into dual function of Neisserial lactoferrin binding protein B
Vatsal Purohit; Purdue University, Biological Sciences | 10:20 am - 10:40 am
Ionic Inhibition utilized to develop a pH-dependent reaction triggering method in PmHMGR crystals
Coffee Break and Lighting Talk Set-up | 10:40 am - 10:55 am
LIGHTNING TALKS | 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
LUNCH BREAK | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Scientific Session 5: Design and Characterization of Peptide Analogs | Moderator: Kristos Negron
Opening Speaker: Dr. Daniel Flaherty; Purdue University, MCMP | 1:00 pm - 1:40 pm
Optimization and structural studies of inhibitors for bacterial carbonic anhydrases
Nicolas Varas; Indiana University, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 1:40 pm - 2:00 pm
A new fibrillation-resistant glucagon analogue
Austin Cool; The Ohio State University, Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm
Computational Methods Elucidate Consequences of Mutations and Post-Translational Modifications on Troponin I Effective Concentration to Troponin C
Christine Muli; Purdue University, MCMP | 2:20 - 2:40 pm
Binding Site Discovery of a Peptidomimetic Probe on Proteasome Ubiquitin Receptor, Rpn-13
Coffee Break | 2:40 - 3:00 pm
Scientific Session 6: Innovative Biophysical Methodologies | Moderator: Clint Gabel
Opening Speaker: Dr. Fang Huang; Purdue University, Biomedical Engineering | 3:00 pm - 3:40 pm
Revealing Subcellular Structures with Live-cell and 3D Fluorescence Nanoscopy
Andrew DeMarco; Purdue University, Biochemistry | 3:40 pm - 4:00 pm
Phosphatase and Kinase Substrate Specificity Profiling with Pool Synthetic Peptides and Mass Spectrometry
Ryan Benke; Purdue University, Biochemistry | 4:00 pm - 4:20 pm
Using Metabolomics and Association Genetics to Map Lesion Mimic Mutants
Soutick Saha; Purdue University, Physics & Astronomy | 4:20 pm - 4:40 pm
Capacity to multitask limits cellular chemotaxis
Closing Remarks and Award Announcements | 4:40 pm