VICB Poster Session Participants  
Larissa Spell Fenn "Advanced Structural Mass Spectrometry Approaches for Proteomics and Biophysics," Larissa S. Fenn, Thomas J. Kerr, and John A. McLean.
Darren Engers "Studies Directed Towards the Total Synthesis of Hibarimicinone and HMP-Y1"
Melissa Turman “Cyclooxygenase-2-dependent oxygenation of N-(3-hydroxyphenyl) arachidonylamide, an irreversible and selective inactivator of cyclooxygenase-2”

Eddie Watts and Anthony Forster

 “Directed Evolution of Small Molecule Ligands by DNA Display”
Baolin Zhang, Maggie Ying and Anthony Forster “A Purified System for Studying and Engineering Translation”

Ashwath Jayagopal, Eric M. Sussman, Frederick R. Haselton, and V. Prasad Shastri

 “Intracellular and Transcellular Delivery of Nanocrystals for Drug Delivery and Bioimaging Applications”
Dan Brown "Glutathione Binding in FosA and the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance"
Michael Holinstat “PAR1 regulation of human platelet aggregation"
Megan Wadington "Preliminary Characterization of Two Glutathione Transferase Homologues in E. coli K-12"
Annie Blobaum “Molecular Determinants for the Selective Inhibition of COX-2 by Lumiracoxib”
Mary Konkle “Selective Optimization of Side Activity: From COXIBs to CYP51 Inhibitors”
Christopher Pino “Percutaneous Delivery of Terpenes”
Kripa Keerthi “Click Chemistry as a Proteomic Approach to Identify Protein Targets of Thiol-Reactive Electrophiles”
Huiyong Yin "Assess Oxidative Stress Status by Measuring Lipid Mediators Using Mass Spectrometry"
Hanson Wong, Daniel C. Liebler "Identification of Human Mitochondrial Protein Targets of Reactive Electrophiles"
   
St. Jude Poster Session Participants  
Jerry Chipuk  "Mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization is directly regulated by the mitochondrial fission machinery"
Clementine Feau            "Androgen Receptor/Transcriptional Coregulator Interactions as Novel Targets in Prostate Cancer Drug Discovery"
Armand Guiguemde "Optimization of a Fluorescent-Based High Throughput Screening for antimalarial compounds"
Jason Hatfield "Development and novel uses of carboxylesterase inhibitors"
Jufang Shan "Targeting protein-protein interactions in the Wnt signaling pathways"

 

The first VICB - St. Jude retreat was held on March 22 and 23, 2007 in Florence Alabama at the Marriott Shoals Resort.
    

Sixty seven guests including faculty, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and staff were in attendance.

 
Twenty posters were presented.

The retreat was a successful beginning to collaborative efforts between the two institutions. Meeting planners Stacey Davis (left, St. Jude's) and Anne Lara (right, Vanderbilt) coordinated the event.

Plans for another meeting next year already are being discussed!

 

 

 

The opening lecture was given by Dr. Larry Walker from the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy.

 

Talks were given by six faculty members from each institution.

 Presentation
   
 
3/22/07 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm  
  Keynote session  
  8:00 – 8:10 pm Intro by Larry Marnett and Kip Guy
  8:10 – 9:00 pm Larry Walker, University of Mississippi, “Anti-infective agents from natural
and medicinal chemistry: new probes, new directions, new drugs”
     
3/23/07 8:00 – 9:00 am Breakfast
     
  Session I  
  9:00 – 9:20 am Dan Liebler – Vanderbilt, “Proteomics and Biomakers”
  9:20 – 9:40 am Clive Slaughter – SJCRH, “Proteomics and Protein Interactions”
  9:40 – 10:00 am Jeff Conn – Vanderbilt, “Drug Discovery for Neurodegenerative and Psychiatric Disorders”
  10:00 – 10:20 am Steve Morris – SJRCH, “Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) and beyond: an overview of potential druggable targets from the laboratory of Steve Morris”
  10:20 - 10:40 am Break
     
  Session 2  
  10:40 – 11:00 am David Weaver – Vanderbilt, “Novel Screening Projects”
  11:00 – 11:20 am Taosheng Chen – SJCRH, “HTS for PXR agonists”
  11:20 – 11:40 am Walter Chazin – Vanderbilt, “DNA Damage Signaling”
  11:40 – 12:00 pm Steve White – SJCRH, “Rational Drug design”
     
  Noon – 1:00 pm Lunch
  1:00 – 4:00 pm Free Time
     
  4:00 – 6:00 pm Poster Sessions, with beer/wine
    (even numbers 4-5 minutes, odd numbers 5-6 minutes)
     
  6:00 – 7:00 pm Dinner
     
  7:30 – 9:00 pm Talks and adjourn
     
  Session 3  
  7:30 – 7:50 pm Richard Armstrong – Vanderbilt, “Functional Genomics”
  7:50 – 8:10 pm Clinton Stewart – SJCRH, “Pharmacokinetics”
  8:10 – 8:30 pm Naoaki Fujii – SJCRH, “Wnt Pathway Signaling”
  8:30 – 8:50 pm Gary Sulikowski – Vanderbilt, “Chemical Synthesis”
 
     
 
 
     
Attendees took advantage of the casual environment to share meals and swap ideas.
 
The Marriott Shoals rotating restaurant...
 
...afforded panoramic views of the Tennessee River.

 

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