2009 VICB Retreat Agenda

VICB Member Retreat
Thursday, August 13, 2009
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Student Life Building Ballrooms A, B, C

Continental Breakfast, Lunch
Afternoon Wine and Cheese Reception – Door Prize Drawing

Morning Session

8:00 AM – 8:45 AM Continental Breakfast

8:45 AM – 9:00 AM Welcome: Larry Marnett, Director, VICB

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM Guest Speaker: Frank McCormick, UCSF: “Targeting the ras Pathway”

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Poster Session

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Oral Presentations

11:30 AM – 11:50 AM Patrick Halvey, “Deficiencies in DNA mismatch repair (MMR) systems occur in hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) and in 10-15% of sporadic colorectal cancers (CRC)”
11:50 AM – 12:10 PM Julia Koehler, “Simultaneous Prediction of Secondary Structure and Trans-Membrane Spans for Alpha-Helical Proteins As Well As Beta-Barrels Using Artificial Neural Networks” 
12:10 PM – 12:30 PM Robert Lavieri, “Phospholipase D (PLD) is an essential enzyme responsible for the production of the lipid second messenger phosphatidic acid (PA)”
12:30 PM – 12:50 PM Rory Pruitt, “Autoprocessing of Clostridium difficile Toxin A”

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch / Poster Viewing

Afternoon Session
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Oral Presentations

2:00 PM – 2:20 PM Reese Harry, “Hairpin DNA-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles: Novel Intracellular mRNA Probes for Gene Expression Phenotyping of Malignant Melanoma”
2:20 PM – 2:40 PM Steffen Lindert, “Folding Proteins into Medium Resolution cryoEM Density Maps” 
2:40 PM – 3:00 PM Conbao Kang, “Solution NMR Study on Human Membrane Protein KCNE3-A Voltage gated Potassium Channel Regulator” 

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM Break

3:15 PM – 3:35 PM Bo Shen, “Semiaqueous Amide and Peptide Synthesis through Reversed Reactant Polarity: A Conceptually New Alternative to Traditional Condensative Methods” 
3:35 PM – 3:55 PM Devin Stauff, “Insights Into the Mechanism of Signal Sensing by a Bacterial Histidine Kinase Using a Small Molecule Library Screen”

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Awards, Prizes - iTouch Raffle (must be present to win)