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Final Program FINAL PROGRAM JULY 22 -25, 2015 FIRA DE BARCELONA - MONTJUÏC Barcelona - Spain 1 #PS2015 PROTEINSOCIETY.ORG/SYMPOSIUM 2 th TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome ............................................................................................................................................ 4 Committees ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Corporate Support ............................................................................................................................ 8 Floor Map .......................................................................................................................................... 9 General information ....................................................................................................................... 10 Best Poster Competition ................................................................................................................ 13 Travel Awards ................................................................................................................................. 39 Call for Nominations ...................................................................................................................... 42 Meeting at a Glance ........................................................................................................................ 43 Program ........................................................................................................................................... 44 Program Planning Committee ....................................................................................................... 67 Best Paper Award Winners ............................................................................................................ 70 Exhibitor Workshops ..................................................................................................................... 72 Exhibitor Directory ......................................................................................................................... 73 Exhibitor Floor Plan ....................................................................................................................... 77 Exhibitors ........................................................................................................................................ 78 Posters ............................................................................................................................................ 79 3 WELCOME Welcome to the 29th Annual Symposium of the Protein Society. You probably didn’t know it, but you are part of an experiment. This is the first time we have held our main meeting outside of the U.S. Moreover, it is our first meeting in Europe in four years. So I’ll admit it. We were nervous. It is therefore very gratifying to see such a strong turnout: nearly 1000 delegates from more than 50 countries. The WELCOME experiment is off to an auspicious start indeed. You were no doubt attracted by the outstanding program put together by the Program Planning Committee, and the excellent workshops organized by the Mentoring and Education Committees. On behalf of the Executive Council, I would like to thank them all for their hard work. You also know that the Protein Society Symposium is a great place to meet new people with diverse interests, centered around protein science. You can share your work at the Poster Sessions, but you should also make sure to take advantage of the mixers and networking dinners. I know I always emerge from the meeting with new ideas, new friends and often a new collaboration that I didn’t expect. After all, the Protein Society Symposium is fertile ground as it brings together some of the best scientists throughout the world. I hope you will make sure to visit the Vendor booths. It’s always fun learn about new toys, especially if they can improve your science. At the conclusion of the meeting you will receive a link to a survey via email, and I hope you will take a few minutes to give us some honest feedback. We strive to keep our meeting enlightening, accessible, and relevant, and your perspective can only help us to improve. Thank you for participating in the meeting. I’m sure you’ll go away inspired and I hope that you will ultimately publish the results of those inspirations in the Society’s journal, Protein Science. It’s your society and your journal, so only you can continue to make them thrive. Enjoy the Symposium, and enjoy Barcelona! Best Wishes, James U. Bowie, PhD Protein Society President 4 th COMMITTEES PROGRAM PLANNING COMMITTEE Oscar Millet James Wells (Chair) Structural Biology Unit CIC BioGUNE Professor & Chair, Dept of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California San Francisco Gary Pielak Distinguished Term Professor of Chemistry, Sarah Teichmann University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Research Group Leader EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute & Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Mark Lemmon Professor & Chair, Dept of Biochemistry & Biophysics University of Pennsylvania Perelman COMMITTEES School of Medecine Miquel Pons Professor, Dept of Organic Chemistry University of Barcelona EXECUTIVE COUNCIL James Bowie, Ph.D. (President & Chair) Hiroyuki Noji, Ph.D. University of California Los Angeles University of Tokyo Lars Baltzer, Ph.D. Karyn O’Neil, Ph.D. Uppsala University Johnson & Johnson Paula Booth, Ph.D. Carol Post, Ph.D. University of Bristol Purdue University (President-elect) Charles Brooks, III, Ph.D. Catherine Royer, Ph.D. University of Michigan Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Johannes Buchner, Ph.D. Charles Sanders, Ph.D. Technische Universität München Vanderbilt University Jacquelyn Fetrow, Ph.D. Michael Summers, Ph.D. University of Richmond (Secretary/Treasurer) University of Maryland, Baltimore County Stewart Fisher, Ph.D. Sarah Teichmann, Ph.D. SL Fisher Consulting, LLC EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute & Wellcome Judith Frydman, Ph.D. Trust Sanger Institute Stanford University Jody McGinness Amy Keating, Ph.D. The Protein Society (Executive Dir.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Brian Matthews, Ph.D. Ming Lei, Ph.D. University of Oregon (Editor-in-chief) Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences 5 COMMITTEES NOMINATING COMMITTEE EDUCATION COMMITTEE Daniel Bolon, Ph.D. (Chair) Ellis Bell, Ph.D. (Chair) University of Massachusetts Medical School University of Richmond Bil Clemons, Ph.D. Margaret Cheung, Ph.D. COMMITTEES California Institute of Technology University of Houston Judith Frydman, Ph.D. Matthew Gage, Ph.D. Stanford University Northern Arizona University Thomas Magliery, Ph.D. Lisa Gentile, Ph.D. The Ohio State University University of Richmond Matthais Mann, Ph.D Peter Kahn, Ph.D. Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie Rutgers University Betsy Komives, Ph.D. MENTORING COMMITTEE University of California San Diego Andrew Vendel, Ph.D. (Chair) Mary Konkle, Ph.D. Eili Lilly and Co. Eastern Illinois University Matthew Cordes, Ph.D John Osterhout, Ph.D. University of Arizona Angelo State University Stephen Fuchs, Ph.D. Jane Richardson, Ph.D. Tufts University Duke University Giovanna Ghirlanda, Ph.D. Srebrenka Robic, Ph.D. Arizona State University Agnes Scott College Blake Hill, Ph.D. Michael Summers, Ph.D. Medical College of Wisconsin University of Maryland Baltimore County/HHMI Carly Huitema, Ph.D. Frieda Texter, Ph.D. SIAF institute Albright College Patricia Jennings, Ph.D. Jeff Watson, Ph.D. University of California San Diego Gonzaga University Judith Klein-Seetharaman, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Kevin Lumb, Ph.D. Merck & Company Janel McLean, Ph.D. Vanderbilt University Medical Center Olve Peersen, Ph.D. Colorado State University Eric Sundberg, Ph.D. University of Maryland School of Medicine 6 th COMMITTEES ABSTRACT REVIEW COMMITTEE John Osterhout (Chair) Dimitrios Morikis Angelo State University University of California Riverside Deepa Balasubramaniam Sourav Roy University of California at San Diego University of California Riverside Savita Bhutoria Louis Scott Albert Einstein College of Medicine University of Western Australia Piero Bianco K. Suresh Thallapuranam University at Buffalo University of Arkansas Nidhee Chaudhary Max Vasquez COMMITTEES Amity University Adimab Arash Foroutan Sudha Veeraraghavan Tulane University University of Maryland, Baltimore Takanori Kigawa Ruiying Wu RIKEN Argonne National Laboratory Mary Konkle Serena Zanzoni Eastern Illinois University University of Verona Ivan Korendovych Chao Zhang Syracuse University University of Southern California Aitziber Lopez Cortajarena IMDEA Nanociencia 7 CORPORATE SUPPORT The Protein Society is grateful to the following corporate partners for supporting the 29th Annual Symposium & The Protein Society: CORPORATE SUPPORT CORPORATE 2015 CORPORATE MEMBERS Gold Level 29TH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM SPONSORS 8 th FLOOR MAP Level 1 Pick up documentation Exhibition & Exhibition & Poster Area Poster Area FLOOR MAP Entrance Level 2 Level 3 Cafeteria Room 3 Room VIP 4 Room Lunch Time Workshops Lunch Time Workshops Speaker Room Plenary Room Cafeteria Parallel Rooms 9 GENERAL INFORMATION SCIENTIFIC REGISTRATION – HALL GENERAL INFORMATION GENERAL The Registration Area will open at 3:00 PM on Tuesday, July 21st (refer to hours below). 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