The fifth annual workshop took place on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. Approximately 95 researchers attended the workshops, which took place in the Education Union Auditorium at Saint Louis University.
Single Molecule Workshop: Structural Dynamics of Biomolecules and 34th Robert E. Olson Lecture
Registration for the Symposium ended on November 27.
Download the flyer: Biomolecules Flyer 2017
Schedule of Events:
10:00 am:

Enrico Di Cera M.D.
Professor & Chair
Department of Biochemistry
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Professor & Chair
Department of Biochemistry
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Welcome and opening remarks.
Session I:
10:10 – 10:40 am:

Colin Nichols, Ph.D.
Carl Cori Professor
Department of Cell Biology & Physiology
Washington University School of Medicine
Carl Cori Professor
Department of Cell Biology & Physiology
Washington University School of Medicine
“Single molecule FRET reveals conformational dynamics of K channel gating and ion selectivity”
10:40 – 11:10 am:

Frances Yap, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
“Hibernation and activation of the Staphylococcus aureus 100S ribosome”
11:10 – 11:30 am:
Coffee Break
Session II:
11:30 am – 12:00 pm:

Yann Chemla, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Physics
University of Illinois
Professor
Department of Physics
University of Illinois
“Direct observation of structure-function relationships in nucleic acid binding proteins with ‘next-generation’ single-molecular techniques”
12:00 – 1:30 pm:
Complimentary Lunch
Session III:
1:30 – 2:00 pm:

Kathleen Hall, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
Washington University School of Medicine
Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
Washington University School of Medicine
“Watching RNA fold by stopped-flow fluorescence”
2:00 – 2:30 pm:

Beniamino Barbieri, Ph.D.
President
ISS, Inc.
President
ISS, Inc.
“Alba-STED: A novel microscope using FastFLIM and the Phasors Plots”
2:30 – 3:00 pm:
Coffee Break
Frontiers in Molecular Medicine and 34th Robert E. Olson Lecture:
3:00 – 4:00 pm:

Lewis Kay, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biochemistry
University of Toronto
Professor
Department of Biochemistry
University of Toronto
“Solution NMR spectroscopy: Why bother? A tale about p97”
