University of Chicago-Peking University (PKU)

Joint Meeting on Biophysical Dynamics at Beijing, 2013

Location： Lecture Hall A204 , College of Chemistry,

Peking University, Beijing, China

Each speaker has 20-25 min for the presentation and 5-10 min for discussion

Agenda

Friday, Aug. 23

8:40 am Opening remark

8:45-9:15 Yi Rao (Peking University)

TBD

9:15-9:45 Tobin Sosnick (IBD, The University of Chicago)

Design and Control of biological processes with light-sensitive proteins

9:45-10:15 Chi Wu (Chinese Hong Kong University)

Our novel design of non-viral vectors for gene transfection

10:15-10:30 Tea break

10:30-11:00 Keith Moffat (IBD, The University of Chicago)

Signaling photoreceptors and optogenetics

11:00-11:30 Anthony Kossiakoff (IBD, The University of Chicago)

Delivering novel synthetic antibody therapeutics to where the action is-inside the cell

Coordinator: Prof. Chuan He

11:45-2:00 Lunch followed by poster section（He Yuan Restaurant）

2:00-2:30 Chao Tang (Peking University)

Dynamics in Cellular Decision-making

2:30-3:00 Bozhi Tian (IBD, The University of Chicago)

Nanoelectronic probing of cellular systems

3:00-3:30 Yiqin Gao (Peking University)

A hierarchy of DNA structure changes

3:30-3:45 Tea break

3:45-4:15 Gregory Voth (IBD, The University of Chicago)

Multiscale Theory and Simulation of Biomolecular Systems: Insights and Challenges

4:15-4:45 Zhiyong Zhang (Univ. of Sci. & Tech. of China)

Investigating structural flexibility within multi-domain proteins: computational, SAXS, and NMR studies

4:45-5:15 Chengqi Yi (Peking University)

Mapping nucleotide variants in the genome and transcriptome

Coordinator: Prof. Xing Chen

6:00 pm Dinner at Wufang yuan

Saturday, Aug. 24

8:45-9:15 Ruiping Xiao (Peking University)

Metabolic Syndrome: from Bench to the Bedside

9:15-9:45 Aaron Dinner (IBD, The University of Chicago)

Anomalous dynamics in intracellular transport

9:45-10:15 Xiaodong Su (Peking University)

Probing allosteric effect through DNA by single-molecule technique and structural analyses

10:15-10:30 Tea break

10:30-11:00 Luhua Lai (Peking University)

Biological network dynamics and drug discovery

11:00-11:30 Benjamin Glick (IBD, The University of Chicago)

Self-Organization of Secretory Compartments

11:30-12:00 Ruhong Zhou (IBM)

Modeling nanotoxicity: Large scale molecular modeling of nanoparticle-protein interactions and their implication in nanomedicine

Coordinator: Prof. Xiaoyun Liu

12:00-2:00 Lunch at posters

Afternoon, Summer Palace tour guided by students

Sunday, Aug. 25

8:45-9:15 Sunney Xiaoliang Xie (Harvard University and Peking University)

Single Cell Genomics: Life at the Single Molecule Level.

9:15-9:45 Yanyi Huang (Peking University)

Unveil cell dynamics through single-cell transcriptome analysis and label-free imaging

9:45-10:15 Greg Engel (IBD, The University of Chicago)

Mimicking design principles behind photosynthetic energy transfer: engineering quantum coherence

10:15-10:30 Tea break

10:30-11:00 Xiaowei Zhuang (Harvard University and Peking University)

Bioimaging at the nanoscale: Single-molecule and super-resolution fluorescence microscopy

11:00-11:30 Xinsheng Zhao (Peking University)

How fast does a mismatched base-pair in dsDNA flip？

11:30-12:00 Norbert Scherer (IBD, The University of Chicago)

Elucidating robustness and energetics of cellular function by chemical perturbation spectroscopy

Coordinator: Prof. Guifang Jia

12:00-2:00 Lunch followed by poster section （He Yuan Restaurant）

2:00-2:30 Adam Cohen (Harvard University)

Bringing bioelectric phenomena to light

2:30-3:00 Xing Chen (Peking University)

Labeling and Visualizing Glycans with Specificity and Versatility

3:00-3:30 Peng Chen (Peking University)

Protein Chemistry and Engineering at the Host-Pathogen Interface

3:30-3:45 Tea break

3:45-4:15 Ning Yan (Tsinghua University)

Structural Investigation of Voltage-gated Sodium channels

4:15-4:45 Tao Pan (IBD, The University of Chicago)

Adaptive translation as a mechanism of stress response and adaptation.

4:45-5:15 Chuan He (IBD, The University of Chicago and Peking University)

Dynamic Methylation in Biological Regulation

Coordinator: Prof. Chengqi Yi

6:00 pm Dinner at Peking Duck