Thursday, July 24, 2003 - Sutton Place Hotel Bistrot Terrasse

The role of nonstandard purine and amino acid moieties of puromycin in ribosome substrate binding
Peter Anthony
Yale University

Cellular Localization of Yx1C, A Putative ECF Anti-sigma Factor
David Bayless
San Francisco State University

Training in Chemical Biology: Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Proline Mimics for Control of Peptide Secondary Structure
Heather Burks
Indiana University

The Role of Stathmin and SCG10 in Microtubule Dynamics in the Growth Cone
Christine Bill
Colorado State University

Role of Metal Ions in Oxidative Protein Folding: do flavoprotein sulfhydryl oxidases from higher eukaryotes need metals?
Stephen G. Brohawn
University of Delaware

Non-covalent Assembly of Nitroxide Spin Labels in Laponite Films: Formation of One-Dimensional Heisenberg Antiferromagnets
Lana Chavez
Northern Arizona University

A Chimeric mRNA for Studying Localization and Translational Control in Xenopus Oocytes
Brendan D. Crawford
University of Notre Dame

A Mouse Model of Brain Metastasis of Melanomas: Characterization and Treatment
Yolanda Huang
Wellesley College

Exploring a Myosin VIIa as a Possible Interactor with GDI in Vesicle Transport during Drosophila Development
Janetta Iwanicki
Pomona College

Structural Biology of the Arsenic-GR Interaction
Lauren Kingsley
Dartmouth College

Model for One Aspect of Oxidative Stress in Alzheimer ’s Disease Brain: Lipid Peroxidation End Product, HNE, Binds to and Alters the Conformation and Function of Histones
Robin Theresa Petroze
University of Kentucky

Functional Analysis of Proteins Involved in Translational Regulation during Xenopus oocyte Maturation
Michael Raher
Boston College

Phenylalanine Hydroxylase Inactivation in Wildtype and PKU-causing Mutant Enzymes
Gobind Singh
Boston University