The pdf version of this schedule is available here.
Friday, April 24th, Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building
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1:00-2:30 PM |
Registration |
Pharmacy Bldg. |
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2:30-2:45 |
Opening Remarks |
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Session I |
Chair: Russ Algar, University of Toronto
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2:45-3:30 |
a) Igor Medintz, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Quantum Dots and Energy Transfer: Combining Biology and Nanomaterials for New Applications |
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3:30-3:50 |
b) Grigory Tikhomirov, University of Toronto Identification of Nucleotide Sequences for Synthesis of Quantum Dots with Optimal Spectral Characteristics
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3:50-4:10 |
c) Travis J. A. Craddock, University of Alberta Cytoskeletal Putative Binding Sites of General Anesthetics |
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4:10-4:25 |
Coffee Break Sponsored by SFR
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Pharmacy Bldg. |
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4:25-5:25 |
Panel Discussion: "The commercialization of science is detrimental to the scientific mission and its goal for advancing fundamental understandings of Nature" Chair: David Cramb, University of Calgary |
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Session II |
Chair: Cecile Fradin, McMaster University
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5:25-6:10 |
a) Terry Allen, University of Alberta Room At The Bottom: How Nanotechnology Is Transforming Medicine |
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6:10-6:30 |
b) Bryan Hoang, University of Toronto Synthesis and Characterization of Multifunctional Amphiphilic Block Copolymer Micelles for Tumour Selective Radionuclide Delivery |
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6:30-6:50 |
b) Marina Ivanova, University of Guelph Expression, Reconstitution and Biophysical Studies of Neuronal Uncoupling Proteins: UCP4 and UCP5 |
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6:50-8:05 |
Dinner |
Pharmacy Building |
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8:05- |
Informal Discussions |
Faculty Club |
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Saturday, April 25th, Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building
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8:45-9:15 AM |
Poster Set-up, Continental Breakfast
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Session III |
Chair: Linda Johnston, National Research Council
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9:15-10:00 |
a) Harold Craighead, Cornell University Single Molecule Manipulation and Analysis in Nanofluidic Systems
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10:00-10:20 |
b) Mónica Fernández-Sierra, University of Puerto Rico A Force
Spectroscopic Study of the Twisting of Two Double-Stranded DNA
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10:20-10:40 |
c) Bonnie O. Leung, McMaster University Soft X-ray Spectromicroscopy of Protein
Interactions with Model PEO
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10:40-12:10PM |
Poster Session & Coffee break Even-numbered posters Sponsored by Photon Technology International |
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12:15-1:30 |
Buffet Lunch |
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Session IV |
Chair: Soyoung Lee, University of Toronto
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1:30-2:15 |
a) Gerhard Hummer, NIH/NIDDK Molecules under tension: theory of single molecule force spectroscopy |
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2:15-2:35 |
b) Chris Neale, University of Toronto Solvation and Binding of the Membrane Enzyme PagP by Detergents and Lipids
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2:35-2:55 |
c) Zhuqing Zhang, University of Toronto Native Topology of the Designed Protein
Top7 is Not Conducive to Cooperative
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2:55-4:30 |
Poster Session & Coffee Break Odd-numbered posters Sponsored by Gamble
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Session V |
Chair: David McMillen, University of Toronto
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4:30-5:15 |
a) Michael Ellison, University of Alberta iGEM Alberta: undergraduates join the challenge to create a minimalized artificial cell
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5:15-5:35 |
b) Sangram Bagh, University of Toronto Programmed control of cellular function: An in-cell disease prevention device
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5:35-5:55 |
c) Vasily Kuvichkin, Russian Academy of Sciences From Liposomes To Cell Nucleus And Cytoplasm Structures |
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5:55-6:40 |
Break and travel to restaurant |
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6:40- |
Symposium Banquet Forest View Chinese Restaurant, 466-468 Dundas St. W., 2nd floor Do
you know your stuff? Chemical Biophysics game show
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Sunday, April 26th, Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building
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8:45-9:30 AM |
Continental Breakfast
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Session VI |
Chair: Shell Ip, University of Toronto
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9:30-10:15 |
a) Roy Duncan, Dalhousie University Structure-Function Relationships in a Novel Family of
Virus-Encoded Cell-Cell |
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10:15-10:35 |
b) Maikel Rheinstadter, McMaster University Collective Molecular Dynamics in Membranes and Protein
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10:35-10:55 |
c) Gopakumar Gopalakrishnan, McGill University Lipid Bilayer Membrane Triggered Presynaptic Vesicle Assembly |
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10:55-11:15 |
Coffee Break Sponsored by Bruker
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Session VII |
Chair: Sameer Al-Abdul-Wahid, University of Toronto Mississauga
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11:15-12:00 PM |
a) Lewis Kay, University of Toronto Seeing the Invisible by Solution NMR Spectroscopy
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12:00-12:20 |
b) Harrison Westwick, Ottawa Health Research Institute Nanoparticle MRI Contrast Agents in the Nervous System:
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12:20-12:40 |
c) David N. Langelaan, Dalhousie University Headgroup dependent interactions of the peptide apelin with micelle surface |
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12:40-12:55 |
Closing Remarks |
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