ICSG 2004

November 17-21, 2004
Washington Hilton Hotel
Washington, DC

2004 International Conference on Structural Genomics

Thursday, November 18 Program is Subject to Change
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.	Session 2 – Achievements of Structural Proteomics Initiatives Session Chair: Tom Terwilliger, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA Presenters: Shigeyuki Yokoyama, RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center, Japan Structural Proteomics Projects in Asia and the Pacific David Stuart, The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, UK John Norvell, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH, USA Structural Genomics in the United States Aled Edwards, University of Toronto, Canada The Structural Genomics Consortium
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.	Session 3 – Protein Structure Universe Session Chair: John Moult, Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology, USA Presenters: Burkhard Rost, Columbia University, USA Structural Genomics Changes Our Map of Protein Space Christine Orengo, University College London, UK Using Gene3D to Select Targets that Illuminate Fold and Function Space Michael Sternberg, Imperial College London, UK Deriving Functional and Evolutionary Information from Protein Structure Cyrus Chothia, Medical Research Council, Cambridge, UK The Functions of Superfamilies
12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.	Lunch Viewing Poster Group 1 Viewing Exhibitors
2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.	Session 4 – New Protein Production Technologies Session Chair: Shigeyuki Yokoyama, RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center, Japan Presenters: Yaeta Endo, Ehime University, Japan Wheat Germ Cell-free Protein Synthesis System: Application to Functional Biology Rainer Rudolph, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany Folding and Assembly of Complex Proteins: From Protein Domains to Integral Membrane Proteins and Virus Like Particles David Stammers, The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, UK Expression and Purification of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic DNA Binding Proteins Including Domains Identified by Bioinformatics or Limited Proteolysis Kirill Alexandrov, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Germany Semi-synthesis and Structure Solution of Prenylated Rab GTPase in Complex with GDP Dissociation Inhibitor
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.	Session 5 – Crystallization and Rapid Data Collection Session Chair: George DeTitta, Hauptman Woodward Research Institute, USA Raymond Stevens, The Scripps Research Institute, USA High Throughput Technologies in Biophysical Chemistry Brian Matthews, University of Oregon, USA Flash-freezing in Macromolecular Crystallography: Advantages, Disadvantages and Optimization Thomas Szyperski, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA Rapid NMR Data Acquisition for Structural Genomics Soichi Wakatsuki, KEK, Japan Structural Genomics of Posttranslational Modification and Protein Transport with High-throughput Technologies: from Crystals to Structures
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Sponsored by:
International Structural Genomics Organization (ISGO)
Protein Structure Initiative, National Institute of General Medical Sciences,
National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

November 17-21, 2004 Washington Hilton Hotel Washington, DC

November 17-21, 2004
Washington Hilton Hotel
Washington, DC