2008 Annual Meeting

Session: Engineering Biomolecules

This session invites contributions on novel methods for engineering biomolecules and the applications of these in therapeutics, diagnostics, sensors, and other engineering applications. Fundamental experimental and computational studies on the structure and structure-function properties of engineered biomolecules are also welcome.

Chair

Walton, S. P., Michigan State University

Co-Chair

Rege, K., Arizona State University

Presentations

08:00 AM

(729a) Petrobactin Biosynthesis: A Target for Antibiotics and a Platform for Producing Specialty Chemicals
Pfleger, B., Sherman, D., Nusca, T., Scaglione, J., Lee, J. Y.

08:20 AM

(729b) A Polyketide Macrolactone Synthase from the Filamentous Fungus Gibberella Zeae
Zhou, H., Tang, Y.

08:40 AM

(729c) Studying the Structural Properties of Nesprin-1α By Using Engineered Protein Fragments
Zhong, Z., Chang, S., Wilson, K., Dahl, K. N.

09:00 AM

(729d) Characterization and Engineering of Peptide Binding to Class II Mhc by Yeast Co-Expression
Jiang, W., Boder, E. T.

09:30 AM

(729e) Prediction of siRNA Functionality Using Sequence and Thermodynamic Properties
Roth, C. M., Sheth, P., Jain, A., Shah, V., Dunn, S. M.

09:50 AM

(729f) Engineering Vectors for Dual Gene Expression from Independent Promoters for High Throughput Studies
Tian, J., Andreadis, S. T.

10:10 AM

(729g) Molecular Barcode-Labeled Aptamers for Biosensor Applications
Xie, S., Walton, S. P.