2010 Annual Meeting

Session: Biomolecular Engineering

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

S. Patrick Walton, Michigan State University

Co-Chair

Anant K. Paravastu, Florida A&M University and Florida State University

Presentations

12:30 PM

(260a) Predicting Accessible Splice Sites for Trans-Splicing Ribozymes: Modeling and Experiments
Gaurav Arya, Dario Meluzzi, Karen Olson, Ulrich Muller

12:50 PM

(260b) VEGF - DNA Aptamer Interactions: Ensemble and Single Molecule Studies and Implications for Aptamer Design
Indhu Kanakaraj, Katerina Kourentzi, Ajish Potty, J. Nick Taylor, Xing Zhang, Ulrich Strych, Christy F. Landes, Richard C. Willson

01:10 PM

(260c) Liposomes Stabilized by Bilayer Conjugation to a Hydrogel Core
Noah Malmstadt, Yasaman Dayani

01:30 PM

(260d) Experimental and Computational Analyses of Palmitic Acid-Binding to PKR
Hyun Ju Cho, Shayantani Mukherjee, Betul Bilgin, Pratheeba Palasuberniam, Catherine Nezich, S. Patrick Walton, Michael Feig, Christina Chan

02:00 PM

(260e) Directed Evolution of the Intrinsically Disordered and Allosterically Regulated Beta Roll Subdomain for Biomolecular Recognition
Oren Shur, Geza R. Szilvay, Mark A. Blenner, Donald M. Cropek, Scott A. Banta

02:20 PM

(260f) A Novel Method for the Construction of Custom Peptide Libraries From Oligonucleotide Arrays
Erdogan Gulari, Saadet Albayrak, Jean-Marie Rouillard

02:40 PM

(260g) Probing Into the Mechanism for Bacterial Biosensor for Nuclear Receptor Ligand
Jingjing Li, David W. Wood, Izabela Hartman