Schedule | Engineering Biomolecules Mini-Symposium June 22, 2018

University of Oregon, Institute of Molecular Biology Engineering Biomolecules Mini-Symposium Friday, June 22, 2018 AGENDA All talks in Willamette 100 unless noted Printable version
8:30 – 9:10	Registration (Pastries and coffee)
9:10 – 9:15	Brief Announcements
9:15 – 9:55	Jennifer Cochran, Stanford University (Host: Anneliese Morrison) “Engineered proteins for visualizing and treating cancer”
9:55 – 10:35	Sivaraj (Shiv) Sivaramakrishnan, University of Minnesota (Host: Connor Balzer) “Biophysical regulation of Myosin VI motility by cargo adaptor proteins”
10:35 – 10:55	Coffee Break, Willamette (outside of room 100)
10:55 – 11:35	Shawn Douglas, University of California, San Francisco (Host: Amber Rolland) “Computational tools for designing, simulating, and thinking about biomolecules”
11:35 – 12:15	Karmella Haynes, Arizona State University (Host: Sarah Bolton) “Drugging the cancer epigenome with synthetic chromatin-based proteins”
12:15 – 1:30	Lunch, Willamette Atrium
1:30 – 2:10	Lydia Contreras, University of Texas, Austin (Host: Emily Sutton) “Discovering, understanding and designing regulatory RNAs for biotechnology”
2:10 – 2:50	Vatsan Raman, University of Wisconsin, Madison (Host: Brandon Schlomann) “Designing highly specific protein-based small molecule biosensors”
2:50 – 3:10	Coffee Break, Willamette (outside of room 100)
3:10 – 3:50	Panel Discussion
4:00 – 5:30	Poster Session, LISB (1^st floor, Mezzanine, and 2^nd floor atrium)
6:30 – 8:30	Dinner, University of Oregon, Willamette Atrium