The New Research Ecology
Thursday 6 October and Friday 7 October

Spotlight Session IV

Seeing Is Believing: From Structures of Molecules to Cells and Organisms

2:00 p.m., Thursday 6 October
Science Lecture Hall, 3rd Floor

Moderator

Angela M. Gronenborn, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology
School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh

Presentations

Protein Dynamics and Enzyme Function: A Case Study from Human Detoxification Enzymes

Gordon S. Rule, Ph.D.
Professor of Biological Sciences
Mellon College of Science
Carnegie Mellon University

Long-Range Distance Measurements Using Fourier Transform Electron Spin Resonance

Sunil Saxena, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
School of Arts and Sciences
University of Pittsburgh

Oxidative Sensing and Glycerol Metabolism: From Crystal Structures to Nanobiotechnology Applications

Joanne Yeh, Ph.D
Visiting Associate Professor of Pharmacology
School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh

Visualizing Protein Complexes by Cro-electron Microscopy: Making Heads and Tails of Viruses

James F. Conway, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology
School of Medicine
University of PIttsburgh