Annual Talks 2014 - Action within Cells
Action within cells
Dates: January 15-17, 2014
Venue: Dasheri (NCBS Auditorium)
National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
DAY 1: January 15 | ||
Time | Speaker | Title |
0900-0905 | Dean | Introduction/Welcome |
Session 1: Things fatty objects do | ||
0905-0910 | P Raghu | Chairperson’s remarks |
0910-0940 | M Mathew | Reprogramming Endocytic Pathways with a Pinch of Salt |
0940-1010 | R Malik, DBS, TIFR | Lipolysis in the liver and active transport of lipid: A new connection ? |
1010-1040 | M Panicker | Pluripotency sings the blues |
1040-1110 Tea/Coffee | ||
Session 2: Getting proteins to work | ||
1110-1115 | A Seshasayee | Chairperson’s remarks |
1115-1145 | MS Madhusudhan, IISER, Pune | Using biomolecular 3D comparisons for predicting and designing structures and interactions |
1145-1215 | R Sowdhamini | Computational design of artificial protein sequences: More highways in sequence space? |
1215-1245 | S Gosavi | Building and understanding protein scaffolds |
| LUNCH |
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1330-1630 Poster Session | ||
Session 3: Looking at molecules inside and outside a cell | ||
1630-1635 | J Udgaonkar | Chairperson’s remarks |
1635-1730 | W Baumeister, MPI | Electron Cryomicroscopy: From Molecules to Cells |
1730-1800 Tea/Coffee | ||
1800-1900 | K Wuthrich, Scripps | NMR in Structural Genomics–Exploring the Protein Universe |
Dinner | ||
DAY 2: January 16 | ||
Time | Speaker | Title |
Session 4: Membranes and other molecules | ||
0900-0905 | M Thattai | Chairperson’s remarks |
0905-0935 | S Mayor | The skin of a living cell: an active actin-membrane composite |
0935-1005 | M Rao | Active Mechanics and Information Processing at the cell surface |
1005-1035 | V Malhotra | Cargo-specific requirements for the COPII-dependent export of secretory cargo from the ER. |
1035-1105 Tea/Coffee | ||
Session 5: Manipulating molecules and cells | ||
1105-1110 | PV Shivaprasad | Chairperson’s remarks |
1110-1140 | G Mugesh, IISc | Nanomaterials as Antioxidant Enzyme Mimetics |
1140-1210 | Y Krishnan | Molecular DNA devices in Living Systems |
1210-1240 | KS Krishnan | A sting to heal and a smell of future |
| LUNCH |
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1400-1700 | Poster Session |
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Session 6: Defending molecules | ||
1725-1730 | D Nair | Chairperson’s remarks |
1730-1800 | A Shenoy, Yale | Host Defence 'On Demand': GBP family GTPases to the Rescue |
1800-1900 | Raghavan Varadarajan, IISc | HIV-1 and influenza immunogen design |
| DINNER |
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DAY 3: January 17 | ||
Time | Speaker | Title |
Session 7: Signaling inside cells | ||
0900-0905 | S Krishna | Chairperson’s remarks |
0905-0935 | P Raghu | How to traverse a hostile environment |
0935-1005 | S Raghavan, IISc | Cutting and Pasting Game: Insights into DNA repair, Oncogenesis and Cancer Therapeutics |
1005-1035 | C Jamora | Regulation of inflammation in the wound-healing program by epidermal keratinocytes |
1035-1105 | Tea/Coffee |
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Session 8: Controlling neuronal function | ||
1105-1110 | V Thirumalai | Chairperson’s remarks |
1110-1140 | Sumantra Chattarji | Erring on the side of caution: one cell at a time |
1140-1210 | M Ramaswami | mRNP assemblies and neuronal translational control |
1210-1240 | I Davis, Oxford | Synaptic plasticity: regulating translation in the cellular provinces. |
1240-1310 | Tony Hyman, MPI | Formation of p-granules |
| LUNCH |
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1400-1700 | Poster Session |
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1800 | Poster Awards |
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1900-2015 | DINNER |
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2030-2230 | Pandit Venkatesh Kumar | Hindustani Vocal Music Concert |
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