Chemistry-Biology Interface Symposium – Saturday, March 25th, 2017

8:20 – 8:50 AM Registration and Breakfast – Baker Portico

Session 1: 8:50 AM – 10:25 AM – PSB120

Session Chair: Paden King

8:50 – 8:55 AM Introduction – Hening Lin – CBI Training Program Director

9:00 – 9:25 AM JoAnne Stubbe – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• EM probe of Ribonucleotide Reductase Quaternary Structure: Asymmetry Revealed

9:30 – 9:55 AM Ornella Nelson – Cornell University

• Chemoproteomic technique for the identification of Coenzyme A binding proteins

10:00 – 10:25 AM Yimon Aye – Cornell University

• A New Signaling Axis to Downregulate DNA Synthesis

10:30 – 10:45 AM Coffee Break – Baker Portico

Session 2: 10:50 AM – 12:15 PM – PSB120

Session Chair: Gael Nicolas

10:50 – 11:15 AM Frank Schroeder – Cornell University

• Uncovering the “Dark Matter” of the Chemistry of Life

11:20 – 11:45 AM Yevgeniy Izrayelit – ViewPoint Therapeutics

• Development of a non-surgical treatment for cataracts

11:50 – 12:15  PM Howard Hang – The Rockefeller University

• Chemical Dissection of Host Immunity and Microbial Pathogenesis

12:20 – 1:10 PM Lunch Break

Session 3: 1:15 PM – 2:50 PM – PSB120

Session Chair: Erin Nicklow

1:15 – 1:40 PM Shohei Koide – NYU School of Medicine

• Controlling Cell Signaling Enzymes with Monobodies

1:45 – 2:10 PM Michael Lynch – Cornell University

• Structural and Mechanistic Insights into the Lysinoalanine Cross-Linking Reaction of Treponema denticola Hook Protein FlgE

2:15 – 2:40 PM Christopher Alabi- Cornell University

• Antimicrobial properties of OligoTEAs

2:45 – 2:50 PM Closing Remarks – Lauren Genova

3:00 – 4:30 PM Poster Session – Baker Portico

5:30 PM Speaker dinner – Mia’s