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Biological Molecules in the Gas Phase

Gordon Research Conference

Mass Spectrometry, High-Resolution Spectroscopy and Theory

July 22 - 27, 2007
Chair
Vice Chairs and
Bates College
2 Andrews Road
Lewiston, Maine, United States
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Conference Description

The 4th Gordon Research Conference on "Biological Molecules in the Gas-Phase; Mass Spectrometry, High-resolution Spectroscopy and Theory" will take place at Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, July 22-27 2007. This symposium brings together experimentalists (from spectroscopy and mass spectrometry) and theoreticians (from ab initio to computational modeling) interested in the structures, dynamics and conformations of biological systems, including peptides, proteins and their assemblies. The 2007 conference includes sessions on folding and conformations, non-covalent complexes, high-resolution spectroscopy, solvation, top down approaches to protein structure, ECD and ETD mechanisms, structural modeling, and theory. The meeting also provides an excellent platform for young researchers (Ph.D, post-doc, junior faculty) to present their results and to participate in the extensive discussions that are at the heart of the GRC meeting. The evaluation and ratings by attendants in previous years have been outstanding, as this meeting really brings together expert scientists from complementary fields.

Conference Program

SUNDAY
2:00 pm - 11:00 pmArrival and Check-in
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmWelcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff
7:40 pm - 9:30 pmHYDRATED BIOMOLECULAR IONS IN THE GAS PHASE
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm Discussion Leader: Evan Williams (UC Berkeley)
7:45 pm - 8:15 pmRebecca Jockusch (U Toronto)
"Spectroscopy of Arginine Complexes"
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:50 pmVitaly Kresin (USC)
"Using water clusters to buffer ionization-induced fragmentation of amino acid molecules and oligomers"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:25 pmThomas Rizzo (Ecole Polytechnique Lausanne)
"Infrared spectroscopy of gas-phase helices"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
10:00 pmWelcome Reception
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm MACROMOLECULAR MASS SPECTROMETRY
9:00 am - 9:15 amDiscussion Leader: Gary Glish (UNC Chapel Hill)
9:15 am - 9:45 amRobert van den Heuvel (U Utrecht)
"Small molecules inducing changes in large proteins"
9:45 am - 9:50 am Discussion
9:50 am - 10:30 amGroup Photo / Coffee break
10:30 am - 11:00 amLars Konermann (U of Western Ontario)
"Insights into the Mechanism of Protein ESI from Theory and Experiment"
11:00 am - 11:05 am Discussion
11:05 am - 11:35 amJohn Klassen (U Edmonton)
"Structure and stability of protein-ligand complexes in solution and the gas phase"
11:35 am - 11:40 am Discussion
11:40 am - 12:00 pmGeneral Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pmPoster Flashes I
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session I
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm PROTEIN FOLDING AND CONFORMATION BY H/D EXCHANGE MS
7:30 pm - 7:45 pmDiscussion Leader: John Engen (Northeastern University Boston)
7:45 pm - 8:15 pmElizabeth Komives (UC San Diego)
"Folding and Binding of IkappaBalpha"
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:50 pmIgor Kaltashov (UMass-Amherst)
"Characterization of protein behavior in a conformer-specific fashion by ESI MS: hydrogen exchange and charge state distributions"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:25 pmThomas Jorgensen (U Southern Denmark)
"Analysis of protein structural dynamics and protein interactions using mass spectrometry and H/D exchange"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm HIGH RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPY
9:00 am - 9:15 amDiscussion Leader: Leo Meerts (U Nijmegen)
9:15 am - 9:45 amTimothy Vaden (U Oxford)
"Understanding the shapes of complex biomolecules: What can IR spectroscopy tell us?"
9:45 am - 9:50 am Discussion
9:50 am - 10:25 amCoffee break
10:25 am - 11:00 amMattanjah de Vries (UC Santa Barbara)
"What can we learn from gas phase spectroscopy of biomolecules?"
11:00 am - 11:05 am Discussion
11:05 am - 11:35 amNick Polfer (FOM Rijnhuizen)
"The chemical and secondary structure of peptides and proteins"
11:35 am - 11:40 am Discussion
11:40 am - 12:00 pmGeneral Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pmPoster Flashes II
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 6:00 pmFree Time / Optional Excursion
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm RELATED CONDENSED PHASE APPROACHES
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm Discussion Leader: David Pratt (U Pittsburgh)
7:45 pm - 8:15 pmTobias Baumgart (U Pennsylvania)
"Fluorescence imaging of biological membrane models: domains, boundaries, partitioning"
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:50 pmPhilip Anfinrud (NIH)
"Watching proteins function with 100 ps time-resolved Laue crystallography"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:25 pmHaw Yang (UC Berkeley)
"Illuminating the Mechanistic Roles of Enzyme Conformational Dynamics One Molecule at a Time"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm OXIDATION, ELECTRON TRANSFER & OTHER CHEMICAL PROBES FOR PROTEIN CONFORMATION
9:00 am - 9:15 am Discussion Leader: Vicky Wysocki (U Arizona)
9:15 am - 9:45 amRoman Zubarev (Uppsala U)
"Trp cage protein: from solution to the gas phase. Tandem MS, IR and MDS"
9:45 am - 9:50 amDiscussion
9:50 am - 10:25 am Coffee break
10:25 am - 11:00 amKathrin Breuker (U Innsbruck)
"Noncovalent intramolecular protein interactions in the absence of bulk water"
11:00 am - 11:05 amDiscussion
11:05 am - 11:35 amMichael Gross (Washington U)
"MS Enabled Chemical Footprinting of Proteins: HD Exchange, OH Radical Reactions, Iodination"
11:35 am - 11:40 am Discussion
11:40 am - 12:00 pm General Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session II
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm PROTEIN & PEPTIDE CONFORMATIONS: THEORY & EXPERIMENT
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm Discussion Leader: Joan-Emma Shea (UC Santa Barbara)
7:45 pm - 8:15 pmZaida Luthey-Schulten (U Illinois)
"Protein-RNA Interactions in Translation"
8:15 pm - 8:20 pmDiscussion
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm Rainer Weinkauf
"TBA"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pmDiscussion
8:55 pm - 9:25 pmSean Decatur (Mount Holyoke College)
"Probing the effects of local backbone hydration on peptide conformation with infrared spectroscopy"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm SPECTROSCOPY OF BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES
9:00 am - 9:15 am Discussion Leader: Jack Simons (U Utah)
9:15 am - 9:45 amBenny Gerber (Hebrew U)
"Vibrational States of Biological Molecules: Spectroscopy, Dynamics and Potential Surfaces"
9:45 am - 9:50 am Discussion
9:50 am - 10:25 am Coffee break
10:25 am - 11:00 am Philippe Dugourd (CNRS Lyon)
"Ultraviolet spectroscopy of protein polyanions in vacuo"
11:00 am - 11:05 amDiscussion
11:05 am - 11:35 amJeanne-Pierre Schermann (U Paris)
"Infrared spectroscopy of neurotransmitter and peptide ions at biologically-relevant temperature"
11:35 am - 11:40 am Discussion
11:40 am - 12:00 pm General Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session III
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 8:15 pmBusiness Meeting
(Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair)
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm FEATURE LECTURE
Graham Cooks
"Serine: Chemistry, Clusters and the Origin of Life"
9:30 pm - 10:00 pm Poster Session & Party
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDeparture

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AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES
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CARL STORM UNDERRPRESENTED MINORITY FELLOWSHIPS
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