Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Membrane Systems: Proteins, Lipids and Organization
Discussion Leader: Zainab Ahdash (UCB Pharma, United Kingdom)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:15 pm
M. Madan Babu (St Jude Children's Research Hospital, United States)
"Discovery of Motifs in the Disordered Regions of Human Membrane Proteins"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:55 pm
Robert Ernst (Saarland University, Germany)
"Regulation of the Unfolded Protein Response by Lipid Bilayer Stress"
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Protein Insertion, Translocons and Regulation
Discussion Leader: Nir Fluman (Weizmann Institute, Israel)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:35 am
Ramanujan Hegde (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, United Kingdom)
"Insertion and Assembly of Eukaryotic Multipass Membrane Proteins"
9:35 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:15 am
Rebecca Voorhees (California Institute of Technology, United States)
"Membrane Protein Biogenesis and Quality Control"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:15 am
Late-Breaking Topic
11:15 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:30 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:45 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:15 pm
Jay Groves (UC Berkeley, IDMxS NTU, United States)
"Protein Condensation Phase Transitions in Signal Regulation at the Membrane"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Jonathan Schlebach (Indiana University, United States) and Anastassia Vorobieva (VUB-VIB Center for Structural Biology, Belgium)
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Co-Translational Folding, Misfolding, Aggregation and Disease
Discussion Leader: Jonathan Schlebach (Indiana University, United States)
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:35 pm
Sonya Neal (University of California, San Diego, United States)
"Derlin Dfm1 Employs a Chaperone-Like Function for Resolving Misfolded Membrane Protein Stress"
6:35 pm - 6:50 pm
Discussion
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:00 pm - 7:05 pm
Discussion
7:05 pm - 7:15 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:15 pm - 7:20 pm
Discussion
7:20 pm - 7:45 pm
Gayathri Muthukumar (Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, United States)
"Uncovering Biogenesis Pathways for Alpha-Helical Mitochondrial Outer Membrane Proteins Using Genome-Wide Approaches"
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Membrane Protein Organization and Lipid Regulation
Discussion Leader: Heather Pinkett (Northwestern University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:35 am
Barbara Imperiali (MIT, United States)
"The “Ins and Outs” of Initiating Glycoconjugate Biosynthesis at the Membrane Frontier"
9:35 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:15 am
Mikhail Bogdanov (McGovern Medical School University of Texas Houston, United States)
"Power of Membrane Asymmetry: Do Lipids Tell Proteins How to Fold?"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:15 am
Late-Breaking Topic
11:15 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:30 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:45 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:15 pm
Steven Harborne (Peak Proteins, United Kingdom)
"Production of Folded and Functional Membrane Proteins for Drug Discovery"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Folding and Assembly of Beta Barrels
Discussion Leader: Anastassia Vorobieva (VUB-VIB Center for Structural Biology, Belgium)
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:35 pm
Taylor Devlin (Johns Hopkins University, United States)
"FkpA Enhances Outer Membrane Protein Folding Using an Extensive Interaction Surface"
6:35 pm - 6:50 pm
Discussion
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:00 pm - 7:05 pm
Discussion
7:05 pm - 7:15 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:15 pm - 7:20 pm
Discussion
7:20 pm - 7:45 pm
Meagan Belcher Dufrisne (University of Virginia, United States)
"Expression and Reconstitution Systems of Beta Barrel Outer Membrane Protein Opa Affect Structure and Dynamics"
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Computational Approaches to Folding, Design and New Therapeutics
Discussion Leader: Martin Ulmschneider (King's College London, United Kingdom)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:35 am
Huong Kratochvil (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States)
"Proton Channel Activity in de novo Designed Channel Proteins"
9:35 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:15 am
Robert Jefferson (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
"Computational Design of Dynamic Receptor:Peptide Signaling Complexes Applied to Chemotaxis"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:10 am
Late-Breaking Topic
11:10 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:25 am
Late-Breaking Topic
11:25 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Late-Breaking Topic
11:45 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:15 pm
Peter Bond (Bioinformatics Institute (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore)
"Understanding the Modes of Action of Antibiotics Targeting Outer Membrane Protein Assembly"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Simulations of Spatial Organization and Signaling in the Membrane
Discussion Leader: Sarah Veatch (University of Michigan, United States)
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:35 pm
Alan Mark (University of Queensland, Australia)
"Understanding the Assembly and Mechanism of Action of Biological Micro-Machines: from Cytokine Receptors to Viral Fusion"
6:35 pm - 6:50 pm
Discussion
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:00 pm - 7:05 pm
Discussion
7:05 pm - 7:15 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:15 pm - 7:20 pm
Discussion
7:20 pm - 7:45 pm
Irina Moreira (CNC-University of Coimbra, Portugal)
"Mapping the Signaling Mechanism of GPCR Dimers"
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Novel Methods, Cell Free Approaches, Cell Mimicry and Synthetic Biology
Discussion Leader: Kalina Hristova (Johns Hopkins University)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:35 am
Tomoaki Matsuura (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
"In Vitro Membrane Protein Synthesis, Engineering and Folding in Artificial Cells"
9:35 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:15 am
Neha Kamat (Northwestern University, United States)
"Uncovering the Biophysical Role of Membranes in Membrane Protein Folding with Cell-Free Systems"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:15 am
Late-Breaking Topic
11:15 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:30 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:45 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:15 pm
Jan Kubicek (Cube Biotech GmbH, Germany)
"There's a Nut for Every Bolt: Solubilizing and Stabilizing Membrane Protein Complexes with our Unique Copolymer Platform"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Insights into Folding and Misfolding Mechanisms linked to Disease
Discussion Leader: Heedeok Hong (Michigan State University, United States)
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:35 pm
Vlad Ladizhansky (University of Guelph, Canada)
"Energy Landscape of Second and Third stages of Membrane Protein Folding Probed by Hydrogen-Deuterium Exchange Nuclear Magnetic Resonance"
6:35 pm - 6:50 pm
Discussion
6:50 pm - 7:05 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
7:05 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:35 pm
Charles Sanders (Vanderbilt University, United States)
"How Misfolding of PMP22 Causes Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease"
7:35 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Closing Remarks
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure