Sunday
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Metalloenzymes in Solar Fuels
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
"Mechanism of Photosynthetic Water-Splitting Catalyzed by the Mn4 CaO5 Metal Cluster in Photosystem II"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:55 pm
"Taking Snapshots of the Water Oxidation Reaction in Photosystem II Using Crystallography and Spectroscopy at an XFEL"
8:55 pm - 9:05 pm
Discussion
9:05 pm - 9:25 pm
"The Catalytic Cycle of [FeFe] Hydrogenase: A Tale of Two Sites"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Design and Engineering of Functional Metalloproteins
9:00 am - 9:30 am
"Endowing Metal-Based Catalysts with a Genetic Memory: Artificial Metalloenzymes"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:10 am
"Platinum-Group Organometallic Enzymes from Heme Proteins for Abiological Transformations"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
"Catalytic Versatility in a Heme-Dependent De Novo Enzyme"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Coffee Break
11:10 am - 11:40 am
"Metalloprotein Design Using Genetic Code Expansion"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:20 pm
"Designing Metalloproteins for Precision Diagnosis and Medicine"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Roles of Metal Ions and Metal Clusters in Nucleic Acids-Based Catalysis and Signaling
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
"DNA Signaling by Metalloproteins"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
"Tweaking Structure and Function - Metal Ions in the Core of Single Ribozymes and Riboswitches"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
"Transition Metal-Mediated Signal Transduction at the Host-Pathogen Interface"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Metalloenzymes and Their Models in Global Hydrogen, Oxygen and Nitrogen Cycles
9:00 am - 9:30 am
"Bacterial Nitrification, Revised"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
"Controlling the Reactivity of Molecular Catalysts Using the Medium and Protein Scaffolds"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
"Unprecedented Nitrile Reactivity Mediated by a Peroxocobalt(III) Intermediate"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
"CO2 Activation by Nitrogenase Iron Proteins"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Coffee Break
11:10 am - 11:40 am
"Actor Ligands in Bioinspired HER Catalysts: NO as Electron Buffer and Guide of Hemi-Lability in Metallodithiolates"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:20 pm
"Formally Cu(III) Complexes Relevant to Proposed Enzyme Intermediates"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Metalloenzymes and Their Models in Biological Electron Transfer and Catalysis
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
"Metalloprotein Catalysts for Energy Storage"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
"Mechanisms of Heme-Based Carbene Transfer Reactions"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
"Aberrant Reactivity of Enzyme Metal-Oxo Species"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
"H-Atom Transfer Reactivity of Dioxygen Adducts of Iron Porphyrins"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Metalloenzymes and Their Models in Global Carbon Cycles and Chemical Transformations
9:00 am - 9:30 am
"Catalytic Activity of Non-Heme Diiron Monooxygenases"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:10 am
"Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer and the Catalytic Role of Iron in Soybean Lipoxygenase"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
"Radically Novel Mechanism in Natural Product and Cofactor Biosynthesis"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Coffee Break
11:10 am - 11:40 am
"An Astonishing CO2 Fixation Mechanism Involved in Biological Methanogenesis"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:20 pm
"Bioinspired Iron Catalysts for Nitrate and Perchlorate Reduction"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Metal Ions in Astrobiology, Evolution Biology, Marine Biochemistry and the Environment
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
"Life's Legos: The Structural Modules Responsible for Electron Transfers Across the Tree of Life"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
"Ironing Out the Impact of Metal-Microbe Interactions on Ancient Atmospheres"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
"MagR: Dual Faceted Nature of Animal Magnetoreception"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Metal Ion Homeostasis, Imaging and Therapeutics
9:00 am - 9:30 am
"Texaphyrin-Based Theranostics - An Update"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:10 am
"Opening the Proteome to MR Imaging Analysis: Possible?"
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
"Exploiting First Row Transition Metals for Magnetic Resonance Biosensing"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Coffee Break
11:10 am - 11:40 am
"Metals, Drugs and Fungal Pathogens"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:05 pm
"Bioinspired Approach to Design of Lanthanide Probes for NIR Imaging"
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm
"Translational Bioinorganic Chemistry: Tracking Iron in Blood Plasma After Infusion with Intravenous Iron Nanoparticles"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Metals, Water, Light, O2 , Camera and Action!
Joint session with the Bioinorganic Chemistry Gordon Research Seminar.
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
"Unraveling the Role of Local and Global Protein Properties on the Redox Behavior of Tryptophan and Tyrosine"
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm
"Trapping Intermediates in Metal Transfer Reactions of the CusCBAF Export Pump of E. coli "
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
"Electron Transfer Activity of mitoNEET via Its [2Fe-2S] Clusters"
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 9:15 pm
"Progress Towards a Molecular Mechanism of Water Oxidation in Photosystem II"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure