The Frontiers at the Chemistry-Biology Interface Symposium (FCBIS) is a day-long event designed to highlight the latest in cutting-edge research in the Mid-Atlantic region and provide an intimate environment to foster scientific discussion at all levels. Oral and poster sessions, along with a career panel, are planned for this year's symposium.
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. | Registration/Coffee/Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 9:05 a.m. | Introductory Remarks Sarah Michel, Chair of Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (University of Maryland School of Pharmacy) |
| Session 1 - Moderator: Ross Cheloha (National Institutes of Health) | |
| 9:05 - 9:25 a.m. | Conformational ensemble of Yeast ATP Synthase at Low pH Reveal Novel Intermediates and Plasticity in F1-Fo Coupling Stuti Sharma (Stony Brook University) |
| 9:25 - 9:45 a.m. | The SARS-CoV-2 Fusion Domain Preferentially Initiates Fusion in the Late Endosome Jinwoo Lee (University of Maryland, College Park) |
| 9:45 - 10:05 a.m. | The Pursuit of how Lipid Structure Impacts Function Jace Jones (University of Maryland, Baltimore) |
| 10:05 - 10:15 a.m. | Break/Coffee and Refreshments |
| Session 2 - Moderator: Deepak Koirala (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) | |
| 10:15 - 10:35 a.m. |
Clickable Photoaffinity Gangliosides Reveal the Human Ganglioside Interactome
Gao-Lan Zhang (Johns Hopkins University)
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| 10:35 - 10:55 a.m. | RNA Species Dance to the Beat of Modifications Kathy Liu (University of Pennsylvania) |
| 10:55 - 11:05 a.m. |
5-minute flash talks selected from posters Recognition of Human tRNA Methyltransferase TRMT1 by SARS-CoV-2 Mpro and the Implications for Therapeutic Design Biophysical Characterization of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa BqsR/BqsS Two-Component System |
| 11:05 - 12:00 p.m. | Poster Session I |
| 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. | Lunch / Career Panel / Waters - Tour of Center of Innovation |
| Session 3 - Moderator: Ariel Alperstein (University of Delaware) | |
| 1:00 - 1:20 p.m. | A Platform for Distributed Production of Synthetic Nitrated Proteins in Live Bacteria Aditya Kunjapur (University of Delaware) |
| 1:20 - 1:40 p.m. | Observing Molecular Transport through Living Cell Membranes in Real Time by Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy and Microscopy Grace Purnell (Temple University) |
| 1:40 - 2:00 p.m. | Probes with Pockets: Using Chirality to Control Topography in Peptidomimetic Macrocycles Joseph Meisel (George Washington University) |
| 2:00 - 2:10 p.m. | Break/Coffee and Refreshments |
| Session 4 - Moderator: Ryan Pearson (University of Maryland, Baltimore) | |
| 2:10 - 2:30 p.m. | Microphysiological Models and the Metabolome-regulating Roles of Extracellular Matrices Chengpeng Chen (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) |
| 2:30 - 2:50 p.m. | Visualizing RNAs in the Complex Cellular Environment by Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy with the Riboglow-FLIM Sensor Esther Braselmann (Georgetown University) |
| 2:50 - 3:00 p.m. |
5-minute flash talks selected from posters Nanobody Tethering to Explore GPCR Signaling Mechanisms Proteomic Evaluation of Sex Differences in the Plasma of Non-Human Primates Exposed to Ionizing Radiation for Biomarker Discovery
Christina Williams (University of Maryland, Baltimore) |
| 3:00 - 3:55 p.m. | Poster Session II |
| Session 5 - Moderator: Angela Wilks (University of Maryland, Baltimore) | |
| 3:55 - 4:55 p.m. | Keynote: Copper Conducted Kinase Signaling in Cancer Donita Brady (University of Pennsylvania) |
| 4:55 - 5:00 p.m. | Final Remarks |
| 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. | Social Hour |