Spring Symposium

Table of Contents

Talks - Friday, June 10

Morning Session	Page
Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases as Molecular Targets in Human Parasitic Infections: Understanding the Big Picture and Researching the Details by Michael Kron	1
Modeling Protein Flexibility in Ligand Docking by Leslie Luhn	2
Computational Techniques Applied to the Study of Protein Thermostabilityby Claire Vieille	3
Data Mining Approaches for the Biological Sciences by William Punch	4
NMR and Biophysical Studies of Fusion Peptide/Membrane Interactions by David Weliky	5
Afternoon Session
Integrating Studies of Intelligent Behavior in Biological and Artificial Systems by Fred Dyer	6
Kin-Group Selection for "Prudent" Mimicry by Thomas Getty	7
The Dynamics of Polyploid Establishment in Flowering Plantsby Douglas Schemske	8

 

Posters

1.	Electron and Energy Transfer in Spin-Coupled Transition Metal Complexes Containing Organic Donor/Acceptor Moietiesby Bodwin, Jeffrey and Picraux, Laura	9
2.	The RDP-II (Ribosomal Database project) by Chai, Benli	10
3.	Applying Multivariate Analysis to Optimize and Predict Hepatic Function by Chan, Christina	11
4.	Modeling Temporal Trend of Chronic Diseases and Social Behaviour - A Novel Approach to Age-Period-Cohort Analysis: Method and Software by Fu, Wenjiang and Wu, Mingquan	12
5.	A new Methodology for Evaluating Phylogenetic Tree Reconstruction Algorithms by Hang, Dehua	13
6.	Structural characterization of Unfolding Pathways by Hespenheide, Brandon	14
7.	Rigidity Optimised Constrained Kinetics to Explore Protein Conformational Spaceby Lei, Ming	15
8.	Molecular Dynamics Study of Protein Flexibility and Stability in Mesophilic Escherichia.coli Adenylate Kinase by Lou, Hongfeng and Kimple, Adam	16
9.	X-ray Crystal Structure of GDP-Mannose 4,6-Dehydratase: New Interactions in a Familiar Family of Enzymes by Mulichak, Anne	17
10.	Structure-Based Discovery of a Novel, Non-Covalent Inhibitor of AmpC ß-Lactamase by Powers, Rachel	18
11.	Protein Unfolding Driven by Changing Mean Coordination by Rader, Andrew	19
12.	Studies of the Proton Translocation Path by a R481K Mutation in Rhodobacter sphaeroides Cytochrome c Oxidase by Seibold, Steve and Mills, Denise	20
13.	Dimensional Reduction via Genetic Algorithm for Individual Classification in Population Genetics by Topchy, Alexander	21
14.	Biological Modeling of Colon Crypt Cell Population Regulation by Wang, Bing	22
15.	Two-Step Evolution: Movement on an Adaptive Landscape Facilitated by Deleterious Mutationsby Woods, Robert	23
16.	Neural network Modeling of Fermentation Variables by Worden, R. Mark	24
17.	New Ligands Identified for Thrombin by Virtual Screening by Zavodszky, Maria	25

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