Oral Presentation Abstracts

Abstracts are found as PDFs using the hyperlinks on each talk's title.

Tuesday

Session #1

Dr. Genki Terashi | Purdue University - Biological Sciences

• DeepMainmast: Protein Structure Modeling for Cryo-EM Using Deep Learning

Haoran Jing | University of Illinois Chicago - Chemistry

• Fluorescent artificial antigens revealed extended filopodia networks utilized by live dendritic cells for antigen uptake

Jacklyn Gallagher | Indiana University, Bloomington - Chemistry

• A Hybrid Approach to Map the Misfolded State of a Pathogenic Rhodopsin Variant

Leang-Chung Choh | Purdue University - Biological Sciences

• Structural Study of a Non-Canonical ABC Importer Complex, the E. coli Ribose Transporter
  (RbsABC)

 

Session #2

Dr. Olga Maximova | Purdue University - Physics and Astronomy

• X-ray emission spectroscopy for study of photosystem II electronic structure evolution

Balindile Motsa | Purdue University - Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology

• Cellular and biophysical studies of the Ebola virus matrix protein eVP40 protein-lipid interactions interfaces

Xiao Wang | Purdue University - Computer Science

• De novo structure modeling for nucleic acids in cryo-EM maps using deep learning

Vaani Ohri | Purdue University - Biological Sciences

• Investigation of RhoA-Dependent Regulation of Phospholipase C ε in Cardiovascular Disease

Brandi McKnight | The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities - Medicinal Chemistry

• Targeting Tumor Antigens using Bispecific Chemically Self-Assembled Nanorings (CSANs)

 

 

Wednesday

Session #3

Dr. Sandeep K. Ravala | Purdue University - Biological Sciences

• Structural insights into regulation of Trio by Gaq, a driver oncoprotein in uveal melanoma

Pavani Devabathini | Purdue University - Physics and Astronomy

• Metals in Brain Vs Neurodegenerative Disorders

Ryan D. Imhoff | Purdue University - Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology 

• Covalent Fragment Screening and Optimization Identifies Chloroacetohydrazide Scaffold as Inhibitors for Ubiquitin C-terminal Hydrolase L1

Isaiah Mensah | Purdue University - Biochemistry

• The Role Of VEZF1 in Cardiomyocyte Development

Indranil Arun Mukherjee | Purdue University - Biological Sciences

• Regulation of co-encoded Anti-CRISPR mediated inhibition in Type V-A CRISPR system

 

Session #4

Dr. Horia I. Petrache | Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) - Physics

• Electrostatic charging of lipid membranes by neuromodulators

Claire Overly Cottom | Purdue University - Biological Sciences

• Characterization of the β-barrel Assembly Machinery in Fusobacterium nucleatum

Shivam Mahapatra | Purdue University - Chemistry

• Real-time precision opto-control of biomolecular activities

Xueyong Xu | Purdue University - Biochemistry

• Cryo-EM structure of E. coli acetyl-CoA carboxylase complex

Harrison McNabb | Purdue University - Medicinal Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology 

• FBXO44-Mediated Degradation of RGS2