Conference Program
 
PEPTIDES, CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY OF

February 15-20, 2004
Ventura Beach Marriott
Ventura, CA

Chairs:
Thomas Kodadek & Jane V. Aldrich

Vice Chairs:
Dale F. Mierke & Robert S. Hodges

SUNDAY
2:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and Check-in
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmKEYNOTE ADDRESSES
7:30 pm T. Kodadek and J. Aldrich Introductory Remarks
7:50 pm - 8:40 pmB. Chait, (Rockefeller)
"Recent Advances In Protein and Peptide Mass Spectromety"
8:40 pm - 9:30 pmB. Koblika (Stanford)
"Conformational Dynamics of Beta 2 Adrenoceptor Activation"
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmCOMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY
Discussion Leader: A. Mapp (Michigan)
9:00 am - 9:30 amA. Mapp (Michigan)
"Targeting the transcriptional machinery with unique artificial transcriptional regulators"
9:30 am - 9:40 amDiscussion
9:40 am - 10:10 amG. Nolan (Stanford)
"Fluorescent dye-capturing peptides for visualization and chemical genetics"
10:10 am - 10:20 am Discussion
10:20 am - 11:05 amCoffee Break & Group Photo
11:05 am - 11:35 amTom Kodadek (UT-Southwestern)
"New chemical tools for proteomics research"
11:35 am - 12:05 pm A. Schepartz (Yale)
"Miniature Proteins"
12:05 pm - 12:25 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmNOVEL APPLICATIONS IN CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY
Discussion Leader: A. Belcher (MIT)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pmA. Belcher (MIT)
"Using Nature's tools to grow and assemble magnetic and semiconductor nanomaterials"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pmDiscussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pmT. Deming (UCSB)
"Synthesis and Properties of Amphiphilic Block Co-Polypeptides"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pmDiscussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pmP. Dervan (Caltech)
"Design of Artificial Transcription Factors"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmCELL TRANSPORT AND TARGETING
Discussion Leader: K. Brown (UT-Southwestern)
9:00 am - 9:30 amH. Szeto (Cornell)
"Design of Cell-permeable, Mitochondria-targeted, Antioxidant peptides"
9:30 am - 9:40 amDiscussion
9:40 am - 10:10 amK. Brown (UT-Southwestern)
"Identifying cellular zip codes: Non-biased Approaches for Isolating Peptidic Cell-targeting Reagents"
10:10 am - 10:20 amDiscussion
10:20 amCoffee Break
10:45 am - 11:15 amB. Peterson (Penn St.)
"Synthetic Mimics of Mammalian Cell Surface Receptors"
11:15 am - 11:25 amDiscussion
11:25 am - 11:55 amM. Miller (Notre Dame)
"Design, Syntheses and Studies of Microbe Targeted Drug Delivery Agents Using Microbial Iron Assimilation Processes"
11:55 am - 12:05 amDiscussion
12:05 am - 12:25 pmStephen M. Fuchs (University of Wisconsin)
"Pathway for Polyarginine Entry into Mammalian Cells"
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmPEPTIDE-RECEPTOR INTERACTIONS
Discussion Leader: C. Deber (Toronto)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pmF. Marassi (Burnham Inst.)
"Solid-state NMR Structure Determination of Membrane Peptides and Proteins"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pmDiscussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pmR. Murphy (Wisconsin)
"Biophysical Studies on the Interaction of Self-associating Peptides with Lipid Bilayers"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pmDiscussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pmT. Kubiak (Pfizer)
"Newly Deorphaned Invertebrate Neuropeptide GPCRs"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmPEPTIDE DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS
Discussion Leader: R. Freidinger (Merck)
9:00 am - 9:30 amS. Miller (Boston College)
"An Approach to Asymmetric Synthesis Based on "Biomimetic" Catalysis"
9:30 am - 9:40 amDiscussion
9:40 am - 10:10 amJ. Aldrich (Kansas)
"A Tale of Two Labels: the Design and Synthesis of Dual Labeled Peptides as Pharmacological Tools"
10:10 am - 10:20 amDiscussion
10:20 amCoffee Break
10:45 am - 11:15 amB. Iverson (UT-Austin)
"Now Accepting Donations: Aromatic Donor-Acceptor Interactions in the Assembly of Peptide Derivatives In Aqueous Solution"
11:15 am - 11:25 amDiscussion
11:25 am - 11:55 am Victor J. Hruby (University of Arizona)
"New Insights into Signal Transduction by GPCRs Using Two New Biophysical Methods: Plasmon Waveguide Resonance (PWR) Spectroscopy and Two Photon Fluorescence Laser Microscopy"
11:55 am - 12:05 amDiscussion
12:05 am - 12:25 pmLuisa Bracci (University of Siena)
"Highly Stable Bioactive Dendrimeric Peptides"
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmPHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATIONS OF PEPTIDES
Discussion Leader: B. Morgan (Praceis)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pmDavid Israel (Praceis)
"Clinical Experience With Peptide-Based Drugs in Prostate Cancer and Alzheimer's Disease"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pmDiscussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pmJ. Dwyer (Trimeris)
"Discovery, Development and Clinical Experience with Fuseon, the First Clinical Fusion Inhibitor"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pmDiscussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pmR. DiMarchi (Indiana)
"Development of Peptide-Based Medicines for Treatment of Endocrine Diseases"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmPROTEOMICS AND ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES
Discussion Leader: T. Kodadek (UT-Southwestern)
9:00 am - 9:15 amY.-S. Lee (Seoul National University)
"Peptide Synthesis On A Slide Glass By Spotting Method"
9:15 am - 9:20 amDiscussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am S. Lokey (UC-Santa Cruz)
"A Proteomics Approach To Understanding the Mechanism of Action of Cyclic Peptide Modulators of Actin Assembly"
9:35 am - 9:40 am Discussion
9:40 am - 10:10 amH. Mihara (Tokyo Inst. Technol.)
"Peptide Microarrays Using Designed Libraries For Development Of Protein Chips"
10:10 am - 10:20 amDiscussion
10:20 amCoffee Break
10:45 am - 11:15 amD. Hunt (Virginia)
"Analysis Of Differential Protein Expression, The Phosphoproteome, And The Histone Code By Mass Spectrometry"
11:15 am - 11:25 amDiscussion
11:25 am - 12:05 amBusiness Meeting
11:55 am - 12:05 am Discussion
12:05 am - 12:25 pmR. Hammer (LSU)
"Unprecedented stoichiometric inhibition of fibrillogenesis of amyloid beta protein by small peptides"
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmDU VIGNEAUD AWARDS
Discussion Leader: J. Aldrich (Kansas)
7:30 pm - 8:30 pmDu Vigneaud Award Address #1
Stephen Kent (University of Chicago)
"A Revolution in the Making: Chemical Ligation Methods for the Study of Protein Biology"
8:30 pm - 9:30 pmDu Vigneaud Award Address #2
Dieter Seebach (ETH Zürich)
"How we stumbled into peptide chemistry, and where we have arrived at"
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDepart

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