STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM, Galveston, TX
Vera V. Mainz (mainzv@aries.scs.uiuc.edu)
Wed, 24 Jan 1996 16:20:55 -0600
>Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 17:10:19 -0600
>To: <mainzv> "Vera Mainz"
>From: david@nmr.utmb.edu (David Gorenstein)
>Subject: STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM, Galveston, TX
>
>
> STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM
> UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON
> MARCH 1-3, 1996
>
>Dear Colleague:
>
> As we announce the establishment of the Structural Biology Program
>at the University of Texas Medical Branch, we would like to invite you and
>your colleagues to join us in our inaugural celebration by participating in
>our Structural Biology Symposium scheduled for March 1-3, 1996. This
>meeting will bring together scientists who are interested in applying
>insights from structural biology and solution thermodynamics to solve
>biological and biomedical problems. The speakers at the symposium are
>distinguished researchers from a wide spectrum of scientififc disciplines.
>
> If you are planning to attend the Symposium, please inform us of your
>coming as well as who may be accompanying you by no later than February
>20th. Furthermore, if you intend to participate in the poster session, or
>wish to present a talk in the satellite Sunday afternoon NMR Workshop
>offered in collaboration with Varian Instruments, all abstracts must be
>received no later than February 20th as well.
>
> Regarding accomodations for the event, a block of rooms has been
>reserved for Symposium attendants at the beachfront Hotel Galvez. However,
>prior to your arrival in Galveston it is necessary that you fill out the
>hotel form provided below to guarantee a reserved room.
>
>
> Although there is no registration fee, $50 will be assessed for
>those who wish to optionally participate in the Friday reception, Saturday
>lunch and dinner banquet, and Sunday brunch. Please make all payments made
>out to UTMB. In addition, checks will be the only form of payment
>accepted.
>
>Send all inquiries and responses to:
>
>Jacqueline Luxon; Administrative Secretary
>ADDRESS: Sealy Center for Structural Biology
>Dept. for Human Biological Chemistry and Genetics
>University of Texas Medical Branch
>Galveston, TX. 77555-1157
>PHONE: (409)747-6800
>FAX: (409)747-6850
>EMAIL: jacky@nmr.utmb.edu
>
> Thank you, and we look forward to your participation in the Symposium.
>
>UTMB Symposium Organizing Committee:
>
>D. Wayne Bolen
>Werner Braun
>Wlodzimierz M. Bujalowski
>Edmund W. Czerwinski
>Robert Fox
>David G. Gorenstein
>James C. Lee
>Bruce A. Luxon
>Jan F. Post
>Stanley Watowich
>
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> Symposium Information and Registration
>
>Information and the registration and hotel forms may also be found on the
>Sealy Center for Structural Biology server- URL http://www.scsb.utmb.edu:90/
>
>You may also e-mail or print the registration and hotel forms below and
>send them to Jacqueline Luxon at the above address.
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>CALL FOR ABSTRACTS, HOTEL AND REGISTRATION FORMS
>
>DEADLINE FOR THE SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS: FEBRUARY 20, 1996
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>
>
>PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE
>_______________________________________________________________________________
>FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1996
>_______________________________________________________________________________
>
>3:00 P.M. - 4.00 P.M. Registration Levin Hall
>
>4:00 P.M. Opening Remarks Levin Hall
> President Thomas James - UTMB
>
>4:15 P.M. Plenary Lecture Levin Hall
> Frederic Richards - Yale
> "The Structure of Proteins -
> Change in Dogma with Time"
>
>6:00 P.M. - 7:30 P.M. Reception Hotel
Galvez
>
>___________________________________________________________________________
_____
>SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1996
>___________________________________________________________________________
_____
>9:00 A.M. - 9:50 A.M. Angela Gronenborn - NIH Levin Hall
> "Structure of Protein-DNA COmplexes:
> Intercalation, DNA
> Bending and Transcriptional Control"
>
>9:50 A.M. - 10:40 A.M. Donald Wiley - Harvard Levin Hall
> "Structural Biology of
> Cellular Immunity"
>
>10:40 A.M. - 11:10 A.M. Break & Posters Levin Hall
>
>11:10 A.M. - 12:00 noon Robert L. Baldwin - Stanford Levin Hall
> "The Molten Globule Intermediate
> of an Apomyoglobin"
>12:00 noon - 12:30 P.M. Werner Braun - UTMB Levin Hall
> "Self-Correcting Distance Geometry:
> A New Method for Protein Modeling
> and NMR Determination"
>
>12:30 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. Lunch and visit to the NMR Center Dockside
Blg.
>
>2:00 P.M. - 2:50 P.M. Florante Quiocho - Baylor Levin Hall
> "Molecular Recognition by Proteins:
> From the Stringent to the very Loose"
>
>2:50 P.M. - 3:40 P.M. Thomas James - University of Levin Hall
> California - San Francisco
> "Nucleic Acid Structure and Dynamics"
>
>3:40 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. Break
>
>4:00 P.M. - 4:50 P.M. Gary Ackers - Washington U. Levin Hall
> "The Intermediates of Hemoglobin
> Cooperativity Provide Striking New
> Insights into Allostery"
>
>4:50 P.M. - 5:20 P.M. Robert Fox - UTMB Levin Hall
> "SH3 Domain Peptide Recognition"
>
>5:20 P.M. - 6:30 P.M. Poster and Reception Levin Hall
>
>7:30 P.M. Banquet Hotel
Galvez
>
>___________________________________________________________________________
_____
>SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 1996
>___________________________________________________________________________
_____
>
>10:00 A.M. - 12:00 noon Discussion - Brunch Dockside
Blg.
>
> "Future Directions of Strctural Biology"
> ALL SPEAKERS WILL SERVE AS PANEL MEMBERS
>
>12:00 noon - 1:00 P.M. Break
>
> NMR Techniques Workshop Dockside
Blg.
> (In Cooperation with Varian Instruments)
>
>1:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. George Gray - Varian Instruments Dockside
Blg.
> "Recent Advances in NMR Technology
> for Biomolecular NMR"
>
>2:00 P.M. - 2:30 P.M. Shanmin Zhang - UTMB Dockside
Blg.
> "Suppression of Radiation Damping
> During Acquisition"
>
>2:30 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. Additional short contributions Dockside
Blg.
>
>4:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Applicaitons on Varian/Oxford 600 Dockside
Blg.
> and 750 Unity Plus and Varian/HARC
> 400 MHz Unity PLus systems with George
> Gray and NMR Center staff
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>CLIMATE
>
>The weather in Galveston, a resort island off the Texas coast near Houston,
>in March is warm with average temperatures ranging from a low of 55 degrees
>to a high of 75 degrees.
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>TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION
>
>Hotel space has been reserved at the Hotel Galvez, however, to insure
>conference rates, arrangements must be made by February 8th:
>
> Rate: $65/Single, $85/Double
> $95/Triple & Quad,
> $175/Deluxe Suites
>FOR RESERVATIONS CALL: 1-800-392-4285
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>COSTS:
>
>Payment of $50.00 total for optional receptions, lunches and dinners should
>be made
>to University of Texas Medical Branch by February 20th. Please, payment by
>checks only.
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>STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON
> MARCH 1-3, 1996
>
>
>REGISTRATION FORM
>
>NAME:________________________________________________________________________
>
>WORK ADDRESS:________________________________________________________________
>
>INSTITUTION NAME:____________________________________________________________
>
>INSTITUTION NAME:____________________________________________________________
>
>CITY:__________________________________STATE:_____________ZIP CODE:__________
>
>OFFICE PHONE:____________________FAX NUMBER:_________________________________
>
>EMAIL ADDRESS:_______________________________________________________________
>
>CHECK THOSE WHICH APPLY:
>
>______Enclosed is my check for $50.00.
>
>______I will be participating in the Symposium on: FRIDAY_________
> SATURDAY_______
> SUNDAY_________
>
>______I will be participating in the poster session and have included a
> copy of my abstract.
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> HOTEL REGISTRATION FORM
>
>NAME:________________________________________________________________________
>
>WORK ADDRESS:________________________________________________________________
>
>INSTITUTION NAME:____________________________________________________________
>
>CITY:__________________________________STATE:_____________ZIP CODE:__________
>
>OFFICE PHONE:____________________FAX NUMBER:_________________________________
>
>EMAIL ADDRESS:_______________________________________________________________
>
>ARRIVAL DATE:_____________________DEPARTURE DATE:____________________________
>
>FOR ARRIVALS LATER THAN 6:00 P.M., A CREDIT CARD NUMBER IS NEEDED
>
>CREDIT CARD (i.e. type)______________________________________________________
>
>CREDIT CARD ACCT. #_______________________________________EXP. DATE__________
>
>ACCOMMODATION DESIRED:
>
>________SINGLE ACCOMMODATIONS $65.00/NIGHT
>
>________DOUBLE ACCOMMODATIONS $85.00/NIGHT
>
>________TRIPLE AND QUAD ACCOMODATIONS $95.00/NIGHT
>
>________DELUXE SUITES $175.00/NIGHT
>
>PLEASE NOTE: TO INSURE CONFERENCE RATES, RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE NO
>LATER THAN 2/8/96
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>Please complete and return the conference registration form and/or hotel
>registration form, together with your payment, to:
>
>Jacqueline Luxon; Administrative Secretary
>ADDRESS: Sealy Center for Structural Biology
>Dept. for Human Biological Chemistry and Genetics
>University of Texas Medical Branch
>Galveston, TX. 77555-1157
>PHONE: (409)747-6800
>FAX: (409)747-6850
>EMAIL: jacky@nmr.utmb.edu
>
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>
>
>David Gorenstein
>Director, Sealy Center for Structural Biology
>Professor, Dept. of Human Biological Chemistry and Genetics
>University of Texas Medical Branch
>Galveston, TX 77555-1157
>
>Office: (409) 747 6801
>Main Office/Voice Mail: (409) 747 6800
>Fax: (409) 747 6850
>
>E-MAIL ADDRESS: david@nmr.utmb.edu
>http://www.nmr.utmb.edu/
>
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