Subject: Structural Biology Symposium

From: Bruce Luxon <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 11:35:13 -0600

THE THIRD ANNUAL STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
April 3-5, 1998

Dear Colleague:

I would like to invite you and your colleagues to
participate in The Third Annual Structural Biology Symposium
organized by the Sealy Center
for Structural Biology and the Department of Human
Biological Chemistry and Genetics of the University of Texas
Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas. The meeting will start
on Friday afternoon at 4:00 p.m., April 3, 1998 and ends on
Sunday at noon, April 5, 1998. Note that there is NO
REGISTRATION FEE for this symposium. The speakers at the
symposium are distinguished researchers in the field of
Structural Biology.

Dr. Wayne A. Hendrickson
Columbia University, New York, NY
"Structural Biology of the HIV Envelope Glycoprotein gp120"

Dr. Wah Chiu
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
"Scaffolding-Assisted Assembly Mechanism in
Herpesvirus Capsid"

Dr. Michael Rossmann
 Purdue University
 "Interaction of Rhinoviruses With Their Cellular Receptors"

Dr. Juli Feigon
University of California Los Angeles
"New Views on Nucleic Acid Folding from
 Structures of Small RNA's"

Dr. Michael Summers
 University of Maryland Baltimore County
 "NMR Studies of HIV-1 Gag Proteins and Gag-Genome
 Recognition"

Dr. Michael Hecht
 University of Princeton
"De Novo Proteins from Designed
 Combinatorial Libraries"

Dr. Susan S. Taylor
 University of California San Diego
 "cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase: Structural Basis for
Function,
 Regulation and Subcellular Localization"

Dr. Homme W. Hellinga
 Duke University Medical Center
"Rational Design of Protein Function"

Dr. D. Wayne Bolen
 University of Texas Medical Branch
 "Protein Folding in Organisms Adapted to Environmental
 Stresses: The Medium is the Message"

Dr. John Kuriyan
 The Rockefeller University
"The Regulation of Src-Family Tyrosine
 Kinases"

Dr. Vincent J. Hilser
 University of Texas Medical Branch
 "Viewing Proteins as Ensembles"

Specific information regarding registration, poster session
and hotel reservations is available at
http://www.scsb.utmb.edu/symposium/symp98.html. 

Please forward the information to other appropriate
individuals in your department.

On behalf of the co-chairs, Profs. James Lee and Robert Fox
and the organizing committee I look forward to your
participation.

Bruce Luxon 

THE THIRD ANNUAL STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM
April 3-5, 1998

Sealy Center for Structural Biology
Department of Human Biological Chemistry & Genetics
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

REGISTRATION
	No registration fee.
	See registration form (WEB site)

RECEPTION, LUNCH AND BANQUET
	Reception on Friday, April 3, is open to everyone.
	Participant of lunch and banquet, please send a check for
$65.
	Participant of lunch, please send a check for $10.
	Payable to:  UTMB-SCSB (subject to  availability)

POSTER SESSION
	Submit abstract by Friday, March 27, 1998.
	The abstract should fit on one page with one inch margin on
all sides.
	A space of 4_ x 6_ has been allocated for each poster
presentation.

HOTEL RESERVATION
	A block of rooms has been reserved for attendees at the
beachfront
Hotel Galvez.
	Rate:  $89 Single/Double	$99 Triple	$109 Quadruple
	(with availability)
	Call 1-800-392-4285

Registration form may be obtained from:

	Structural Biology Symposium
	Shirley Broz
	Department of Human Biological Chemistry & Genetics
	University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
	5.138 Medical Research Building
	Galveston, TX 77555-1055

	Phone:   (409) 772-2281	FAX:   (409) 772-4298
	E-mail:  [email-masked]

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  Bruce A. Luxon, Ph.D
  Associate Professor
  Sealy Center for Structural Biology
  Dept. of Human Biological Chemistry & Genetics
  University of Texas Medical Branch
  Galveston, TX   77555-1157
  (409)747-6802; Fax (409)747-6850
  http://www.hbcg.utmb.edu/  http://www.nmr.utmb.edu/
  mailto:[email-masked]
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