8ème Colloque Annuel du GRASP - Lundi 23 Novembre 2015 8th Annual GRASP Symposium - Monday, November 23, 2015 8h00
Ouverture du Bureau d’Inscription / Registration Desk Opens Entrée Salle de Bal / Ballroom Lobby
8h00-8h45
Installation des Affiches / Poster Set-up Café & Croissants avec les Exposants / Coffee & Croissants with Exhibitors Salle de Bal / Ballroom
Salle de Bal / Ballroom A
Séance 1 / Session 1
8h45-9h00
Mots d’Ouverture / Opening Words – Martin Schmeing, McGill University
9h00-9h30
Poul Nissen, Aarhus University – Aarhus – Denmark Structure and mechanism of ion pumps and secondary transporters Présenté par / Introduced by John Silvius, McGill University
9h35-10h05
Wei Yang, National Institutes of Health – Bethesda - USA Structural views of macromolecular machines on DNA biology Présentée par / Introduced by James Omichinsky, University of Montreal
10h10-10h22
Charles Pemble, Rigaku Americas Corporation Integrated Rigaku Systems: Tools for Structural Biology Success.
10h25-10h55
Pause Santé avec les Exposants / Health Break with Exhibitors
10h55-11h25
Adrian Ferré d’Amaré, National Institutes of Health – Bethesda - USA Crystal structure of an RNA mimic of GFP reveals a G-quadruplex core Présenté par / Introduced by Lekha Sleno, UQAM
Salle de Bal / Ballroom A
Séance 2 / Session 2
Sous la Présidence de / Session Chair : Michael Tarry, McGill University 11h30-11h42
Jacinthe Gagnon, INRS-Armand Frappier Crystal structure and biophysical characterization of RNases 4 and 6, members of the human RNase A superfamily
11h45-11h57
Kristjan Bloudoff, McGill University Chemical probes allow structural insight into the condensation reaction of nonribosomal peptide synthetases
12h00-12h12
David Bernard, INRS-Armand Frappier Evolution of conformational exchange in the ribonuclease 3 subfamily
12h15-12h27
Janice Reimer, McGill University Crystal structures of the initiation module of a formylating nonribosomal peptide synthetase show its elegant synthetic cycle
Salle du Parc / du Parc Room
Séance 3 / Session 3
Sous la Présidence de / Session Chair : Maïwenn Beaugrand, McGill University 11h30-11h42
Carlos G. Oliver, McGill University
Addition of negative charge through mutation of an evolutionarily conserved tyrosine residue induces global, concerted millisecond timescale dynamics in the intrinsically disordered carboxyl terminus of γtubulin 11h45-11h57
Julie Briot, Université de Montréal Towards the structural characterization of the cache_VGCC domain within the voltage gated calcium channel CaVα2δ auxiliary subunit
12h00-12h12
Radu Gabriel Avramescu, McGill University Structural cues contributing to CFTR downregulation by VX-770, a gating potentiator drug
12h15-12h27
Saud Ayed, University of Ottawa Investigation of the functional role of conformational changes in the MinE bacterial cell division protein
12h30-13h30
Diner (Buffet avec les Exposants) / Lunch (Buffet Style with Exhibitors)
Salle de Bal / Ballroom A
Séance 4 / Session 4
13h30-14h00
Jeffrey Kieft, University of Colorado & Howard Hughes Medical Institute –Aurora - USA Structural viral RNAs: manipulators and exploiters of the cellular machinery Présenté par / Introduced by Khan Huy Bui, McGill University
14h05-14h35
Antonina Roll-Mecak, National Institutes of Health – Bethesda - USA How microtubules get their spots: insights from structural studies of tubulin modification enzymes Présentée par / Introduced by Bhushan Nagar, McGill University
14h40-14h52
Nicolas Doucet, INRS-Armand Frappier How to write a good paper.
14h55-15h07
Kalle Gehring, McGill University How to do good statistics.
Salle de Bal / Ballroom A
Séance 5 / Session 5
Sous la Présidence de / Session Chair : Jaeok Park, McGill University 15h10-15h22
Bastien Casu, Université de Montréal TraE from the pKM101 type IV secretion system forms promiscuous dimers and is specifically inhibited by small molecules derived from inhibitors of Brucella VirB8
15h25-15h37
Yazan Abbas, McGill University Structural and evolutionary insights into domain-swapping mechanisms within the antiviral IFIT2 and IFIT3 proteins
15h40-15h52
Mahzad Sharifahmadian, Université de Montréal Interactions and functions of VirB8 and VirB10 in type IV secretion systems
15h55-16h07
Diego Alonzo, McGill University In-vitro reconstitution of a macromolecular machine (and some hints on its structure)
Salle du Parc / du Parc Room
Séance 6 / Session 6
Sous la Présidence de / Session Chair : Patrick Kim Chiaw, McGill University 15h10-15h22
David Becerra, McGill University Predicting protein folding pathways of proteomes using ensemble modelling and genomic variations
15h25-15h37
Marta Vranas, McGill University The structural basis for Parkin-mediated mitochondrial quality control: implications for Parkinson’s disease
15h40-15h52
Samaneh Dastpeyman, Concordia University Heme tracking of a yeast mitochondrial peroxidase using fluorescence lifetime measurements
15h55-16h07
Yogita Patel, McGill University Characterization of Hsp70 inhibitors
Salle de Bal / Ballroom A and B 16h10-18h30
Séance 7 / Session 7
Présentation des Prix & Remerciements / Presentation of Awards & Closing Words - Kalle Gehring Salon des Affiches & Salon des Exposants / Poster Pub & Exhibition Area Open