2020 annual meeting tracks
The to be held in April in San Diego in conjunction with the Experimental Biology conference, will include tracks on the eight themes below.
Biochemistry of lipids and membranes
Organizers- Steve Claypool, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- Teresa Dunn–Giroux, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
- Membrane biogenesis and trafficking
- How lipids impact the structure and function of membrane proteins
- Novel roles of lipids in health and disease
Glycosylation and extracellular matrix in development, repair and disease
Organizers- Jamey Marth, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
- Joanne Murphy–Ullrich, University of Alabama Medical Center
- Glycosylation and extracellular matrix in development, repair and cancer
- Glycosylation and extracellular matrix in immunologic, inflammatory and infectious disease
- Glycosylation and extracellular matrix in neurologic and metabolic diseases
Molecular mechanisms of cell signaling
Organizers- Wendy Gordon, University of Minnesota
- Adrian Salic, Harvard University
- Mechanosignaling
- Post-translational modifications/signaling
- Emerging mechanisms of signaling
New developments in metabolism
Organizers- Marcia Haigis, Harvard University
- Anne Murphy, University of California, San Diego
- NAD synthesis, salvage and sirtuins in tissue health
- New insights into control of metabolism by transporters
- Control of cell fate by metabolic intermediates
Molecular machines — structure and function
Organizers- Nathan Alder, University of Connecticut
- Jochen Zimmer, University of Virginia
- Molecular motors
- Molecular motors in transport, biosynthesis and energy transduction
- Molecular machines: New paradigms in structure, function and engineering
RNA and disease
Organizers- Takahiro Ito, University of Georgia
- Anita Hopper, Ohio State University
- Noncoding RNAs and disease
- RNA modifications and disease
- RNA binding proteins and control of RNA biogenesis in disease
Re-imagining STEM: Who we are and what we do
Sponsored by the Education and Professional Development Committee
Organizers- Daniel Dries, Juniata College
- Nathan Vanderford, University of Kentucky
- Who we are: Creating a culture of wellness in science
- What we do: Choosing pedagogy over content
Understanding the rules of life
Sponsored by the Minority Affairs Committee
Organizer- Suzanne Barbour, University of Georgia
- Cell decision-making
- Regulation of gene expression
- Best practices for preventing/managing incidences of harassment in the workplace
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