Preliminary Program subject to change
15C10 Crystallization of Biological Macromolecules in the Structural Genomics Era
OverviewThe purpose of this session is to advance practical knowledge in the growing of macromolecule crystals for structure determination. The session covers the crystallization of complex biomolecules (including membrane proteins), new methods or techniques for obtaining macromolecule crystals, and high throughput methods and equipment. The targeted audience includes academic or industrial participants involved in structure determination, those targeting difficult to crystallize biological macromolecules, structural genomics, and crystallization automation development. Papers dealing with applications and methods for industrial separations utilizing crystallization are not solicited for this session
Primary SponsorBioengineering (15c)

Chair

Russell A. Judge
Senior Research Physical Chemist
Abbott Laboratories
Structural Biology, R46Y, AP10
100 Abbott Park Road
Abbott Park, IL 60064
United States of America
Phone Number: 847-935-1343
Fax Number: 847-938-1083
Email: russell.judge@abbott.com

CoChair

Abraham Lenhoff
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Delaware
226 Colburn Lab
Newark, DE 19716-3110
Phone Number: 302-831-8989
Fax Number: 302-831-4466
Email: lenhoff@che.udel.edu
Improving Success Rate in Protein Crystallization
Tangir Ahamed, Beatriz Alvarez Esteban, Marcel Ottens and Luuk AM Van der Wielen, Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 67, Delft, 2628 BC, Netherlands
Protein Crystallization under Medically Relevant Conditions
Karsten Bartling, Georgia Institute of Technology - School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, 311 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332-0100, Athanassios Sambanis, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332-0100 and Ronald W. Rousseau, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0100
Determination of Protein Crystallization Kinetics Using a Regulated Evaporation Method
Sameer Talreja, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 600 S. Matthews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, Charles F. Zukoski, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 601 E John, Urbana, IL 61820 and Paul J. A. Kenis, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, UIUC, 600 S. Mathews Av. C3, Urbana, IL 61801
Crystallization of Integral Membrane Proteins
Michael C. Wiener, Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, PO Box 800736, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0736
Intermission
Novel Protein Crystallization Strategies
Soojay Banerjee, BSI Proteomics, 101 Lakeforest Blvd., Suite 300, Gaithersburg, MD 20877
Fluorescent Approaches to High Throughput Crystallography
Marc L. Pusey, Biophysics XD42, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL 35812, Elizabeth L. Forsythe, Biophysics XD42, BAE Systems, Huntsville, AL 35812 and Aniruddha Achari, Raytheon, Huntsville, AL 35812
Mitigation of Radiation Damage to Protein Crystals Using a Helium Cryostream
Unmesh N. Chinte1, B. Leif Hanson2, Alan Pinkerton3 and Constance Schall1, (1)Chemical and Environmental Engineering, The University of Toledo, 2801 W Bancroft Street, Toledo, OH 43606, (2)Instrumentation Center, The University of Toledo, 2801 W Bancroft Street, Toledo, OH 43606, (3)Department of Chemistry, The University of Toledo, 2801 W Bancroft Street, Toledo, OH 43606

Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division