Preliminary Program subject to change
15C15 Protein Engineering: Technology & Applications
OverviewProtein engineering
Primary SponsorBioengineering (15c)

Chair

David W. Wood
Chemical Engineering
Princeton University
A213 EQUAD
Princeton, NJ 08544
Phone Number: 609-258-5721
Fax Number: 609 258 0211
Email: dwood@princeton.edu

CoChair

Jennifer A. Maynard
Assistant Professor
Chemical Engineering
University of Texas, Austin
1 University Station, MC 0400
Austin, TX 78712
Phone Number: 512-471-9188
Fax Number: 512-471-7060
Email: jmaynard@umn.edu
Welcoming Remarks
Enzymatic Activity from a Designed Model Proteome
Shona C. Patel, Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 and Michael H. Hecht, Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544
Development of Gene Switches by Protein Engineering
Michael McLachlan, Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 215 RAL, Box C-3, MC-712, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801, Karuppiah Chockalingam, Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 500 W 120th Street, New York, NY 10027, Ka-chun Lai, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 215 RAL, Box C-3, MC-712, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801 and Huimin Zhao, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois, 600 S Mathews, Box C-3 RAL 215 MC 712, Urbana, IL 61801
High-Throughput Screening For Methionyl-Trna Synthetases That Enable Residue-Specific Incorporation Of Noncanonical Amino Acids Into Recombinant Proteins In Bacterial Cells
Tae Hyeon Yoo, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd., MC 210-41, Pasadena, CA 91125 and David A. Tirrell, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125
Development Of High-Throughput Methods To Engineer Folding-Enhanced Proteins
Adam C. Fisher, Cornell University, 304 Olin Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 and Matthew DeLisa, Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, 304 Olin Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853
Break
Engineering Allosteric Inteins For Use As Biosensors
Alison Gillies and David W. Wood, Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, A213 EQUAD, Princeton, NJ 08544
Engineering Of Red Fluorescent Proteins
Bernard Loo, GIT, IBB 3428, 315 Ferst Dr, Atlanta, GA 30332, Yue Liang, Chemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 315 Ferst Drive, IBB 3428, Atlanta, GA 30332, Desmond A. Moore, School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA 30314, Karen M. Polizzi, School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Geoffrey Pope Building, Stocker Rd, Exeter, United Kingdom, Anshul Dubey, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Dr, Atlanta, GA 30332 and Andreas S. Bommarius, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Chemical Engineering, 315 Ferst Drive N.W., Parker H. Petit Biotechnology Institute, Room 3310, Atlanta, GA 30332-0363
Creation Of A Fluorescent Protein Biosensor
Tej Pavoor, Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706 and Eric Shusta, University of Wisconsin, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706
Concluding Remarks

Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division