626 Protein Engineering III: Rational and Computational Techniques


Description:
This session will focus on computational and rational design approaches to protein engineering including, but not limited to, (1) advances in rational protein engineering, (2) advances in computational protein engineering, and (3) hybrid computational and experimental techniques for improved protein engineering approaches. Submissions combining computationally/rationally inspired designs with experimental screening are especially encouraged.

Sponsor:
Bioengineering


Chair:
Philip A. Romero
Assistant Professor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Biochemistry
Madison, WI
94158
Phone Number: 2022864645
Email: promero2@wisc.edu

Co-Chair:
Tim Whitehead
Assistant Professor
Michigan State University
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
2527 Engineering Building
East Lansing, MI
48824
Email: taw@egr.msu.edu


Papers:
Flexible-Backbone Protein Docking Using Motif Scoring and Large Conformational Ensembles
Shourya S. Roy Burman, Johns Hopkins University; Nicholas Marze, Johns Hopkins University; William Scheffler, University of Washington; David Baker, University of Washington; Jeffrey J. Gray, Johns Hopkins University
Systematic Redesigning of E. coli water Channel Porin, Ompf, for Desired Pore Size Using Iterative Protein Redesign and Optimization (IPRO) SuiteĀ 
Ratul Chowdhury, The Pennsylvania State University; Tingwei Ren, the Pennsylvania State University; Karl Decker, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Aleksei Aksimentiev, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Manish Kumar, Pennsylvania State University; Costas Maranas, The Pennsylvania State University
Rational Methods for Optimizing Antibody Specificity By Controlling the Net Charge of the Complementarity-Determining Regions
Mark Julian, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Lilia Rabia, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Kathryn Tiller, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Seth Ludwig, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Sibel Kalyoncu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Peter Tessier, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Insertion of a Calcium-Binding Beta Roll Domain into a Thermostable Alcohol Dehydrogenase Enables Allosteric Control over Cofactor Specificity
Walaa Abdallah, Columbia University; Kusum Solanki, Columbia University; Scott Banta, Columbia University
Engineering a Thioesterase for Improved Medium-Chain Fatty Acid Profile
Stephen Sarria, Georgia Institute of Technology; Pamela Peralta-Yahya, Georgia Institute of Technology
Leveraging Disulfide Bonds to Stabilize Small Protein Scaffolds during Extensive Diversification
Daniel R. Woldring, University of Minnesota; Max A. Kruziki, University of Minnesota; Benjamin J. Hackel, University of Minnesota
Next Generation Therapeutics to Combat Infectious Diseases
Jennifer Maynard, University of Texas at Austin
Abstract Submissions Closed
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