The Pennsylvania State University, University Park Campus, June 6 – 8, 2018
Last updated on May 4, 2018
Registration is now open here. Early registration has been extended.
Reservations for lodging at Eastview Terrace Residence Hall must be completed by May 14.
Registration fees (includes scientific program June 6-8, 2018, food and drinks during coffee breaks, and reception on June 5, 2018):
Symposium (faculty): $300 (early) / $350 (regular)
Symposium (postdoc): $100 (early) / $150 (regular)
Symposium (graduate student): $100 (early) / $150 (regular)
Symposium (undergraduate student): $50 (early) / $100 (regular)
Lodging:
You can reserve a room at the Atherton Hotel or Eastview Terrace Residence Hall (on-campus housing; $67 per night) during registration. Details about these lodging options can be found here.
Student/postdoc speakers during the symposium:
There will be 6 shorter student/postdoc talks during the symposium. Speakers will be selected from abstracts. While we plan to select one student/postdoc speaker for each session, we will chose the best abstracts and will adjust the program accordingly, if needed. Please prepare your abstract using this template and submit it by Friday, March 16 as described on the abstract submission site.
Poster abstracts:
We encourage all attendees to present their research during the poster session. Please prepare your abstract using this template and submit it by Friday, May 4 as described on the abstract submission site. Details about poster dimensions can be found at the abstract submission site.
Program (click here for a pdf copy with the tentative program):
The workshop will feature the following scientific program:
- Plenary lectures presented by Marcetta Darensbourg (Texas A&M University), Amy Rosenzweig (Northwestern University), and Donald Hilvert (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
- “Bioinorganic Test Cases” with presentations by JoAnne Stubbe (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Frank Neese (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Germany ), Lance Seefeldt (Utah State University), and Michael Green (University of California, Irvine)
- Session “Radical SAM Enzymes” with presentations by Mohammad Seyedsayamdost (Princeton University), Vahe Bandarian (University of Utah), Kenichi Yokoyama (Duke University), Tyler Grove (Albert Einstein College of Medicine), and Erin McCarthy (Pennsylvania State University)
- Session “Bioenergy and Spectroscopy” with presentations by Petra Fromme (Arizona State University), Michael Marletta (University of California, Berkeley), Thomas Brunold (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Nicholas Cox (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Germany), and Spencer Kerns (University of Texas, Austin)
- Session “Chemistry and Biochemistry of Nickel” with presentations by Daniel Rothman (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Steven Mansoorabadi (Auburn University), and Anastasia Manesis (Ohio State University)
- Session “New Cofactors and Reactions” with presentations by Emily Balskus (Harvard University), Robert Hausinger (Michigan State University), and Daniel DeRosha (Yale University)
- Session “Cell Biology of Metals” with presentations by Sabeeha Merchant (University of California, Los Angeles), Nigel Robinson (Durham University, UK), Jeffrey Agar (Northeastern University), and Siobhán MacArdle (California Institute of Technology)
- Session”Bioinspired Catalysis” with presentations by Connie Lu (University of Minnesota), Theodore Betley (Harvard University), and David Quist (Johns Hopkins University)