The tenth annual MBSB research symposium will be held on Friday, May 12th from 8:30am to 5:00pm in the Frick Fine Arts Building. The 2023 symposium will feature Dr. Clifford Brangwynne as the keynote speaker. Other speakers will include MBSB faculty, current MBSB graduate students, and an MBSB alumnus. Scroll down to see the schedule of events!
Keynote Speaker:
Clifford P. Brangwynne, PhD
"Living Droplets: A liquid phase paradigm for biological organization”"
Registration Information
MBSB Symposium 2023 registration form and abstract submissions should be completed no later than April 21st, 2023.
For any questions, please contact: MBSBsymposium@gmail.com
All students, faculty and staff welcome. Register today at: https://forms.gle/8wsuZAiBE62Q6Sir5
Abstract Template: Click HERE to download
Program Details - MBSB Symposium 2023
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-9:10 Program Welcome
Morning Session 1:
Chaired by Sophia Staggers
9:10 am Structural basis for biosynthesis of monomeric BMP-9 and BMP-10
Tristin Schwartze
9:30 am Why biomembranes find lipid asymmetry pretty stressful
Markus Deserno, PhD
Professor, Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University
10:05 am Break
10:20 am Parallel Sessions: Career Development session for Students
MBSB Faculty Meeting for Faculty
Morning Session 2:
Chaired by Victor So
11:30 am Structural biology of the TGF-betas: new insights into mechanism to novel therapies for human disease
Andy Hinck, PhD
Professor, Department of Structural Biology
12:05 pm Structural Impacts of Homodimerization Interface Mutations on HIV-1 Nef
Kasia Thomas
12:25pm Lunch
Afternoon Session:
Chaired by Anna Belford
1:15 pm SARS-CoV-2 Antiviral Development
Ryan Slack, PhD
1:50 pm Development of Novel Gene Delivery Vehicles
Yu Hong Wang
2:10 pm Molecular mechanisms of synaptic vesicle transport proteins
Jonathan Coleman, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Structural Biology
2:45-3:00 Break
Keynote Address:
Chaired by Michael Dalton
3:00 pm Living Droplets: A liquid phase paradigm for biological organization
Clifford P. Brangwynne, PhD
June K. Wu 92’ Professor in Engineering, Princeton University
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Director, Princeton Bioengineering Initiative
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
4:00pm Poster Session + Reception
