John Spudich, Ph.D.
Conference Co-chair
Professor and Director, Center for Membrane Biology,
UT Health Science Center at Houston
9:00 am
The Evolving Relationship of Science and Society
Alan Leshner, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Publisher Science,
American Association for the Advancement of Science Website
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Bioscience Research and Medicine in the Genomic Era Presidents Panel Discussion
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Panelists:
Peter G. Traber, M.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer, Baylor College of Medicine Website
David W. Leebron, J.D.
President, Rice University Website
Jay Gogue, Ph.D.
Chancellor, University of Houston System and President, University of Houston Website
James T. Willerson, M.D.
President, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Website
John D. Stobo, M.D.
President, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Website
John Mendelsohn, M.D.
President, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Website
Moderator:
Kathleen S. Matthews, Ph.D.
Professor and Dean, Wiess School of Natural Sciences, Rice University Website
12:00 pm
Lunch
Session Chair:
Anne Delcour, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston
1:30 pm
Citizenship and Politics in the Profession of Science: Advocacy in the "Postdoubling" Era
William R. Brinkley, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President and Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine Website
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James W. Patrick, Ph.D. Senior Vice President and Dean of Research, Baylor College of Medicine
2:15 pm
Discovery of Some of the Biological Effects of Nitric Oxide and Cyclic GMP and Their Role in Drug Development
Ferid Murad, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology
The University of Texas-Medical School at Houston Website Presentation (pdf)
William Dowhan, Ph.D.
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology & Center for Membrane Biology
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
10:20 am
The LIPID MAPS Approach to Eicosanoid Lipidomics and Phospholipase A2
Signaling in Membranes Edward A. Dennis, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California, San Diego Website
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11:05 am
Specific Protein-Lipid Interactions in Membrane Proteins Carola Hunte, Ph.D.
Group Leader, Department of Molecular Membrane Biology
Max Planck Institute of Biophysics Website
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Javier Navarro, Ph.D.
Professor, Neuroscience and Cell Biology U. T. Medical Branch at Galveston
1:15 pm
Iron Transport Through the Bacterial Outer Membrane Johann Deisenhofer, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biochemistry
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Website
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Huey W. Huang, Ph.D.
Professor, Physics and Astronomy, Rice University
8:30 am
Molecular Design as a Tool for Understanding the Structure and Function of Membrane Peptides and Proteins William F. DeGrado, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Website
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William E. Brownell, Ph.D.
Professor, Otorhinolaryngology, Baylor College of Medicine
10:20 am
Traffic into the Nucleus Günter Blobel, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Laboratory of Cell Biology
The Rockefeller University Website
11:05 am
The Molecular Basis of Mechanotransduction in Zebrafish Sensory Hair Cells Teresa Nicolson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Oregon Hearing Research Center and Vollum Institute
Oregon Health & Science University Website
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11:50 am
From Peppers to Peppermints: The Molecular Biology of Thermosensation David Julius, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology
University of California, San Francisco Website
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12:35 pm
Conference Close Michael Gustin, Ph.D.
Conference Co-chair and Associate Professor
Rice University
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