Preliminary Program subject to change
01A14 Thermophysical Properties of Biological Systems II
OverviewThe focus of this session is the study of complex processes in biological systems. Contributions from theoreticians, simulators, and experimentalists are welcome. Suggested topics include protein-protein interactions, concentration and crowding effects on biomolecular folding and stability, misfolding and aggregation events, interactions of proteins with interfaces, and self-assembly of biological molecules.
Primary SponsorThermodynamics and Transport Properties (01a)

Chair

Thomas M. Truskett
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712
Email: truskett@che.utexas.edu

CoChair

Ravindra S Kane
Merck Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Ricketts 131, 110 8th Street
Troy, NY 12180
Phone Number: 518 276-2536
Fax Number: 518 276-4030
Email: kaner@rpi.edu
Simulations of Adsorption Properties for Charged Polypeptides on Hydrophobic Chromatography Surfaces
Kosta Makrodimitris, Alexander Freed, Matthew Dalton, Erik Fernandez and John O'Connell, Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, 102 Engineers' Way, Charlottesville, VA 22904
Role of Aggregation Conditions in Structure, Stability and Toxicity of Intermediates in the Beta Amyloid Fibril Formation Pathway
Sungmun Lee, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, UMBC, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250 and Theresa A. Good, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, ECS 305, Baltimore, MD 21250
Deactivation of Enzymes in Concentrated Salt Solutions: an Investigation of Hofmeister Effects
James M. Broering and Andreas S. Bommarius, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Tech, 315 Ferst Dr, Atlanta, GA 30332-0363
Determination of the Effects of Carbohydrates on Protein Stability and Structure
Thomas F. O'Connor, Princeton University, A224 E-Quad Olden St, Princeton, NJ 08540, Pablo G. Debenedetti, Princeton University, A-217 E-Quad, Princeton, NJ 08544 and Jeffrey D. Carbeck, Princeton University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Room A319, E-Quad, Princeton, NJ 08544
Molecular Simulations of Multicomponent Bilayers. the Effect of Disaccharides, Cholesterol and Lipid Composition on Membrane Properties
Emmanouil Doxastakis, Manan Chopra and Juan J. De Pablo, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1415 Engineering Dr, Madison, WI 53706
Effect of Protein Crystal Size, Cooling Method and Soak Time in Cryoprotectant Solutions on Cryoprotection and X-Ray Data Quality
Unmesh N. Chinte1, Binal N. Shah1, B. Leif Hanson2 and Constance Schall1, (1)Chemical and Environmental Engineering, The University of Toledo, 2801 W Bancroft Street, Toledo, OH 43606, (2)Instrumentation Center, The University of Toledo, 2801 W Bancroft Street, Toledo, OH 43606
Interaction between Model Proteins and Charge-Nanopatterned Surfaces: a Novel Multicanonical Simulation Approach
Charlles R. A. Abreu and Fernando A. Escobedo, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, 120 Olin Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853
Molecular Modeling of Cellulose Hydrolysis: the Hydrated Cel7a Linker Peptide
Tauna Rignall, Department of Chemical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1600 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401, Clare McCabe, Department of Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235-1604 and Mike Himmel, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401
Investigating Molecular and Phase Stability of Protein Solutions by a Coarse-Grained Modeling Strategy
Jason K. Cheung, Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, Vincent K. Shen, NIST, Physical and Chemical Properties Division, 100 Bureau Dr., MS 8380, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8380, Jeffrey R. Errington, University at Buffalo, Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, 509 Furnas Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260 and Thomas M. Truskett, Chemical Engineering and Institute for Theoretical Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, C0400, Austin, TX 78712

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