Session: Thermophysical Properties of Biological Systems III (2011 Annual Meeting)

Thursday, October 20, 2011: 3:15 PM

101 F (Minneapolis Convention Center)

Description:

The focus of this session is the study of complex processes in biological systems. Contributions from theoreticians, simulators, and experimentalists are welcome. This session is focused on hydrophobic and water-mediated interactions.

Sponsor:

Thermodynamics and Transport Properties

Chair:

Ganesh Kamath
Email: gkamath9173@gmail.com

Co-Chair:

M. Scott Shell
Email: shell@engr.ucsb.edu

3:15 PM

(759a) Molecular Dynamics Simulations of 2D Self-Assembled Peptide Monolayers
Cade B. Markegard, Iris W. Fu and Hung D. Nguyen

3:35 PM

(759b) A Tale of Two Enzyme Folds: Insights Into Catalysis by R67 and E. Coli Dihydrofolate
Ganesh Kamath

3:55 PM

(759c) Role of Local Metal-Site Interactions and Bulk Protein Restraints In the Thermodynamics of Zinc Binding to a Zinc-Finger Protein
Purushottam D. Dixit and Dilip Asthagiri

4:15 PM

(759d) Force Fluctuations Dictate Kinetics of Biomolecular Systems
Elena F. Koslover and Andrew J. Spakowitz

4:35 PM

(759e) Recognition Ability of DNA for Carbon Nanotubes Correlates with Their Binding Affinity
Daniel Roxbury, Anand Jagota, Ming Zheng and Xiaomin Tu

4:55 PM

(759f) Quantifying the Hydrophobicity of Protein Surfaces At the Nano-Scale: A New Perspective
Amish J. Patel, Patrick Varilly, Sumanth Jamadagni, David Chandler and Shekhar Garde

5:15 PM

(759g) Comparison of Poly (ethylene glycol) and Zwitterionic Materials for Their Interactions with Proteins: a Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Qing Shao and Shoayi Jiang

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