1st Annual iPIDD Retreat

Event Information

Location
	Descansco Gardens Flintridge/La Canada

Date
	June 17, 2005

Time
	8:00 am - 3:00 pm

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Schedule for iPIDD Retreat, June 17, 2005

Schedule(Word Download)

8:00 – 8:45
	Arrival, poster setup, breakfast
8:45 – 9:00
	Introduction (Drs. Ian Haworth and Charles McKenna)
Session 1
	Chairs: Angela Li (PSCI) & Sayantan Mitra (CHEM)

9:00 – 9:20
	Laith Al-Mawsawi "Discovery of a Novel Small Molecule HIV-1 Integrase Inhibitor Binding Site through Photoaffinity Labeling and Mass Spectrometry"
9:20 – 9:40
	Stefani Thomas       "A Shotgun Proteomic Approach to the Analysis of Altered Synaptic Signaling Pathways During the Course of Neurodegeneration"
9:40 – 10:00
	Thomas Upton "Synthesis and Characterization of Novel, b,g-methylene-substituted Analogs of dNTPs: For Probing the Effects on DNA Polymerase b Catalysis and Fidelity"

10:00 – 10:20
	Christopher Sucato "Kinetic Studies on the Mechanism of DNA Polymerase Beta Catalysis and Fidelity"
10:30 – 10:45
	Coffee Break
Session 2
	Chairs: Jeff Grell (PSCI) & Joy Bala (CHEM)

10:45 – 11:05
	Alexandra Schiewe "Computational Prediction of MHC-peptide-TCR Interactions"
11:05 – 11:25
	Caitlin Hubbard "Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases: Developing an understanding of enzyme activity through substrate and inhibitor libraries"
11:25 – 11:45
	Gerald Nagatani "The Direct Regulation of the Gastric H,K-ATPase by Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates"

12:00 – 1:00
	Lunch, Brainstorming session
Session 3
	Chairs: Thejani Rajapaksa (PSCI) & Matt Franzman (CHEM)
1:00 – 1:20
	James Hogan "Synthesis and Applications of Bisphosphonate Drugs in Various Fields of Medicinal Chemistry"

1:20 – 1:40
	Jennica Zaro "Cytosolic Delivery of Bioactive Molecules via Membrane Transduction"
1:40 – 2:00
	Shamila Gunatilleke      "Investigating the Antiarthritic Activity of Au(I)"
Poster Session
	Chairs: Alexandra Schiewe (PSCI) & Thomas Upton (CHEM)

2:00 – 2:30
	Two-minute oral presentations from each poster presenter
2:30 – 3:00
	Open discussion of posters

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List of posters:

Joy Lynn Bala (CHEM)
	"Fluorescently Labeled Drug Analogs"

Ulrika Eriksson & Larryn Krause (CHEM)
	"Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel Cidofovir Prodrugs"

Matthew Franzman (CHEM)
	"Mechanism of Medicinal Gold Antiarthritic Activity: Interaction of Au(I) with Transcription Factors and Disulfide Bonds"

Jeffrey Grell (PSCI)
	"Non-Invasive Measurement of Pressure Using DCE-MRI"

James Hogan (CHEM)
	"Bisphosphonates in Medicinal Chemistry"

Mark Karver (CHEM)
	"Characterization of the Binding of Au(I) to the Cathepsins: A Family of Lysosomal Cysteine Proteases"

Angela Li (PSCI)
	"UV-Inducible RNA Interference"

Sayantan Mitra (CHEM)
	'Synthesis and Analysis of a Fluorescent Probe for Studying Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases"

Thejani Rajapaksa (PSCI)
	"Characterization of the Role of LIM and SH3 Protein-1 (LASP-1) in Endocytosis"

Brian Sutch (PSCI)
	"Molecular Modeling of Zebularine: an Anti-Cancer Agent that Incorporates into DNA"

Zahrah Zawahir (PSCI)
	"Inhibition of HIV-1 Integrase Activity by Synthetic Peptides Derived from the HIV-1 HXB2 Pol Region of the Viral Genome"

 

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