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The to be held in April in San Diego in conjunction with the Experimental Biology conference, will include tracks on the eight themes below.
 

Biochemistry of lipids and membranes

• Steve Claypool, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
• Teresa Dunn–Giroux, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

•  Membrane biogenesis and trafficking
•  How lipids impact the structure and function of membrane proteins
•  Novel roles of lipids in health and disease

Glycosylation and extracellular matrix in development, repair and disease

• Jamey Marth, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
• Joanne Murphy–Ullrich, University of Alabama Medical Center

•  Glycosylation and extracellular matrix in development, repair and cancer
•  Glycosylation and extracellular matrix in immunologic, inflammatory and infectious disease
•  Glycosylation and extracellular matrix in neurologic and metabolic diseases

Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ mechanisms of cell signaling

• Wendy Gordon, University of Minnesota
• Adrian Salic, Harvard University

•  Mechanosignaling
•  Post-translational modifications/signaling
•  Emerging mechanisms of signaling

New developments in metabolism

• Marcia Haigis, Harvard University
• Anne Murphy, University of California, San Diego

•  NAD synthesis, salvage and sirtuins in tissue health
•  New insights into control of metabolism by transporters
•  Control of cell fate by metabolic intermediates

Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ machines — structure and function

• Nathan Alder, University of Connecticut
• Jochen Zimmer, University of Virginia

•  Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ motors
•  Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ motors in transport, biosynthesis and energy transduction
•  Â鶹´«Ã½É«ÇéƬ machines: New paradigms in structure, function and engineering

RNA and disease

• Takahiro Ito, University of Georgia
• Anita Hopper, Ohio State University

•  Noncoding RNAs and disease
•  RNA modifications and disease
•  RNA binding proteins and control of RNA biogenesis in disease

Re-imagining STEM: Who we are and what we do

Sponsored by the Education and Professional Development Committee

• Daniel Dries, Juniata College
• Nathan Vanderford, University of Kentucky

•  Who we are: Creating a culture of wellness in science
•  What we do: Choosing pedagogy over content

Understanding the rules of life

Sponsored by the Minority Affairs Committee

• Suzanne Barbour, University of Georgia

•  Cell decision-making
•  Regulation of gene expression
•  Best practices for preventing/managing incidences of harassment in the workplace