Chemical Biology: Working at the Interface Between Disciplines

Friday, October 28, 2011: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Room A3 (San Jose Convention Center)
Chair:
Carolyn Bertozzi, PhD, Professor, University of California, Berkeley

Description: Come explore the power and diversity of chemical biology research, a field where chemical tools are providing new ways to tackle biological problems and biological systems inspire new chemical tools. Distinguished faculty will present research on the ribosome, disease-associated proteases, resistant bacterial infection, and how small molecules advance human health.



8:30 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:35 AM
Ribosome Protien Synthesis
Jamie Cate, PhD , Associate Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology , University of California, Berkeley
8:55 AM
Inhibiting the Uninhbitable: Proteases in Infectious Disease and Cancer
Charles Craik, PhD , Professor , University of California, San Francisco
9:15 AM
Controlling Environmental Responses with Small Molecules
Carrie Partch, PhD , Assistant Professor , University of California, Santa Cruz
9:35 AM
Multicomponent Approaches to Organic Synthesis and Chemical Biology
Jared Shaw, PhD , Assistant Professor , University of California, Davis