Dear Colleagues: This is a reminder that February 15 is the final deadline to register for the 2010 Symposium on Structural Analysis of Supramolecular Assemblies by Hybrid Methods. The Symposium will be held at Granlibakken Conference Center, Lake Tahoe, California, and the dates are March 10-14, 2010. The overall goal of the Symposium is to illustrate the power of combining state of the art methods to tackle important and challenging biological problems and to identify limitations and gaps in currently practiced hybrid methods. We are fortunate to have recruited two outstanding Keynote Speakers: Stephen C. Harrison (Harvard) and Thomas D. Pollard (Yale), as well as a great program of platform speakers who utilize multiple approaches to investigate the structural biology of complex biological systems. Further details and registration information can be obtained at our website: http://www.hybridmethods2010.com/index.html. Abstract submissions and overall attendance are both up from previous years, and we are looking forward to a great meeting.
The Symposium builds on a series of very successful previous meetings on the same theme from 2004-2008. The central premise is that gaining a comprehensive understanding of the highly sophisticated machines, complexes, and organelles of the cell requires the coordinated application of a number of complementary biophysical approaches (hybrid methods). The 2010 meeting will also feature special workshops on "Molecular Machines" and "New Methodology for Hybrid Investigations", with a particular focus on super-resolution light microscopy. The meeting will be divided into seven Scientific Sessions and two Special Methods Workshops Session I: Hybrid Approaches to Macromolecular Filaments Session II: Hybrid Approaches to Membrane Complexes Session III: Hybrid Approaches to Dynamic Assemblies Session IV: Computational Approaches to Hybrid Analyses Session V: Hybrid Approaches to Global Analyses Session VI: Hybrid Approaches to Cell Biology Session VII: Hybrid Approaches to Nanomachines Special Methods Workshops: 1. Molecular Machines 2. New Methodology for Hybrid Investigations We hope to see you there for four days of exciting science (as well as some outstanding skiing!). Sincerely yours, The Organizing Committee: Wes Sundquist, Chair Phoebe Stewart, Co-Chair Dorit Hanein, Nobutaka Hirokawa, Felix Rey, Alasdair Steven, and Bill Weis. Rachel Bookman, Conference Secretariat. ------ End of Forwarded Message
