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Workshop 5: Mathematical and experimental approaches to dynamics of protein-DNA interactions: Schedule

Schedule
Monday, March 8
8:00am Shuttle leaves for MBI
8:45-9:00am Welcome, overview of workshop, and introductions: Marty Golubitsky
9:00-10:00am Zev Bryant
10:00-10:30am Break
10:30-11:30am John Maddocks: DNA Looping Probabilities and Semi-Classical Path Integrals
11:30-1:30pm Lunch Break
1:30-2:30pm Antoine van Oijen: Single-molecule studies of DNA replication
2:30-3:00pm Break
3:00-4:00pm Wilma Olson: DNA Mechanics and Gene Expression
4:00-6:00pm Reception and Poster Session in the MBI Lounge
6:00pm Shuttle pick-up from MBI
Tuesday, March 9
8:00am Shuttle leaves for MBI
9:00-10:00am Hernan Garcia: DNA Architecture and Transcriptional Regulation: The Physics of Genome Management
10:00-10:30am Break
10:30-11:30am Gary Stormo: Modeling and predicting DNA-binding specificity
11:30-1:30pm Lunch Break
1:30-2:30pm John Marko: Micromechanical study of protein-DNA interactions and chromosome structure
2:30-3:00pm Break
3:00-4:00pm Phil Nelson: First-principles calculation of DNA looping in tethered particle experiments
4:00-5:00pm Breakout Session
5:30pm Shuttle pick-up from MBI
Wednesday, March 10
8:00am Shuttle leaves for MBI
9:00-10:00am Timothy Hughes: "Pfam-wide" determination and inference of transcription factor DNA sequence specificities
10:00-10:30am Break
10:30-11:30am Eran Segal: Reading and writing transcriptional behaviors using DNA sequence
11:30-1:30pm Lunch Break
1:30-2:30pm Geeta Narliker: Mechanisms of Chromatin Remodeling Motors
2:30-3:00pm Break
3:00-4:00pm Alexandre Morozov: A simple biophysical model of nucleosome positioning and energetics
4:00-5:00pm Breakout Session
5:30pm Shuttle pick-up from MBI
6:00-7:00pm Cash Bar
7:00pm Banquet in the Fushion Room @ Crowne Plaza Hotel
Thursday, March 11
8:00am Shuttle leaves for MBI
9:00-10:00am Jon Widom: Nucleosome positioning and chromosome structure from archaebacteria to man
10:00-10:30am Break
10:30-11:30am Paul Wiggins: Structuring a prokaryotic chromosome
11:30-12:30pm Leonid Mirny: Birds eye view at protein-DNA binding and DNA packing
1:00pm Shuttle pick-up from MBI