2000 Annual Retreat Program
ARRIVAL and Continental Breakfast
8:30 to 8:50 Introductory Comments by Chairman Dr. Masayori Inouye
Presentations
8:50 to 9:10 Bing Xia
Acquirement of cold sensitivity by quadruple deletion of the cspA family
and its suppression by PNPase S1 domain in E. coli
9:15 to 9:35 Dr. Keith Bupp
Use of a random display envelope library for retroviral retargeting
9:40 to 10:00 Natalie Stano
The selective mutation of the T7 RNA polymerase β-hairpin motif implicated
in the “melting” of duplex DNA
Coffee Break
10:20 to 10:40 Dr. Y.-H. Wang
Human Chromosomal Fragile Sites
10:45 to 11:05 Dr. R. Ebright
Transcription Inititiation: Mechanism of Promoter Escape
11:10 to 11:30 Dr. C. Gélinas
Roles of the Rel/NF-κB Transcription Factors in Apoptosis and Oncogenesis
LUNCH
1:00 to 1:15 Poster Presentation Time
1:15 to 3:30 Poster Session
Presentations
3:30 to 3:50 Dr. S. Patel
Steps Towards Understanding the Mechanism of the DNA Helicase
3:55 to 4:15 Leonard Edelstein
Transcriptional Regulation of the Prosurvival Bc1-2-Homolog Bfl-1 by a NF-ĸB-Dependent
Enhanceosome
Coffee Break
4:45 to 5:05 Don Pappas
Functional Interaction Between Ssu72 and the Rpb2 Subunit of RNa Polymerase II
in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
5:10 to 5:30 Dr. K. Chada
Where is the Fat? HMGIC and Obesity
Dr. Masayori Inouye - Concluding Remarks by Chairman
6:00 to 7:30 DINNER
