Symposium on Macromolecular Crystallography
Centre
for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics
November 15-16, 2005
November 15, 2005
Inaugural Session |
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9:00 am |
Welcome |
Shekhar
Mande and Seyed Hasnain |
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Opening remarks |
M.
Vijayan |
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Vote of thanks |
R.
Sankaranarayanan |
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Session I: Hot Structures- I
Session Chair: M. Vijayan |
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9:15 am |
Structural basis for invasion of
malaria parasites into human red blood cells |
Amit
Sharma |
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9:40 am |
Structure of l CII: Implications for recognition of
direct repeat DNA by an unusual tetrameric organization |
Pradeep
Parrack |
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10:05 am |
Inverting enantioselectivity in
domains responsible for enforcing homochirality during translation |
Shobha
Kruparani |
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10:30 am |
Crystal
Structure Of MLD Containing Disintegrin From Saw-Scaled (Echis carinatus) Venom at 3.2 Å
Resolution |
Md
Imtaiyaz Hassan |
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Tea Break |
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Session II: Methods in Macromolecular
Crystallography
Session Chair: J K Dattagupta |
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11:30 am |
Two step strategy for crystallization
of membrane proteins |
S.
Palanivelu |
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11:55 am |
Use of
Single Wavelength Anomalous Diffraction in Determining Macromolecular
Structures |
D. Velmurugan |
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12:20 pm |
Conformational Flexibility of M.
tuberculosis Thioredoxin reductase: Crystal Structure and Normal Mode
Analysis |
Mohd.
Akif |
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Lunch Break |
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1:45- 3:45 Poster session |
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Session III: Industry Session
Session Chairs: H. Subramanya and
Sharmila Mande |
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3:45 pm |
Automation and miniaturization of
protein crystallization |
Jo
Butlin |
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4:00 pm |
Improving data quality- without
having to grow new crystals |
E.
R. Hovestreydt |
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4:15 pm |
New detectors for X-ray
crystallography |
Goeran
Helgesson |
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4:30 pm |
Development of BioSuite: model for
Industry- Academia partnership |
Sharmila
Mande |
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4:45 pm |
Approaches in structure guided drug
design |
Ramesh
Sistla |
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Special session to commemorate Platinum Jubilee of the National Academy of
Sciences, India
Programme
Remarks by Session
Chairperson
S. E. Hasnain
Historical Profile of Macromolecular
Crystallography in India through Publications by M. Vijayan Plenary talk High-throughput structural biology and structure-based drug design against breast cancer by T. P. Singh Venue: Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and
Diagnostics, Gandipet Complex Date
and time: 15th November 2005 5:30 pm 7:00 pm onwards Banquet dinner |
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November 16, 2005
Session IV: Nucleic acid-binding and viral proteinsSession
Chair: Dinakar Salunke |
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9:00 am |
Structure- activity studies on
nucleotide cyclases from Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
K.
Suguna |
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9:25 am |
Structure, interaction and plasticity
of M.tuberculosis RuvA |
J.
Rajan Prabu |
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9:50 am |
Structural studies on physalis mottle
virus: structures of bottom component encapsidating genomic RNA and empty top
component |
S.
Someswar Rao |
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10:15 am |
Crystal
Structure of the Serine Protease Domain of Sesbania Mosaic Virus
polyprotein |
P.
Gayathri |
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10:40 am |
NAD+ -dependent DNA ligase
(Rv3014c) from Mycobacterium
tuberculosis: structure-function relationship and novel specific
inhibitors |
Ravishankar Ramachandran |
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Tea break |
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Session V: Protein ligand interactionsSession Chair: B. Gopal |
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11:30 am |
Crystal structure of tethered HIV-1
protease complexed to a decapeptide substrate |
M.
V. Hosur |
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11:55 am |
Unusual sugar specificity of banana
lectin from Musa paradisiaca and its probable evolutionary origin.
Crystallographic and modelling studies |
D.
D. Singh |
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12:20 pm |
Structural evidence for mercury
inhibition of D-hydantoinase |
K.V.
Radha Kishan |
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12:45 pm |
Differential antigen-juxtapositioning
within the paratope enhances germline antibody pluripotency: Crystallographic
analysis of germline antibody 36-65 in complex with three independent
antigens |
Dhruv
K Sethi |
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1:10 pm |
Structure of d(CGCGCA).d(TGCGCG) in
two crystal forms: cobalt and ruthenium hexammine ion interactions |
N.
Gautham |
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Lunch Break Session VI: Hot Structures- IISession Chair: C. G. Suresh |
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2:15 pm |
Crystal
structure of low-molecular-weight protein tyrosine phosphatase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
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2:40 pm |
Structural basis of thermostability
of Bacillus subtilis lipase |
E.
Rajakumara |
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3:05 pm |
Crystal
Structures of ADP and AMPPNP-bound Propionate Kinase (TdcD) from Salmonella
typhimurium |
Dhirendra
K. Simanshu |
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3:30 pm |
Crystal structure of NP24-I, an
antifungal, salt-induced protein from tomato fruits |
Chandana
Chakrabarti |