Small GTPases at Different Scales: Proteins, Membranes, Cells Conference

Conference Details

Location: Suzhou, China
Dates: September 24-28, 2012

Organizers

• Jianping Ding, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, China
• Klaus Gerwert, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany / CAS-Max-Planck-Institute, PICB, Shanghai, China
• Roger Goody, Max Planck Institute, Germany
• Shuh Narumiya, Kyoto University, Japan

Major Topics

• Biomolecular simulations and model systems for GTP hydrolysis
• Molecular mechanism of GTP hydrolysis by small GTPases and their associated GAPs
• Posttranslational modifications of small GTPases
• Interactions of small GTPases with membranes
• Protein-Protein interactions of small GTPases in vitro
• Dynamics and Trafficking of small GTPases in vivo
• Lessons from other GTPases for small GTPases
• Small GTPases in disease and drugs for small GTPases

Registration

• Registration remains open until September 24, 2012
• Rates vary for corporate/industry, academic (PhD, MD, staff scientists) and student (up to PhD) attendees.
• Endowed student package costs as low as USD250/CNY1530 before July 13, 2012.

Abstract Submission

• Abstract deadline extended to July 31, 2012
• We encourage abstracts to contain new and unpublished materials.
• Selection results for short talks (10-20) and poster presentations will be made by the organizers on the basis of scientific merit and relevance.

Invited Speakers

• Klaus Aktories, University of Freiburg, Germany
• Philippe Bastiaens, Max Planck Institute, Germany
• Xiao-Wei Chen, University of Michigan, USA
• Channing Der, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
• Jianping Ding, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, China
• Mitsunori Fukuda, Tohoku University, Japan
• Klaus Gerwert, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany / CASMax-Planck-Institute, PICB, Shanghai, China
• Roger Goody, Max Planck Institute, Germany
• Alemayehu Gorfe, University of Texas Medical School -Houston, USA
• Andrew Goryachev, University of Edinburgh, Center for Systems Biology, UK
• John Hancock, University of Texas, USA
• Christian Herrmann, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
• Hans Robert Kalbitzer, University of Regensburg,Germany
• Yoel Kloog, Tel Aviv University, Israel
• Toshimasa Ishizaki, Kyoto University, Japan
• David Lambright, University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA
• Fang-Jen Lee, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
• Zhenge Luo, Shanghai Institute of Neuroscience, SIBS,China
• Edward Manser, Institute of Medical Biology, Singapore
• Didier Marguet, INSERM-CNRS de Marseille-Luminy,France
• Shuh Narumiya, Kyoto University, Japan
• Alexander Nemukhin, M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
• Mark Philips, New York University Cancer Insitute, USA
• Xiaocheng Wang, National Institute of Biological Sciences,China
• Arieh Warshel, University of Southern California, USA
• Michael White, UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA
• Roland Winter, TU Dortmund, Germany
• Yanhui Xu, Fudan University, China
• Xuewu Zhang, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA

Contact Information

• Cold Spring Harbor Asia
• No.299 Qiyue Road, SIP/ Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
• Tel: +86-512-62729029
• Fax: +86-512-62729028
• Email: mikeji@cshl.edu
• Website: www.csh-asia.org