High pressure effects on biomolecules are emerging as an exciting area that has important implications for evolution, much of the life on our planet, as well as having practical technological applications.
The workshop, as part of the 2019 CHESS Users Meeting, is designed to provide a broad introduction to the effects and implications of high pressure methods in biological science. Speakers will introduce high-pressure bioscience as it relates to molecular biophysics, the evolution of life, food science and the instrumentation required to perform high-pressure biological experiments, especially as pertains to the determination of molecular structure. The workshop will include a tour of CHESS and a short overview of data acquisition at BioSAXS.
| Time |
Description |
Location |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 | Breakfast | 120 PSB |
| 8:30 | Welcome | |
| 8:35 |
Using Pressure to Characterize Biomolecular Conformation and Dynamics. Cathy Royer, Rennsselaer Polytechnic Institute |
120 PSB |
| 9:15 | HP Small Angle Neutron Scattering - applications to evolution and other studies. Susana Teixeira, University of Delaware / NIST | 120 PSB |
| 9:50 | Break | Clark Atrium |
| 10:20 |
Living the High-Pressure Life. Karyn L. Rogers, Director, Rensselaer Astrobiology Research and Education Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. |
120 PSB |
| 10:55 |
Modulating protein functionality using high pressure processing. Bing Yan, Cornell |
120 PSB |
| 11:30 |
X-ray Methods for High Pressure Biology at CHEXS, Durgesh Rai, Postdoctoral Associate and Richard Gillilan, Staff Scientist, CHEXS and MacCHESS |
120 PSB |
| 12:00 | Group Photo | Clark Atrium |
| 12:15 | Lunch | Clark Atrium |
| 13:00 | Travel (Bus or Walk) to Wilson Lab | |
| 13:15 | Tour, Tutorial and beamline demonstration | Wilson Lab |
| 15:00 | Adjourn |
Organizers:
Richard Gillilan, MacCHESS, Cornell University
Durgesh Rai, CHESS, Cornell University
Sol Gruner, LASSP and CHESS, Cornell University
Contact Information
Richard Gillilan or Durgesh Rai
Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source
Phone: 607-255-7163
Email: reg8@cornell.edu or raidurgesh@cornell.edu