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Molecular Communications

10—12 April 2001

University of Bristol



Special Events

Tuesday 10 April 2001
11:30 - 12:30
Jubilee Medal Lecture
Sara Courtneidge
Thursday 12 April 2001
11:00 - 12:00
Novartis Medal Lecture
Stephen E. Halford (Bristol, UK)

Timetable

Tuesday 10 April 2001Wednesday 11 April 2001Thursday 12 April 2001
09:00 - 16:00
Molecular Communications

09:00 - 16:00
Insulin Action

09:00 - 16:00
Assembly and Repair of Membrane-Bound Electron Transport Complexes: Impact on Plant Physiology and Medicine

14:00 - 16:20
Curriculum 2000: The Impact of Changes in Post-16 Curricula on University Biochemistry Teaching

14:00 - 17:10
Promega UK Young Life Scientist of the Year Award Final - 2001

09:00 - 16:00
Molecular Communications

09:00 - 16:00
Membrane Active Peptides

09:00 - 16:00
Insulin Action

09:00 - 16:00
The Interface of Receptor Signalling and Trafficking

09:00 - 15:30
Assembly and Repair of Membrane-Bound Electron Transport Complexes: Impact on Plant Physiology and Medicine

09:00 - 16:10
Molecular Communications

09:00 - 16:10
Insulin Action

09:00 - 16:10
The Interface of Receptor Signalling and Trafficking

09:00 - 15:40
Membrane Active Peptides


Molecular Communications

Host colloquium

Organizers:
George Banting (Bristol)
Leo Brady (Bristol)
Mark Szczelkun (Bristol)
Pete Cullen (Bristol)
Wednesday 11 April 2001
09:00 - 09:30
Philip Godfrey Memorial Lecture
Role of atypical PKC in insulin action
Masato Kasuga (Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe, Japan)
09:30 - 10:00
Class-II PI 3-kinases: a new mechanism for participation of PI 3-kinase in growth factor signalling
Pete Shepherd (London, UK)
10:00 - 10:30
Signal transduction downstrean of PI 3-kinase
Dario Alessi (Dundee, UK)
10:30 - 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:00
Akt signalling
Richard Roth (Stanford, USA)
12:00 - 12:30
The regulation of GSK3 activity by insulin and other signals
Philip Cohen (Dundee, UK)
12:30 - 13:00
Regulation of glycogen synthesis in human muscle cells
Steve Yeaman (Newcastle, UK)
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch

14:30 - 15:00
Role of PI3Ks and protein kinases in GLUT4 trafficking
Morrie Birnbaum (Philadelphia, USA)
15:00 - 15:30
Insulin regulation of GLUT4 translocation: A Tale of Two Signals
Jeff Pessin (Iowa College of Medicine, USA)
15:30 - 16:00
Biogenesis and trafficking of GSVs
Gwyn Gould (Glasgow, UK)
16:00 - 18:00 Poster Session

Molecular communications in membrane traffic pathways

Tuesday 10 April 2001
09:00 - 09:30
Specificity in ligand binding and intracellular signalling by insulin and IGF receptors
Ken Siddle (Clinical Biochemistry, Cambridge, UK)
09:00 - 09:30
The regulation and mechanism of clathrin coated vesicle formation
Liz Smythe (Dundee, UK)
09:30 - 10:00
Insulin receptor substrate proteins and neuroendocrine function
Dominic Withers (Imperial College, London, UK)
09:30 - 10:00
The role of COPI in vesicular transport
Tommy Nilsson (Heidelberg, Germany)
10:00 - 10:30
IRS signalling
Morris White (Boston, USA)
10:00 - 10:30
AP-1 and GGAs: two adaptors for TGN to endosome trafficking
Scottie Robinson (Cambridge, UK)
10:30 - 11:00
Pathway of neuronal SNARE complex assembly
Dirk Fasshauer (Goettingen, Germany)
10:30 - 11:00
Functional effects of APS and SH2-B on insulin receptor signalling
Tahir Pillay (Nottingham, UK)
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:30
Jubilee Medal Lecture
Sara Courtneidge
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

Spatiotemporal dynamics of lipid-based cell signalling

Tuesday 10 April 2001
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 14:30
The role and regulation of phospholipase D in cellular stimulation
Michael Wakelam (Birmingham, UK)
14:30 - 15:00
Phosphoinositide 3-kinase gamma signalling: a structural perspective
Roger Williams (MRC-LMB, Cambridge UK)
15:00 - 15:30
Identification of phosphoinositide-binding proteins by using phosphoinositide-coupled affinity matrices
Phill Hawkins (Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK)
15:30 - 16:00
Molecular determinants within pleckstrin homology (PH) domains that allow for specific recognition of phosphoinositides
Mark Lemmon (Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA)
16:00 - 18:00 Poster Session

17:00 - 19:00
Welcome Reception
Welcoming all delegates to the University of Bristol

Protein:Protein communication

Thursday 12 April 2001
09:00 - 09:30
The biochemical properties of interactions between membrane proteins of leukocytes
Neil Barclay (Oxford, UK)
09:30 - 10:00
Structural biology of gamma-herpesvirus cyclins and how they subvert cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor function
Neil McDonald (ICRF, UK)
10:00 - 10:30
Mechanism of protein kinase inactivation by protein phosphatases
David Barford (London, UK)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:00
Novartis Medal Lecture
Stephen E. Halford (Bristol, UK)
12:00 - 12:30
Insights from the structure of the 30S ribosomal subunit and its complex with antibiotics
Venki Ramakrishnan (MRC, Cambridge)

DNA/RNA:Protein communication

Thursday 12 April 2001
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:00
Novartis Medal Lecture
Stephen E. Halford (Bristol, UK)
12:30 - 13:00
Suicidal proteins in E. coli
Colin Kleanthous (East Anglia, UK)
13:00 - 14:40 Lunch and Poster Session

14:40 - 15:10
Mechanism and regulation of transcription in Archaea
Stephen Bell (Wellcome/CRC Institute, UK)
15:10 - 15:40
HMG1and 2:architectural DNA-binding proteins
Jean Thomas (Cambridge, UK)
15:40 - 16:10
Coupled transcription in discrete 'factories' within mammalian nuclei
Peter R. Cook (Oxford, UK)

Assembly and Repair of Membrane-Bound Electron Transport Complexes: Impact on Plant Physiology and Medicine

Bioenergetics Group colloquium

Organizers:
Peter Nixon (Imperial College, London)
Conrad Mullineaux (University College, London)
Tuesday 10 April 2001
09:00 - 09:30
Redox signalling in chloroplasts and mitochondria: genomic and biochemical evidence for two-component regulatory systems in bioenergetic organelles
John Allen (Lund, Sweden)
09:30 - 10:00
Protein/RNA interaction in light regulated translation in the chloroplast
Steve Mayfield (Scripps, USA)
10:00 - 10:30
Can we identify the forces that drive the folding of integral membrane proteins?
Paula Booth (Bristol, UK)
10:30 - 11:00
The first green: assembly of quantum traps in higher plant plastids
Lutz Eichacker (Munchen, Germany)
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:30
Jubilee Medal Lecture
Sara Courtneidge
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 14:30
A role for molecular chaperones in assembly and repair of photosystem II?
Christoph Beck (Freiburg, Germany)
14:30 - 15:00
Identification of protease involved in the repair of photosystem II in Synechocystis 6803
Paulo Silva (Imperial College, London)
15:00 - 15:30
The role of the FtsH protease in the maintenance and assembly of photosynthetic reaction centres
Shaun Bailey (Warwick, UK)
15:30 - 16:00
Incorporation of iron-sulphur clusters into membrane-bound proteins
Andreas Seidler (Bochum, Germany)
16:00 - 18:00 Poster Session

17:00 - 19:00
Welcome Reception
Welcoming all delegates to the University of Bristol
Wednesday 11 April 2001
09:00 - 09:30
Assembly-controlled regulation of chloroplast gene translation
Yves Choquet (Paris France)
09:30 - 10:00
Degradation of unassembled and damaged thylakoid proteins
Zach Adam (Rehovot, Israel)
10:00 - 10:30
The role of subunit III in the assembly of cytochrome oxidase in yeast
Brigitte Meunier (University College, London)
10:30 - 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:00
Mitochondrial AAA proteases: control of biogenesis and maintenance of respiratory chain complexes
Thomas Langer (Muenchen, Germany)
12:00 - 12:30
Assembly of cytochrome c oxidase: implications for disease and ageing
Robert Poyton (Colorado, USA)
12:30 - 13:00
Impact of mitochondrial mutations on the assembly and activity of complex I in Chlamydomonas
Dr Claire Remacle (University of Liege, Belgium)
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch

14:30 - 15:00
Assembly of cytochrome-c oxidase - what can we learn from the patients with cytochrome-c oxidase deficiency?
Jan-Willem Taanman (University College, London)
15:00 - 15:30
Chlamydomonas nuclear mutants that fail to assemble photosynthetic or respiratory electron transfer complexes
Saul Purton (University College, London)
16:00 - 18:00 Poster Session

Membrane Active Peptides

Protein and Peptide Science Group colloquium

Organizers:
Brian Austen (London)
Parvez Haris (De Montfort)
Wednesday 11 April 2001
09:00 - 09:30
De novo design, synthesis and characterization of membrane active peptides
Jim D. Lear (Philadelphia, USA)
09:30 - 10:00
Simulations studies of peptide/bilayer interactions
Mark Sansom (Oxford, UK)
10:00 - 10:30
Peptaibols: models for ion channels
Bonnie Wallace (London, UK)
10:30 - 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:00
Structural implications for the transformation of the Bacillus thuringiensis delta-endotoxins from water soluble to membrane inserted form
Jade Li (Cambridge, UK)
12:00 - 12:30
Developing structural models of K+ channels and their relatives based on analyses of distantly related sequences
H. Robert Guy (Bethesda, USA)
12:30 - 13:00
Insertion of transmembrane helices into the ER membrane
Gunnar von Heijne (Stockholm, Sweden)
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch

14:30 - 15:00
Self-assembly of membrane protein monolayers on gold
Jeremy Lakey (Newcastle, UK)
15:00 - 15:30
Application of electron spin resonance for investigating peptide-lipid interactions
Derek Marsh (Gottingen, Germany)
15:30 - 16:00
Conformational analysis of synthetic potassium ion-channel peptides
Parvez I. Haris (Leicester, UK)
16:00 - 18:00 Poster Session

Thursday 12 April 2001
09:00 - 09:30
Binding of a signal sequence peptide: role of bilayer properties
Tom McIntosh (Duke, USA)
09:30 - 10:00
Why and how are peptide-lipid interactions utilized for self-defence?
Katsumi Matsuzaki (Kyoto, Japan)
10:00 - 10:30
Membrane properties and amyloid fibril formation of lung surfactant protein C
Jan Johansson (Stockholm, Sweden)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:00
Novartis Medal Lecture
Stephen E. Halford (Bristol, UK)
12:00 - 12:30
Connexin mimetic peptides; specific inhibitors of gap junctional communication
W. Howard Evans (Cardiff, Wales)
12:30 - 13:00
Tethered bilayer lipid membranes as a support for membrane active peptides
Bruce Cornell (NSW, Australia)
13:00 - 14:40 Lunch and Poster Session

14:40 - 15:10
Membrane disordering effects of beta-amyloid peptides
Walter E. Mueller (Frankfurt, Germany)
15:10 - 15:40
Influenza fusion peptides
John Skehel (London, UK)

Insulin Action

Regulation in Metabolism Group colloquium

Organizers:
Jeremy Tavaré (Bristol)
Geoff Holman (Bath)
Sponsors:
GlaxoSmithKline
Eli Lilly and Co
Novo Nordisk
Abbott Laboratories
AstraZeneca
Tuesday 10 April 2001
14:30 - 15:00
Phosphoinositide 3-kinase gamma signalling: a structural perspective
Roger Williams (MRC-LMB, Cambridge UK)
15:00 - 15:30
Identification of phosphoinositide-binding proteins by using phosphoinositide-coupled affinity matrices
Phill Hawkins (Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK)
15:30 - 16:00
Molecular determinants within pleckstrin homology (PH) domains that allow for specific recognition of phosphoinositides
Mark Lemmon (Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA)
16:00 - 18:00 Poster Session

17:00 - 19:00
Welcome Reception
Welcoming all delegates to the University of Bristol
Thursday 12 April 2001
13:00 - 14:40 Lunch and Poster Session

14:40 - 15:10
Mechanism and regulation of transcription in Archaea
Stephen Bell (Wellcome/CRC Institute, UK)
15:10 - 15:40
HMG1and 2:architectural DNA-binding proteins
Jean Thomas (Cambridge, UK)
15:40 - 16:10
Coupled transcription in discrete 'factories' within mammalian nuclei
Peter R. Cook (Oxford, UK)

Receptors and substrates

Tuesday 10 April 2001
09:00 - 09:30
Specificity in ligand binding and intracellular signalling by insulin and IGF receptors
Ken Siddle (Clinical Biochemistry, Cambridge, UK)
09:00 - 09:30
The regulation and mechanism of clathrin coated vesicle formation
Liz Smythe (Dundee, UK)
09:30 - 10:00
Insulin receptor substrate proteins and neuroendocrine function
Dominic Withers (Imperial College, London, UK)
09:30 - 10:00
The role of COPI in vesicular transport
Tommy Nilsson (Heidelberg, Germany)
10:00 - 10:30
IRS signalling
Morris White (Boston, USA)
10:00 - 10:30
AP-1 and GGAs: two adaptors for TGN to endosome trafficking
Scottie Robinson (Cambridge, UK)
10:30 - 11:00
Pathway of neuronal SNARE complex assembly
Dirk Fasshauer (Goettingen, Germany)
10:30 - 11:00
Functional effects of APS and SH2-B on insulin receptor signalling
Tahir Pillay (Nottingham, UK)
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:30
Jubilee Medal Lecture
Sara Courtneidge
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 14:30
The role and regulation of phospholipase D in cellular stimulation
Michael Wakelam (Birmingham, UK)

Lipid kinases and downstream regulation

Wednesday 11 April 2001
09:00 - 09:30
Philip Godfrey Memorial Lecture
Role of atypical PKC in insulin action
Masato Kasuga (Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe, Japan)
09:30 - 10:00
Class-II PI 3-kinases: a new mechanism for participation of PI 3-kinase in growth factor signalling
Pete Shepherd (London, UK)
10:00 - 10:30
Signal transduction downstrean of PI 3-kinase
Dario Alessi (Dundee, UK)
10:30 - 11:30 Coffee Break

Glycogen synthase and other targets

Wednesday 11 April 2001
10:30 - 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:00
Akt signalling
Richard Roth (Stanford, USA)
12:00 - 12:30
The regulation of GSK3 activity by insulin and other signals
Philip Cohen (Dundee, UK)
12:30 - 13:00
Regulation of glycogen synthesis in human muscle cells
Steve Yeaman (Newcastle, UK)

Glucose transport

Wednesday 11 April 2001
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch

14:30 - 15:00
Role of PI3Ks and protein kinases in GLUT4 trafficking
Morrie Birnbaum (Philadelphia, USA)
15:00 - 15:30
Insulin regulation of GLUT4 translocation: A Tale of Two Signals
Jeff Pessin (Iowa College of Medicine, USA)
15:30 - 16:00
Biogenesis and trafficking of GSVs
Gwyn Gould (Glasgow, UK)
16:00 - 18:00 Poster Session

Translation and protein synthesis

Thursday 12 April 2001
09:00 - 09:30
Insulin-stimulated phosphorylation of the translational regulator, 4E-BP1
Kate Heesom (Bristol, UK)
09:00 - 09:30
The biochemical properties of interactions between membrane proteins of leukocytes
Neil Barclay (Oxford, UK)
09:30 - 10:00
Interplay between insulin and nutrients in the regulation of protein synthesis
Chris Proud (Dundee, UK)
09:30 - 10:00
Structural biology of gamma-herpesvirus cyclins and how they subvert cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor function
Neil McDonald (ICRF, UK)
10:00 - 10:30 Selected Oral Presentations

10:00 - 10:30
Mechanism of protein kinase inactivation by protein phosphatases
David Barford (London, UK)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:00
Novartis Medal Lecture
Stephen E. Halford (Bristol, UK)
12:00 - 12:30
SREBP-1c, a mediator of insulin action on hepatic gene expression
Pascal Ferré (INSERM, Paris, France)
12:00 - 12:30
Insights from the structure of the 30S ribosomal subunit and its complex with antibiotics
Venki Ramakrishnan (MRC, Cambridge)
12:30 - 13:00
Suicidal proteins in E. coli
Colin Kleanthous (East Anglia, UK)
12:30 - 13:00
Insulin-regulated gene expression
Richard O'Brien (Vanderbilt, Nashville, USA)

The Interface of Receptor Signalling and Trafficking

Membrane Group and Neuroscience Group colloquium

Organizers:
Craig McArdle (Bristol)
George Banting (Bristol)
Wednesday 11 April 2001
09:00 - 09:30
New insights into golgi function from 3-D structure and proteomics
Kathryn Howell (Denver, USA)
09:30 - 10:00
Molecular dissection of secretory granule biogenesis
Sharon Tooze (London, UK)
10:00 - 10:30
Control of membrane fusion dynamics during regulated exocytosis
Bob Burgoyne (Liverpool, UK)
10:30 - 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:00
Disecting the functions of proteins in clathrin-coated vesicle formation
Harvey McMahon (Cambridge, UK)
12:00 - 12:30
Regulation of receptor trafficking and signalling by phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate
Harald Stenmark (Oslo, Norway)
12:30 - 13:00
The relationship between endosomes and lysosomes
Paul Luzio (Cambridge, UK)
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch

14:30 - 15:00
Internalization of the EGF receptor: role in signalling
Alexander Sorkin (Denver, USA)
15:00 - 15:30
Lipids and trafficking in neurons
Carlos Dotti (Heidelberg, Germany)
15:30 - 15:40
HRS Regulates Endosomal trafficking and tyrosine kinase receptor signalling
Thomas Lloyd
15:40 - 15:50
The role of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases in sorting of EGF receptors within multivesicular endosomes
C.E. Futter
15:50 - 16:00
Regulation of EGF receptor traffic by RhoB
Harry Mellor
16:00 - 18:00 Poster Session

Thursday 12 April 2001
09:00 - 09:30
Proteins involved in the synaptic organisation of AMPA receptors
Jeremy Henley (Bristol, UK)
09:30 - 10:00
Beta-arrestin and GPCR internalization, desensitization and signalling (MAPK)
Stephane Laporte (Duke, USA)
10:00 - 10:30
Lysosmal degradation of the growth hormone receptor is regulated by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway
Peter van Kerkhof (Utrecht, Netherlands)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:00
Novartis Medal Lecture
Stephen E. Halford (Bristol, UK)
12:00 - 12:30
Caveolins in Signaling, Oncogenic Transformation, and Muscular Dystrophy
Michael Lisanti (New York, USA)
12:30 - 13:00
Signalling and non-caveolar rafts
Justin Hsuan (London, Uk)
13:00 - 14:40 Lunch and Poster Session

14:40 - 15:10
Role of endocytosis in signaling and regulation of G protein-coupled receptors
Mark von Zastrow (San Fransisco,USA)
15:10 - 15:40
Multiple pathways of dynamin-regulated G protein-coupled receptor internalization
CJ van Koppen (Essen, Germany)
15:40 - 15:50
A role for receptor internalisation in muscarinic receptor association with ARF and activation of phospholipase D
Rory Mitchell
15:50 - 16:00
Tethering proteins in ER-Golgi trafficking
Elizabeth Sztul
16:00 - 16:10
Molecular communication across a membrane: spatial and temporal regulation of ER-to-Golgi transport
David Stephens

Curriculum 2000: The Impact of Changes in Post-16 Curricula on University Biochemistry Teaching

Professional and Education Committee colloquium

Organizers:
Chris Skidmore (Reading)
Hilary Evans (Liverpool John Moores)
Tuesday 10 April 2001
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 14:35
Curriculum 2000: the QCA view
David Mackay (Qualifications and Curriculum Authority)
14:35 - 15:10
Curriculum 2000: a teacher's view
Roger Barnes (St. Edmunds School, Canterbury)
15:10 - 15:45
Curriculum 2000: an Examination's Board's view
Yvonne Johns (Edexcel)
15:45 - 16:20
Curriculum 2000: an admissions tutor's view
Cliff Bray (Manchester)
16:00 - 18:00 Poster Session

16:20 - 17:00 Discussion followed by buffet and drinks

17:00 - 19:00
Welcome Reception
Welcoming all delegates to the University of Bristol

Promega UK Young Life Scientist of the Year Award Final - 2001

Organizer:
Promega
Tuesday 10 April 2001
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 14:20
Modelling and docking of the endothelin (ETA) G-protein coupled receptor
A.J.W. Orry - Biochemical Society Candidate
(Brikbeck College)
14:20 - 14:40
Somatostatin receptor subtype expression in human heart
William Smith - Biochemical Society Candidate
(University of Leeds)
14:40 - 15:00
Monitoring of CMV antigen specific T-cells
Geraldine Aubert - British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Candidate
(Anthony Nolan Centre)
15:00 - 15:20
Evidence for a genetically stable clone of Campylobacter jejuni
Gina Manning - Society for General Microbiology Candidate
(Veterinary Laboratory Agency)
15:20 - 15:40
HSV-1 Latency in the central nervous system
Chris Smith - Society For General Microbiology Candidate
(University of Cambridge)
15:40 - 16:10 Tea Break

16:00 - 18:00 Poster Session

16:10 - 16:30
Amplifying DNA flanking an enhancer trap construct in Arabidopsis
Charles Hagen - The Genetics Society Candidate
(University of Exeter)
16:30 - 16:50
Difference in CD8+ T cell maturation according to viral specifity
Victor Appy - British Society for Immunology Candidate
(Institute of Molecular Medicine)
16:50 - 17:10
MAPKinase activation and chemotaxis induced by MCP-1, 2, 3 and 4 through the chemokine receptor CCR2b
Julie Wain - British Society for Immunology Candidate
(Newcastle Univeristy)
17:00 - 19:00
Welcome Reception
Welcoming all delegates to the University of Bristol