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Twitter hashtag for this meeting: #KSbiochem
Biomolecular Condensates: Phase-Separated Organizers of Cellular Biochemistry (D5)
Scientific Organizers: Michael K. Rosen and Anthony Hyman
April 10—13, 2019
Snowbird Resort, Snowbird, Utah, USA
Supported by the Directors' Fund
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Abstract Deadline: Jan 10, 2019 [details]
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Discounted Abstract Deadline: December 13, 2018
*All deadlines end at 11:59 PM US Mountain Standard TimeAbstract Submission Fee: 100.00 USD*
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Scholarship Deadline: December 13, 2018
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You MUST submit your abstract by the Scholarship Deadline and complete the other required steps (submit a scholarship application and submit a mentor letter) to be considered for a scholarship.
Abstract Deadline: January 10, 2019
*All deadlines end at 11:59 PM US Mountain Standard Time
Abstract Submission Fee: 100.00 USD*
*50.00 USD will be applied to Registration Fee when you register
Details: It is best to submit your abstract early. Abstract and registration spaces are limited and may fill prior to the abstract or discounted registration deadline. Submitting an abstract does not constitute or guarantee registration.
Submitting your abstract by the Abstract Deadline allows us to:
- submit your abstract to organizers to be considered for a short talk
- include your abstract on our website and in our secure mobile app
- reserve your space at the meeting for a poster presentation.**
Abstracts submitted after the Abstract Deadline will NOT be considered for a short talk.
(Discounted Abstract Deadline: is December 13, 2018)
Discounted Registration Deadline: February 12, 2019
*All deadlines end at 11:59 PM US Mountain Standard Time
Registration Fee: 795.00 USD* (includes 200.00 USD discount)
Student Registration Fee: 570.00 USD* (must complete student verification form)
*Includes 50.00 USD of your abstract submission fee
After the Discounted Registration Deadline:
Registration Fee: 995.00 USD*
Student Registration Fee: 770.00 USD* (must complete student verification form)
*Includes 50.00 USD of your abstract submission fee
Registration spaces are limited and may fill prior to discounted registration deadline.
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Conference Program Print | View meeting in 24 hr (international) time
The meeting will begin on Wednesday, April 10 with registration from 16:00 to 20:00 and a welcome mixer from 18:00 to 20:00. Conference events conclude on Saturday, April 13 with a closing plenary session from 17:00 to 19:00, followed by a social hour and entertainment. We recommend return travel on Sunday, April 14 in order to fully experience the meeting.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10
Moving through Intracellular Phase Space
Registered attendees can view abstracts starting on 03/10/2019
The Physics of Protein Condensates
Structure of Low-Complexity Protein Assemblies
Multiscale Structure of Biomolecular Condensates
Short Talk: Structure/function of LC Domain Phase Separation in RNA-Binding Proteins FUS and TDP-43
Short Talk: Dynamic Rearrangements within NPM1-Mediated Scaffolds: Implications for Ribosome Biogenesis Regulation
Enhancer Features that Mediate Formation of Localized Transcription Condensates
A Droplet-Based Microfluidic Platform to Investigate the Kinetics of Synthetic Membraneless Organelles in Cell-Like Volumes
Phase Separation of 53BP1 Ascertains Liquid-Like Behaviour of DNA Repair Compartments
Histone Modifications Regulate Chromatin Compartmentalization by Contributing to a Phase Separation Mechanism
Biomolecular Condensates in Focal Adhesion
Noise Buffering by Phase Separated Compartments
A Synthetic Minimal System Connects Atomic Structure to Mesoscale Phenotypes of Protein Phase Separation
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Visualizing the Structural Basis of Liquid-Like Stress Granules in situ
Pattern Formation within a Liquid Crystalline Compartment Regulates Meiotic Recombination
Phase-Separation Mechanisms in Heterochromatin
Short Talk: Molecular and Structural Mechanisms for Intranuclear Tertiary Phase Separation of TDP-43 Liquid Droplets
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Cooperative Interactions between G3BP1 and mRNA Permit Phase Separation that Seeds the Assembly of Stress Granules
Molecular Regulators of Macromolecular Phase Separation
RNA Granules in the C. elegans Embryo
Short Talk: A Bacterial DNA-Binding Protein Forms Liquid Crystalline Complexes with DNA Capable of Supporting Unimpeded Transcription
Short Talk: Membraneless Metabolic Granules for Glucose Metabolism and Their Functional Contributions to Cellular Metabolism in Living Cells: The Glucosome
Short Talk: The Distinct Phase Separations Underlying Diverse Pyrenoids- the CO2-Fixing Membraneless Organelles of Green Algae and Diatoms
Short Talk: The Heat is On: Controlling Germ Granule Segregation in C. elegans
Short Talk: The Many Roles of ATP in Organizing the Cellular Proteome
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Transcriptional Condensates and Control of Cell Identity
Liquid Phase Separation of Synaptic Vesicles
Multiscale and Multiphase Organization of the Transcriptome during Development and in Response to the Environment in C. elegans
Short Talk: Condensing the Mitochondrial Genome into Gel-Like Droplets
Short Talk: RNA Granules Hitchhike on Lysosomes for Long-Distance Transport, Using Annexin A11 as a Molecular Tether
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RNA Organization within Phase Transitioned Germ Granules
How RNA Structure Controls Specificity in Intracellular Phase Separation
Super-Resolution Imaging of Transcription in Live Mammalian Cells
Short Talk: DEAD-box ATPases are Global Regulators of Phase-Separated Organelles and RNA Flux
Short Talk: Functional and Molecular Insights into Selective Autophagy of Phase Separated Cargo
Short Talk: Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteomics for the Structural Characterisation of Biomolecular Condensates
Short Talk: A Quantitative Inventory of Yeast P Body Proteins Reveals Principles of Compositional Specificity
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A Phosphorylation-Controlled Conformational Switch Drives Stress Granule Formation by Unlocking RNA Multivalency
Phase Separation as an Adaptive Response to Cell Stress
Short Talk: Pathogenic Biomolecular Condensates Drive Heart Failure in Human RBM20 Cardiomyopathy Gene-Edited Pigs
Registered attendees can view abstracts starting on 03/10/2019
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