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2008 Welch Conference on Chemical Research
"Biological Macromolecules: From Structure to Function"

Wyndham Greenspoint Hotel, Houston, Texas
October 27-28, 2008

William N. Lipscomb, Jr.         Jianpeng Ma
       Conference Chairman              Conference
                                       Co-Chairman

Monday, October 27, 2008
Session I
	8:40 AM	Discussion Leader: Johann Deisenhofer, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
	8:50 AM	Speaker: Thomas A. Steitz, Yale University Lecture: "Unknown"
	9:35 AM	Speaker: Roger D. Kornberg, Stanford University Lecture: "Unknown"
	10:35 AM	Speaker: Joan A. Steitz, Yale University School of Medicine Lecture: "MicroRNAs: Versatile Regulators of Gene Expression in Vertebrate Cells"
	11:20 AM	Speaker: Jennifer A. Doudna, University of California, Berkeley Lecture: "Mechanisms of Small RNA Processing and Targeting"
Session II
	1:15 PM	Discussion Leader: Theodore G. Wensel, Baylor College of Medicine
	1:25 PM	Speaker: Roderick MacKinnon, The Rockefeller University Lecture: "Ion Channels and Cell Membranes"
	2:10 PM	Speaker: Jianpeng Ma, Baylor College of Medicine Lecture: "Unknown"
	3:10 PM	Speaker: Douglas C. Rees, California Institute of Technology Lecture: "The Structural Basis of Biological Nitrogen Fixation"
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Session III
	8:00 AM	Discussion Leader: Florante A. Quiocho, Baylor College of Medicine
	8:10 AM	Speaker: Wayne A. Hendrickson, Columbia University Lecture: "Unknown"
	8:55 AM	Speaker: Robert M. Stroud, University of California, San Francisco Lecture: "Unknown"
	9:55 AM	Speaker: Joseph D. Puglisi, Stanford University Medical School Lecture: "Unknown"
	10:40 AM	Speaker: Ada E. Yonath, Weizman Institute of Science Lecture: "The Stunning Architectural Mobility of the Ribosome and Its Implication in Initial Protein Folding, Evolution and Therapeutical Effectiveness"
2008 Welch Award Lecture
	11:25 AM	Speaker: Alexander Rich, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lecture: "The Role of Z-DNA Binding Proteins in Interferon Induction and Infection"


Session IV
	1:30 PM	Discussion Leader: B. Montgomery Pettitt, University of Houston
	1:40 PM	Speaker: Michael Levitt, Stanford University Lecture: "Mesoscale Modeling of Macromolecular Machines"
	2:40 PM	Speaker: Xiaoliang S. Xie, Harvard University Lecture: "Probing Gene Expression in Living Cells at the Single Molecule Level"
	3:25 PM	Speaker: Ahmed H. Zewail, California Institute of Technology Lecture: "4D Microscopy - Visualizing Materials and Biological Function"

2008 Welch Conference on Chemical Research"Biological Macromolecules: From Structure to Function"

2008 Welch Conference on Chemical Research
"Biological Macromolecules: From Structure to Function"