Schedule

8:00-8:45	Breakfast, Registration, Poster Setup
8:45-9:00	Introductory Remarks
9:00-10:15	Session I
9:00-9:25	Donald Hamelberg – Georgia State University
	“Evolutionary Analysis of Protein Dynamical Residue-Residue Interactions”
9:25-9:50	Albert Bowers – UNC School of Pharmacy
	“Chemoenzymatic Platforms for the Discovery of New Peptide Therapeutics”
9:50-10:15	Eileen Kennedy – UGA School of Pharmacy
	“Targeting Kinase Regulation with Constrained Peptide Scaffolds”
10:15-11:15	Coffee Break/Poster Session I
11:15-12:45	Session II
11:15-11:40	Matt Torres – Georgia Tech
	“Hidden in Plain Site: Computationally-Assisted Experimental Discovery of Protein Modifications Involved in Cell Signaling and Disease”
11:40-12:05	Emily Weinert – Emory University
	“Exploring the Metabolism and Cellular Roles of 2’,3’-cNMPs in Bacteria”
12:05-12:45	Jenn Prescher – University of California, Irvine
	“Spying on Cellular Communication with Chemical Tools and Noninvasive Imaging”
12:45-2:15	Lunch Break/Poster Session II
2:15-3:15	Session III
2:15-2:40	Meghan Blackledge – High Point University
	“Old Drugs, New Tricks: Investigation of FDA-Approved Drugs to Combat MRSA”
2:40-3:05	Steve Townsend – Vanderbilt University
	“Human Milk Oligosaccharides: Defense Against Pathogens”
3:05-3:15	To Be Selected from Poster Abstracts
3:15-3:30	Break
3:30-4:30	Session IV
3:30-4:20	Joel Schneider – NIH Chemical Biology Lab
	“Delivering Drugs with Self-Assembled Materials”
4:20-4:30	Poster Awards and Concluding Remarks
4:30-6:00	Cocktail Hour/Networking Mixer