Molecular Recognition
Organized by Ronald Breslow
September 10-11, 1992
Washington, DC
September 10
Session One
Ronald Breslow, Chairman
Supramolecular Effects and Molecular Discrimination by Macrocyclic Hosts Embedded in Synthetic Bilayer Membranes
Yukito Murakami, Kyushu University
Theoretical and Experimental Studies on Molecular Recognition
Clark Still, Columbia University
The Aspartate Receptor and Transmembrane Signaling
Dan Koshland, Berkeley University
Macromolecular Recognition from DNA to RNA to Protein
Alanna Schepartz, Yale University
Session Two
Michael Czarniecki, Chairman
Antibodies By Chemistry and For Chemistry
Richard Lerner, Scripps University
New Opportunities at the Interface of Chemistry and Biology
Peter Schultz, Berkeley University
Antibody Catalysis of Metabolically Essential Reactions IN VIVO
Donald Hilvert, Scripps University
The Molecular Biology of Smell
Richard Axel, Columbia University
Cation Recognition by Acetylcholine Receptors
Arthur Karlin, Columbia University
Signal Transduction in Two Light-transducing Systems: Bacteriorhodopsin and Mammalian Rhodopsin
Gobind Khorana, MIT
September 11
Session Three
Arthur Karlin, Chairman
Towards the Estimation of Binding Constants in Aqueous Solution
Dudley Williams, Cambridge University
Molecular Recognition of Double Helical DNA
Peter Dervan, CalTech
Strategies for Rapid Detection and Increased Specificity of Molecular Recognition Events for Analytical Applications
Ted Ullman, SYVA
Biomimetic Molecular Recognition and Self Assembly
Steven Zimmerman, Wisconsin University
Session Four
Clark Still, Chairman
Simulations of the Recognition Processes in Proteins: Binding Free Energies & Ligand Design
Martin Karplus, Harvard University
Structural Characterization of Molecular Interactions at the Cell Surface
Wayne Hendrickson, Columbia University
Computational Studies of Molecular Recognition in Organic and Biomolecular Systems
William Jorgensen, Yale University
Recognition, Binding and Catalysis
Ronald Breslow, Columbia University
Organizing Committee:
Ronald Breslow (Chair)
Michael Czarniecki
Arthur Karlin
Clark Still
This Meeting is supported by the Monsanto Company
