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7:30 am Registration and Breakfast
8:25 AM Opening Remarks by Program Chair, Nick Silvaggi, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
8:30 AM Session 1
Session Chair: Erin Taylor, Southwestern University
8:30 AM Rebecca L. Switzer, Bucknell University
Disease-Associated Mutations G589A and V590F Relieve RFTS-mediated Autoinhibition of DNA Methyltransferase 1
9:00 AM Christopher J. Reinhardt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
An Activity-based Sensing Approach for Monitoring Cyclooxygenase-2 in Live Cells
9:30 AM Vatsal Purohit, Purdue University
Time-resolved crystallographic measurements elucidating the mechanism of bacterial HMG-CoA reductase
10:00 AM Coffee Break
10:30 AM Session 2
Session Chair: Audrey Lamb, University of Kansas
10:30 AM Brett A. Beaupre, Loyola University Chicago
A Seemingly Unnecessarily Elaborate Dehydrogenase
11:00 AM April Keiko Kaneshiro, University of Michigan
Investigating the Mechanism of Ferulic Acid Decarboxylase (FDC1)
11:30 AM Xuan Fang, Illinois Institute of Technology
Kinetic and Structural Characterization of V. cholerae Flavin Transferase ApbE
12:00 PM Lunch Break. Sandwiches and non-alcoholic drinks provided
12:30 PM Poster Session 1
Lunch continues…
2:00 PM Session 3
Session Chair: Elizabeth Trimmer, Grinnell College
2:00 PM Lara E. Zetzsche, University of Michigan
Engineering biocatalysts for selective C–C bond formation
2:30 PM H. Diessel Duan, University of Kentucky
A four-leaf clover: The unique 726 nm band in FixAB responds to both FADs, Tyr37 and C174A
3:00 PM Danyun Zeng, Marquette University
Distinct structural modules exist within the N-terminus of LSD1 and differentially interact with mononucleosomes
3:30 PM Poster Session 2\
Hors d’oeuvres provided; Limited bar (beer and wine) beginning at 4:00 per IIT alcohol policy
5:00 PM Keynote Session
Session Chair: Rick Silverman, Northwestern University
5:00 PM Shahriar Mobashery, University of Notre Dame
Cell-Wall Recycling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the Nexus to Antibiotic Resistance
5:55 PM Announcement of Poster Awards and closing remarks Oscar Juarez, Local Arrangements Chair, Illinois Institute of Technology