Last week, Michigan Biophysics held its annual retreat at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens. The day's programming comprised of six presentations from various labs in the morning, followed by lunch and an engaging poster session. In the afternoon, the Graduate Student Council conducted a great trivia session, mixing science, pop culture, and Michigan geography questions into a fun and collaborative team game!
The retreat offered an opportunity for biophysics students, postdocs, faculty and staff to share their research with each other. Moreover, it gave our Preview Student visitors a chance to interact and engage with our community.
Below is a list of the presentations that happened during the event:
| Name | Affiliation | Presentation Title |
|---|---|---|
| Trevor Yeh | Stockbridge Lab | Single-molecule dynamics of a bacterial efflux transporter |
| Yeonghoon Kim | Yang Lab | Design components of tunable biological rhythms |
| Eilidh McClain | Penner-Hahn / Sension Lab | A Novel Method for Analyzing X-ray Absorption Data: Connecting Spectrum to Structure |
| Kristen Verhey | Verhey Lab | Multi-kinesin complexes: biological functions and mechanical effects |
| Martin Fernandez | Mosalaganti Lab | Molecular Visualization of TDP43 Pathology |
| Martin O'Steen | Keane Lab | RNA-RNA Interactions in Listeria Monocytogenes |
The titles of the posters presented from students in the poster session can be found below:
| Name | Poster Title |
|---|---|
| Autumn Pilarski | Structural and functional characterization of Cytochrome P450 27A1 |
| Chenbo Yan | The states of capping protein are defined by the stalk |
| Chia-Yu Kang | Structural Determination and Export Mechanism of the Eukaryotic Fluoride Exporter (FEX) Proteins |
| Christian Kelley | Chromosome Folding through Mitotic Exit |
| Franco Tavella | Studying the temperature response of cell cycle oscillations |
| Grace Arhin | Exploring the druggability of oncogenic pre-miR-31 |
| Ishika | Investigating the Structure of the Escherichia Coli Nucleoid by DNA Locus Tracking in Living Cells |
| Lina Maria Pena Pardo | Engineering Synthetic Microtubule-Binding Rings to Investigate the Dynamics and Force Transduction Mechanisms of the Dam1 Ring |
| Marlis Denk-Lobnig | Emergent spatial organization of a bacterial community by social antibiotic resistance |
| Megan Westwood | Investigating structural features of pre-miR-122 that affect Dicer processing |
| Minjun Jin | DNA/cytoplasmic ratio drives cell cycle lengthening in Xenopus early development |
| Stanislav Cherepanov | Advanced CpHMD Method based on Adaptive Landscape Flattening |
| Yihua Li | Structural Mechanism of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Initiation |
| Zhijian Hu | Spatial drug heterogeneity changes growth dynamics in a deleterious environment |
