The Yale Science Forum
Monday, May 4, 2009 - Yale Graduate Club
10:00 a.m.
Welcoming coffee, tea, bagels, muffins
SESSION I:
10:15 a.m.
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE
Chair: Paul Forscher
Dept of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Christine Jacobs-Wagner
Dept of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology “How do bacteria get in shape?”
Arthur Horwich
Dept. of Genetics
“Molecular chaperones in action in health and a neurodegenerative disease”
12:15 p.m., Lunch Break (buffet style in the dining room)
SESSION II:
1:15 p.m.
CHEMISTRY
Chair: William Jorgensen
Victor Batista, Dept. of Chemistry “Natural and Artificial” Photosynthesis: Computational Studies for Green Energy
David Spiegel, Dept. of Chemistry
“Toward small molecule antibody-recruiting therapeutics” 3:15 Break
SESSION III:
(3:30)
ENGINEERING
Chair: Paul Fleury Engineering and Applied Physics
Eric Dufresne
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering “How do cells crawl? A physical perspective on cell motility”
Corey Wilson
Dept. of Chemical Engineering
“Protein Design in the Context of Folding Dynamics: Reconciling Sequence & Conformational Space”
***** EVENING ACTIVITIES*****
5:30 - 6:00 p.m., Cocktails
6:00 - 8:00 p.m., Dinner
in the Graduate Club Dining Room