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• 1. Cell Biology of the Nucleus
  Chaired by Mary Dasso, NICHD, and John Hanover, NIDDK
  Wednesday, October 7
  10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
  Natcher Conference Center
  Balcony A

  John Hanover, NIDDK
  Welcome and Introduction

  Henry Levin, NICHD
  A Pathway of Nuclear Import Specific for the Retrotransposon Tf1

  Mary Dasso, NICHD
  The Ran GTPase Pathway--a Link between Nuclear Transport and Cell Cycle Regulation

  Patricia Day, NCI
  POD-localization of the Papillomavirus Minor Capsid Protein; Viral and Cellular Implications

  Jan Ellenberg, NICHD
  Nuclear Membrane and Nuclear Pore Complex Dynamics in Living Cells

  Dona Love, NIDDK
  Independent Requirements for HIV-1 Rev Nuclear Import and Export

• 2. Chromatin Structure
  Chaired by Gary Felsenfeld, NIDDK, and Carl Wu, NCI
  Wednesday, October 7
  10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
  Natcher Conference Center
  Balcony B

  Chris Baumann, NCI
  Intracelluar Trafficking and Chromatin Remodeling by Nuclear Receptors

  Peter Jones, NICHD
  DNA Methylation Specific Repressors Recruit Histone Deacetylase for Transcriptional Silencing

  Gaku Mizuguchi, NCI
  The Role of ATP-Dependent Nucleosome Remodeling and Histone Acetylation on Transcription of Chromatin

  Adam Bell, NIDDK
  The Chicken Beta Globin Insulator
  Alex Strunnikov, NICHD
  Role of SMC Proteins in Successful Chromosome Segregation

• 3. Frontiers in Medical Imaging
  Chaired by Nick Bryan, CC, and Jeff Duyn, CC
  Wednesday, October 7
  10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
  Natcher Conference Center
  Balcony C

  Steven Warach, Harvard Medical School
  Diffusion and Perfusion Imaging of Acute Human Stroke

  Andrew Arai, NHLBI
  Advances in Cardiac MRI

  James Haxby, NIMH
  Brain Imaging Studies of Human Visual Cognition

  Bill Eckelman, CC
  Using Positron Emission Tomography (PET) to Trace Receptor Binding

  Murali Krishna, NCI
  Functional Imaging Using Electron Paramagnetic Resonance

  Ronald Summers, CC
  Virtual Endoscopy

• 4. Membrane Trafficking: New Insights at the Molecular and Cellular Levels
  Chaired by Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, NICHD, and Julie Donaldson, NHLBI
  Wednesday, October 7
  10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
  Natcher Conference Center
  Main Auditorium

  Juan Bonifacino, NICHD
  Protein Trafficking in the Endosomal-Lysosomal System

  Jenny Hinshaw, NIDDK
  Dynamic Causes Vesiculation upon ATP Hydrolysis

  Julie Donaldson, NHLBI
  Regulation of Membrane Traffic and Cortical Actin Structures by the ARF6-GTPase

  Ed Neufeld, NIDDK
  Involvement of Niemann-Pick Type C Gene in Retrograde Lysosomal Transport

  Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, NICHD
  Characterization of Secretory Membrane Transport: Roles of Membrane Tubule Intermediates and Microtubules

• 5. Pattern Formation and Organogenesis in Vertebrate Development
  Chaired by Igor Dawid, NICHD, and Sheryl Sato, NIDDK
  Wednesday, October 7
  10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
  Natcher Conference Center
  Conference Room E1/E2

  Alan Agulnik, NICHD
  Function of LIM Domain Binding Proteins in A-P Axis Formation

  Sheryl Sato, NIDDK
  The Role of POU Genes in Vertebrate Neurogenesis

  Chu Xia Deng, NIDDK
  FGF Receptor 1 Isoforms Mediate Node Regression and Are Essential for Posterior Embryonic Development

  Mike Kuehn, NCI
  Patterning along the Left/Right Axis in Vertebrate Development

  Mike Rebagliati, NICHD
  Zebrafish Cyclops: a New Member of the TGF-Beta Superfamily Involved in Neural Patterning and Left-Right Asymmetry

  Maria Morasso, NIAMS
  Role of the Homeodomain Protein Dlx3 in Epidermal Differentiation

  Brant Weinstein, NICHD
  Studying the Developing Circulatory System Using Zebrafish

  Peggy Zelenka, NCI
  A Role for Cyclin Dependent Kinases in Terminal Differentiation

• 6. Protein Folding
  Chaired by Bill Eaton, NIDDK, and Steve Bryant, NLM
  Wednesday, October 7
  10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
  Natcher Conference Center
  Conference Room F1/F2

  Victor Munoz, NIDDK
  Kinetics and Mechanism of Protein Secondary Structure Formation

  Robert Jernigan, NCI
  Developing Mechanisms from Structures

  Jean-Pierre Kocher and B. K. Lee, NCI
  When Statistical Potentials Are Used in an Ab Initio Protein Folding Procedure ...

  Yuri Wolf, NLM
  Distribution of Protein Folds in the Three Superkingdoms of Life
  Stephen Bryant, NLM
  Structure Neighbors and Identification of Remote Homologs