<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Thought this might of interest to the AUC group.<br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Century; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; "><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br></div><div>Walter F. Stafford, Ph.D.</div><div>Senior Scientist</div><div>Boston Biomedical Research Institute</div><div>64 Grove Street</div><div>Watertown, MA 02472</div><div>617-658-7808</div><div><a href="mailto:stafford@bbri.org">stafford@bbri.org</a></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></span> </div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#000000" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica">"GRC Announcements" <<a href="mailto:announcements@grc.org">announcements@grc.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#000000" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica">July 15, 2009 15:25:42 EDT</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#000000" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:RNewman@grc.org">RNewman@grc.org</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#000000" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: 14.0px Helvetica"><b>2010 Biomolecular Interactions & Methods Gordon Research Seminar: Save the Date</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt"><i>The following message was sent on behalf of the organizers of the Biomolecular Interactions & Methods Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). This account is not monitored - please do not reply directly to this message.<br> </i><div style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 18pt; text-shadow: auto" lang="EN-GB">SAVE THE DATE!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 18pt; text-shadow: auto" lang="EN-GB">Announcing the 2010 <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 18pt; text-shadow: auto" lang="EN-GB">Biomolecular Interactions Methods <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 18pt; text-shadow: auto" lang="EN-GB">Gordon Research Seminar!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 9.5pt" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial" lang="EN-GB">For the first time ever, the 2010 Biomolecular Interactions and Methods GRC at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Galveston</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Texas</st1:state></st1:place> will be preceded by a Gordon Research Seminar (GRS).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The GRS is an exciting series of meetings aimed specifically at graduate students, postdocs, and those of comparable experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The meeting will give young researchers the chance to present their data and discuss their work in a highly stimulating and informal environment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The meeting also aims to provide great opportunities for students and postdocs to network with their peers as well as providing the opportunity to interact with several prominent scientists in a relaxed and non-intimidating setting. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial" lang="EN-GB">The focus of the Biomolecular Interactions and Methods GRS will be on how quantitative biophysical methods, as diverse as kinetics and thermodynamics, protein structure determination, and single molecule studies, can be applied to solve biological problems with an emphasis upon conformational changes and molecular association.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The topics covered by the accompanying GRC include: <span style="color: black">(1) Protein Interactions and Disease; (2) Intrinsically unstructured proteins and conformational diversity in complexes; (3) Advances in Physical Methods; (4) Macromolecular Assemblages and Machines; (5) Network Dynamics; (6) Advances in Computational Methods; (7) Single Molecule Biophysics; and (8) Kinetics & Thermodynamics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial" lang="EN-GB">The seminar will run over two days, January the 16<sup>th</sup> and 17<sup>th</sup>. The seminar will be opened with a keynote lecture by Carlos Bustamante, followed by two science sessions, led by Linda Nicholson and Madeline O’Shea and co-chaired by students/postdocs selected from submitted abstracts. <span style="color: black">Each science session will consist of 4-6 talks (20 min talk, 10 min discussion) given by students and postdocs, and a</span>ll speakers will be selected from submitted abstracts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>As with the GRC, the guiding principle of the GRS is <span style="color: black">the presentation of new unpublished work<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>followed by the free, unhampered discussion, which is due in part to GRC’s<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>“off the record” policy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span>Finally there will be a career panel entitled “<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Beyond</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Graduate</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>” in which attendees are invited to pick the brains of a number of successful academic and industrial scientists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Further details will be announced on the GRC website as they emerge. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial" lang="EN-GB">(<a href="http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2010&program=grs_bioint"><font color="#800080">http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2010&program=grs_bioint</font></a>).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial" lang="EN-GB">We hope to provide financial assistance with registration costs to all our attendees and are currently vigorously fundraising, but the assistance available will be dependent on the success of our fundraising efforts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The GRC also has some funding available through the <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority Fellowship program.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>More information can be found on the following webpage: </span><a href="https://www.grc.org/csf/CSF1.asp?id=2152577"><font color="#800080">https://www.grc.org/csf/CSF1.asp?id=2152577</font></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black" lang="EN-GB">September 16, 2009</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black" lang="EN-GB"> is the abstract submission deadline to be considered as speakers and discussion leaders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The deadline to submit an abstract for a poster presentation is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">December 26, 2009.</b> We wish to point out that GRS attendees are encouraged to apply for the accompanying GRC as well.</span><span style="font-family: Arial" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><span style="font-family: Arial" lang="EN-GB">Please forward this email to anybody who might be interested and we hope to see you in <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Texas</st1:place></st1:state>! <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1.5in; "><span style="font-family: Arial" lang="EN-GB">Ann Marie Stanley and Rachel Farrow<o:p></o:p></span></div> </span> </div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>