Workshop Day 3: Structural and Biophysical Methods in Biomolecular Research
July 17, 2026 @ 09:00 am to 04:30 pm
Zoom & 8 Althouse
University Park
X-Ray Crystallography, Scattering and Biomolecular Interactions Core Facilities
Day 3 Schedule
Zoom:
9:00 a.m. - From single molecules to biomolecular condensates: applications of optical tweezers in chromatin biology; Jia Gao, grad student, Lee Lab, Dept. of Chemistry
9:15 a.m. - Delineateing the conformational landscape of the Picornavirus 3CD Protein using small angle x-ray scattering; Mohammad Hasan, grad student, Boehr Lab, Dept. of Chemistry
9:30 a.m. - When AI meets the lab: Integrating AphaFold, molecular dynamics and biophysical methods; Ibrahim Moustafa, asst research professor, Biomolecular Interactions & X-ray Crystallography & Scattering Cores, Dept. of Biochem & Mol. Biology
10:15 a.m. - Probing macromolecular interactions using multi-wavelength analytical ultracetrifugation and small angle x-ray scattering; Neela Yennawar, director, Biomolecular Interactions & X-ray Crystallography & Scattering Cores, Huck Institutes
11:00 a.m. - X-ray crystallography 3D structures at atomic resolution, Hemant Yennawar, co-director, X-ray Crystallography & Scattering Core, Huck Institutes
8 Althouse Lab:
1:00 p.m. - Using exclusion chromatography coupled with multi-angle light scattering and dynamic light scattering to measure accurate molar mass and hydrodynamic radius of bovine serum albumin; Julia Fecko, research technologist, Biomolecular Interactions & X-ray Crystallography & Scattering Cores, Huck Institutes
2:00 p.m. - UltraScan III analytical ultracetrifugation software for AUC data collection and analysis, SAXSlab and ATSAS software for Bio-SAXS data collection and analysis; Neela Yennawar, director, Biomolecular Interactions & X-ray, Crystallography & Scattering Cores, Huck Institutes
3:00 p.m. - Single crystal diffractometer - data collection, structure solution demonstration; Hemant Yennawar, co-director, X-ray Crystallography & Scattering Core, Huck Institutes
Contact
Neela Yennawar
nhy1@psu.edu