Workshop Day 1: Structural and Biophysical Methods in Biomolecular Research
Automated Biological Calorimetry Facility , X-Ray Crystallography Facility
July 8, 2026 @ 09:00 am to 04:30 pm
Zoom and 8 Althouse Lab
University Park
X-Ray Crystallography, Scattering and Biomolecular Interactions Core Facilities
Day One Schedule
Zoom:
9:00 a.m. - Keynote: High Resolution Snapshots of Metalloenzyme Catalysis Using Crystallography and Cryo-EM; Olga Esakova, staff scientist, Sethera Therapeutics, Salt Lake City, UT
9:45 a.m. - The physical basis of bitter taste: Biophysical approaches to studying bitterant-protein interactions; Yashmita Grover, grad student, Coupland & Hayes Labs, Dept. of Food Science
10:00 a.m. - Structural basis for enhanced rare earth element selectivity in Lanmodulin; Wonseok Choi, grad student. Cotruvo Lab, Dept. of Chemistry
10:15 a.m. - The principles and applications of Lumics C-Trap optical tweezers with florescence confocal microscopy; Tae-Hee Lee, professor, Scientific director C-Trap, Dept. of Chemistry
8 Althouse Lab:
1:30 p.m. - Introduction to data collection with the C-trap; Tae-Hee Lee, professor, Scientific director C-Trap, Dept. of Chemistry
Contact
Neela Yennawar
nhy1@psu.edu