Monday, June 9th
9:00: Coffee
9:15: Introduction, Stephanie Wankowicz
9:35: Pratyush Tiwary: 2031: A Bio-AI Odyssey – Generative Models Robust Across Environments
10:05: Sarah Raushcer: Molecular Simulations of Protein Structure and Dynamics across the Continuum of Protein Disorder
10:45: BREAK
11:05: Siyuan Du: Has AlphaFold learned physics?
11:45: Aditi Krishnapriyan: Action-Minimization Meets Generative Modeling: Efficient Transition Path Sampling with the Onsager-Machlup Functional
12:15: LUNCH
1:30: Hannah Wayment-Steele: Learning millisecond protein motions from what is missing in NMR spectra
2:10: Bodhi Vani/Ameya Daigavane: Bridging Smoothed Molecular Dynamics and Score-Based Learning for Conformational Ensemble Generation
2:30: Doeke Hekstra: Connecting AlphaFold to experimental data
3:10: BREAK
3:35: Eugene Palovcak: Drugging an Evolving Allosteric Nanomachine
4:05: Karson Chrispens: Steered protein generative models for real space refinement of conformational ensembles
4:30: Happy Hour at Ballast Point Brewing
Tuesday, June 10th
9:00: Coffee
9:15: The role of open science in conformational ensemble algorithmic development
10:15: Erik Thiede: Learning Forces for Molecular Simulations from Cryo-EM
10:55: BREAK
11:20: Laurel Kinman: Towards quantitative analysis of conformational landscapes with cryo-EM
12:00: LUNCH
1:30: Axel Levy: Leveraging cryo-EM data for enhanced conformational sampling
2:10: Yuda Chen: Emergence of specific binding and catalysis from a designed generalist binding protein
2:40: Bronwyn Lucas: Cryo-EM for single molecule structural cell biology
3:20: BREAK
3:50: Ben Barad: Introducing cellular context to statistical structural biology
4:30: Closing, Stephanie Wankowicz/James Fraser
5:00: Beers & Cheers!