Below is the program outline for the upcoming 13th Annual Southeast Enzyme Conference
Enjoy the 13th SEC in the heart of Atlanta!
April 22, 2023
Location: GSU College of Law
All Talks include 5 min of Q&A
Program Schedule (Time: EDT)
7:30-8:30: Registration and Coffee Mixer
8:30-8:40: Opening Remarks – Kylie Allen (Virginia Tech)
Session 1
Discussion Leader: Xu Liu (Emory University)
8:40-9:00: Melanie Higgins (University of Alabama)
“N-glycan degradation by Actinobacteria”
9:00-9:20: Tala Azzam (Emory University)
“Development of Improved Glycosynthase Enzymes”
9:20 – 9:40: Colton Lagerman (Georgia Tech)
“Total Turnover Number Prediction of an Aggregating Biocatalyst: amino ester hydrolase (AEH)”
9:40 – 10-00: Olivia Buaer (University of Georgia)
“Thermodynamic Dependencies of Reaction Intermediate Formation of M379A Mutant Tyrosine Phenol-lyase”
10:00-11:30: Poster Session 1
Session 2
Discussion Leader: Endang Purwantini (Virginia Tech)
11:35 – 11:55: Rahul Banerjee (Auburn University)
“Temporal regulation of electron transfer via dynamic protein-protein interactions”
11:55 – 12:15: William Simke (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
“The iron-dependent oxygenase FlcD in fluopsin C biosynthesis”
12:15 – 12:35: Noah Lyons (Virginia Tech)
“Kinetic Characterization of the Auxin-Producing Flavin-Dependent Monooxygenase YUC10”
12:35-1:35: Lunch Break
1:35-1:45: Group Photo
Session 3
Discussion Leader: Wen Zhu (Florida State University)
1:45 – 2:05: Juliano Ribeiro (Wake Forest University)
“Initial Characterization of Bacillus subtilis Fe-S cluster assembly protein SufB”
2:05 – 2:25: Chidozie Ugochukwu (Auburn University)
“Perturbation of Fe-Homeostasis During Sulfur Starvation Leads to Marked Suppression of The Virulence Pathways of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1”
2:25 – 2:45: Danielle McGaha (University of Alabama)
“Two dynamic, N-terminal regions are required for function in Ribosomal RNA Adenine Dimethylase family members”
2:45-4:15: Poster Session 2
Session 4
Discussion Leader: Kylie Allen (Virginia Tech)
4:20 – 5:20: Amy Rosenzweig (Northwestern University)
“Copper-dependent biological methane oxidation”
5:20 – 5:30: Concluding remarks and poster awards – Kylie Allen (Virginia Tech)
5:30-7:00: Social Networking mixer (On-Site)
PDF versions of previous Southeast Enzyme Conference Abstract Books can be viewed by clicking here.