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Tessman Symposium agenda | Monday, May 1st, 2017 | Class of 50 Building, Purdue University

TimeEvent
8:00 - 9:00 am Breakfast, Registration, and Poster hanging
9:00 - 9:15 am

Welcome to the Tessman symposium

David Sanders & Introduction of (Speakers) & Organizers

            Letter from Jan Fassler

Session 1
9:15 - 10:00 am

KEYNOTE: "Transcription Elongation and DNA Integrity"

Max Gottesman (Introduction by Laszlo Csonka)

10:00 - 10:30 am

"Novel ‘Superspreader’ Bacteriophages Promote Horizontal Gene Transfer by Transformation"

Eric Keen (Introduction by Seema Mattoo)

10:30 - 10:40 am

10:40 - 10:55 am

Anecdote - Alvaro Puga

Morning Break (coffee and pastries/cookies)

10:55 - 11:05 am Anecdote - Jeff Lucas
11:05 - 11:15 am Read Letters - Marlene Belfort , Tom Pollock, and Dwight Hall
11:15 - 11:45 am

"Mutagen Synergy and What It Tells Us About the Mechanism of Mutagenesis"

Jeffrey H. Miller (Introduction by Laszlo Csonka)

11:45 - 1:15 pm Lunch + POSTER SESSION
Session 2
1:15 - 1:45 pm

"Bacteriophage Maturation: The Anatomy of a Molecular Machine"

Jack Johnson (Introduction by Lou Sherman)

1:45 - 2:15 pm

"Structure and Assembly of the Bacteriophage T4 Virion"

Andrei Fokine (Introduction by David Sanders)

2:15 - 2:20 pm

2:20 - 2:25 pm

2:25 - 2:30 pm

Anecdote - Robert Kugelmass

Anecdote - Jay Doniger

Anecdote - Gail Ferstandig Arnold

2:30 - 2:50 pm Afternoon Break (coffee and pastries/cookies)
Session 3

2:50 - 3:00 pm

Anecdote - Bill Cramer

"Reminiscences: on and off the Tennis Court"

3:00 - 3:30 pm

"​Cholera and its Phages: a Love-Hate Relationship"

Stefan Pukatzi (Introduction by Seema Mattoo)

3:30 - 4:00 pm

"Biology and Chemistry of DNA Translesion Synthesis

Wei Yang (Introduction by Nick Noinaj)

4:00 - 4:10 pm

4:10 - 4:20 pm

Anecdote - Nick Carpita

Anecdote - Simon Silver

4:20 - 4:45 pm Closing Remarks (by Lou Sherman) and reception