#DiscoverBMB is the annual meeting of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
With a mission to share the latest, most impactful research findings in the molecular life sciences, #DiscoverBMB offers an exciting agenda that includes talks by the field's foremost experts, interactive workshops on the latest trends, technologies and techniques, and an invigorating exhibition of posters, services and products.
The meeting attracts researchers in academia and industry, educators, trainees and students from across the globe. It offers unparalleled opportunities for collaborating, networking and recruiting.
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What to expect
The program planning committee, chaired by Benjamin Tu of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Vanina Zaremberg of the University of Calgary, is assembling symposia that will cover the following themes:
| Theme | Organizers |
|---|---|
| Advances in natural product biochemistry and biotechnology |
Yi Tang, University of California, Los Angeles Katherine Ryan, University of British Columbia |
| Cool and novel enzymes |
Shelley Copley, University of Colorado Boulder Hung-wen (Ben) Liu, University of Texas at Austin |
| Education and professional development |
Saumya Ramanathan, Arizona State University |
| Lipid metabolism |
Maria Fedorova, Dresden University of Technology Neale Ridgway, Dalhousie University |
| Maximizing Access Committee programming |
Sonia Flores, University of Colorado School of Medicine Kayunta Johnson–Winters, University of Texas at Arlington Karla Neugebauer, Yale School of Medicine Jonathan Kelber, Baylor University Ruma Banerjee, University of Michigan |
| Membrane contact sites |
Chris Beh, Simon Fraser University Jen Liou, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
| Microbial signaling, communication and metabolism |
Peter Chien, University of Massachusetts Amherst Jade Wang, University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Mitochondria, peroxisomes and chloroplast metabolism |
Pere Puigserver, Harvard Medical School Greg Moorhead, University of Calgary |
| New frontiers in structural biology |
Jose Rodriguez, University of California, Los Angeles Hosea Nelson, California Institute of Technology |
| Redox and metals in biology |
Siavash Kurdistani, University of California, Los Angeles Gina DeNicola, Moffitt Cancer Center |
| RNA biology |
Katrin Karbstein, UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology Jeremy Wilusz, Baylor College of Medicine |
| Signaling mechanisms in the nucleus |
Glen Liszczak, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Aaron Johnson, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |