When:
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
1:00 PM - 5:30 PM CT
Where: Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center, ITW Auditorium, Room 1350, 2133 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: Free.
Contact:
Lisa La Vallee
Group: Chemistry of Life Processes Institute
Category: Academic
An afternoon designed to bring our community together around the future of protein science at Northwestern
Join us for an afternoon of exploration, collaboration, and cutting-edge discussions. This event brings together leading experts to tackle major research questions and technical challenges in protein science.
Free and open to Northwestern faculty, graduate students and postdocs.
Box lunches provided. Registration requested.
AGENDA
Welcome and Introduction: Neil Kelleher
Theme I: Protein Chemistry
State of the Field, Big Questions & Technical Challenges: Xiaoyu Zhang
Group Discussion & Collaboration Building
Theme II: Protein Biology
State of the Field, Big Questions & Technical Challenges: Amy Rosenzweig
Group Discussion & Collaboration Building
Coffee Break
Theme III: Structural Biology/Spatial Proteomics
State of the Field, Big Questions & Technical Challenges: Gabe Rocklin
Group Discussion & Collaboration Building
Theme IV: Protein-Informed Medicine
State of the Field, Big Questions & Technical Challenges: Neil Kelleher
Test Case: Craig Horbinski
Test Case: Doug Vaughan
Group Discussion & Collaboration Building
Wrap-up and Action Items: Neil Kelleher