{"id":6303,"date":"2025-11-18T08:33:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T14:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/csb\/?page_id=6303"},"modified":"2026-03-18T10:34:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:34:26","slug":"aisb26-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/csb\/caipd-aisb26\/aisb26-program\/","title":{"rendered":"AISB26 Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Bridging Atoms and Algorithms: A Symposium on AI and Structural Biology<\/span><\/h6>\n<p><strong>March 17-18, 2026 at Vanderbilt 溏心vlog免费B站 Student Life Center Ballrooms ABC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>All events and times are subject to change.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-URL\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/2026\/03\/18085241\/POSTER-ABSTRACTS_CSB-CAIPD_2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DOWNLOAD POSTER ABSTRACT BOOK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-attachment-id=\"5041\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/csb\/symposium-2024\/program\/map-image\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-URL\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/2023\/12\/06101618\/Map-image.png\" data-orig-size=\"125,138\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Map image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-URL\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/2023\/12\/06101618\/Map-image.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-URL\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/2023\/12\/06101618\/Map-image.png\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5041\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-URL\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/2023\/12\/06101618\/Map-image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"88\" \/><\/a> <strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interactive Campus Map<\/a> \u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Program<\/h4>\n<h3><strong>Student Life Center Ballrooms ABC<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n<h3>March 17, 2026<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Welcome and Check-in:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1:00 pm &#8211; 1:15 pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Workshop and Keynote Address:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1:15 pm ~ CryoET workshop\/seminar presented by <strong>Thermo Fisher<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Geoffrey Perumal<\/strong>, Electron Microscopy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Neelima Sukumar<\/strong>, PhD, Life Sciences EM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>1:15 pm ~ AI workshop\/seminar presented by <strong>CAIPD faculty<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hassane Mchaourab<\/strong>, PhD: <em>Introduction and State of Science in CAIPD at Vanderbilt<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Carlos Oliver<\/strong>, PhD: <em>The Sequence to Dynamics Frontier: Squinting through the Dense Fog<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Derek Claxton<\/strong>, PhD: <em>Correlations and Predictability: guiding principles in the application of computational tools for disease-causing mutations<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Benjamin P. Brown<\/strong>, MD\/PhD: <em>Foundations of Molecular Discovery<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2:45 pm <strong>~ Break<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Coffee, tea and light snacks available<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>3:00 pm ~ <a href=\"https:\/\/amarolab.ucsd.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Rommie Amaro<\/strong><\/a>, PhD, UC San Diego: Keynote address ~ <em>Multiscale Computational Microscopy for <\/em>In Situ<em> Molecular Dynamics<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Networking Event:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4:00 pm ~ Reception hosted by <strong>Thermo Fisher<\/strong> featuring the <em>Science Jeopardy Game<\/em> hosted by <strong>Ray Blind<\/strong>, PhD, Vanderbilt 溏心vlog免费B站<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Student Life Center Ballrooms ABC<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n<h3>March 18, 2026<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Welcome and Check-in:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>8:30 am &#8211; 8:50 am ~ Coffee, tea and pastries available<\/li>\n<li>8:50 am &#8211; 9:00 am ~ Opening remarks from symposium organizers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Morning Scientific Session:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>9:00 am ~ <a href=\"https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/profile\/joseph-joey-davis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Joey Davis<\/strong><\/a>, PhD, MIT: <em>Visualizing Molecular Machines in Motion through CryoEM, CryoET, and Machine Learning<\/em><\/li>\n<li>9:45 am ~ <strong>Stephanie Wankowicz<\/strong>, PhD, Vanderbilt 溏心vlog免费B站: <em>Hidden in Plain Sight: Decoding Conformational Ensembles<\/em><\/li>\n<li>10:20 am ~ <strong>Shannon Kordus<\/strong>, PhD, Vanderbilt 溏心vlog免费B站 Medical Center: <em>A targeted cell lysis mechanism facilitates toxin release in <\/em>Clostridioides difficile<\/li>\n<li>10:35 am <strong>~ Break<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Coffee, tea and light snacks available<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>11:00 am ~ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scripps.edu\/faculty\/grotjahn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Danielle Grotjahn<\/strong><\/a>, PhD, Scripps Research:\u00a0<em>Messages Across Membranes: Connecting mitochondrial structure, function, and communication<\/em><\/li>\n<li>11:45 am ~ <strong>Qiangju &#8220;QJ&#8221; Zhou<\/strong>, PhD, Vanderbilt 溏心vlog免费B站<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Lunch: 12:20 pm \u2013 1:30 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buffet lunch provided in SLC Ballroom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Afternoon Scientific Session:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1:30 pm ~ <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.seas.upenn.edu\/greg-bowman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Greg Bowman<\/strong><\/a>, PhD, Penn: <em>Cracking \u201cundruggable\u201d proteins with cryptic pockets<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2:15 pm ~ <strong>Benjamin P. Brown<\/strong>, MD\/PhD, Vanderbilt 溏心vlog免费B站: <em>What does generalizable artificial intelligence in drug discovery really mean?<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2:50 pm ~ <strong>Break<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Coffee, tea and light snacks provided<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>3:30 pm ~ <strong>Ben Spiller<\/strong>, PhD, Vanderbilt 溏心vlog免费B站: <em>Allergy Causing IgE Epitopes: Not All Epitopes are Equal<\/em><\/li>\n<li>4:05 pm ~ <strong>Qingyu Tang<\/strong>, PhD, Vanderbilt 溏心vlog免费B站: <em>Conformation Space of an ABC Transporter Revealed by Cryo-EM, DEER, MD Simulations and Deep Learning<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Closing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4:20 pm ~ Closing remarks from symposium organizers<\/li>\n<li>4:30 pm ~ Poster Session and Networking Hour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre>All events are scheduled to be presented in-person and subject to change. 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