A Symposium to Honor

the Scientific Achievements of

Gerald T. Babcock

 

Michigan State University

Kellogg Center

June 1-2, 2001

 

Physical Approaches to Biochemical Problems

 

Program

 

Friday, June 1, 2001 - Kellogg Center Auditorium

8:00 a.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks - George E. Leroi, Dean

Session 1: Photosystem II and Oxygen Evolution Mechanism

8:40 a.m. Session Chair: Robert E. Blankenship, Arizona State University
8:50 a.m. Charles F. Yocum, University of Michigan
"Structure of the Oxygen Evolving Complex: Consequences of Removal and Reconstitution of Calcium"
9:30 a.m. David R. Britt, University of California, Davis
"EPR Investigations of PSII Water-Splitting"
10:10 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Bruce A. Diner, E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company
"Primary Charge Separation in Photosystem II and Localization of the Primary Electron Donor Cation and Triplet States"
11:10 a.m. Vincent L. Pecoraro, University of Michigan
"How G. T. Babcock Influenced the Development of Model Compounds for the OEC"
11:50 a.m. Thomas J. Meyer, Los Alamos National Laboratory
"Water Oxidation and Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer"
 
12:30 p.m. Comments - Lou Anna Simon, Provost
Lunch / Poster Session I
Big Ten Rooms "B" and "C", Kellogg Center
 

Session 2: Cytochrome Oxidase

2:30 p.m. Session Chair: Robert B. Gennis, University of Illinois
2:40 p.m. Harmut Michel, Max Planck Institute
"Cytochrome c Oxidase - A Controversial Enzyme"
3:20 p.m. Marten Wikstrom, University of Helsinki
"On the Mechanism of Proton Translocation by Cytochrome Oxidase"
4:00 p.m. Teizo Kitagawa, Okazaki Research Institute
"Resonance Raman Characterization of Oxygen Intermediate of Cytochrome bo: A Possibility of Tyrosine Radical Formation in the P Intermediate"
4:40 p.m. Kenneth D. Karlin, Johns Hopkins University
"Dioxygen Reactivity Studies with Heme-Copper Complexes"
 
5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Reception / Poster Session II
Big Ten Room "B", Kellogg Center
 
7:30 p.m. Reception - University Club, 3435 Forest Road, Lansing, Michigan
8:00 p.m. Banquet - University Club, 3435 Forest Road, Lansing, Michigan
 
 

Saturday, June 2, 2001 - Big Ten Room "A", Kellogg Center

8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks - Paul M. Hunt, Vice Provost

Session 3: Structure/Function Relationships in Biological Redox Chemistry

  Session Chair: Shelagh Ferguson-Miller, Michigan State University
8:40 a.m. Michael A. Marletta, University of Michigan
"The Babcock Lab and the Marletta Lab: A Model of Collaboration"
9:20 a.m. Graham Palmer, Rice University
"Some Surprises in the Ligand Reactivity of Cytochrome c Oxidase"
10:00 a.m. William H. Woodruff, Los Alamos National Laboratory
"Travels with Jerry - and Transport in Bioenergetics"
10:40 a.m. Break
  Session Chair: Robert I. Cukier, Michigan State University
11:00 a.m. Brian M. Hoffman, Northwestern University
"Mechanism of P450-Type Hydroxylations by EPR/ENDOR"
11:40 a.m. Daniel G. Nocera, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Showing us the way to Oxygen-Oxygen Bonding Breaking and Making"
12:20 p.m. Harry B. Gray, California Institute of Technology
"Electron Tunneling Wires for Proteins"
 
1:00 p.m. Lunch / Adjournment - Big Ten Room "C", Kellogg Center