DATE: June 5, 2006, 9:50 a.m. to 5 p.m.

EVENT: A symposium focusing on the use of the imaging method NMR to study the major molecules of life” proteins, DNA and RNA” will feature presentations by prominent scientists in the field. The event will also showcase key discoveries made at U-M.

Speakers include Gerhard Wagner of Harvard University Medical School; Lewis Kay of the University of Toronto; Juli Feigon of the University of California, Los Angeles; and Erik Zuiderweg and Hashim Al-Hashimi of the University of Michigan.

The plenary session will be followed by a roundtable discussion of current and future NMR activities. A reception will be held at the end of the day, with a poster session highlighting NMR research in Southeast Michigan.

PLACE: Great Lakes Room, Palmer Commons on U-M’s Central Campus. Map: http://www.umich.edu/~palmcomm/contacts/maps.html

SPONSORS: Department of Biological Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Biophysics Research Division, Center for Computational Medicine & Biology and the Chemical Biology Ph.D. program.

Palmer Commons on U-M’s Central Campus Map