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MONDAY,
MAY 6, 2002
TUESDAY,
MAY 7,2002
WEDNESDAY,
MAY 8, 2002
THURSDAY,
MAY 9, 2002
POSTER
SESSIONS
TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2002
08:30 - 09:20    
PLENARY SESSION 2: COUTEAUX LECTURE
Chairperson: S. Tsuji, France  
08:30 WANDERINGS IN AND ABOUT ACTIVE SITE GORGES AND SUBUNIT INTERFACES
P. Taylor, B. Molles, J. Shi, S. Camp, Z. Radic, USA
09:20 - 10:40    
SESSION 6
Chairperson: J.M. Gonzalez-Ros, Spain  
09:20 REGULATION OF NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE: CALCIUM AND ION CHANNELS
R. Rahamimoff, S. Kachalsky, N. Melamed-Book, I. Kaiserman, R. Ahdut, A. Fendyur, A. Raveh, L. Shani, P. Blank, J. Coorsen, J. Zimmerberg, Israel
09:40 MACROMOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE OF ACTIVE ZONE MATERIAL AND ITS ROLE IN SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION
U.J. McMahan, USA
10:00 PERSISTENT AND TRANSIENT INHIBITION OF ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE FROM MOTOR TERMINALS BY BOTULINUM TOXIN A AND E ARE DUE TO THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS (SNAP-25 1-197 AND 1-180) HAVING DIFFERENT LIFE-TIMES
J.O. Dolly, G.O. Lisk, F.A. Meunier, N. Mohammed, P.G.P. Foran, UK
10:20 MEDIATOPHORE NO LONGER AN ARTEFACT
M. Israel, Y. Dunant, France, Switzerland
10:40 Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
11:10 - 12:50    
SESSION 7
Chairperson: I. Parnas, Israel  
11:10 MUSCARINIC PRESYNAPTIC RECEPTORS ARE INVOLVED IN THE CONTROL OF THE TIME COURSE OF NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE IN FROG AND MOUSE NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTIONS
I. Parnas, I. Slutsky, H. Parnas, Israel
11:30 STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL CONSERVATION OF SNARE COMPLEXES
D. Fasshauer, W. Antonin, M. Margittai, S. Pabst, R. Jahn, Germany
11:50 GENETIC DISSECTION OF SYNAPTIC FUNCTION IN DROSOPHILA
T.L. Schwarz, USA
12:10 GENETIC REGULATION OF CHOLINERGIC NEUROTRANSMITTER PHENOTYPES.
P.M. Salvaterra, M-H. Lee, S. Song, USA
12:30 SIGNALING PATHWAYS THAT REGULATE THE CHOLINERGIC GENE LOCUS EXPRESSION
B. Berse, I. Lopez-Coviella, T. Mellott, B.E. Slack, M.T. Follettie, R.S. Thies, L. Li, J.K. Blusztajn, USA
12:50 Lunch Break and Poster Viewing
14:45 - 16:25    
SESSION 8
Chairperson: P. Marchot, France  
14:45 COMPARATIVE STRUCTURAL STUDIES ON CONJUGATES OF TORPEDO CALIFORNICA AND HUMAN ACETYLCHOLINESTERASES WITH ORGANOPHOSPHATE NERVE AGENTS
J.L. Sussman, C.B. Millard, G. Koellner, G. Kryger, M. Harel,
H. Greenblatt, H. Dvir, P. Bar-On, V. Neduva, K. Giles, A. Ordentlich,
Y. Segall, N. Ariel, D. Barak, B. Velan, A. Shafferman, L. Toker,
I. Silman, Israel
15:05 CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF RECOMBINANT HUMAN BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE : NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE CATALYTIC MECHANISMS OF CHOLINESTERASES
Y. Nicolet, F. Nachon, P. Masson, O. Lockridge, J-C. Fontecilla-Camps, France
15:25 INTRINSIC TRYPTOPHAN FLUORESCENCE OF CHOLINESTERASES: DIRECT, NON-PERTURBING MONITORING OF ENZYME-LIGAND INTERACTIONS
Z. Radic, E. Kim, P. Taylor, USA
15:45 SURPRISING FINDINGS FROM THE FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF HUMAN ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE ADDUCTS OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE DRUGS
A. Ordentlich, C. Kronman, D. Barak, N. Ariel, D. Kaplan, B. Velan,
A. Shafferman, Israel
16:05 UNFOLDING AND FOLDING OF TORPEDO CALIFORNICA ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE
L. Weiner, C.B. Millard, I. Shin, E. Roth, D. Kreimer, I. Silman, Israel
16:25 Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
17:00 -18:20    
SESSION 9
Chairperson: P.Y. Masson, France  
17:00 SCAVENGER PROTECTION AGAINST ORGANOPHOSPHATES BY CHOLINESTERASES
B.P. Doctor, A. Saxena, M.T. Clark, Y. Rosenburg, D.M. Maxwell,
D.E. Lenz, Y. Ashani, USA, Israel
17:20 A COMPLEX ARRAY OF POST-TRANSLATION MODIFICATIONS DETERMINES THE CIRCULATORY LONGEVITY OF ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE IN A HIERARCHIAL MANNER
C. Kronman, T. Chitlaru, A. Ordentlich, B. Velan, A. Shafferman, Israel
17:40 PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION OF CENTRAL ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE WITH A1 LIGANDS: PREVENTION OF CHOLINERGIC CRISIS
H.P.M. van Helden, T.J.H. Bueters, B. Groen, M. Danhof,
A.P. Ijzerman, The Netherlands
18:00 POLYURETHANE IMMOBILIZED ENZYMES: OP SENSING AND DECONTAMINATING MATRIXES
R.K. Gordon, B.P. Doctor, S.R. Feaster, A.T. Gunduz, E.D. Clarkson,
D.E. Lenz, D.M. Maxwell, T. Cronin, J.P. Skvorak, M.C. Ross, USA
MONDAY,
MAY 6, 2002
TUESDAY,
MAY 7, 2002
WEDNESDAY,
MAY 8, 2002
THURSDAY,
MAY 9, 2002
POSTER
SESSIONS