Annual Meeting

2020 annual meeting abstract categories

ASBMB Today Staff
Aug. 1, 2019
Below are the abstract categories for the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology annual meeting to be held in conjunction with the Experimental Biology conference in San Diego in April.

Note that abstract categories 2160 through 2166 are organized by the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, a guest society of the ASBMB. Submissions to SEBM categories qualify as ASBMB categories for those seeking early decisions and travel awards.

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Genome Dynamics: DNA Replication, Repair and Recombination

2001 DNA Recombination, Structure and Topology

2002 CRISPR/Genome Engineering
2003 DNA Polymerases, Telomerase, Replicases and Replisomes
2004 DNA Damage and Repair    

2011 Chromosomes Structure/Dynamics

2012 Epigenetic Modifications of DNA and RNA
2013 Histone Modifications
2014 Transcriptional Mechanisms, Regulation and RNA Polymerases
2015 Transcriptomics    

RNA: Processing, Transport and Regulatory Mechanisms

2021 RNA Polymerases
2022 RNA Binding Proteins
2023 RNA Structure, Folding and Dynamics
2024 Noncoding RNAs
2025 CRISPR: Methods and Applications
2026 RNA Processing and Editing    

Protein Synthesis, Structure, Modifications and Interactions

2031 Ribosomes
2032 Mechanisms and Regulation of Protein Synthesis and Dynamics
2033 tRNA and tRNA Synthetases
2034 Protein Interactions and Binding
2035 Protein Modifications
2036 Protein Structure and Biophysics
2037 Protein Folding and Chaperones
2038 Protein Dynamics and Fluctuations, Turnover and Quality Control
2039 Protein Turnover, Misfolding, Aggregation and Degradation
2040 Intrinsically Disordered Proteins, Prions and Amyloids
2041 Ubiquitin Pathway and Targeting
2042 Proteasomes: Structure and Regulation
2043 Proteolytic Enzymes and Inhibitors    

Enzyme Chemistry and Catalysis

2051 Biomolecular Catalysis
2052 Enzyme Mechanisms, Kinetics and Energetics
2053 Structural Dynamics of Enzymes and Multienzyme Complexes
2054 Enzyme Regulation and Allosterism
2055 Cytochromes P450
2056 Enzyme Inhibitors and Drug Design    

Chemical Biology, Drug Discovery and Bioanalytical Methods

2061 Drug Screening and Development
2062 Chemical Biology of Natural Products, Nucleic Acids and Small Molecules
2063 Chemical Probes, Biosensors and Biomarkers
2064 Protein and Peptide Chemistry
2065 Protein Engineering and Design
2066 Protein–Small Molecule Interactions
2067 Bioanalytical and Biophysical Methods
2068 Nanotechnology
2069 Targeted Therapies and New Targets for Drug Discovery    

Genomics, Proteomics and Metabolomics

2071 Next-Generation Sequencing
2072 Genomics
2073 Lipidomics, Pharmacogenomics and Toxicogenomics
2074 Proteomics
2075 Metabolomics
2076 Glycomics
2077 Systems Biology and Regulatory Networks
2078 Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Signal Transduction and Cellular Regulation

2081 Hormone Signaling in Animals and Plants
2082 Extracellular Matrix and Cell Signaling
2083 G proteins and Small GTPases
2084 Protein Kinases
2085 Phosphatases
2086 Ion Channels
2087 Cyclic Nucleotides
2088 Lipid Metabolism in Signaling
2089 Calcium, Nitric Oxide and Other Chemical Regulators
2090 Redox Signaling
2091 Apoptosis and Cell Death
2092 Cell Stress and Xenobiotics
2093 Allosteric Control of Signaling Pathways
2094 Spatiotemporal Control of Signaling
2095 Cell Motility and Migration
2096 Tumor Suppressors and Tumor Drivers
2097 Cancer Signaling and Therapeutics
2098 Neurobiology and Neuronal Signaling
2099 Immune Signaling
2100 Targeted Therapies and New Targets for Drug Discovery

Bacteria and Parasites: From Microbiome to Antibiotics

2111 Microbe/Parasite-Host Interactions
2112 Antibiotic Resistance
2113 Antibacterial Targets and Drug Discovery
2114 Microbiomes

Metabolism and Bioenergetics

2121 Plant Metabolism and Biosynthetic Pathways
2122 Energy Metabolism, Oxidative Phosphorylation
2123 Oxidative Stress and Reactive Oxygen
2124 Mechanisms and Metabolism of Aging
2125 Metabolism and Cancer
2126 Metabolism and Nutrition
2127 Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome

Lipids and Membranes

2131 Biofuels and Lipid Metabolizing Enzymes
2132 Regulation of Lipid Metabolism
2133 Lipid Signaling and Eicosanoids
2134 Lipids and Inflammation
2135 Lipid Storage and Trafficking
2136 Membrane Proteins and Lipid Interactions
2137 Lipid Domains and Lipid Rafts
2138 Membrane Transport and Channels

Biochemistry of Organelles and Organelle Trafficking

2141 Organelle Structure and Biogenesis and Disease Association
2142 Vesicle Trafficking and Cargo
2143 Mitochondria in Health and Disease
2144 Organelle Dynamics and Dysfunctions

Glycans and Glycobiology

2151 Glycosyltransferases and Hydrolases
2152 Protein–Glycan Interactions
2153 Glycan Biotechnology
2154 Glycans in Disease

Interdisciplinary/Translational Science (SEBM)

2161 Mitochondria Dysfunction and Disease (SEBM)
2162 Free Radical Biology (SEBM)
2163 Structural Biology (SEBM)
2164 Sirtuins in Cancer Biology (SEBM)
2165 Biotherapies and Immunotherapies (SEBM)
2166 Molecular Medicine (SEBM)

BMB Education and Professional Development

2171 Active Learning in the Molecular Life Sciences
2172 Big Data in Molecular Life Sciences, Student Projects, Labs and the Classroom
2173 Institutional Change and Faculty Perspectives about Teaching in the Life Sciences
2174 Service-Learning Initiatives, Community Involvement and Context-Dependent Biochemistry Instruction 

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