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AISB26 Program

CSB-CAIPD Symposium 2026

Bridging Atoms and Algorithms: A Symposium on AI and Structural Biology

March 17-18, 2026 at Vanderbilt University Student Life Center Ballrooms ABC

All events and times are subject to change.

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Program

Student Life Center Ballrooms ABC:

Day 1 -- March 17, 2026

  • Welcome and Check-in:
    • 1:00 pm 鈥� 1:15 pm
  • Workshop and Keynote Address:
    • 1:15 pm ~ CryoET workshop/seminar presented by听Thermo Fisher
      • Geoffrey Perumal, Electron Microscopy
      • Neelima Sukumar, PhD, Life Sciences EM
    • 1:15 pm ~ AI workshop/seminar presented by听CAIPD faculty
      • Hassane Mchaourab, PhD:听Introduction and State of Science in CAIPD at Vanderbilt
      • Carlos Oliver, PhD:听The Sequence to Dynamics Frontier: Squinting through the Dense Fog
      • Derek Claxton, PhD:听Correlations and Predictability: guiding principles in the application of computational tools for disease-causing mutations
      • Benjamin P. Brown, MD/PhD:听Foundations of Molecular Discovery
    • 2:45 pm听~ Break
      • Coffee, tea and light snacks available
    • 3:00 pm ~听, PhD, UC San Diego: Keynote address ~听Multiscale Computational Microscopy for听In Situ听Molecular Dynamics
  • Networking Event:
    • 4:00 pm ~ Reception hosted by听Thermo Fisher听featuring the听Science Jeopardy Game听hosted by听Ray Blind, PhD, Vanderbilt University

Day 2 -- March 18, 2026

  • Welcome and Check-in:
    • 8:30 am 鈥� 8:50 am ~ Coffee, tea and pastries available
    • 8:50 am 鈥� 9:00 am ~ Opening remarks from symposium organizers
  • Morning Scientific Session:
    • 9:00 am ~听, PhD, MIT:听Visualizing Molecular Machines in Motion through CryoEM, CryoET, and Machine Learning
    • 9:45 am ~听Stephanie Wankowicz, PhD, Vanderbilt University:听Hidden in Plain Sight: Decoding Conformational Ensembles
    • 10:20 am ~听Shannon Kordus, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center:听A targeted cell lysis mechanism facilitates toxin release in听Clostridioides difficile
    • 10:35 am听~ Break
      • Coffee, tea and light snacks available
    • 11:00 am ~听, PhD, Scripps Research:听Messages Across Membranes: Connecting mitochondrial structure, function, and communication
    • 11:45 am ~听Qiangju 鈥淨J鈥� Zhou, PhD, Vanderbilt University
  • Lunch: 12:20 pm 鈥� 1:30 pm
    • Buffet lunch provided in SLC Ballroom
  • Afternoon Scientific Session:
    • 1:30 pm ~听, PhD, Penn:听Cracking 鈥渦ndruggable鈥� proteins with cryptic pockets
    • 2:15 pm ~听Benjamin P. Brown, MD/PhD, Vanderbilt University:听What does generalizable artificial intelligence in drug discovery really mean?
    • 2:50 pm ~听Break
      • Coffee, tea and light snacks provided
    • 3:30 pm ~听Ben Spiller, PhD, Vanderbilt University:听Allergy Causing IgE Epitopes: Not All Epitopes are Equal
    • 4:05 pm ~听Qingyu Tang, PhD, Vanderbilt University:听Conformation Space of an ABC Transporter Revealed by Cryo-EM, DEER, MD Simulations and Deep Learning
  • Closing:
    • 4:20 pm ~ Closing remarks from symposium organizers
    • 4:30 pm ~ Poster Session and Networking Hour