8th Annual Midwest Conference on Protein Folding, Assembly and Molecular Motions May 4, 2013 at the Notre Dame Conference Center (McKenna Hall)

Meeting Organizer:  Patricia L. Clark, Rev. John Cardinal O'Hara, C.S.C. Associate Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry

A one-day meeting of Midwestern academic laboratories that study proteins, the workhorse molecules of our cells that are responsible for functions as diverse as food digestion, energy metabolism, and directed transport.  The meeting features talks and posters, presented primarily by graduate students and postdocs, and covers all aspects of protein research, including human diseases caused by protein malfunction.  For details and online registration, see the conference web site:  http://www.nd.edu/~mwfold