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 Annual Midwest Stress and Molecular Chaperone Meeting 

Information

This annual meeting is for researchers interested in cell stress responses, the regulation and function of heat-shock proteins and molecular chaperones, protein quality control, protein misfolding, aggregation, phase condensates, and diseases of protein conformation.     

 

The emphasis of this meeting is on selecting Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Fellows, and New Investigators as speakers.

This meeting is sponsored by funds generously provided by The Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Institute for Biomedical Research.  There is no registration fee for this meeting. 

Registration

A registration link for the 2024 meeting will be posted in the fall of 2023.

Abstracts

Abstracts are generally due in November each year. You can view an example here

For those presenting a poster, we request posters no larger than 42"W x 46"H.

Meeting Schedule

The 2023 schedule can be viewed here

Please watch this space for announcements. 

January 21, 2023 

9:00 am - 5:00 pm CST

Program Co-Chairs

Marc Mendillo

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics  Northwestern University School of Medicine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Patricija van Oosten-Hawle

Assistant Professor

Department of Biological Sciences, UNC Charlotte

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laura Bott

Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of Molecular Bioscience, Northwestern University

Keynote Speaker:

D. Allan Drummond

Associate Professor 

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Genetic Medicine

The University of Chicago

 

Meeting Organizers:

Rebecca Phend

Business Administrator

Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University

 

 

 

 

 

 

Richard Morimoto

Bill and Gayle Cook Professor of Biology

Director of the Rice Institute for Biomedical Research

Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University

 

 

 

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Contact

If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Phend rebecca.phend@northwestern.edu

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