Biophysical Society 2020 Annual Meeting

Travel Grant Awardees

Lawrence J. Dooling , University of Pennsylvania 755-Pos, B586 MOUSE MELANOMA B16 TUMORS ARE SOFT AND ENGULFABLE WHEN TARGETED IN COMBINATION WITH MACROPHAGE CHECKPOINT BLOCKADE Anna R. Eitel , University of Arizona 398-Pos, B229 WATER AND MEMBRANE LIPIDS GOVERN G-PROTEIN ACTIVATION Rui Gao , University of Utah 774-Pos, B605 DIRECT OBSERVATION OF SINGLE BIOMOLECULE HIDDEN BEHAVIORS BY AN ELECTRO-OPTICAL NANOPORE Antarip Halder , Indian Institute of Science 341-Pos, B172 ROLE OF METAL IONS IN RNA TETRALOOP HAIRPIN MOTIF FORMATION Joel C. Heisler , University of California, Merced 253-Pos, B84 CLOCK OUTPUT SERVES DUAL PURPOSE OF GENE REGULATION AND TIME KEEPING Maria Hoernke , Albert-Ludwigs-University, BIOSS, Germany 404-Pos, B235 QUANTIFIED EFFICIENCY OF MEMBRANE LEAKAGE EVENTS RELATES TO ANTIMICROBIAL SELECTIVITY Yihe Huang , Van Andel Research Institute 104-Plat LIGAND RECOGNITION AND GATING MECHANISM OF THE TRPM2 CHANNEL Elton D. Jhamba , University of New Mexico 704-Pos, B535 MULTIPLEXED DNA-PAINT USING A HIGH-SPEED LINE-SCANNING HYPERSPECTRAL MICROSCOPE Griffin Jones , Lehigh University 196-Pos, B27 THE FUNCTION OF LYNX1 AND LYNX2 PROTEIN IN BINDING AFFINITY TO NICOTINIC RECEPTORS AND GENE RESTORATION

Sunday, February 16

Diana M. Acosta , Weill Cornell Medicine 289-Pos, B120

BIOPHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF COVALENTLY MODIFIED PROTEIN TAU: OLIGOMERS, AGGREGATION, AND TUBULIN INTERACTIONS Alaa Al-Shaer , Simon Fraser University, Canada 173-Pos, B4 ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY IMAGING REVEALS STRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITIES IN COLLAGEN TYPE IV MOLECULES Chiara Autilio , Complutense University of Madrid, Spain 429-Pos, B260 MILD HYPOTHERMIA ENHANCES LUNG SURFACTANT ACTIVITY: DELVING INTO THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS Estefania Barreto-Ojeda , University of Calgary, Canada 122-Plat INTERPLAY BETWEEN MEMBRANE CURVATURE AND CONFORMATIONAL STATES IN ABC TRANSPORTERS Julie Beenken , University of Minnesota Duluth 216-Pos, B47 COMPARATIVE PHOTOPHYSICAL STUDIES OF OF MCERULEAN3 AND MTURQUOISE2.1 AS FRET DONORS Alida Besch , New York University 260-Pos, B91 ELUCIDATING THE ACTIVATING MECHANISM OF GATEKEEPER MUTATIONS ON RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASES Mikayla Carlson , Arizona State University 619-Pos, B450 PREDATION STRATEGIES OF BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS Charlotte Cialek , Colorado State University 142-Plat VISUALIZING DYNAMIC TETHERING OF ARGONAUTE TO SINGLE MRNA IN LIVE HUMAN CELLS REVEALS THE MECHANISM OF MIRNA- MEDIATED TRANSLATIONAL SILENCING Katherine Coburn , University of Maryland, Baltimore 243-Pos, B74 INVESTIGATION OF THE IMPACT OF POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS OF HNRNP A18 ON SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS Dan Deviri , Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel 288-Pos, B119 MULTIVALENCY OF PROTEINS AND THEIR INTERACTIONS PREDICT THEIR PHASE SEPARATION Lisa Dietel , University of Freiburg, Germany 442-Pos, B273 LIPID SCRAMBLING OF ASYMMETRIC LIPOSOMES INDUCED BY MEMBRANE ACTIVE SUBSTANCES Daniele Di Marino , Marche Polytechnic University, Italy 225-Pos, B56 LIGAND BINDING, UNBINDING AND ALLOSTERIC EFFECTS: DECIPHERING SMALL MOLECULE MODULATION OF HSP90

Avihay Kadosh , Technion, Israel 456-Pos, B287 THE TILTED HELIX MODEL OF DYNAMIN OLIGOMERS Rhye-Samuel Kanassatega , University of Arizona 34-Plat

A FRET-BASED BIOSENSOR FOR DETECTING PHOSPHORYLATION- DEPENDENT STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS IN HUMAN MYOSIN BINDING PROTEIN-C

Ahmad Khalifa , McGill University, Canada 149-Plat

THE INNER JUNCTION COMPLEX OF THE CILIA IS AN INTERACTION HUB THAT INVOLVES TUBULIN POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS

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