Biophysical Society 61st Annual Meeting | Program Guide

Monday, February 13 Graduate Student Breakfast 7:30 am - 8:30 am, Rivergate Room, Lobby Level

782-Symp 9:15 am CATALYTIC INTERMEDIATES OF MEMBRANE FISSION.  Vadim A. Frolov , Pavel V. Bashkirov, Anna V. Shnyrova No Abstract 9:45 am PROTEIN-LIPID INTERACTIONS OF VIRAL CLASS II MEMBRANE FUSION PROTEINS. Félix Rey Platform Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience 8:15 am - 10:15 am, Room R02/03 Co-Chairs Ann-Sofie U. Cans, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Astrid Gräslund, Stockholm University, Sweden 783-Plat 8:15 am MODULATION OF SYNAPTIC VESICLES CLUSTERING BY AXONAL TENSION.  Anthony Fan , Alireza Tofangchi, Taher Saif 784-Plat 8:30 am LOW-FORCE MECHANICAL PERTURBATIONS ALTERED CALCIUM DYNAM- ICS IN NETWORKS OF GCAMP6S EXPRESSING CORTICAL NEURONS.  Kimberly Sam, Tom Srnak, Parijat Sengupta 785-Plat 8:45 am OSMOTIC STRESS REDUCES VESICLE SIZE WHILE KEEPING A CONSTANT NEUROTRANSMITTER CONCENTRATION.  Hoda Fathali, Johan Dunevall, Soodabeh Majdi, Jelena Lovric, Ann-Sofie Cans 786-Plat 9:00 am MICROCAVITATION AS A NEURONAL DAMAGE MECHANISM IN AN IN VI- TRO MODEL OF BLAST TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.  Jonathan B. Estrada , Mark T. Scimone, Harry C. Cramer, Lauren Mancia, Eric Johnsen, Christian Franck 787-Plat 9:15 am EFFECTS OF AMYLOID-BETA EXPRESSION ON NEURONAL SIGNALLING PATHWAYS IN A NOVEL C. ELEGANS MODEL OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE.  Tessa Sinnige , Prashanth Ciryam, Christopher M. Dobson, Mario de Bono, Michele Vendruscolo 788-Plat 9:30 am BIOPHYSICAL STUDIES OF THE AMYLOID BETA PEPTIDE INVOLVED IN ALZHEIMER´S DISEASE.  Astrid Gräslund , Ann Tiiman, Jyri Jarvet, Vladana Vukojevic 789-Plat 9:45 am AN ANCIENT ROLE FOR GIANT ANKYRINS IN AXON INITIAL SEGMENT OR- GANIZATION.  Timothy Jegla , Michelle M. Nguyen, Chengye Feng, Daniel J. Goetschius, Esteban Luna, Damian B. van Rossum, Bishoy Kamel, Aditya Pisupati, Elliot S. Milner, Melissa M. Rolls 790-Plat 10:00 am STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF HUMAN-SPECIFIC SRGAP2 PROTEINS.  Yarden Opatowsky Platform Excitation-Contraction Coupling 8:15 am - 10:15 am, Room R04/05 Co-Chairs Julio A. Copello, Southern Illinois University Susan Treves, Basil University Hospital, Switzerland 791-Plat 8:15 am FUNCTION BASED ANALYSIS OF THE CARDIAC ENDOPLASMIC AND SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM PROTEOME.  Steven E. Cala , Nicholas Car- ruthers, Joseph Caruso, Paul Stemmer, Xuequn Chen

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Support contributed by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund This breakfast presents an opportunity for graduate student Annual Meeting attendees to meet and discuss the issues they face in their cur- rent career stage. Limited to the first 100 attendees. Speakers

Hugo Sanabria, Clemson University Jeanne Small, Quantum Northwest

Registration/Exhibitor Registration 7:30 am - 5:00 pm, Lobby B Career Center Workshop Career Q&A with Joe Tringali 8:00 am - 8:30 am, Room 212/213

Do you have a pressing question about your career in science? Attend this informal discussion with veteran career consultant Joe Tringali and get the answers you are looking for. Poster Viewing 8:00 am - 10:00 pm, Hall B-2 & C Symposium Biophysics of lncRNA 8:15 am - 10:15 am, Great Hall A Chair Gregor Neuert, Vanderbilt University 777-Symp 8:15 am DYNAMIC TEMPORAL CONTROL OF SIGNALING ACTIVATED GENE REGU- LATION.  Gregor Neuert 778-Symp 8:45 am THE GROUND-STATE OF PROMOTER DIRECTIONALITY REVEALED BY A FUNCTIONAL EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH AND DEEP LEARNING MODEL- ING.  Stirling Churchman 779-Symp 9:15 am HOW A LNCRNA SHAPES CHROMATIN STRUCTURE TO CONTROL GENE EXPRESSION. Mitchell Guttman 780-Symp 9:45 am STRUCTURE VS. FUNCTION: A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF CHROMOSOME ARCHITECTURE.  Luca Giorgetti Symposium Catalyzed Membrane Fusion and Fission 8:15 am - 10:15 am, Great Hall B Chair Phyllis Hanson, Washington University No Abstract 8:15 am MEMBRANE REMODELING BY ESCRT-III POLYMERS.  Phyllis Hanson 781-Symp 8:45 am KNOWWHEN TO HOLD ‘EM, KNOWWHEN TO FOLD ‘EM; SM PROTEINS AS TEMPLATES FOR SNARE ASSEMBLY.  Frederick Hughson

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