Biophysical Society 67th Annual Meeting Program Guide

No Abstract 4:05 pm ACTIN POLYMERIZATION AND CROSSLINKING DRIVE LEFT-RIGHT ASYM METRY IN SINGLE CELL AND CELL COLLECTIVES. Yee Han Tee No Abstract 4:15 pm CARDIAC PIEZO CHANNELS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE. Charles Cox 20-Subg 4:40 pm GUT TOUCH: MOLECULES, CELLS, CIRCUITS, AND PURPOSE. Arthur Beyder No Abstract 5:05 pm DIETARY FATTY ACIDS FINE-TUNE NEURONAL AND NON-NEURONAL CELLS’ MECHANICAL RESPONSE. Valeria Vasquez 5:30 pm closing remarks Membrane Structure and Function Symposium 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm, Room 6B Subgroup Chair Ingela Parmryd, University of Gothenburg, Sweden 1:30 pm opening remarks No Abstract 1:35 pm INSIGHTS INTO LIPID-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS FROM COMPUTER SIMU LATIONS. Peter Tieleman No Abstract 2:00 pm MECHANISMS OF CURVED MEMBRANE PROTEIN IRSP53 MEDIATED INITIATION AND STABILIZATION OF CELLULAR PROTRUSIONS. Feng-Ching Tsai No Abstract 2:25 pm LOCATING ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES IN MODEL MEMBRANES AND BAC TERIA USING SOLID-STATE NMR. Frances Separovic 21-Subg 2:50 pm ADIPOR2 PROMOTES FATTY ACID DESATURATION, ELONGATION AND INCORPORATION INTO PHOSPHOLIPIDS IN RESPONSE TO MEMBRANE RIGIDIFICATION. Marc Pilon 3:15 pm break 22-Subg 3:30 pm MODELLING NATURAL CELL MEMBRANES AND HOW LIPID ASYMMETRY INFLUENCES STRUCTURE. Jeffrey Klauda 23-Subg 3:55 pm INSIGHTS ON PLASMA MEMBRANE ASYMMETRY FROM STUDIES OF ASYMMETRIC MODEL MEMBRANES. Thais A. Enoki No Abstract 4:20 pm IMAGING CHOLESTEROL DEPLETION AT THE PLASMA MEMBRANE BY METHYL-BETA-CYCLODEXTRIN SUGGESTS PREFERENTIAL CHOLESTEROL REMOVAL FROM THE INNER LEAFLET. Toshihide Kobayashi 4:45 pm thomas thompson award 5:15 pm closing remarks 5:20 pm subgroup business meeting Membrane Transport Symposium 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm, Room 6F Subgroup Chair Indra Schroeder, University of Jena, Germany 1:30 pm opening remarks

No Abstract 1:35 pm CONFORMATIONAL DYNAMICS: CHANNELS AND BEYOND. William Zagotta 24-Subg 2:05 pm THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF ELECTROPORATION OF EXCITABLE CELLS. Lea Rems , Tina Batista Napotnik, Anja Blazic, Bor Kos 2:35 pm student/postdoc talk 2:55 pm break No Abstract 3:10 pm MECHANISM OF THE SODIUM-PROTON ANTIPORTERS NHAA AND NAPA. Jana Shen 3:40 pm student/postdoc talk 4:00 pm student/postdoc talk No Abstract 4:20 pm AN ABC COMPLEX IN THE METAL SITE ASSEMBLY OF NITROUS OXIDE REDUCTASE. Oliver Einsle No Abstract 4:50 pm THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS UNDERLYING CELLULAR UPTAKE OF VITAMIN A. Filippo Mancia 5:20 pm subgroup business meeting Motility and Cytoskeleton Symposium 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm, Room 6A Subgroup Co-Chairs Ken’ya Furuta, National Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Japan Marija Zanic, Vanderbilt University, USA 1:30 pm welcome & subgroup business meeting 25-Subg 1:40 pm A SINGLE-MOLECULE VIEW ON INTRAFLAGELLAR TRANSPORT IN C. ELEGANS CHEMOSENSORY CILIA. Erwin Peterman 26-Subg 2:00 pm ACTIN SELF-ORGANIZATION IN GLIDING PARASITIC CELLS. Christina L. Hueschen , Li-av Segev Zarko, Jian-Hua Chen, Mark LeGros, Carolyn A. Larabell, John C. Boothroyd, Rob Phillips, Alexander R. Dunn No Abstract 2:20 pm POSITION-DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR OF AN UNBOUND KINESIN HEAD NEAR THE MICROTUBULE SURFACE. Wonmuk Hwang No Abstract 2:40 pm BALANCING ACT: PROFILIN’S COMPETING ROLES IN FORMIN-MEDIATED ACTIN POLYMERIZATION. Naomi Courtemanche 27-Subg 3:00 pm DYNAMIC COORDINATION OF THE LEVER-ARM SWING OF MYOSIN II IN DNA ORIGAMI-BASED THICK FILAMENT. Mitsuhiro Iwaki 3:20 pm break 3:30 pm poster flash talks No Abstract 3:50 pm SYNTHETIC RECONSTITUTION OF CORTICAL POLARITY TO STUDY CYTO SKELETON SYMMETRY BREAKING. Emmanuel Derivery No Abstract 4:10 pm REGULATION OF CYTOPLASMIC DYNEIN-1 DURING CELL MIGRATION. Morgan DeSantis , Juliana Zang, Ann-Marie Zheng, Daytan Gibson

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