Biophysical Society 67th Annual Meeting Program Guide

Platform Motor Proteins and Cytoskeletal Assemblies I 10:45 am - 12:45 pm, Room 11AB Co-Chairs Elizabeth Lawrence, Vanderbilt University, USA George Shubeita, New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 10:45 am KINESIN-1 UTILIZES A HIERARCHICAL FOLDING MECHANISM TO PRO MOTE AUTOINHIBITION. Zhenyu Tan , Sarah Haynes, Yue Yang, Felipe Leprevost, Alexey Nesvizhskii, Kristen Verhey, Michael A. Cianfrocco 123-plat 11:00 am TRAK ADAPTORS REGULATE THE RECRUITMENT AND ACTIVATION OF DYNEIN AND KINESIN IN MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSPORT. Merve Aslan , AndrewM. Hensley, John Canty, Amanda Jack, Ahmet Yildiz 124-plat 11:15 am THE MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 4 (MAP4) SWEEPS ORGAN ELLES TOWARDS THE NUCLEUS BY WEAKENING THE KINESIN MOTOR. Ibtissem Nabti, Babu Reddy Janakaloti Narayanareddy, Rachid Rezgui, Wenqi Wang, Steven Gross, George T. Shubeita 125-plat 11:30 am CHARACTERIZING TUBULIN INTERACTIONS WITH THE PROLINE RICH REGION OF TAU. Karen Acosta , Elizabeth Rhoades 11:45 am Flash Talks 126-plat 12:00 pm KATANIN ACTIVITY IN TAU ENVELOPES NEGATIVELY CORRELATES WITH ATP LEVELS. Lenka Grycova , Tereza Humhalova, Tomas Zdobinsky, Stefan Diez, Ivan Barvik, Lenka Libusova, Marcus Braun, Zdenek Lansky 127-plat 12:15 pm CLASP’S DICTATE THE TUBULIN OFF-RATE TO REGULATE MICROTUBULE DYNAMICS. Elizabeth J. Lawrence , Saptarshi Chatterjee, Marija Zanic 128-plat 12:30 pm STEPS OF ACTIN FILAMENT BRANCH FORMATION BY ARP2/3 COMPLEX INVESTIGATED WITH COARSE-GRAINED MOLECULAR DYNAMICS. Shuting Zhang , Dimitrios Vavylonis Undergraduate Student Pizza “Breakfast” 11:30 am - 1:00 pm, Room 1AB Connect with other undergraduates at this “breakfast” for a valuable networking and social opportunity. You will also have a chance to meet and talk to Biophysical Society Committee members, and scientists at all career levels to discuss academic goals and questions and learn how to develop a career path in biophysics. Hear from invited speaker(s) who will share their stories and answer questions. Space for this session is limited to the first 100 attendees. Exhibitor Presentation Journal of General Physiology (JGP) 11:30 am - 1:00 pm, Room 9 122-plat

111-plat 12:00 pm ATOMISTIC INSIGHTS INTO THE ROLE OF SAR1 GTPASE IN COPII MEDI ATED PROTEIN SECRETARY PATHWAY. Sanjoy Paul , Qiang Cui 112-plat 12:15 pm CARGO CONTROL OF BULKY CARRIER FORMATION DURING COLLAGEN EXPORT. Morgan Chabanon , Nikhil Walani, Marino Arroyo, Felix Campelo 113-plat 12:30 pm ACTIN RINGS FORM PLASMA MEMBRANE DIFFUSION BARRIERS. Jakob Rentsch , Batuhan Sezen, Selle Bandstra, Alena Bresch, Jia Hui Li, Franc esca Bottanelli, Helge Ewers Platform Bioengineering 10:45 am - 12:45 pm, Room 5AB Co-Chairs Reyhaneh Nazarian, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Ingmar Riedel-Kruse, University of Arizona, USA 10:45 am DYNAMICS AND THERMODYNAMICS OF BIMOLECULAR REACTIONS AT HETEROGENEOUS BIOLOGICAL INTERFACES. Jae Kyoo Lee 115-plat 11:00 am SYNTHETIC ADHESION LOGIC, SELF-ASSEMBLY OF BACTERIAL SWARMS, AND MULTICELLULAR TILING PATTERNS. Ingmar H. Riedel-Kruse , Honesty Kim, Dominc Skinner, David S. Glass, Alexander Hamby, Bradey Stuart, Jorn Dunkel 116-plat 11:15 am Travel Award Winner DUAL-PROTEIN PATTERNING TO INVESTIGATE EFFECTS OF CELL-CELL AD HESIONS ON HIPSC-CMMATURITY. Kerry V. Lane , Liam P. Dow, Shaylee R. Larson, Cheavar A. Blair, Beth L. Pruitt 117-plat 11:30 am DESIGN AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PROTEIN-BASED, PH-RESPONSIVE HYDROGELS WITH POTENTIAL BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS. Eduardo A. Gaspar-Morales , Anthony W. Waterston, Pedro Diaz-Parga, Ariell M. Smith, Roberto C. Andresen Eguiluz, Arvind Gopinath, Eva de Alba 118-plat 11:45 am INVESTIGATION THE ROLE OF BACTERIA IN CALCIUM OXALATE KIDNEY STONE FORMATION. Reyhaneh Nazarian , Kymora Scotland 119-plat 12:00 pm ROLE OF CELL WALL ANISOTROPY ON GUARD CELL MECHANICS IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA. Sedighe Keynia , Leila Jaafar, Yintong Chen, Dolzodmaa Davaasuren, James Z. Wang, You Zhou, Wenlong Li, Charles T. Anderson, Joseph A. Turner 120-plat 12:15 pm CONTROLLED MANIPULATION OF THE GUT MICROBIOME IMPROVES INTRACORTICAL MICROELECTRODE PERFORMANCE. George F. Hoeferlin , Jonathan Duncan, Jichu Zhang, Hyun Ju Lee, Christopher Hong, Grace Burkhart, Jennifer L. Cadnum, George E. Jaskiw, Curtis J. Donskey, Joseph J. Pancrazio, Horst von Recum, Jeffrey R. Capadona 121-plat 12:30 pm MULTI-AXIS ELECTROMAGNETIC SAMPLE HANDLER FOR LIVE IMAGING OF ORGANOID STRUCTURES AND DYNAMICS. Thaisa Luup Carvalho Kannen , Laurence Pelletier, Christopher M. Yip 114-plat

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