Biophysical Society Conference | Estes Park 2023

Membrane Fusion and Budding

Daily Schedule

8:20 PM – 8:45 PM

Ann Wehman, University of Denver, USA Extracellular Vesicles Budding and Lipid Asymmetry

8:45 PM – 9:10 PM

Michelle Knowles, University of Denver, USA Multivesicular Endosome Fusion Kinetics Depend on Exosome Tethering and Temperature

9:10 PM – 10:30 PM

Social Gathering

Latitude 105 Bar

Tuesday, September 26, 2023 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Breakfast

Ballroom DEF

8:30 AM – 4:15 PM

Registration/Information

Ballroom Front Foyer

Session VI

Synaptic Vesicle Fusion Chair: Jianyuan Sun, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

8:30 AM – 8:55 AM

Ege Kavalali, Vanderbilt University, USA Functional Nano-Organization of Synapses

8:55 AM – 9:10 AM

Amelia Ralowicz, Dartmouth College, USA* Spontaneous Synaptic Vesicle Function is Correlated with Number of Vesicles in Readily Releasable Pool Jeremy Dittman , Cornell University, Weill Medical College, USA Molecular Insights into Munc13 and Complexin Function at the Synapse Skyler Jackman, Oregon Health and Science University, USA High-Affinity Calcium Sensors Mediate Asynchronous Vesicle Fusion

9:10 AM – 9:35 AM

9:35 AM – 10:00 AM

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Coffee Break

Ballroom Front Foyer

Session VI I

Fusion and Fission in Infection and Disease Chair: Katya Heldwein, Tufts University, USA

10:30 AM – 10:55 AM

Carole Parent, University of Michigan, USA The Neutrophil Nucleus as a Signaling Hub During Neutrophil Chemotaxis Gregory Melikian, Emory University, USA HIV-1 Preferentially Fuses with PH-Neutral Vesicles in Cell Lines and Primary CD4 + T-Cells

10:55 AM – 11:20 AM

11:20 AM – 11:35 AM

Xin Wang, NIH* Macropinocytosis in Sars CoV2 Infection

11:35 AM – 11:50 AM

Gonzalo Gonzales-Del Pino, Tufts University, USA* Structural and Functional Characterization of the Herpes Simplex Virus Membrane Fusion Regulator, GH/GL Comert Kural , Ohio State University, USA Sensitization of Cancer Cells to FAS-Induced Apoptosis Through Endocytosis Inhibition

11:50 AM – 12:15 PM

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