Biophysical Society Conference | Estes Park 2023

Membrane Fusion and Budding

Daily Schedule

Chair: Jefferson Knight, University of Colorado, Denver, USA

8:30 AM – 8:45 AM

Santiago Di Pietro, Colorado State University, USA* Mechanism of Actin Capping Protein Recruitment and Turnover During Clathrin Mediated Endocytosis Justin Taraska, NIH, USA Measuring the Nanoscale Structure of Endocytosis with Light and Electron Microscopy Margaret Johnson, Johns Hopkins University, USA Membrane Bending and Assembly Costs for Clathrin Coat Formation

8:45 AM – 9:10 AM

9:10 AM – 9:35 AM

9:35 AM – 10:00 AM

Shigeki Watanabe, Johns Hopkins University, USA Dynamin Prime – Accelerating Endocytosis at Synapses

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Coffee Break

Ballroom Front Foyer

Session XI

Synaptic Vesicle Fusion and Endocytosis Chair: Jiajie Diao, University of Cincinnati, USA

10:30 AM – 10:55 AM

Noa Lipstien-Thoms, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Germany Human UNC13A Gene Variations Cause a Neurodevelopmental Syndrome and Impair Synaptic Function Stephanie Gupton, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Spatial and Temporal Regulation of Constitutive Exocytosis in Cell Shape Change Michael Cousin, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom Dynamin-1 Dysfunction in Human Disease Stephane Gasman, Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaire et Intégratives, CNRS, France* Transbilayer Phospholipid Scrambling is Essential for Efficient Synaptic Vesicle Endocytosis

10:55 AM – 11:20 AM

11:20 AM – 11:45 AM

11:45 PM – 12:00 PM

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Lunch

Ballroom DEF

Session XII

Fusion Pore and Release Mechanisms Chair: Ronald Holz, University of Michigan, USA

1:10 PM – 1:35 PM

Zhuan Zhou, Peking University, China Differential Co-Release of Catecholamine and ATP from a Vesicle Fusion Pore in Mouse Adrenal Chromaffin Cells Joshua Zimmerberg, NIH, USA Aggregation-Dependent Lipid/Fusion Peptide Pore Formation, and Microvesicles that Secrete Exosomes Meyer Jackson, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Fusion Pore Dynamics in Endocrine and Synaptic Exocytosis

1:35 PM – 2:00 PM

2:00 PM – 2:25 PM

2:25 PM – 2:50 PM

Sebastian Barg, Uppsala University, Sweden Fusion Pore Regulation in Insulin-Secreting Beta Cells

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