Biophysical Society Conference | Tahoe 2022

Molecular Biophysics of Membranes

Daily Schedule

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Coffee Break

Ballroom Pre-Function

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

Patrick Barth, EPFL, Switzerland Uncovering and Reprogramming Allosteric Signal Transductions in GPCRs

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM

Carlos Villalba-Galea, University of the Pacific, USA New Insights into the Modal Activity of K V 7 Channels

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Jorge E. Contreras, University of California, Davis, USA * Large-Pore Channels as Transporters: Lessons from Connexin, Pannexin and CALHM1 Channels

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Special-topic Hosted Lunch Table

Granhall/Garden Deck

Careers: Being a Professor at a Teaching University (Carlos Villalba-Galea, University of the Pacific)

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Workshop: Tips for Successful NIH Grant Proposals Zhongzen Nie, NIH, USA

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Free Time

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Poster Session II

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Dinner

Granhall/Garden Deck

Session IV

Membrane Shape Dimitrios Stamou, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Chair

7:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Dimitrios Stamou, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Membrane Curvature as A Regulator of GPCR Organization at the Plasma Membrane Alexey Ladokhin, University of Kansas, USA Lipids and Divalent Cations as Regulators of Bilayer Insertion of pHLIP and Bcl- 2 Proteins Jeet Kalia, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, India Employing the Double Knot Toxin-TRPV1 Ion Channel Complex as a Model System to Interrogate the Roles of Protein-Membrane Interactions in Protein Function Tugba N. Ozturk, Washington University, USA * Elimination of Membrane Deformations Drives CLC-ec1 Dimerization

7:30 PM - 8:00 PM

8:00 PM - 8:30 PM

8:30 PM - 8:45 PM

8:45 PM - 9:00 PM

Giacomo Fiorin, NIH, USA * Potentials of Mean Force of Biomembrane Deformation

9:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Mixer

Ballroom

Wednesday, June 8, 2022 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Breakfast

Granhall

8:30 AM - 6:00 PM

Registration/Information

Ballroom Pre-Function

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