Biophysical Society Newsletter - November 2014

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BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER

2014

NOVEMBER

Dariush Hinderberger , Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany Cooperative Effects and Structural Dynamics in the Intrinsically Disordered Protein Osteopontin John Bushweller , University of Virginia School of Medicine Intrinsic Disorder, Epigenetics, and Leukemia — The MLL-AF9 Saga Edward Lemke , European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany Decoding Protein Plasticity from Single Molecules to Large Complexes Philipp Selenko , Leibniz Institute for Molecular Pharmacology, Germany Studying Proteins at Atomic Resolution in Live Cells: From Science Fiction to Reality Tanja Mittag , St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital The Role of Protein Disorder and Self-Association in the Formation of Cellular Bodies Petra Levin , Washington University An Intrinsically Disordered Linker Plays a Central Role in Bacterial Cell Division Clifford Brangwynne , Princeton University Space and Time in IDP-mediated Intracellular Phase Transitions Ursula Jakob , University of Michigan, Keynote Speaker Conditionally Disordered Chaperones Mechanobiology Dennis Discher , University of Pennsylvania, Subgroup Chair Douglas Robinson , Johns Hopkins University Molecular Mechanisms of Contractility-based Cellular Mechanosensing Kenneth Yamada , NIH Cell Migration Roop Mallik , Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India Dynein Teams Assemble on Lipid Rafts to Generate Large Forces on Phagosomes

Ewa Paluch , University College London, United Kingdom Actin Cortex Mechanics and Cell Shape Control in Migration and Division Ulrich Schwarz , Heidelberg University, Germany Stiffness Sensing Through Myosin II Minifilaments Benoit Ladoux , Paris Diderot University, France Adaptative Response of Cell Cytoskeleton Rheology and Ordering Governs Matrix Rigidity Sensing Yong Hwee Foo , National University of Singapore Investigation of the EnvZ/OmpR Bacterial Signal- ing System Using Single Particle Tracking and Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy Membrane Biophysics Baron Chanda , University of Wisconsin-Madison, Subgroup Chair Richard Aldrich , University of Texas, Austin Coupled Conformational Changes and Allostery in Channel Gating Pierre-Jean Corringer , Pasteur Institute, France Allosteric Mutant Phenotypes Investigated on an α 1 Glycine Receptor Transmembrane Structure Hiro Furukawa , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Structural Analysis of NMDA Receptor Anthony Auerbach , State University of New York, Buffalo Thermodynamics of AChR Activation José Faraldo Gómez, NIH Novel Insights into the Structure and Mechanism of Proton and Sodium/Calcium Exchangers Rachelle Gaudet , Harvard University Structural Determinants of TRPV Channel Activation and Modulation Brad Rothberg , Temple University Conformational Motions of K + Channel RCK Domains