Biophysical Society Thematic Meeting | Ascona, Switzerland

Liposomes, Exosomes, and Virosomes: From Modeling Complex Membrane Processes to Medical Diagnostics and Drug Delivery

Program Schedule

Thursday, September 15, 2016

Registration/Information Main Entrance

8:30 – 18:00

Session X

Gisou van der Goot, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, Chair

8:45 – 9:20

Lawrence Rajendran, University of Zurich, Switzerland Role of Exosomes in the Production and Propagation of Amyloids in Neurodegenerative Diseases Botond Roska, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland Gene Therapy for Blindness Stavroula Sofou, Rutgers University, USA* Sticky Patches for Untargetable Cancer Cells: Triggered Ligand Clustering on Lipid Nanoparticles Enables Selective Cell Targeting and Killing Karin Norling, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden* The Properties and Cellular Uptake Characteristics of Liposome-based Mucosal Vaccines Anne Spang, University of Basel, Switzerland Stress-dependent Prion-like Aggregate Formation Regulates Protein Sorting and Export at the Trans-Golgi Network Coffee Break Spazio Roccia

9:20 – 9:55

9:55 – 10:25

10:25 – 10:40

10:40 – 10:55

10:55 – 11:30

11:30 – 12:05

Lukas Tamm, University of Virginia, USA The Role of Cholesterol in Virus Entry

Lunch

Sala Luce

12:30 – 14:30

Session XI

Anne K. Kenworthy, Vanderbilt University, USA, Chair

14:30 – 15:05

Sarah L. Veatch, University of Michigan, USA Phases and Fluctuations in Biological Membranes and Possible Implications for General Anesthesia Susan Daniel, Cornell University, USA* Membrane Protein Mobility and Orientation Preserved in Supported Bilayers Created Directly from Cell Plasma Membrane Blebs Kelly K. Lee, University of Washington, USA* Visualization and Sequencing of Membrane Remodeling Leading to Influenza Virus Fusion Max Piffoux, Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes, France* Monitoring Extracellular-Vesicles Dynamics at the Nanoscale by Liquid-Cell TEM

15:05 – 15:20

15:20 – 15:35

15:35 – 15:50

Coffee Break & Poster Session III Balint Salon

15:50 – 17:25

* Contributed talks selected from among submitted abstracts

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