Biophysical Society Thematic Meeting | Ascona, Switzerland

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

Program Schedule

10:40 – 10:55

Shirley Schreier, University of São Paulo, Brazil* Use of Model Membranes-Liposomes and Micelles of Variable Lipid Composition to Elucidate the Molecular Mechanism of Action of Pore-forming Proteins and Peptides Helen R. Saibil, Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom Membrane Pore-forming Proteins in the Molecular Arms Race between Host and Pathogen Donald M. Engelman, Yale University, USA pHLIP: Uses in Measuring Cell Surface pH, Imaging Tumors, and Delivering Therapeutics Philippe Bastiaens, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Germany The Interdependence of Vesicular Membrane Dynamics and Signal Processing Jean-Marie Ruysschaert, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium* Liposomes Activate Innate Immunity Cascades through Recognition of Toll-like Receptors Matthew P. McDonald, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany* Fluorescence-free Imaging and Tracking of Individual Secretory and Transmembrane Proteins in a Living Cell Marta Bally, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden* Artificial Cell Membrane Mimics to Study the Role of the Influenza Virus Matrix Protein M1 in Virus Budding Lunch Sarah L. Keller, University of Washington, USA, Chair

10:55 – 11:30

11:30 – 12:05

Sala Luce

12:30 – 14:30

Session III

14:30 – 15:05

15:05 – 15:20

15:20 – 15:35

15:35 – 15:50

Coffee Break & Poster Session I Balint Salon

15:50 – 17:25

17:25 – 18:00

Martin Hof, J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic Single Molecule Fluorescence Clarifies the Role of Monosialoganglioside GM1 and Sphingomyelin in the In-Membrane Oligomerization of β-Amyloid

Dinner

Sala Luce

19:00 – 20:00

Session IV

Special Evening Lecture Lukas Tamm, University of Virginia, USA, Chair

20:00 – 20:50

Reinhard Jahn, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany Molecular Steps in SNARE-mediated Membrane Fusion

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Registration/Information Main Entrance

8:30 – 18:00

* Contributed talks selected from among submitted abstracts

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