Biophysical Society Thematic Meeting | Bucharest 2026

Biophysics of Membrane Reactions in Brian

Speaker Abstracts

11:00 – 11:25

Kumiko Hayashi, The University of Tokyo, Japan Force Generation by the Kinesin-3 Family Motor Protein KIF1A and Its Disruption in KIF1A-Associated Neurological Disorder Peter Pohl, Johannes Kepler University Linz - JKU, Austria Light-Controlled Modulation of Neuronal Excitability Using Photoswitchable Lipids Denisa-Sonia Andronic, University of Bucharest, Romania * Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Pore-Forming pHD Peptides

11:25 – 11:50

11:50 – 12:05

12:05 – 13:30

Lunch & Posters

Session IX

Receptor Dynamics and Function Chair: Laurentiu Spiridon, Romanian Academy of Sciences

13:30 – 13:55

Ana-Nicoleta Bondar, University of Bucharest, Romania Dynamic Hydrogen-Bond Networks for G Protein Coupled Receptor Activation Valerica Raicu, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA 4D Fluorescence Intensity Fluctuation Spectrometry Monitors the Localization and Interactions of Ligand-Activated Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors Among Themselves and with Downstream Signaling Effectors Satoshi Tsunoda, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan Channelrhodopsins with Defined Biophysical Properties for Optogenetic Control of Neuronal Activity and Vision Restoration

13:55 – 14:20

14:20 – 14:45

14:45 – 15:10

Eric Beitz, University of Kiel, Germany Intrinsic Asymmetry in Monocarboxylate/H+ Transporter Activity

15:10

Free Time

Thursday, May 14, 2026

8:30 – 17:00

Registration/Information

Session X

Drug-Membrane and Drug-Receptor Interactions Chair: Durba Sengupta, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, India Kalina Hristova, Johns Hopkins University, USA Biophysics of EphA2 Receptor Signaling in the Membrane

9:00 – 9:25

9:25 – 9:50

Ran Friedman, Linnaeus University, Sweden Lithium, the Mysterious Drug

9:50 – 10:15

Konstantin Mineev, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany Insights into the Mechanics of Neurotrophin Receptor Signaling from NMR Spectroscopy

10:15 – 10:40

Mariana Pinteala, Romanian Academy of Sciences, Romania Nanoplatforms for Gene Therapy and Bioimaging

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