Biophysical Society Thematic Meeting - October 13-15, 2015

Biophysics of Proteins at Surfaces: Assembly, Activation, Signaling

Program

17:30 – 17:45

Guilherme Vilhena, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, Spain* Solvent Models in Protein Adsorption Simulations: Explicit, Implicit vs Experiments Karim Chouchane, LMGP, France* Peptides Forming Beta-Sheets on Hydrophobic Surfaces Cooperatively Promote Insulin Amyloidal Aggregation Paolo Facci, National Research Council, Italy* Harnessing Antibodies at an Electrode Surface: Electrical Control of IgG Conformation and Functional Activity Erik G. Brandt, Stockholm University, Sweden* Ubiquitin Adsorbs on the TiO2(100) Surface by an Anchor-Lock Mechanism

17:45 – 18:00

18:00 – 18:15

18:15 – 18:30

Gala Dinner

Cibeles Palace

21:00

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Plenary Lecture Introduced by Félix Goñi, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain Brunno Antonny, CNRS and Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, France Control of Protein Adsorption and Protein-induced Membrane Deformation by Phospholipid Unsaturation

9:00 – 10:00

Session V: Surface-mediated Protein Dynamics

Chair: Félix Goñi, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain

10:00 – 10:25

Patricia Bassereau, Curie Institute, France Membrane Curvature Induces Scaffolding by BAR-Domain Proteins Ralf Richter, CIC biomaGUNE, Spain Many Weak Interactions Make a Difference—From the Self Assembly of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins to Superselective Targeting Petra Schwille, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany The Role of the Membrane Structure on Protein Pattern Formation Mariana Amaro, J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the ASCR, Czech Republic* GM1 Nanodomains Inhibit the Oligomerization of Membrane Bound ß- Amyloid Monomers Michael E. Fealey, University of Minnesota, USA* Synaptic Vesicle Lipids Reveal Structured State and Antagonistic Allosteric Mechanisms of Intrinsic Disorder within Synaptotagmin I Jose M. Delfino, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina* Scanning Protein Surface with a Solvent Mimetic Probe: An NMR Approach Coffee Break

10:25 – 10:50

10:50 – 11:15

11:15 – 11:45

11:45 – 12:00

12:00 – 12:15

12:15 – 12:30

*Short talks selected from among submitted abstracts

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