Biophysical Society Thematic Meeting - October 13-15, 2015

Biophysics of Proteins at Surfaces: Assembly, Activation, Signaling

Program

12:30 – 12:45

German Rivas, CSIC, Spain* Dynamic Interactions of Protein Elements of the Bacterial Division Machinery Evidenced in Phospholid Bilayer Nanodiscs

12:45 – 13:00

Philip L. Yeagle, University of Connecticut, USA* What Cholesterol Is Doing in the Plasma Membrane

Lunch

13:00 – 13:45

Poster Session III

Hall of Biology Faculty

13:45 – 15:30

Session VI:

Methodological Advances Chair: Marisela Vélez, ICP CSIC, Spain

15:30 – 15:55

María García-Parajo, The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Spain Spatiotemporal Organization of Receptors in Living Cell Membrane Surfaces Joachim Heberle, University of Berlin, Germany Protein Structural Dynamics at Surfaces as Studied by Infrared Nanospectroscopy Simon Scheuring, INSERM / Aix-Marseille University, France High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy: The Dynamics and Interaction of Protein and Membrane Surfaces Adam Cohen Simonsen, University of Southern Denmark* Spatial Organization of Na + /K + -ATPase and Lipid Domains in Free- standing Membranes Captured on a Solid Support Laura C. Zanetti Domingues, STFC, United Kingdom* Single-Molecule Visualisation of the Mechanisms of Autoinhibition and Dysregulation of the EGFR on Living Cell Membranes Chiara Rotella, University College Dublin, Ireland* High Resolution Imaging Atomic Force Microscope Study of Interactions at the Membrane-Fluid Interface Jonas Schartner, Biology & Biotechnology, Germany* Germanium Catches Proteins in Action Closing Remarks and Biophysical Journal Poster Awards Chair: Jesus Pérez-Gil, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain Coffee Break

15:55 – 16:20

16:20 – 16:45

16:45 – 17:15

17:15 – 17:30

17:30 – 17:45

17:45 – 18:00

18:00 – 18:15

18:30

*Short talks selected from among submitted abstracts

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