Biophysical Society Thematic Meeting - October 25-30, 2015

Polymers and Self Assembly: From Biology to Nanomaterials Program

11:00 – 11:30

Louise Serpell, University of Sussex, United Kingdom Exploiting Amyloid Fibrils as Functional Bionanomaterials Jerson Silva, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Hydration and Cavities in Amyloid Fibrils and Oligomers Modulated by Hydrostatic Pressure Cong Liu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Structure-based Design of Amyloids with Novel Functions for Nanomaterials* Francesco Ruggeri, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland Amyloids Structural and Nanomechanical Characterization at the Individual Aggregate Scale* Claudio Fernandez, National University of Rosario, Argentina Biophysics and Structural Biology of Neurodegeneration: The Case of Alpha-Synuclein Debora Foguel, Medical Biochemistry Institute, Brazil Transthyretin-Related Diseases: From the Patient to the Protein Monica S. Freitas, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Protein Misfolding Pathway Probed by Solution and Solid- State NMR Jean-Marie Ruysschaert, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Lipid Nanoparticles and Amyloids Activate Receptors of the Innate System* Lunch on own Vince Conticello, Emory University, USA, Chair

11:30 – 12:00

12:00 – 12:15

12:15 – 12:30

12:30 – 14:00

Session IV

14:00 – 14:30

14:30 – 15:00

15:00 – 15:30

15:30 – 15:45

15:45 – 16:30

Coffee Break

Mar da Barra

16:30 – 18:30

Poster Session II

Porcao Rio Restaurant

20:30

Banquet

*Short talks selected from among submitted abstracts

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