Biophysical Society Thematic Meeting - October 25-30, 2015

Polymers and Self Assembly: From Biology to Nanomaterials

Program

Polymers and Self Assembly: From Biology to Nanomaterials Windsor Excelsior

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 25-30, 2015 PROGRAM

The meeting will take place at the Windsor Excelsior Hotel. Scientific sessions will be held in the Plaza/Excelsior room and the poster sessions in the Mar da Barra room.

Sunday, October 25, 2015 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 – 18:00 Registration/Information Lobby Miramar 18:00 – 20:00 Opening Reception Miramar Monday, October 26, 2015 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8:00 AM – 17:00 Registration/Information Foyer of Mar da Barra Session I Louise Serpell, University of Sussex, United Kingdom, Chair 9:00 – 9:15 Welcome/Opening Remarks 9:15 – 9:45 Gillian Fraser, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Building a Flagellum on the Bacterial Cell Surface 9:45 – 10:15 Marie-France Carlier, Centre National de La Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France Self-Assembly of Actin in Cell Motility: From Molecules to Movement 10:15 – 11:00 Coffee Break 11:00 – 11:30 Enrique De La Cruz, Yale University, USA Cation Release Modulates Actin Filament Mechanics and Drives Severing by Vertebrate Cofilin 11:30 – 11:45 Frederico Gueiros Filho, Instituto de Quimica-USP, Brazil Filament Capping Regulates the Bacterial Tubulin-like Cytoskeleton*

11:45 – 13:30

Lunch on own

*Short talks selected from among submitted abstracts

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