Biophysical Society Thematic Meeting| Padova 2019

Quantitative Aspects of Membrane Fusion and Fission

Program Schedule

13:10 – 13:40

Patrik Rorsman, OCDEM, United Kingdom Insulin Exocytosis: Normal Physiology and Disruption in Type-2 Diabetes Uri Ashery, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel Fusion Pore Constriction Controls the Dynamics of Vesicular Content Release Agata Witkowska, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany* Insights on SNARE-Mediated Fusion Learned from Early Membrane Fusion Intermediates

13:40 – 14:10

14:10 – 14:30

Coffee Break/Poster Session I

Sala delle Colonne

14:30 – 16:00

Session IV

Curvature Jenny Hinshaw, NIH, USA, Chair

16:00 – 16:30

Michelle Knowles, University of Denver, USA Protein Regulation of Exosome Secretion

16:30 – 17:00

Ravi Radhakrishnan, University of Pennsylvania, USA Biophysics of Membrane Curvature Remodeling at Molecular and Mesoscopic Length Scales Mohsen Sadeghi, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany Parametric Particle-Based Model for Large-Scale Simulations of Membrane Dynamics

17:00 – 17:30

17:30 – 17:50

Comert Kural, The Ohio State University, USA* Curvature Generation by Endocytic Clathrin Coats

Botanical Garden Tour (dinner on own)

Foyer

18:00 – 19:30

Wednesday, May 8, 2019 8:45 – 11:00

Historical University Tour (lunch on own)

Palazzo Bo Ticket Office

(Directions provided onsite)

Registration/Information

Foyer

12:30 – 19:00

Session V

Fission Jenny Hinshaw, NIH, USA, Chair

13:00 – 13:30

Thomas Pucadyil, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, India ATP-Dependent Membrane Remodeling Links EHD1 Functions to Endocytic Recycling Patricia Bassereau, Institut Curie, France ESCRT-III Filaments Have Opposite Curvature-Related Orientations on Membranes Jeanne Stachowiak, University of Texas at Austin, USA Intrinsically Disordered Proteins as Physical Drivers of Membrane Fission

13:30 – 14:00

14:00 – 14:30

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