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Programme as of July 9, 2015 – subject to change

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Saturday,
18 July

Sunday,
19 July

Monday,
20 July

Tuesday,
21 July

Wednesday,
22 July

 

08:00

Foyer | Registration opens

09:00-09:45

Plenary Hall | Plenary 6

Chair: Anthony Watts, UK

  • Studying lipid/protein interactions: from self-assembled model membranes to native nanodiscs
    J. Antoinette Killian, Utrecht University, Department of Chemistry, Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics Group, NL

09:50-10:40

Plenary Hall | S13 Biomolecular Simulation and Computational Biophysics

Chairs: Helmut Grubmüller, DE & Esteban Vöhringer-Martinez, CL

  • The modelling of water dispersion and the properties of disordered protein states in simulation
    Stefano Piana, D. E. Shaw Research, US
  • Simulation of the function of biomolecular machines
    Gerhard Hummer, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Department of Theoretical Biophysics, DE

Hall 1 | S14 Systems Biology and Multi-Cellular Systems

Chairs: Frank Jülicher, DE & Jacques Prost, FR

  • Actomyosin force generation directs hydra regeneration
    Kinneret Keren, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Physics Department, IL
  • Mechanics of cell contacts during tissue morphogenesis
    Pierre- François Lenne, Developmental Biology Institute of Marseille (IBDM), Physical approaches to cell dynamics and tissue morphogenesis, FR

Hall 2 | S15 Biologically Active Peptides

Chairs: Thomas Gutsmann, DE & Michel Lafleur, CA 

  • Peptide aggregation reduces the bioactivity of an HIV selective-inhibitor peptide
    Cait E. MacPhee, University of Edinburgh, School of Physics and Life Sciences, UK
  • Membrane destabilization by the HIV-1 gp41 MPER-TMD region: mechanism and blocking by antibodies
    José Luis Nieva Escandón, University of the Basque Country, Biophysics Unit (CSIC-UPV/EHU), ES

10:40-11:10

Exhibition | Coffee break

11:10-12:20

Plenary Hall | S13 continued Biomolecular Simulation and Computational Biophysics

  • Computing the temperature dependence of chemical reactions inside and outside of living things
    Johan Åqvist, Uppsala University, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, SE
  • Validation and development of force field parameters for drug and drug-like molecules
    Katarzyna B. Koziara, The University of Queensland, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, AU
  • Ubiquitin recruitment and transport by the proteasome unraveled by an orchestra of MD simulations
    Till Rudack, University of Illinois, Department of Biophysics and Computational Biology, US
  • Crucial role of non-specific interactions in amyloid nucleation
    Andela Šarić, University of Cambridge, Department of Chemistry, UK

Hall 1 | S14 continued Systems Biology and Multi-Cellular Systems

  • Quantitative morphology of epithelial folds
    Primož Ziherl, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, SI
  • Mechanical instabilities in epithelial monolayers: elastic waves in a viscous medium?
    Jaume Casademunt, Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Física, ES
  • On cancer risk and the number of stem cell divisions
    Imre Derenyi, Eotvos University, Department of Biological Physics, MTA-ELTE “Lendulet” Biophysics Research Group, HU
  • Absolute quantification of protein copy number in single cells using single molecule microarrays
    Keith R. Willison, Imperial College London, Institute of Chemical Biology, Proxomics, UK

Hall 2 | S15 continued Biologically Active Peptides

  • Structure and function of cell-penetrating peptides
    Roland Brock, Radboud University Nijmegen, Medical Centre, Department of Biochemistry, NL
  • Structure and dynamics of lantibiotics by molecular dynamics simulations: a fundamental approach towards antimicrobial activity
    Alejandra de Miguel, Technische Universität Berlin, DE
  • Cyclotides, stable drug scaffolds that enter cells after binding to PE-phospholipids
    Sonia T. Henriques, The University of Queensland, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, AU
  • Synthetic dendrimeric peptides with β-sheet structure and membranolytic activity
    Ilaria Serra, University of Cagliari, Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, IT

12:20-14:45

Exhibition | Lunch break & poster session

13:00-13:30 | Hall 2 |

Industry talk: Asylum Research
Photothermal Excitation for Reliable and Quantitative AFM
Florian Johann, Asylum Research, an Oxford Instruments Company, DE

14:00-14:30 | Hall 2 |

Industry talk: Dynamic Biosensors GmbH
Biophysical Analysis of Molecular Interactions with Electro-Switchable Biosurfaces
Ulrich Rant, Dynamic Biosensors GmbH, DE

14:45-15:30

Plenary Hall | Plenary 7

Chair: Ilpo Vattulainen, FI

  • Synchronization of eukaryotic flagella
    Raymond E. Goldstein, University of Cambridge, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, UK

15:30-15:55

Plenary Hall | New and Notable 3

Chair: Hans-Joachim Galla, DE

  • Breaking the 3Å resolution barrier in single particle cryo-EM
    Holger Stark, Max Planck Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, 3D Electron Cryo-Microscopy, DE

15:55-16:25 

Exhibition | Coffee break

16:25-17:15 

Plenary Hall | S16 Membranes and Vesicles

Chairs: Kai Simons, DE & Manuel Prieto, PT

  • Membranes and vesicles with bilayer asymmetry
    Reinhard Lipowsky, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, DE
  • Shaping and scission of membranes with BAR-domain proteins
    Patricia Bassereau, Institut Curie, Membranes and Cellular Functions Group, FR

Hall 2 | S18 Protein Folding, Assembly and Stability

Chairs: André Matagne, BE

  • Probing protein energy landscapes by high-pressure NMR
    Jochen Balbach, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Physics, Biophysics Group, DE
  • Mechanism of assembly and shear force dependent adhesion of type 1 pili from uropathogenic E. coli
    Rudolf Glockshuber, ETH Zürich, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, CH

16:25-17:25 

Hall 1 | S17 COST Symposium - Understanding Movement and Mechanism in Molecular Machines/CMST (COST Action CM1306) and Biophysics of GPCRs (GLISTEN - COST Action CM1207)

Chairs: Thomas Stockner, AT & Anthony Watts, UK

  • Crystal structure of a class C GPCR – metabotropic Glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5)
    James Errey, Heptares Therapeutics, UK
  • Unambiguous and quantitative identification of metals in proteins
    Elspeth F. Garman, University of Oxford, Department of Biochemistry, Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, UK
  • Observing myoglobin proteinquake with an X-ray free-electron laser
    Matteo Levantino, University of Palermo, Department of Physics and Chemistry, IT

17:15-17:25 

Foyer | Break

17:25-18:35 

Plenary Hall | S16 continued Membranes and Vesicles

  • Lipid bicontinuous cubic phases: effects of chain-branching and hydrostatic pressure
    John M. Seddon, Imperial College London, Chemistry Department, UK
  • Kinetics and thermodynamics of CPZ interaction with lipid bilayers: effect of charge and cholesterol
    Patricia A. T. Martins, FCTUC, PT
  • Receptor-mediated HDL-lipid uptake is regulated by elastic properties of the plasma membrane 
    Birgit Plochberger, Vienna University of Technology, AT
  • Characterisation of membrane protein ZipA in SMALPs gives a complimentary SAXS and Cryo-EM 3D model
    Sarah Lee, University of Birmingham, School of Biosciences, UK

Hall 2 | S18 continued Protein Folding, Assembly and Stability

  • Protein folding and stability: From the test tube to the cell
    Simon Ebbinghaus, Ruhr University Bochum, Department of Physical Chemistry II, DE
  • Self-assembly kinetics of virus-like particles probed by time-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering
    Didier Law-Hine, Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, FR
  • Theoretical study of the dynamic heterogeneity in the protein folding/unfolding transitions
    Toshifumi Mori, Institute for Molecular Science, JP
  • Local motions within the Hsp90 molecular chaperone machinery observed by fluorescence quenching
    Andrea Schulze, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, DE 

17:35-18:35 

Hall 1 | S17 continued COST Symposium - Understanding Movement and Mechanism in Molecular Machines/CMST (COST Action CM1306) and Biophysics of GPCRs (GLISTEN - COST Action CM1207) 

  • Dynamic GPCR dimerisation probed by ensemble and single-molecule FRET, DEER, and simulations
    Patricia M. Dijkman, University of Oxford, Department of Biochemistry, Biomembrane Structure Unit, UK
  • Understanding ligand binding and receptor selectivity through molecular simulations
    Hugo Gutierrez de Teran, Uppsala University, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Computational and Systems Biology, SE
  • Using smFRET to understand structure, function and dynamics of molecular machines
    Dagmar Klostermeier, University of Muenster, Physical Chemistry, DE

19:30-23:30

Terrace Level | Conference Dinner


Types of lectures: Plenary - 45 minutes  |  Invited Talk - 25 minutes  |  Short Talk - 15 minutes

Please note that only the presenting author is mentioned in the online programme. Co-authors will be listed in the book of abstracts / European Biophysics Journal.

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July 8, 2015
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July 18 to 22, 2015
10th European Biophysics Congress

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