Tuesday, February 23, 2021
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM, USA Eastern
Protein Structure and Conformation: Interactions
Featured Speaker: Rafael Brüschweiler, The Ohio State University, USA
Nanoparticle-Assisted NMR Spin Relaxation for Studying the Dynamics and Interactions of Folded
and Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
Protein Prediction, Design, and Stability I
Featured Speaker: Rebecca Wade, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, Germany
Prediction of the Structure and Dynamics of Protein Complexes in Membranes
DNA Structure and Dynamics
Featured Speaker: G.V. Shivashankar, ETH Zurich & Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
Mechanical Regulation of Chromatin Organization and Cell-State Transitions
Membrane Physical Chemistry
Featured Speaker: Tobias Walther, Harvard University, USA
The Phase of Fat: Mechanisms and Regulation of Lipid Storage
Voltage-gated Channels
Featured Speaker: Teresa Giraldez, University of La Laguna, Spain
Insights Into the Function of BK-CA Multi-Channel Complexes
Microtubules, Structure, Dynamics, and Associated Proteins
Featured Speaker: Samara Reck-Peterson, University of California, USA
Mechanism of Parkinson's Disease-linked LRRK2's Interaction with Microtubules
Optical Microscopy and Super Resolution Imaging I
Featured Speaker: Erdinc Sezgin, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Understanding Plasma Membrane with Superresolution Imaging and Spectroscopy
Biophysics Education
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, USA Eastern
Membrane Protein Structures
Featured Speaker: José Faraldo-Gómez, NIH, NHLBI, USA
Lipid Bilayer Morphology as a Driving Force for Membrane Protein Organization
Intrinsically Disordered Proteins (IDP) and Aggregates I
Featured Speaker: Yuri Lyubchenko, University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA
Misfolding and Aggregation of Amyloid Proteins at Physiologically Relevant Concentrations
at the Liquid-Membrane Interface
Protein-Nucleic Acid Interactions and Chromatin I
Featured Speaker: Karolin Luger, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Unfinished Business: Nucleosomes in Transition
Membrane Receptors and Signal Transduction
Featured Speaker: Scott Hansen, University of Oregon, USA
Phosphatidylinositol Lipid Modifying Enzymes in Cell Signaling
Membrane Traffic
Featured Speaker: Sandra Schmid, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, USA
The Plasticity and Robustness of Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis
Platform: Muscles I
Featured Speaker: Zhen Ma, Syracuse Biomaterials Institute, USA
Cardiac Contractile Deficits Induced by Synergistic Outcome of MYBPC3 Mutation
and Mechanical Overloading
Molecular Dynamics and Bioinformatics I
Featured Speaker: Qiang Cui, Boston University, USA
Electrostatics in Atomistic and Coarse-Grained Molecular Simulations: From Buried
Ion-Pairs to Membrane Remodeling
Biosensors and Nanotechnology
Featured Speaker: Hendrik Dietz, Technische Universität München, Germany
Programmable Icosahedral Shell System for Virus Trapping
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM, USA Eastern
Protein Structure and Conformation: Folding
Featured Speaker: Roland Winter, TU Dortmund University, Germany
Temperature, Pressure, and Cosolute Effects on Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation in
Protein Condensates: Physical Chemistry and Biological Implications
Protein Dynamics and Allostery I
Featured Speaker: Judith Klinman, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Merging Experimental Probes for the Spatial and Temporal Resolution of Protein Dynamics
in Enzyme Catalysis
Membrane Dynamics
Featured Speaker: Petra Schwille, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany
When Simple Becomes Complex - Hidden Functions of Membrane Proteins
Mechanosensation
Featured Speaker: Pascal Martin, Institut Curie, France
Machanical Frequency Tuning by the Hair Bundle of Mechanosensory Hair Cells
Muscles II
Featured Speaker: Bailong Xiao, Tsinghua University, China
The Mechanosensitive Piezo1 Channel Mediates Heart Mechano-Chemo Transduction
Membrane Pumps, Transporters, and Exchangers
Featured Speaker: Jue Chen, The Rockefeller University, USA
ABC Transporters, Molecular Pumps Powered by ATP
Genetic, Cellular, Synthetic, and Systems Biology
Featured Speaker: Cristina Marchetti, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Physical Models of the Rheology of Dense Biological Tissue
Optical Microscopy and Super Resolution Imaging II
Featured Speaker: Thomas Surrey, Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom
Microtubule Nucleation Properties of Single Human gTurcs Investigated by Tirf Microscopy
and Cryo-Electron Microscopy
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, USA Eastern
Protein Assemblies
Featured Speaker: Sheena Radford, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Building the Bacterial Cell Wall: How Do Bacteria Do It?
Intrinsically Disordered Proteins (IDP) and Aggregates II
Featured Speaker: David Drummond, University of Chicago, USA
Rethinking Stress-Triggered Protein Aggregation
Nucleic Acid Replication, Transcription, Translation and Repair
Featured Speaker: Alexandra Zidovska, New York University, USA
The "Self-Stirred" Genome: Dynamics, Flows and Rheology
Protein-Lipid Interactions I
Featured Speaker: Aurélien Roux, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Mechanics of ESCRT-III Membrane Remodelling
Muscle, Calcium and Signaling I
Featured Speaker: Claudia Moreno, University of Washington, USA
Effects of Aging on the Function and Modulation of L-Type Calcium Channels
in the Cardiac Pacemaker
Other Channels and Regulatory Mechanisms
Featured Speaker: Sara Liin, Linköping University, Sweden
Rational Design of Fatty Acid Analogues Targeting the Cardiac KV7.1 Channel
Single-Molecule Spectroscopy
Featured Speaker: Gilad Haran, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Understanding Microsecond Dynamics of Protein Machines
Member Organized Session: Pattern Formation and Biochemical Excitability in Controlling Cell System Dynamics
Thursday, February 25, 2021
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM, USA Eastern
Protein Dynamics and Allostery II
Featured Speaker: Faruck Morcos, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA
Evolutionary Determined Epistasis Advances Conformational Sampling, Molecular Design
and Evolutionary Models
Membrane Protein Dynamics and Folding I
Featured Speaker: Dirk Slotboom, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
Membrane-Assisted Domain Movements in Solute Transporters
Membrane Peptides, Fusion, and Non-Bilayers
Featured Speaker: Pedro Carvalho, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Structure of the Yeast Seipin Fld1 Reveals Determinants for Lipid Droplet Biogenesis
Ligand-gated Channels
Featured Speaker: Andrea Brüggemann, Nanion Technologies, Germany
The ABC and D of NMDA Receptors as Potential Targets for the Treatment of Depression
and Chronic Pain
Cytoskeletal Assemblies, Cell Mechanics, Mechanosensing and Motility
Featured Speaker: Erika Holzbaur, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Navigating Complex Cytoskeletal Arrays: Kinesin Motility Along Bipolar Microtubules in Dendrites
Mitochondria and Energy
Featured Speaker: Edward Lyman, University of Delaware, USA
Membrane Fluidity: Both Fundamental and Functional
Molecular Dynamics and Bioinformatics II
Featured Speaker: Aleksandra Walczak, École Normale Supérieure, France
Response in Immune Repertoires
Bioengineering, Biosurfaces, and Biomaterials
Featured Speaker: Thomas Pucadyil, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, India
Membrane Fission: Insights From Reconstituting Organelle Form and Chemistry
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, USA Eastern
Protein Structure and Conformation: Viruses
Featured Speaker: Charlotte Uetrecht, Heinrich Pette Institute, Germany
Flying Viruses - From Biophysical to Structural Characterization
Protein Prediction, Design, and Stability II
Featured Speaker: Dorothy Beckett, University of Maryland, USA
Shifting Ensembles of Residue Networks in Evolution of Protein Allostery
Protein-Nucleic Acid Interactions and Chromatin II
Featured Speaker: Tamar Schlick, New York University, USA
Modeling Chromatin Architecture Transitions in Biological Processes
Membrane Structure
Featured Speaker: Ilpo Vattulainen, University of Helsinki, Finland
Barriers in the Eye and Lungs That Maintain Biological Functions
Muscle, Calcium and Signaling II
Featured Speaker: Madeline Shea, University of Iowa, USA
Ca2+-Saturated Calmodulin Binds Tightly to the N-Terminal Domain of A-Type
Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF) Homologous Factors
Actin and Associated Proteins - Myosins
Featured Speaker: Glen Hocky, New York University, USA
Passive Versus Active Regulation in the Actin Cytoskeleton
Neuroscience
Featured Speaker: Guo-Li Ming, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Modeling Human Brain Organogenesis Using Pluripotent Stem Cells
Spectroscopy, Diffraction and Microscopy
Featured Speaker: Marvin Bayro, University of Puerto Rico, USA
Solid-State NMR Analysis of Interface Flexibility in Pleomorphic Protein Assemblies
Friday, February 26, 2021
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, USA Eastern
Membrane Protein Dynamics and Folding II
Featured Speaker: Patrick van der Wel, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
How Lipids Mobilise Membrane-Bound Cytochrome C Seen by Solid-State NMR
Intrinsically Disordered Proteins (IDP) and Aggregates III
Featured Speaker: Andela Saric, University College London, United Kingdom
Pathways of Amyloid Formation in Solution and on Lipid Membranes
RNA Structure and Dynamics
Featured Speaker: Yamuna Krishnan, University of Chicago, USA
The Membrane Potential of Organelles
Protein-Lipid Interactions II
Featured Speaker: Ling-Gang Wu, NIH, NINDS, USA
Visualizing Membrane Transformation in Mediating Endocytosis and Generating Various Endocytic
Modes in Live Cells
Ion Channels, Pharmacology, and Disease
Featured Speaker: Marc Kschonsak, Genentech, Inc, USA
Structure of the Sodium Leak Channel NALCN Reveals Insights Into Its Disease Mutations, Unique
Pharmacology and Gating
Microtubule-associated Motors -Cytoskeleton-based Intracellular Transport
Featured Speaker: Lukas Kapitein, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Cytoskeletal Dynamics and Kinesin-1 Selectivity in Developing Neurons
Molecular Dynamics and Bioinformatics III
Featured Speaker: Matthieu Wyart, EPFL, Switzerland
Architecture and Co-Evolution of Allosteric Materials