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BPS Virtual Networking Event: Biophysics of Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation

BPS Virtual Networking Event: Biophysics of Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation

BPS Virtual Networking Event: Biophysics of Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation

Event date: Friday, Nov 08, 2024 - Friday, Nov 08, 2024 Export event
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This virtual mini-symposium will include speakers on the topic of the biophysics of liquid-liquid phase separation.

The event is organized by BPS member, Dr. Somnath Mondal, Pennsylvania State University, USA.

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Event Speakers

(speakers listed in alphabetical order)

Matthew Amato UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA Phospho-regulated tuning of viscoelastic properties balances centrosome growth and strength
Tapajyoti Das St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, USA Metastable condensates of an ALS-linked protein suppress conversion to amyloid fibrils
Zach Geisterfer Duke University, USA Dissecting the molecular function of ribonucleoprotein condensates
Heankel Lyons UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA Gain-of-function RNA Polymerase II partitioning is a shared feature of diverse oncogenic fusions
Somnath Mondal Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, USA Liquid-liquid phase separation emerged by interactions of the Picornavirus 3C(D) major protease and genomic RNA control elements
Saumyak Mukherjee Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt, Germany Microscopic view of FUS-LCD condensates from all-atom MD simulations
Mihajlo Novakovic ETH Zurich, Switzerland LLPS REDIFINE allows the biophysical characterization of multicomponent condensates without tags or labels
Paulo Onuchic Baylor College of Medicine, USA Inflammatory Condensates – How neurotoxic peptides modulate RNA-mediated innate immune activation
Carlos Pintado Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain Confident protein datasets for liquid-liquid phase separation studies
Shiv Rekhi Texas A&M University, USA Quantifying residue-level driving forces underlying disordered protein phase separation
Pascale Sarkis INSERM Bordeaux, France Molecular behavior of disordered translation initiation factor eIF4B: from monomers to oligomers and condensates
Marie-Christin Spindler EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Molecular underpinnings of stress-induced cytosolic reorganisation in yeast
Sabareesan Ambadi Thody UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA Small molecule properties define partitioning into biomolecular condensates
Kohei Yokosawa Tohoku University, Japan Quantitative Raman Analysis and photo-regulation of nucleic acid–peptide droplets formed by liquid–liquid phase separation

 

Event Schedule

8th November 2024, 9:00 am - 5:45 pm, New York Time:  
     
Session I:    
9:00 am - 9:30 am Marie-Christin Spindler, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Molecular underpinnings of stress-induced cytosolic reorganisation in yeast
9:30 am - 10:00 am Kohei Yokosawa, Tohoku University, Japan Quantitative Raman Analysis and photo-regulation of nucleic acid–peptide droplets formed by liquid–liquid phase separation
10:00 am - 10:30 am Mihajlo Novakovic, ETH Zurich, Switzerland LLPS REDIFINE allows the biophysical characterization of multicomponent condensates without tags or labels
10:30 am - 11:00 am Carlos Pintado, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain Confident protein datasets for liquid-liquid phase separation studies
11:00 am - 11:30 am Matthew Amato, UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA Phospho-regulated tuning of viscoelastic properties balances centrosome growth and strength
     
11:30 am - 12:30 pm BREAK  
     
Session II    
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm Pascale Sarkis, INSERM Bordeaux, France Molecular behavior of disordered translation initiation factor eIF4B: from monomers to oligomers and condensates
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Tapajyoti Das, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, USA Metastable condensates of an ALS-linked protein suppress conversion to amyloid fibrils
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Sabareesan Ambadi Thody, UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA Small molecule properties define partitioning into biomolecular condensates
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Paulo Onuchic, Baylor College of Medicine, USA Inflammatory Condensates – How neurotoxic peptides modulate RNA-mediated innate immune activation
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Shiv Rekhi, Texas A&M University, USA Quantifying residue-level driving forces underlying disordered protein phase separation
     
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm BREAK  
     
Session III    
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Zach Geisterfer, Duke University, USA Dissecting the molecular function of ribonucleoprotein condensates
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Saumyak Mukherjee, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt, Germany Microscopic view of FUS-LCD condensates from all-atom MD simulations
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Heankel Lyons, UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA Gain-of-function RNA Polymerase II partitioning is a shared feature of diverse oncogenic fusions
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm Somnath Mondal, Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, USA Liquid-liquid phase separation emerged by interactions of the Picornavirus 3C(D) major protease and genomic RNA control elements
     
5:30 pm - 5:45 pm Thanksgiving