Biophysics I

FOCUS · B04 · ID: 3646883

Presentations

  • From Molecular Complexity to Unified Laws: Rethinking Membrane Elasticity

    ORAL · Invited

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    Publication: Cholesterol modulates membrane elasticity via unified biophysical laws. Nat Commun 16, 7024 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-62106-0

    Presenters

    • Rana Ashkar

      Principal Investigator, Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA; Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA;, Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA; Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA, Virginia Tech

    Authors

    • Rana Ashkar

      Principal Investigator, Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA; Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA;, Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA; Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA, Virginia Tech

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  • Sterol–Lipid Hybrids: Novel Molecular Tools to Tune Membrane Lateral Phase Separation

    ORAL

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    Presenters

    • Suryabrahmam Buti

      Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA; Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA;

    Authors

    • Suryabrahmam Buti

      Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA; Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA;

    • Nicholas Bennett Morris

      Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA; Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA;

    • Teshani Kumarage

      Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA; Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA

    • Dinidu K Hathnagoda

      Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA; Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA;, Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA; Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA

    • Rana Ashkar

      Principal Investigator, Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA; Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA;, Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA; Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA, Virginia Tech

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  • Towards characterizing the biophysical landscape of immune cells with a novel modular toolbox.

    ORAL

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    Publication: Shurer, C.R., Baker, G., Laplace, C., Porter, A., Sputay, D., Cannon, H., Klymchenko, A., Levental, K.R., Levental, I. Measuring the biophysical paralipidome: a modular toolbox reveals protein-proximal nano-environments in live cell membranes [not submitted].

    Presenters

    • Grant Baker

      University of Virginia

    Authors

    • Grant Baker

      University of Virginia

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  • Sterol-lipid conjugation uncovers why membrane rigidity varies across scales

    ORAL

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    Presenters

    • Dinidu K Hathnagoda

      Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA; Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA;, Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA; Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA

    Authors

    • Dinidu K Hathnagoda

      Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA; Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA;, Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA; Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA

    • Suryabrahmam Buti

      Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA; Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA

    • Teshani Kumarage

      Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA; Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA

    • Rana Ashkar

      Principal Investigator, Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA; Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA;, Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA; Center for Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA, Virginia Tech

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  • Tissue Engineering Cardiovascular Grafts with Direct Current and Alternating Field Electrospinning.

    ORAL

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    Presenters

    • Harley Hicks

      Troy University

    Authors

    • Harley Hicks

      Troy University

    • Noah C Hallman

      Troy University

    • Andrei Stanishevsky

      University of Alabama at Birmingham, PI

    • Julia Król

      Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences

    • Filippo Pierini

      Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences

    • Amanda J Kennell

      Troy University, University of Alabama at Birmingham

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  • A Plateau Problem for Membranes

    ORAL

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    Presenters

    • Leroy Jia

      National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

    Authors

    • Leroy Jia

      National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

    • Xinyi Liu

      Northwestern University

    • Neelesh A Patankar

      Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University

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