Biomembranes II

Presentations

• Exploring Intrinsic Disorder at the Protein-Lipid Interface

  ORAL · Invited

  March 17, 2025, 6:00 PM – March 17, 2025, 6:36 PM

  Publication: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.14.623669v1.abstract<br>https://www.cell.com/trends/biochemical-sciences/abstract/S0968-0004(24)00050-1<br>

  Presenters

  • Wade Zeno

    University of Southern California

  Authors

  • Wade Zeno

    University of Southern California

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• Driven fluctuations and a transition to localized mode deformations in light-responsive lipid vesicles

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 6:36 PM – March 17, 2025, 6:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Chris Oville

    University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Authors

  • Chris Oville

    University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Haim Diamant

    School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University

  • Anthony Duprat Dinsmore

    University of Massachusetts Amherst

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• Mechanics of force sensing in Piezo ion channels

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 6:48 PM – March 17, 2025, 7:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Avishuman Ray

    University of Southern California

  Authors

  • Avishuman Ray

    University of Southern California

  • Christoph A Haselwandter

    University of Southern California

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• Dielectric permittivity of a lipid bilayer: Theory and simulations

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 7:00 PM – March 17, 2025, 7:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Md Mohtasir Billah Sheraj

    University of Texas at Austin

  Authors

  • Md Mohtasir Billah Sheraj

    University of Texas at Austin

  • Amaresh Sahu

    University of Texas at Austin

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• Abstract Withdrawn

  ORAL Withdrawn

  March 17, 2025, 7:12 PM – March 17, 2025, 7:24 PM

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• Membrane Stabilization of Helical Previtamin D Conformers as Possible Enhancement of Vitamin D Photoproduction

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 7:24 PM – March 17, 2025, 7:36 PM

  Publication: A. C. Smith, M. Plazola, P. Hudson, E. Tapavicza, J. Phys. Chem. B, 128, 8956−8965 (2024).<br>

  Presenters

  • Enrico Tapavicza

    California State University Long Beach

  Authors

  • Enrico Tapavicza

    California State University Long Beach

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• Dynamic studies of the formation of model lipid membranes on highly curved lightguiding nanowires.

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 7:36 PM – March 17, 2025, 7:48 PM

  Publication: Planned paper, pending to be submitted: "Comparative Kinetics of Supported Lipid Bilayer Formation on Highly Curved Nanowire Arrays and Planar Silica Surfaces"

  Presenters

  • Julia Valderas Gutiérrez

    Lund University

  Authors

  • Julia Valderas Gutiérrez

    Lund University

  • Rubina Davtyan

    Lund Univ/Lund Inst of Tech, Lund University

  • Christelle N Prinz

    Lund University

  • Emma Sparr

    Lund University

  • Peter Jönsson

    Lund University

  • Heiner Linke

    Lund Univ/Lund Inst of Tech, Lund University

  • Fredrik Höök

    Chalmers University of Technology, Lund University

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• Simultaneous Topography, Stiffness, and Surface Potential Mapping of Individual Cells Using Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 7:48 PM – March 17, 2025, 8:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Jonathan Tabares

    Florida International University

  Authors

  • Jonathan Tabares

    Florida International University

  • Jin He

    Florida International University

  • Navin Prajapati

    Florida International University

  • Kevin Chandler

    Florida International University

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• Transient pores in Hemifusion Diaphragms

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 8:00 PM – March 17, 2025, 8:12 PM

  Publication: Spencer, Russell K.W. et al. Biophysical Journal, Volume 123, Issue 16, 2455 - 2475

  Presenters

  • Russell KW Spencer

    University of Göttingen, University of Gottingen

  Authors

  • Russell KW Spencer

    University of Göttingen, University of Gottingen

  • Marcus Müller

    University of Gottingen

  • Alireza Soleimani

    University of Göttingen

  • Yuliya Smirnova

    University of Göttingen

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• Self-limited self-assembly of monodisperse colloidal vesicles

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 8:12 PM – March 17, 2025, 8:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Seungwoo Shin

    University of California, Santa Barbara

  Authors

  • Seungwoo Shin

    University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Zvonimir Dogic

    University of California, Santa Barbara

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• Probing the Orientation and Membrane Permeation of Rhodamine Voltage Reporters through Molecular Dynamics and Free Energy Calculations

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 8:24 PM – March 17, 2025, 8:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Yajing Qi

    The Chinese University of Hongkong

  Authors

  • Yajing Qi

    The Chinese University of Hongkong

  • Yi Wang

    Chinese University of Hong Kong

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• The diffuse interface description of lipid membranes: hemifusion pathway and lateral stress profile

  ORAL

  March 17, 2025, 8:36 PM – March 17, 2025, 8:48 PM

  Publication: [1] Bottacchiari, M., Gallo, M., Bussoletti, M., & Casciola, C. M. (2024). The diffuse interface description of fluid lipid membranes captures key features of the hemifusion pathway and lateral stress profile. PNAS nexus, 3(8).<br>[2] Bottacchiari, M., Gallo, M., Bussoletti, M., & Casciola, C. M. (2024). The local variation of the Gaussian modulus enables different pathways for fluid lipid vesicle fusion. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 23.<br>[3] Bussoletti, M., Gallo, M., Bottacchiari, M., Abbondanza, D., & Casciola, C. M. (2024). Mesoscopic elasticity controls dynamin-driven fission of lipid tubules. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 14003.<br>[4] Bottacchiari, M., Gallo, M., Bussoletti, M., & Casciola, C. M. (2022). Activation energy and force fields during topological transitions of fluid lipid vesicles. Communications physics, 5(1), 283.

  Presenters

  • Matteo Bottacchiari

    Sapienza University of Rome

  Authors

  • Matteo Bottacchiari

    Sapienza University of Rome

  • Mirko Gallo

    University of Rome La Sapienza, Sapienza University of Rome

  • Marco Bussoletti

    Sapienza University of Rome

  • Carlo Massimo M Casciola

    Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Eng., Sapienza University, University of Rome La Sapienza, Sapienza University of Rome

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