Biophysical Society Thematic Meeting - June 28-July 1, 2015

New Biological Frontiers Illuminated by Molecular Sensors and Actuators

Program

8:45 – 9:00 PM

James Johnson, University of British Columbia, Canada * Insulin Receptor and IGF1 Receptor Biosensors Employing Between-Domain Fluorescence Tags

Tuesday, June 30, 2015 Session 6

Illuminating Novel Biology (I) Discussion Leader: Takanari Inoue, Johns Hopkins University, USA

8:30 – 9:00 AM

Tobias Meyer, Stanford University, USA Molecular Choreography of Polarity Regulation in Cell Migration Kenzo Hirose, University of Tokyo, Japan Synaptic Function Illuminated by a Hybrid-Type Fluorescent Glutamate Probe Yuning Hong, University of Melbourne, Australia * Revealing Proteostasis Capacity in Cells by a Fluorescent Sensor Kenneth Madsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark * Investigating Cellular Activity in Dissociated Neuronal Cultures Using Novel pH and PKA Activity Biosensors

9:00 – 9:30 AM

9:30 – 9:45 AM

9:45 – 10:00 AM

Coffee Break

Socrates Lobby

10:00 – 10:30 AM

Session 7

Illuminating Novel Biology (II) Discussion Leader: Tobias Meyer, Stanford University, USA

10:30 – 11:00 AM

Jin Zhang, Johns Hopkins University, USA Illuminating Biochemical Activity Architecture of the Cell Yulong Li, Peking University, China Spying Neurotransmitter Release by New Genetically-encoded Indicators Junji Suzuki, The University of Tokyo, Japan * Imaging Intraorganellar Ca 2+ at Subcellular Resolution Using CEPIA Marcus Wilhelmsson, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden * Sensing and Structure Investigations of Nucleic Acid Systems Using Fluorescent Base Analogue FRET-Probes

11:00 – 11:30 AM

11:30 AM – 11:45 AM

11:45 AM – 12:00 PM

*Short talks selected from among submitted abstracts

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