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Liposomes, Exosomes, and Virosomes: From Modeling Complex
Membrane Processes to Medical Diagnostics and Drug Delivery
Program Schedule
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Session V
Donald M. Engelman, Yale University, USA,
Chair
8:45 – 9:20
Wolfhard Almers, Oregon Health & Science University, USA
Secretory Granules and Their Syntaxin Clusters in the Plasma Membrane
9:20 – 9:55
Horst Vogel, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Ligand-gated Ion Channels: Structures and Functions
9:55 – 10:25
Coffee Break Spazio Roccia
10:25 – 10:40
Muhmmad Omar Hmeadi, Uppsala University, Sweden*
Plasma Membrane PI(4,5)P2 Is Critical for Secretory Granule Exocytosis
10:40 – 10:55
Christopher Stroupe, University of Virginia School of Medicine, USA*
Using Liposomes as a Model System for Probing the Biochemical Mechanisms of
Intracellular Membrane Tethering
10:55 – 11:30
David Alsteens, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Imagining Individual Receptors while Extracting Kinetic and Thermodynamic
Parameters Using FD-based AFM
11:30 – 12:05
Jay T. Groves, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Signal Transduction on Membrane Surfaces: The Roles of Space, Force, and
Time
12:30 – 14:30
Lunch
Sala Luce
Session VI
Philippe Bastiaens, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics,
Germany,
Chair
14:30 – 15:05
Anne K. Kenworthy, Vanderbilt University, USA
Targeting Proteins to Lipid Rafts: Mechanisms and Consequences
15:05 – 15:20
Nikhil R. Gandasi, Uppsala University School of Medicine, Sweden*
Assembly of the Secretory Machinery during Insulin Granule Docking
15:20 – 15:35
Joël de Beer, Eidgenössische Techniche Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland *
Fusion of Synthetic Lipid Carriers to Exosomes Produces Hybrid Vesicles
Harnessed for the Delivery of Biomolecules
15:35 – 15:50
Raya Sorkin, VU University, Netherlands*
Mechanics of Extracellular Vesicles from Plasmodium Falciparum Infected Red
Blood Cells
15:50 – 17:25
Coffee Break & Poster Session II Balint Salon
17:25 – 18:00
Anthony Hyman, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics,
Germany
Phase Transitions: An Emerging Principle in Cytoplasmic Organization and
Neurodegeneration
19:00 – 20:00
Dinner
Sala Luce
* Contributed talks selected from among submitted abstracts