Biophysical Society 60th Annual Meeting

4:00 pm–6:00 pm

Symposium: Molecular Mechanisms of Mechanosensation

Petree Hall C

Chair:

Robert Fettiplace, University of Wisconsin-Madison

GLOBAL AND SPECIFIC INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MECHANOSENSITIVE ION CHANNELS AND THE LIPID BILAYER.

Boris Martinac

INGLE MOLECULE FORCE SPECTROSCOPY OF HAIR-CELL TIP-LINK PROTEINS

. David P. Corey

LOCALIZATION OF ANOMALOUS MECHANO-SENSITIVE ION CHANNELS IN COCHLEAR HAIR CELLS.

Robert Fettiplace

STRUCTURE AND CHEMICAL BIOLOGY OF MECHANOSENSITIVE K2P CHANNELS.

Daniel L. Minor

4:00 pm–6:00 pm

Symposium: Folding Rates and Routes

Petree Hall D

Chair:

Jane Clarke, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

ASSESSING AND MANIPULATING PROTEIN FOLDING DYNAMICS.

Feng Gai

COUPLED PROTEIN FOLDING AND BINDING REACTIONS: MECHANISMS AND SPEED LIMITS.

Thomas Kiefhaber

IMPACTS OF CHARGE PATTERNING ON INTRINSICALLY DISORDERED PROTEINS AND MECHANISMS OF DISORDER-TO-ORDER

TRANSITIONS.

Rohit V. Pappu

THE ROLE OF DISORDER IN PROTEIN FOLDING.

Jane Clarke

4:00 pm–6:00 pm

Symposium: Expanding Horizons in Biophysics and Medical Physics

Room 502A

Chair:

Robert Jeraj, University of Wisconsin-Madison

INTERPLAY BETWEEN MOLECULAR IMAGING AND TUMOR MODELING OF ANTI-ANGIOGENIC THERAPIES.

Robert Jeraj

CHERENKOV IMAGING OF RADIATION DOSE AND MOLECULAR SIGNALING IN VIVO.

Brian Pogue

THE ROLE OF PHYSICS IN DRIVING PRECISION IN CANCER MEDICINE.

David Jaffray

CELL ADHESION STRENGTH IS REDUCED BY THE PRESENCE OF PERICELLULAR MATRIX PATCHES.

Jennifer Curtis

4:00 pm–6:00 pm Platform: Cell Mechanics, Cytoskeleton, and Motility

Room 502B

4:00 pm–6:00 pm Platform: Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Room 515A

4:00 pm–6:00 pm Platform: Ligand-gated Channels

Room 515B

4:00 pm–6:00 pm Platform: Protein-Small Molecule Interactions

Room 501ABC

4:00 pm–6:00 pm Platform: Protein-Lipid Interactions I

Room 511ABC

4:30 pm–6:00 pm

Exhibitor Presentation: Molecular Devices

Room 513

Pushing the Performane Envelope: Evaluation of the NMDA Receptor

Using Automated Electrophysiology and Fast Fluidics

5:30 pm–7:00 pm Exhibitor Presentation: Sutter Instrument

Room 505

Scientists Empowering Scientists

8:00 pm–9:30 pm Awards and National Lecture

Concourse Hall

9:30 pm–12:00 am Reception and Dance

J.W. Marriott - Diamond Ballroom

9:30 pm–12:00 am Reception and Quiet Room

J.W. Marriott - Gold Ballroom