BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER
13
NOVEMBER
2014
Membrane Structure and
Assembly
Marjorie Longo
, University of California, Davis,
Subgroup Chair
John Conboy
, University of Utah
Phosphatidylglycerol Asymmetry and Translocation
in Lipid Membranes
Todd R. Graham
, Vanderbilt University
Control of Membrane Asymmetry by P4-ATPases
Peter Tieleman
, University of Calgary, Canada
Computer Simulations of Lipid Flip-Flop and
Membrane Asymmetry
Mary Kraft,
University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign
Investigating the Mechanisms of Non-Random
Sphingolipid Organization in the Plasma
Membranes of Fibroblast Cells
Edward Lyman
, University of Delaware
Molecular Structure and Nanoscale Dynamics of the
Liquid-ordered Phase
Christoph Naumann
, Indiana University- Purdue
University Indianapolis
Probing Membrane Protein Sequestration and
Oligomerization in Polymer-tethered Phospholipid
Bilayers Containing Raft-mimicking Lipid Mixtures
Jeanne Stachowiak
, University of Texas, Austin
Protein Crowding Modulates the Shape and Content
of Curved Membranes and Coated Vesicles
Miglena I. Angelova
, Pierre and Marie Curie
University, France
Direct Monolayer Packing Imbalance and Phospho-
lipid Flip-Flop: Two Mechanisms of Local Bilayer
Deformation. Application to Mitochondrial Cristae
of Wild-Type and Cardiolipin-Deficient Mutant
Patricia Bassereau,
Curie Institute, France
Protein Spatial Distribution Depends on Membrane
Curvature
Guillaume Drin
, National Center for Scientific
Research, France
Structural Basis of Membrane Curvature
Recognition by the ALPS Motifs
Scott Feller
, Wabash College,
Thompson Award Lecture
Musings at Mid-Career: What Is So Special about
Omega-3 Fatty Acids?
5:10
pm
Subgroup Business Meeting
Molecular Biophysics
Zev Bryant
,
Stanford University, Subgroup Chair
Dynamics of Macromolecular Machines
and Assemblies
James Berger
, Johns Hopkins University
Bending, Twisting, Popping: Protein and Nucleic-
Acid Remodeling by ATP-dependent Machines and
Switches
Terence Strick
, CNRS/University Paris Diderot,
France
Single-Molecule Analysis of Nucleotide Excision
Repair Pathways
Yann Chemla
, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Direct Observation of Structure-Function
Relationships in Nucleic Acid Processing Enzymes
11:15
am
Subgroup Business Meeting
Eric Greene
, Columbia University
Visualizing Homologous Recombination at the
Single-Molecule Level Using DNA Curtains
Tanja Kortemme
, University of California,
San Francisco
Gregory Alushin
, NIH
Visualizing the Structural Plasticity of the
Cytoskeleton
Nikta Fakhri
, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
High-Resolution Mapping of Intracellular
Fluctuations Using Carbon Nanotubes
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