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Polymers and Self Assembly: From Biology to Nanomaterials Program
11:00 – 11:30
Louise Serpell, University of Sussex, United Kingdom
Exploiting Amyloid Fibrils as Functional Bionanomaterials
11:30 – 12:00
Jerson Silva, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Hydration and Cavities in Amyloid Fibrils and Oligomers
Modulated by Hydrostatic Pressure
12:00 – 12:15
Cong Liu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Structure-based Design of Amyloids with Novel Functions for
Nanomaterials*
12:15 – 12:30
Francesco Ruggeri, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
(EPFL), Switzerland
Amyloids Structural and Nanomechanical Characterization at the
Individual Aggregate Scale*
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch on own
Session IV
Vince Conticello, Emory University, USA, Chair
14:00 – 14:30
Claudio Fernandez, National University of Rosario, Argentina
Biophysics and Structural Biology of Neurodegeneration: The
Case of Alpha-Synuclein
14:30 – 15:00
Debora Foguel, Medical Biochemistry Institute, Brazil
Transthyretin-Related Diseases: From the Patient to the Protein
15:00 – 15:30
Monica S. Freitas, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Protein Misfolding Pathway Probed by Solution and Solid- State
NMR
15:30 – 15:45
Jean-Marie Ruysschaert, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Lipid Nanoparticles and Amyloids Activate Receptors of the Innate
System*
15:45 – 16:30
Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:30
Poster Session II
Mar da Barra
20:30
Banquet
Porcao Rio Restaurant
*Short talks selected from among submitted abstracts