Conference program Molecular Biophysics
21-23 March 2024, Kloster Hünfeld, Germany

• 4.30 p.m. - 6.00 p.m.

  Membranes and bio-constructs

  Ana Garcia-Saez, Köln, GER (Illuminating mitochondrial permeabilization in apoptosis)
  Lynne Regan, Edinburgh, UK (talk title to be announced, TBA)
  Selected from abstracts 1
  Selected from abstracts 2

• 6.00 p.m.

  Dinner

• 7.30 p.m. - 9.00 p.m.

  Structures & methodologies

  Aneika Leney, Birmingham, UK (TBA)
  Sarah Harris, Leeds, UK (From genes to machines - multiscale modelling of biomolecular dynamics)
  Arwen Pearson (Time-resolved structural biology for the masses: making a niche method part of the routine structural biology toolkit)

• 9.00 a.m. - 10.30 a.m.

  Single molecule methodologies

  Don Lamb, LMU München, GER (Refolding of discontinuous two-domain protein: A multi-color FRET story)
  Stefan Hell, Göttingen / Heidelberg, GER (MINFLUX nanoscopy and related matters)
  Madhavi Krishnan, Oxford, UK (Bringing electrostatics to light: Electrometry probes a new dimension at the molecular scale)

• 10.30 a.m. - 11.00 a.m.

  Coffee break

• 11.00 a.m. - 12.00 a.m.

  Single molecule dynamics I

  Neil Kad, Kent, UK (Super-resolving the activity of muscle myosins in the native milieu of myofibrils)
  Selected from abstracts 3
  Selected from abstracts 4

• 12.00 a.m.

  Lunch

• 2.00 p.m. - 3.55 p.m.

  Single molecule dynamics II

  George Heath, Leeds, UK (Structural dynamics of single proteins by High-Speed AFM)
  Dagmar Klostermeier, Münster, GER (Regulation of topoisomerase activities through modulation of their conformational space and dynamics)
  Selected from abstracts 5
  David Rueda, Imperial College London, UK (TBA)
  Industry Talk: Lumicks B.V.

• 3.55 p.m. - 4.15 p.m.

  Coffee break (20 min.)

• 4.15 p.m. - 6.00 p.m.

  Protein-DNA systems

  Alice Pyne, Sheffield, UK (Unravelling the invisible complexities of the genome)
  Christian Hearing, Würzburg, GER (Insights into the molecular machines that fold genomes)
  Selected from abstracts 6
  Michael Schlierf, Dresden, GER (Molecular mechanisms of the bacterial integron revealed with singlemolecule biophysics)

• 6.00 p.m.

  Dinner

• 7.30 p.m. - Open end

  Poster Session

• 9.00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

  Molecular adhesion

  Seraphine Wegner, Münster, GER (Photoswitchable cell-cell adhesions)
  Sergi Garcia-Manyes, King’s College London, UK (Talin oxidation regulates cellular mechanotransduction)
  Selected from abstracts 7
  Selected from abstracts 8

• 10.30 a.m. - 11.00 a.m.

  Coffee break

• 11.00 a.m. - 12.00 a.m.

  Viral interactions

  Reidun Twarock, York, UK (Viral geometry as a key to understanding viral infections)
  Selected from abstracts 9
  Selected from abstracts 10

• 12:00 a.m.

  Lunch

• 1.30 p.m. - 2.45 p.m.

  Protein aggregation

  Meytal Landau (Virulent and Antimicrobial Amyloids in Infectious and Neurodegenerative Diseases)
  Henrike Heise (Protein unfolding and aggregation at all stages as seen by NMR-spectroscopy)

• 2.45 p.m. - End

  Concluding words and poster prizes