Program

21 March

4.30 p.m.	Opening: Welcome address
4.35 p.m. - 5.35 p.m.	Membranes and bio-constructs	Ana Garcia-Saez, Köln, GER: Illuminating mitochondrial permeabilization in apoptosis Laidy Alvero-Gonzalez, Castellón, Spain: The electrophysiological activity of Dynorphin A reveals both pore formation and neuropeptide translocation regulated by lipid charge Darya Radziuk, Minsk, Belarus: Improving NSAIDs: Oxidised Metallographene-NSAID Nanoparticles
6.00 p.m.	Dinner
7.30 p.m. - 9.00 p.m.	Structures & methodologies	Aneika Leney, Birmingham, UK: Using mass spectrometry as a tool to study the evolution of photosynthesis Sarah Harris, Leeds, UK: From genes to machines - multiscale modelling of biomolecular dynamics Arwen Pearson, Hamburg, GER: Time-resolved structural biology for the masses: making a niche method part of the routine structural biology toolkit

22 March

9.00 a.m. - 10.30 a.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 Michael Schlierf, Dresden, GER: Molecular mechanisms of the bacterial integron revealed with single molecule biophysics
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 Lukas Pekarek, Würzburg, GER: Decoding SARS-CoV-2 frameshifting: Unraveling the orchestrated interplay of RNA Structures Annita Jannasch, Tübingen, GER: Superpower behaviour of the budding yeast kinesin-8
12.00 a.m.	Lunch
2.00 p.m. - 3.45 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 Richard Börner, Mittweida, GER: FRET-guided integrative modelling: A workflow for RNA tertiary contact prediction David Rueda, Imperial College London, UK: FANCD2-FANCI is a sliding clamp that surveys dsDNA and recognizes ssDNA gaps
3.45 p.m. - 3.55 p.m.	Industry Talk: Lumicks B.V.
3.55 p.m. - 4.10 p.m.	Coffee break (20 min.)
4.10 p.m.	Group photo
4.15 p.m. - 6.00 p.m.	Single molecule methodologies	Stefan Hell, Göttingen/Heidelberg, GER: MINFLUX nanoscopy and related matters Don Lamb, LMU Munich, GER: Refolding of discontinuous two-domain protein: A multi-color FRET story Yulia Yancheva, Groningen, NL: Investigating the mechanisms of enhanced enzyme diffusion using mass photometry Yujia Qing, Oxford, UK: Towards nanopore proteomics: single-molecule analysis of post-translational modifications within full-length proteins
6.00 p.m.	Dinner
7.30 p.m. - 7.40 p.m.	Industry Talk: Molecular Machines & Industries
7.40 p.m. - Open end	Poster Session

23 March

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 Janine-Denise Kopicki, Hamburg/Siegen, GER: MHC class I peptide screening using native MS Alida Meyer, Aachen, Germany: Design and characterization of a FRET based drought sensor utilizing Late Embryogenesis Abundant (LEA) Proteins
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 Nivedita Dutta, Poznan, Poland: Modulation of structure and thermodynamics of RNA G-quadruplexes by A and I editing: Possible root to G-quadruplex-based RNA therapeutics Fatema-Aqila Said, Hamburg, Germany: The kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 nsp7-11 polyprotein processing and impact on complexation with nsp16
12:00 a.m.	Lunch
1.30 p.m. - 2.45 p.m.	Protein aggregation	Edward Lemke, Mainz, GER: Decoding Molecular Plasticity in the Dark Proteome Henrike Heise, Jülich/Düsseldorf, GER: Protein unfolding and aggregation at all stages as seen by NMR-spectroscopy
2.45 p.m. - End	Concluding words and poster prizes

Invited Speakers

Sergi Garcia-Manyes

King’s College London, UK

Ana Garcia-Saez

Köln, GER

Christian Haering

Würzburg, GER

Sarah Harris

Leeds, UK

George Heath

Leeds, UK

Henrike Heise

Jülich / Düsseldorf, GER

Stefan Hell

Göttingen / Heidelberg, GER

Neil Kad

Kent, UK

Dagmar Klostermeier

Münster, GER

Don Lamb

LMU München, GER

Edward Lemke

Mainz, GER

Aneika Leney

Birmingham, UK

Arwen Pearson

Hamburg, GER

Alice Pyne

Sheffield, UK

Yujia Qing

Oxford, UK

Lynne Regan

Edinburgh, UK

David Rueda

Imperial College London, UK

Michael Schlierf

Dresden, GER

Reidun Twarock

York, UK

Seraphine Wegner

Münster, GER

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February 21, 2024

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