Name: LINXS Partner event - Lipid Bilayers at ESS- BESS in Lund, 13-15 June 2022
Start: 2022-06-13T11:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-06-15T14:10:00+02:00
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LINXS Partner event - Lipid Bilayers at ESS- BESS in Lund, 13-15 June 2022

from Monday 13 June 2022 (11:30) to Wednesday 15 June 2022 (14:10)

Monday 13 June 2022

11:30 Lunch and registration
Lunch and registration
11:30 - 13:00

13:00 Welcome by Dr. Hanna Wacklin-Knect, ESS
Welcome by Dr. Hanna Wacklin-Knect, ESS
13:00 - 13:05

13:05 LINXS Director, Prof. Trevor Forsyth
LINXS Director, Prof. Trevor Forsyth
13:05 - 13:15
13:15 Session 1 - Biological membranes and functions
13:15 - 15:00
Contributions

13:15 Keynote talk 1: Rumiana Dimova - Remodeling of model membranes: to bud or not to bud - Rumana Dimova (Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany)

14:00 Contributed talk 1: Giovanna Fragneto - Insertion and activation of functional Bacteriorhodopsin in a floating bilayer - Giovanna Fragneto (Institut Laue-Langevin - École doctorale de Physique, Université Grenoble Alpes)

14:20 Contributed talk 2: Magdalena Czekalska - Microfluidic methods for α-synuclein - lipid interactions - Magdalena Czekalska (University of Cambridge)

14:40 Contributed talk 3: Sophie Ayscough - The role of hydrocarbons in cyanobacterial membranes - Sophie Ayscough (ESS)
15:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 Session 2 - Membrane structure and self-assembly
15:30 - 17:15
Contributions

15:30 Keynote talk 2: Georg Pabst - Asymmetric Membranes - Structure, Dynamics and Interleaflet Coupling - Georg Pabst (Universität Graz, Austria)

16:15 Contributed talk 4: Nico Paracini - Bilayers, layer by layer. Applications of Langmuir-Blodgett and Schaefer methods to bio-membrane research with neutrons - Nico Paracini (Malmo University)

16:35 Contributed talk 5: Emanuel Schneck - Investigating Lipid Membranes Adsorbed to Functionalized Air/Water and Oil/Water Interfaces - Emanuel Schneck

16:55 Contributed talk 6: Tonya Kuhl - Robust and Tunable Polymer Cushioned Lipid Membranes - Tonya Kuhl (University of California at Davis)
17:15 Round-table discussion
Round-table discussion
17:15 - 18:00

18:00 Poster session with refreshments
Poster session with refreshments
18:00 - 20:00
Tuesday 14 June 2022
08:30 Session 3 - Membrane dynamics
08:30 - 10:15
Contributions

08:30 Keynote talk 3: Michihiro Nagao - Hierarchical dynamics of lipid bilayers measured by quasielastic scattering techniques - Michihiro Nagao (NIST, USA)

09:15 Contributed talk 7: Christopher Garvey - Neutron diffraction as a tool for membrane biophysics in the cold and the dry - Christopher Garvey (Technische Universität München)

09:35 Contributed talk 8: Yuri Gerelli - Phase transition and lipid flip-flop coupling in model lipid bilayers - Yuri Gerelli (Università Politecnica delle Marche)

09:55 Contributed talk 9: Jennifer Gilbert - Investigating the effect of an ionisable lipid on layer structure and dynamics in a simplified system - Jennifer Gilbert (Lund University)
10:15 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:15 - 10:45
10:45 Session 4 - Structural analysis of membranes incl. simulations
10:45 - 12:30
Contributions

10:45 Keynote talk 4: Samuli Ollila - Data-driven analyses of lipid bilayer structure and dynamics from the NMRlipids Databank - Samuli Ollila (University of Helsinki, Finland)

11:30 Contrbuted talk 10: Christian Jørgensen - An atomistic model of the human stratum corneum lipid matrix transport - Christian Jorgensen (Aarhus University)

11:50 Contributed talk 11: Amanda Eriksson Skog - The role of histidines in antimicrobial peptides - Amanda Eriksson Skog (Theoretical Chemistry, Lund University)

12:10 Contributed talk 12: Thomas Heimburg - Elastic constants of lipid membranes are not constant: Possible medical consequences - Thomas Heimburg (Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen)
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
13:30 Session 5 - Lateral and non-planar membrane structures
13:30 - 15:15
Contributions

13:30 Keynote talk 5: Hanna Barriga - Understanding the role of structure and lipid composition in lipid nanocarriers using bulk and single particle analysis - Hanna Barriga (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden)

14:15 Contributed talk 13: Federica Sebastiani - Surface Composition of mRNA-Lipid Nanoparticles Determines Extent and Effect of Protein Binding - Federica Sebastiani (Malmö University)

14:35 Contributed talk 14: Michael Kaltenegger - Intrinsic Lipid Curvatures of Mammalian Plasma outer Leaflet Lipids and Ceramides - Michael Kaltenegger (University of Graz)

14:55 Contributed talk 15: Hannah Krivic - Erythro-PmBs: A Novel Polymyxin B Delivery System Using Antibody-Conjugated Hybrid Erythrocyte Liposomes - Hannah Krivic (McMaster University)
15:15 Coffee break
Coffee break
15:15 - 15:45
15:45 Session 6 - Role of membranes in health and disease
15:45 - 17:30
Contributions

15:45 Keynote talk 6: Sebastian Himbert - Functional and Functionalized Red Blood Cell Membranes - Sebastian Himbert (McMaster University, Canada)

16:30 Contributed talk 16: Alexandros Koutsioumpas - A closer look on the softening of phospholipid membranes by the adhesion of silica nanoparticles - Alexandros Koutsioumpas (Jülich Centre for Neutron Science at Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum)

16:50 Contributed talk 17: Emma Sparr - Decorated vesicles Interactions between α-synuclein and lipid membranes - Emma Sparr (Lund University)

17:10 Contributed talk 18: Patricia Losada Pérez - Unidirectional lipid transfer between zwitterionic vesicles under non-equilibrium conditions - Patricia Losada-Pérez (Experimental Soft Matter and Thermal Physics group (EST), Department of Physics, Université libre de Bruxelles, Boulevard du Triomphe CP223, 1050 Brussels, Belgium)
19:00 Conference dinner
Conference dinner
19:00 - 22:00
Wednesday 15 June 2022
08:30 Session 7 - Membrane protein interactions
08:30 - 10:15
Contributions

08:30 Keynote talk 7: Gerhard Groebner - Unravelling the molecular basis of Bcl-2 proteins´functioning at membrane level - Gerhard Groebner (Umeå University, Sweden)

09:15 Contributed talk 19: Anne Martel - BioSANS for the Study of Membrane Protein - Anne Martel (Institut Laue Langevin)

09:35 Contributed talk 20: Ekaterina Kostyurina - Translocation of alternating amphiphilic polymers through lipid membranes - Ekaterina Kostyurina (Forschungszentrum Juelich)

09:55 Contributed talk 21: Valeria Rondelli - Extracellular Vesicles: structure and interaction with model plasma membranes - Valeria Rondelli (Università degli Studi di Milano)
10:15 Coffee break
Coffee break
10:15 - 10:45
10:45 Session 8 - Application of membranes
10:45 - 12:30
Contributions

10:45 Keynote talk 8: Susan Daniel - Regulation of the Coronavirus Fusion Peptide Interaction with the Host Membrane and its Impact on Viral Infectivity - Susan Daniel (Cornell University, USA)

11:30 Contributed talk 22: Magali Deleu - Plant plasma membrane models to study the molecular mechanism underlining rhamnolipid sensing by plant cells - Magali Deleu

11:50 Contributed talk 23: Ben Humphreys - Can neutron reflectometry monitor the kinetics of thin film lipolysis? - Ben Humphreys (Lund University)

12:10 Contributed talk 24: Aurelien Furlan - Development of asymmetric liposomes to mimic plant plasma membrane using cyclodextrins as lipid carriers – Influence of phospholipid fatty acid chains - Aurelien Furlan (Laboratoire de Biophysique aux Interfaces)
12:30 Closing remarks, Prof. Tommy Nylander
Closing remarks, Prof. Tommy Nylander
12:30 - 12:40

12:40 Lunch, End of Meeting
Lunch, End of Meeting
12:40 - 13:40