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, June 13, 2022 (11:30 AM) to Wednesday, June 15, 2022 (2:10 PM)

Monday, June 13, 2022

11:30 AM Lunch and registration
Lunch and registration
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

1:00 PM Welcome by Dr. Hanna Wacklin-Knect, ESS
Welcome by Dr. Hanna Wacklin-Knect, ESS
1:00 PM - 1:05 PM

1:05 PM LINXS Director, Prof. Trevor Forsyth
LINXS Director, Prof. Trevor Forsyth
1:05 PM - 1:15 PM
1:15 PM Session 1 - Biological membranes and functions
1:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Contributions

1:15 PM 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)

2:00 PM 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)

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

2:40 PM Contributed talk 3: Sophie Ayscough - The role of hydrocarbons in cyanobacterial membranes - Sophie Ayscough (ESS)
3:00 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM Session 2 - Membrane structure and self-assembly
3:30 PM - 5:15 PM
Contributions

3:30 PM Keynote talk 2: Georg Pabst - Asymmetric Membranes - Structure, Dynamics and Interleaflet Coupling - Georg Pabst (Universität Graz, Austria)

4:15 PM 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)

4:35 PM Contributed talk 5: Emanuel Schneck - Investigating Lipid Membranes Adsorbed to Functionalized Air/Water and Oil/Water Interfaces - Emanuel Schneck

4:55 PM Contributed talk 6: Tonya Kuhl - Robust and Tunable Polymer Cushioned Lipid Membranes - Tonya Kuhl (University of California at Davis)
5:15 PM Round-table discussion
Round-table discussion
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM

6:00 PM Poster session with refreshments
Poster session with refreshments
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
8:30 AM Session 3 - Membrane dynamics
8:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Contributions

8:30 AM Keynote talk 3: Michihiro Nagao - Hierarchical dynamics of lipid bilayers measured by quasielastic scattering techniques - Michihiro Nagao (NIST, USA)

9:15 AM Contributed talk 7: Christopher Garvey - Neutron diffraction as a tool for membrane biophysics in the cold and the dry - Christopher Garvey (Technische Universität München)

9:35 AM Contributed talk 8: Yuri Gerelli - Phase transition and lipid flip-flop coupling in model lipid bilayers - Yuri Gerelli (Università Politecnica delle Marche)

9:55 AM 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 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
10:45 AM Session 4 - Structural analysis of membranes incl. simulations
10:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

10:45 AM 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 AM Contrbuted talk 10: Christian Jørgensen - An atomistic model of the human stratum corneum lipid matrix transport - Christian Jorgensen (Aarhus University)

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

12:10 PM 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 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM Session 5 - Lateral and non-planar membrane structures
1:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Contributions

1:30 PM 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)

2:15 PM Contributed talk 13: Federica Sebastiani - Surface Composition of mRNA-Lipid Nanoparticles Determines Extent and Effect of Protein Binding - Federica Sebastiani (Malmö University)

2:35 PM Contributed talk 14: Michael Kaltenegger - Intrinsic Lipid Curvatures of Mammalian Plasma outer Leaflet Lipids and Ceramides - Michael Kaltenegger (University of Graz)

2:55 PM Contributed talk 15: Hannah Krivic - Erythro-PmBs: A Novel Polymyxin B Delivery System Using Antibody-Conjugated Hybrid Erythrocyte Liposomes - Hannah Krivic (McMaster University)
3:15 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
3:45 PM Session 6 - Role of membranes in health and disease
3:45 PM - 5:30 PM
Contributions

3:45 PM Keynote talk 6: Sebastian Himbert - Functional and Functionalized Red Blood Cell Membranes - Sebastian Himbert (McMaster University, Canada)

4:30 PM 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)

4:50 PM Contributed talk 17: Emma Sparr - Decorated vesicles Interactions between α-synuclein and lipid membranes - Emma Sparr (Lund University)

5:10 PM 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)
7:00 PM Conference dinner
Conference dinner
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
8:30 AM Session 7 - Membrane protein interactions
8:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Contributions

8:30 AM Keynote talk 7: Gerhard Groebner - Unravelling the molecular basis of Bcl-2 proteins´functioning at membrane level - Gerhard Groebner (Umeå University, Sweden)

9:15 AM Contributed talk 19: Anne Martel - BioSANS for the Study of Membrane Protein - Anne Martel (Institut Laue Langevin)

9:35 AM Contributed talk 20: Ekaterina Kostyurina - Translocation of alternating amphiphilic polymers through lipid membranes - Ekaterina Kostyurina (Forschungszentrum Juelich)

9:55 AM Contributed talk 21: Valeria Rondelli - Extracellular Vesicles: structure and interaction with model plasma membranes - Valeria Rondelli (Università degli Studi di Milano)
10:15 AM Coffee break
Coffee break
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
10:45 AM Session 8 - Application of membranes
10:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Contributions

10:45 AM 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 AM Contributed talk 22: Magali Deleu - Plant plasma membrane models to study the molecular mechanism underlining rhamnolipid sensing by plant cells - Magali Deleu

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

12:10 PM 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 PM Closing remarks, Prof. Tommy Nylander
Closing remarks, Prof. Tommy Nylander
12:30 PM - 12:40 PM

12:40 PM Lunch, End of Meeting
Lunch, End of Meeting
12:40 PM - 1:40 PM

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