Biomolecular Structure and Functions

Presentations

• Interactions between model bacterial membranes and synthetic antimicrobials.

  ORAL

  March 15, 2006, 11:15 AM – March 15, 2006, 11:27 AM

  Authors

  • Lihua Yang

    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Abhijit Mishra

    • Dept of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Abhigyan Som

  • Gregory N. Tew

    • Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts

  • Gerard C.L. Wong

    • Dept of Materials Science and Engineering, Dept. of Physics, Dept. of Bioengineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    • University of Illinois, Dept. of Physics, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
    • University of Illinois, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Physics, Department of Bioengineering
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Physics, Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Dept. of Physics, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Dept. of Bioengineering

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• Observation of membrane fusion between individual virus particles and supported lipid bilayers

  ORAL

  March 15, 2006, 11:27 AM – March 15, 2006, 11:39 AM

  Authors

  • Laura Wessels

  • Keith Weninger

    • North Carolina State University

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• Simulating Domain Formation and Fusion in Lipid Bilayers

  ORAL

  March 15, 2006, 11:39 AM – March 15, 2006, 11:51 AM

  Authors

  • Mark J. Stevens

    • Sandia National Laboratories

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• Lipid Coupling in Asymmetric Supported Lipid Bilayers Revealed by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy

  ORAL

  March 15, 2006, 11:51 AM – March 15, 2006, 12:03 PM

  Authors

  • Yan Yu

    • Dept. of Materials Science \& Engineering, UIUC

  • Liangfang Zhang

    • Dept. of Chemical \& Biomolecular Engineering, UIUC
    • Department of Chemical \& Biomolecular Engineering, UIUC

  • Steve Granick

    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • Departments of Physics, Chemistry, and Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • Dept. of Materials Science \& Engineering, of Physics, of Chemistry, and of Chemical \& Biomolecular Engineering, UIUC
    • Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, of Chemistry, of Physcis, University of Illinois
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    • UIUC, Materials Science and Engineering Department
    • Department of Materials Science \& Engineering, of Chemistry, of Physics, and of Chemical \& Biomolecular Engineering, UIUC
    • Departments of Chemistry and of Material Science, University of Illinois

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• Dissipative Particle Dynamics Simulation of Structure Properties of Lipid Micelles

  ORAL

  March 15, 2006, 12:03 PM – March 15, 2006, 12:15 PM

  Authors

  • Jinsuo Zhang

  • Yi Jiang

    • MSK-575, Los Alamos National Lab

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• Anomalously Slow Domain Growth in Membranes with Asymmetric Transbilayer Lipid Distribution

  ORAL

  March 15, 2006, 12:15 PM – March 15, 2006, 12:27 PM

  Authors

  • Mohamed Laradji

    • Department of Physics, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152
    • Physics Department, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152
    • Physics Dept., University of Memphis
    • Dept. of Physics, The University of Memphis

  • P.B. Sunil Kumar

    • Center for Biomembrane Physics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230, Odense-M, Denmark

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• Molecular simulation studies of tail-length effects in mixed-lipid bilayers

  ORAL

  March 15, 2006, 12:27 PM – March 15, 2006, 12:39 PM

  Authors

  • James Kindt

  • Jason de Joannis

  • Fuchang Yin

  • Frank Yong Jiang

  • Hao Wang

    • Department of Chemistry and Emerson Center for Scientific Computation, Emory University

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• Stabilization of Model Membrane Systems by Disaccharides. Quasielastic Neutron Scattering Experiments and Atomistic Simulations

  ORAL

  March 15, 2006, 12:39 PM – March 15, 2006, 12:51 PM

  Authors

  • Emmanouil Doxastakis

    • Dept. of Chem. \& Biol. Engr., Univ. of Wisconsin

  • Victoria Garcia Sakai

    • NIST Center for Neutron Research
    • NIST Center for Neutron Research and Univ. of Maryland

  • Satoshi Ohtake

    • Dept. of Chem. \& Biol. Engr., Univ. of Wisconsin

  • Janna Maranas

    • Dept. of Chem. Engr., Penn. State University
    • Penn State
    • Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802

  • Juan de Pablo

    • Dept of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison
    • Dept. Chem. Eng. University of Wisconsin
    • UW Madison
    • Dept. of Chem. \& Biol. Engr., Univ. of Wisconsin
    • Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison

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• Protein crystals on phase-separating model membranes

  ORAL

  March 15, 2006, 12:51 PM – March 15, 2006, 1:03 PM

  Authors

  • Suliana Manley

  • Margaret Horton

  • Szymon Leszczynski

  • Alice Gast

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Model systems to investigate the effect of cholesterol on the transfection efficiency of lipoplexes

  ORAL

  March 15, 2006, 1:03 PM – March 15, 2006, 1:15 PM

  Authors

  • Alexandra Zidovska

  • Heather M. Evans

  • Kai Ewert

  • Cyrus R. Safinya

    • UC, Santa Barbara
    • Materials, Physics, and Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Departments, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
    • Materials Dept. University of California, Santa Barbara
    • Materials, Physics, and Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Departments, Santa Barbara, CA 93106

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• Had a drink last night? How alcohol interacts with biological membranes

  ORAL

  March 15, 2006, 1:15 PM – March 15, 2006, 1:27 PM

  Authors

  • Mikko Karttunen

    • Helsinki University of Technology, Finland

  • Michael Patra

    • Lund University, Sweden

  • Emppu Salonen

  • Emma Terama

  • Ilpo Vattulainen

    • Helsinki University of Technology, Finland

  • Roland Faller

  • Bryan Lee

    • University of California, Davis

  • Juha Holopainen

    • University of Helsinki

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• Solid domain rafts in lipid vesicles and scars

  ORAL

  March 15, 2006, 1:27 PM – March 15, 2006, 1:39 PM

  Authors

  • Slava Chushak

    • Iowa State University

  • Alex Travesset

    • Iowa State University
    • Ames Laboratory, Iowa State Univerisity
    • Iowa State University and Ames lab

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• Efficient calculation of mechanical properties of multicomponent phospholipid bilayers with Monte Carlo simulations

  ORAL

  March 15, 2006, 1:39 PM – March 15, 2006, 1:51 PM

  Authors

  • Manan Chopra

  • Emmanouil Doxastakis

  • Nicholas L. Abbott

    • DOCBE

  • Juan de Pablo

    • Dept of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison
    • Dept. Chem. Eng. University of Wisconsin
    • UW Madison
    • Dept. of Chem. \& Biol. Engr., Univ. of Wisconsin
    • Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison

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• Roughness effect on vesicle adhesion characterised by a novel micropipette-based technique

  ORAL

  March 15, 2006, 1:51 PM – March 15, 2006, 2:03 PM

  Authors

  • Marie-Josee Colbert

  • Adam N. Raegen

  • Kari Dalnoki-Veress

    • Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University

  • Cecile Fradin

    • Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University

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• Structure of Cholesterol Helical Ribbons, Self-Assembling Biological Springs.

  ORAL

  March 15, 2006, 2:03 PM – March 15, 2006, 2:15 PM

  Authors

  • B. Khaykovich

  • C. Hossain

  • A. Lomakin

  • J. McManus

  • D. E. Moncton

  • G. B. Benedek

    • Department of Physics and Materials Processing Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

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