Lipid Bilayers and Biological Membranes

Presentations

• Computer Simulation of Cytoskeleton-Induced Blebbing of Lipid Membranes

  ORAL

  Feb. 27, 2012, 11:15 AM – Feb. 27, 2012, 11:27 AM

  Authors

  • Mohamed Laradji

    • University of Memphis

  • Eirc J. Spangler

    • University of Memphis

  • Cameron W. Harvey

    • University of Notre Dame

  • Joel D. Revalee

    • University of Michigan

  • P.B. Sunil Kumar

    • IIT Madras, Chennai, India
    • Indian Institute of Technology Madras
    • Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India

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• Coarse-grained simulation of lipid vesicles with ``n-atic'' orientational order

  ORAL

  Feb. 27, 2012, 11:27 AM – Feb. 27, 2012, 11:39 AM

  Authors

  • Jun Geng

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Ohio 44242, USA

  • Jonathan Selinger

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
    • Kent State University
    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Ohio 44242, USA

  • Robin Selinger

    • Kent State University
    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Ohio 44242, USA

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• Morphologies of Elastic Membranes with Fluctuating Connectivity

  ORAL

  Feb. 27, 2012, 11:39 AM – Feb. 27, 2012, 11:51 AM

  Authors

  • Chloe Funkhouser

    • Northwestern University

  • Rastko Sknepnek

    • Northwestern University

  • Monica Olvera de la Cruz

    • Northwestern University

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• Cooperative Motion in Lipid Bilayer Membranes

  ORAL

  Feb. 27, 2012, 11:51 AM – Feb. 27, 2012, 12:03 PM

  Authors

  • Benedikt Hartmann

    • Wesleyan University

  • Francis Starr

    • Physics Dept., Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
    • Physics Departament, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
    • Wesleyan University

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• How the antimicrobial peptides destroy bacteria cell membrane: Translocations vs. membrane buckling

  ORAL

  Feb. 27, 2012, 12:03 PM – Feb. 27, 2012, 12:15 PM

  Authors

  • Leonardo Golubovic

    • West Virginia University

  • Lianghui Gao

    • Beijing Normal University

  • Licui Chen

    • Beijing Normal University

  • Weihai Fang

    • Beijing Normal University

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• Interaction of PLGA and trimethyl chitosan modified PLGA nanoparticles with mixed anionic/zwitterionic phospholipid bilayers studied using molecular dynamics simulations

  ORAL

  Feb. 27, 2012, 12:15 PM – Feb. 27, 2012, 12:27 PM

  Authors

  • Brian Novak

    • Louisiana State University, Center for Computation and Technology

  • Carlos Astete

    • Louisiana State University, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering

  • Cristina Sabliov

    • Louisiana State University, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering

  • Dorel Moldovan

    • Louisiana State University, Department of Mechanical Engineering

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• Atomic Force Microscopy Study of Changes to the Mechanical Properties of \textit{Pseudomonas aeruginosa }Cells Induced By Antimicrobial Peptides

  ORAL

  Feb. 27, 2012, 12:27 PM – Feb. 27, 2012, 12:39 PM

  Authors

  • Shun Lu

    • University of Guelph

  • John Dutcher

    • University of Guelph

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• Interactions between HIV-1 Neutralizing Antibodies and Model Lipid Membranes imaged with AFM

  ORAL

  Feb. 27, 2012, 12:39 PM – Feb. 27, 2012, 12:51 PM

  Authors

  • Stefan Zauscher

    • Duke University

  • Gregory Hardy

    • Duke University

  • Munir Alam

    • Duke University

  • Joseph Shapter

    • Flinders University

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• Modeling curvature-dependent subcellular localization of a small sporulation protein in Bacillus subtilis

  ORAL

  Feb. 27, 2012, 12:51 PM – Feb. 27, 2012, 1:03 PM

  Authors

  • Vaibhav Wasnik

    • Department of Physics, Clark University

  • Ned Wingreen

    • Princeton University

  • Ranjan Mukhopadhyay

    • Clark University
    • Department of Physics, Clark University

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• Relationship between peptide amino acid sequence and membrane curvature generation

  ORAL

  Feb. 27, 2012, 1:03 PM – Feb. 27, 2012, 1:15 PM

  Authors

  • Nathan Schmidt

    • Physics, UIUC
    • Bioengineering Dept, UCLA

  • David Kuo

    • Bioengineering Dept, UCLA

  • Ghee Hwee Lai

    • Physics, UIUC
    • Bioengineering Dept, UCLA

  • Abhijit Mishra

    • UCLA
    • Bioengineering, UCLA
    • Bioengineering Dept, UCLA

  • Gerard Wong

    • Bioengineering Dept, UCLA

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• Family of pH-Low-Insertion-Peptides (pHLIPs)

  ORAL

  Feb. 27, 2012, 1:15 PM – Feb. 27, 2012, 1:27 PM

  Authors

  • Dhammika Weerakkody

    • Department of Physics, University of Rhode Island

  • Anna Moshnikova

    • Department of Physics, University of Rhode Island

  • Valentina Moshnikova

    • College of William and Mary

  • Mak Thakur

    • University of Rhode Island

  • Bethany Rossi

    • Department of Physics, University of Rhode Island
    • University of Rhode Island

  • Donald Engelman

    • Mol. Biophys \& Biochem., Yale
    • Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University
    • Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry,Yale university

  • Oleg Andreev

    • University of Rhode Island
    • Department of Physics, University of Rhode Island
    • Department of Physics, Univeristy of Rhode Island

  • Yana Reshetnyak

    • Physics, University of Rhode Island
    • Department of Physics, University of Rhode Island
    • Department of Physics, Univeristy of Rhode Island

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• Membrane-associated peptide folding: pH triggered insertion and helical structure formation

  ORAL

  Feb. 27, 2012, 1:27 PM – Feb. 27, 2012, 1:39 PM

  Authors

  • Alexander Karabadzhak

    • Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University

  • Dhammika Weerakkody

    • Physics Department, University of Rhode Island

  • Mak Thakur

    • Physics Department, University of Rhode Island

  • Donald Engelman

    • Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University

  • Vladislav Markin

    • Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

  • Oleg Andreev

    • Physics Department, University of Rhode Island

  • Yana Reshetnyak

    • Physics Department, University of Rhode Island

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• Modulation of the transmembrane helix insertion pathway by polar cargo

  ORAL

  Feb. 27, 2012, 1:39 PM – Feb. 27, 2012, 1:51 PM

  Authors

  • Dayanjali Wijesinghe

    • Department of Physics, University of Rhode Island
    • Department of Physics, Univeristy of Rhode Island

  • Alexander Karabadzhak

    • Department of Physics, Univeristy of Rhode Island

  • Vladislav Markin

    • Department of Neurology, Univeristy of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

  • Donald Engelman

    • Mol. Biophys \& Biochem., Yale
    • Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University
    • Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry,Yale university

  • Oleg Andreev

    • University of Rhode Island
    • Department of Physics, University of Rhode Island
    • Department of Physics, Univeristy of Rhode Island

  • Yana Reshetnyak

    • Physics, University of Rhode Island
    • Department of Physics, University of Rhode Island
    • Department of Physics, Univeristy of Rhode Island

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• Exploration of phase separation in heterogeneous lipid monolayers

  ORAL

  Feb. 27, 2012, 1:51 PM – Feb. 27, 2012, 2:03 PM

  Authors

  • Curt DeCaro

    • Northern Illinois University

  • Sambhunath Bera

    • Northern Illinois University

  • Zhang Jiang

    • Argonne National Laboratory

  • Mrinmay Mukhopadhyay

    • SPring-8

  • Carol Thompson

    • Northern Illinois University

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• Domain formation in multicomponent lipid bilayers coupled to elastic substrate

  ORAL

  Feb. 27, 2012, 2:03 PM – Feb. 27, 2012, 2:15 PM

  Authors

  • MD Zulfikar Ali

    • Clark University

  • Ranjan Mukhopadhyay

    • Clark University
    • Department of Physics, Clark University

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