Condensed Matter Physics II: Soft Matter/Biophysics

Presentations

• Relaxation and deformation in glassy materials

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  May 15, 2009, 10:00 AM – May 15, 2009, 10:36 AM

  Authors

  • Joerg Rottler

    • University of British Columbia

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• A Multiscale Modeling Procedure for Simulations of Polymer Melts

  ORAL

  May 15, 2009, 10:36 AM – May 15, 2009, 10:48 AM

  Authors

  • James McCarty

    • Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

  • Ivan Lyubimov

    • University of Oregon
    • Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

  • Marina Guenza

    • University of Oregon
    • Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

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• Investigating the Microstructure of Carbopol by Light Scattering

  ORAL

  May 15, 2009, 10:48 AM – May 15, 2009, 11:00 AM

  Authors

  • David Lee

    • Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University

  • Arthur Bailey

    • Scitech Instruments Inc.

  • Barbara Frisken

    • Simon Fraser University
    • Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University

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• Rescaling the Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Coarse-Grained Polymer Liquids

  ORAL

  May 15, 2009, 11:00 AM – May 15, 2009, 11:12 AM

  Authors

  • Ivan Lyubimov

    • University of Oregon
    • Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

  • Marina Guenza

    • University of Oregon
    • Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

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• Changes in the free energy of a protein in the presence of osmolytes

  ORAL

  May 15, 2009, 11:12 AM – May 15, 2009, 11:24 AM

  Authors

  • Shirin Hadizadeh

    • University of British Columbia

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• Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations of DNA using ellipsoids

  ORAL

  May 15, 2009, 11:24 AM – May 15, 2009, 11:36 AM

  Authors

  • Alex Morriss-Andrews

    • UBC

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• BREAK

  COFFEE_KLATCH

  May 15, 2009, 11:36 AM – May 15, 2009, 11:50 AM

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• Identifying Unstable Regions of Proteins Involved in Misfolding Diseases

  ORAL

  May 15, 2009, 11:50 AM – May 15, 2009, 12:02 PM

  Authors

  • Will Guest

    • University of British Columbia

  • Neil Cashman

    • University of British Columbia

  • Steven Plotkin

    • University of British Columbia

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• Length Dependent Force Characteristics of Coiled-Coils

  ORAL

  May 15, 2009, 12:02 PM – May 15, 2009, 12:14 PM

  Authors

  • Sara Sadeghi

    • Simon Fraser University

  • Eldon Emberly

    • Simon Fraser University

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• Using Optical Tweezers to Probe the Elasticity of Short Molecules

  ORAL

  May 15, 2009, 12:14 PM – May 15, 2009, 12:26 PM

  Authors

  • Benjamin P.B. Downing

    • Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6

  • Astrid van der Horst

    • Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
    • Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6

  • Ming Miao

    • Molecular Structure and Function Programme, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8

  • Fred W. Keeley

    • Molecular Structure and Function Programme, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8

  • Nancy R. Forde

    • Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
    • Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6

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• Melting Behaviour of Cell Death Lipids

  ORAL

  May 15, 2009, 12:26 PM – May 15, 2009, 12:38 PM

  Authors

  • Sherry Leung

    • Simon Fraser University

  • Jesus Sot

    • Universidad de Pa\'is Vasco

  • Felix Goni

    • Universidad de Pa\'is Vasco

  • Jenifer Thewalt

    • Simon Fraser University

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• The Effect of Cholesterol on the Partitioning of 1-Octanol into POPC Lipid Bilayers

  ORAL

  May 15, 2009, 12:38 PM – May 15, 2009, 12:50 PM

  Authors

  • Roja Zakariaee

    • Simon Fraser University

  • Barbara Frisken

    • Simon Fraser University
    • Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University

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• The Physical Properties of Sphingomyelin/Cholesterol Membranes: a Deuterium NMR Study

  ORAL

  May 15, 2009, 12:50 PM – May 15, 2009, 1:02 PM

  Authors

  • Amirmohamad Keyvanloo

  • Mehran Shaghaghi

  • Martin Zuckermann

  • Jenifer Thewalt

    • Simon Fraser University

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