Examining Membrane Biochemistry with Neutron Reflectometry

from Wednesday, 7 September 2022 (09:00) to Friday, 9 September 2022 (17:00)
Cosener's House

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
7 Sep 2022
8 Sep 2022
9 Sep 2022
AM
09:50 Welcome - Prof. Roger Eccleston (STFC)   ()
10:00 Meeting Overview - Dr Luke Clifton (STFC)   ()
10:10 Neutron Reflectivity: Historical perspective and Impact - Prof. Jeffery Penfold (STFC)   ()
10:50 The Role of Intramembrane Peptide Nanoaggregates in Bacterial Fast-killing - Mingrui Liao (The University of Manchester)   ()
11:10 Examining the interactions of polyphenols with model bacterial and epithelial membranes - Ryan Coones (University of Reading)   ()
11:30 --- Coffee ---
11:50 Mechanism of pore formation by Nep1-like proteins - Prof. Gregor Anderluh (National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia)   ()
09:00 --- Coffee ---
09:20 Studying complex biological systems at the solid liquid interface - Dr Tim Knowles (University of Birmingham)   ()
10:00 How does oxidative damage change peptide/lipid membrane interactions? - Dr Katherine Thompson (Birkbeck University of London)   ()
10:40 --- Coffee ---
11:10 Lipoproteins and SARS coV2 protein at model membranes: Exchanging fats! - Prof. Marité Cárdenas (Malmö University)   ()
11:50 Investigating Biophysical Interactions in Pollen-Induced Thunderstorm Asthma using Neutron Reflectometry - Mr Arslan Siddique (University of New South Wales Australia)   ()
09:00 --- Coffee ---
09:20 Reflecting on Langmuir films. Bio-membrane research with neutrons, one layer at a time - Dr Nico Paracini (Malmo University)   ()
10:00 The role of histidines in antimicrobial peptides - Amanda Eriksson Skog (Lund University)   ()
10:20 Biophysical investigations of the mechanism of action and lipid-mediated synergistic interactions of antimicrobial peptides within membranes - Prof. Burkhard Bechinger (University of Strasbourg, Chemistry, France)   ()
10:40 Can NR help us observe the MscL ion channel in action? - Dr Maximilian Skoda (STFC)   ()
11:00 --- Coffee ---
11:20 Unravelling Bcl-2 proteins´ functioning at mitochondrial membrane level - Prof. Gerhard Gröbner (Umeå University)   ()
PM
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30 Interactions of antimicrobial peptides with model membranes - Prof. Jian Ren Lu (University of Manchester)   ()
14:10 Structural kinetics of Hepatitis B virus from small-angle scattering and computational modelling - Dr Najet Mahmoudi   ()
14:50 How Do Nonionic Surfactants Interact with Plant Waxy Membrane? - Xuzhi Hu (University of Manchester)   ()
15:10 --- Coffee ---
15:30 Models of Bacterial Membranes: From Simple to Less So - Dr Stephen Holt (ANSTO)   ()
16:10 Neutron reflection as a tool to address a ‘blind spot’ in structural biology: The structure of membrane associated protein complexes - Prof. Mathias Lösche (Carnegie Mellon University)   ()
16:50 --- Close ---
12:10 Combining Neutron Reflectometry with Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Investigate a Versatile Model Membrane System - Laura John (University of Oxford)   ()
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30 The structure of membrane-bound KRas from neutron reflectometry and molecular simulation. - Dr Frank Heinrich (Carnegie Mellon University and NIST Center for Neutron Research)   ()
14:10 Structural determination of the mechanism of action of synthetic antimicrobial polymers using model interfacial membranes - Dr Stephen Hall (STFC)   ()
14:30 Phase-separation in Gram-negative bacterial outer membranes - Prof. Bart Hoogenboom (University College London)   ()
15:10 --- Coffee ---
15:30 Investigating model influence on the analytical resolution of neutron reflectometry - Nicolas Shiaelis (University of Oxford)   ()
15:50 What do Biology and Medicine need from NR? - Prof. Jeremy Lakey (Newcastle University)   ()
16:50 --- Break ---
19:30 Conference Dinner   ()
12:00 Molecular Simulation of Model Biological Membranes - Prof. Martyn Winn (STFC)   ()
12:20 Cryo Electron Microscopy of Small Membrane Proteins - Dr Andrew Quigley (Diamond Light Source)   ()
12:40 --- Lunch ---