VIII PosLatAm course: Membrane Lipids, Transporters, Channels…and all that crosstalk The VIII PosLatam Course will take place in Salto, Uruguay on November 23-25, 2015. The Course will primarily focus on current ideas/topics in Membrane Biophysics, giving the attendees the opportunity to interact with worldwide experts and Latin-American students. Main Topics: Biophysical properties of lipid membranes Structure/Function of membrane proteins Protein/lipid interactions
The
event will aim to create an interdisciplinary collaboration amongst the
attendees by dedicating an entire session to poster presentations. Applicants
are Chair: R. Daniel Peluffo Organizing Committee: Laura Coitiño, Sergio Pantano, Leonel Malacrida, Magdalena San Roman Invited Speakers Include: Thomas Heimburg, Pablo Artigas, Luis Bagatolli, Gabriela Amodeo, Juliana Sakamoto Yoneda, Luis González Flecha, Gerardo Fidelio, Manuel Prieto, Susana Sánchez, JC. Gómez-Fernández, Jesus Romero, Alejandro Buschiazzo, Rosangela Itri, Anibal Disalvo and A. Costa-Filho. Important information regarding the poster presentation: Posters numbered from 1 to 34, 35 to 65 and 66 to 100 should be appended on November 26, 27 and 28, respectively. Programe: First Day - November 23rd 8:00 – 9:00 – Registration, Welcoming words, Introduction 9:00 – 10:00 – CATs: passive transport can also be fun. Daniel Peluffo (Uruguay) 10:05 – 10:25 – Coffee break 10:30 – 11:30 – Electrophysiology of the Na,K-pump and the importance of Na,K-pump isoforms. Pablo Artigas (USA) 11:30 – 12:30 – A crosstalk between a K+/Ca2+ exchanger and a pressure-dependent K+ channel, or how the human erythrocyte gets old. Jesús Romero Muñoz (Venezuela) 12:30 – 14:00 – Lunch 14:00 – 15:00 – Aquaporins: moving water, solutes and gases through membranes. Gabriela Amodeo. (Argentina) 15:00 – 16:00 – Protein crystallography: introductory overview. Alejandro Buschiazzo (Uruguay) 16:05 – 16:25 – Coffee break 16:30 – 17:30 – Protein studies by reconstitution in synthetic and natural membranes. Juliana Sakamoto Yoneda (Brazil) 17:30 – 18:30 – Workshop 1. Coordinator: Matías Moller 18:30 – 20:00 – Mixer. Posters Session 1. Second Day - November 24th 9:00 – 10:00 – Biological membranes: model and fashions. Luis Bagatolli (Denmark) 10:05 – 10:25 – Coffee break 10:30 – 11:30 – Membrane heterogeneity by laurdan fluorescent microscopy. Susana Sanchez (Chile) 11:30 – 12:30 – Breakdown of classical paradigms on membrane structure in relation to function: translocons vs waterons. Anibal Disalvo (Argentina) 12:30 – 14:00 – Lunch 14:00 – 15:00 – Surface properties of amphiphilic peptides at air/water interface. Gerardo Fidelio (Argentina) 15:00 – 16:00 – Membrane changes under oxidative stress: the impact of oxidized lipids. Rosangela Itri (Brazil) 16:05 – 16:25 – Coffee break 16:30 – 17:30 – Lipid-protein interactions from advanced fluorescence and microscopy methodologies: Topology, dynamics and lipid selectivity. Manuel Prieto (Portugal) 17:30 – 18:30 – Workshop 2. Coordinator: Leonel Malacrida 18:30 – 20:00 – Posters Session 2. Third Day - November 25th 9:00 – 10:00 – Prediction and analysis of protein-lipid interactions in silico. Laura Coitiño (Uruguay) 10:05 – 10:25 – Coffee break 10:30 – 11:30 – Simulations and molecular dynamics of protein-lipid-water interfaces. Sergio Pantano (Uruguay) 11:30 – 12:30 – Current models of membrane structure and protein-lipid interactions. Juan Carmelo Gómez Fernández (Spain) 12:30 – 14:00 – Lunch 14:00 – 15:00 – Interactions of integral membrane proteins and detergents. Luís González Flecha (Argentina) 15:00 – 16:00 – Protein-lipid interactions: a story as told by an unpaired spin. Antonio Costa-Filho (Brazil) 16:05 – 16:25 – Coffee break 16:30 – 17:30 – Ion-channel-like events in pure lipid membranes. Thomas Heimburg (Denmark) 17:30 – 18:30 – Workshop 3. Coordinator: Matías Machado 18:30 – 21:00 – Closing ceremony, LAFeBS certificates and poster awards, and farewell cocktail Find information and some pictures at facebook page of SBF.uy https://www.facebook.com/SBF.uy/. |