Diving into the Secrets of Cellular Membranes

9:15 - 10:55 (1h40)

Lipids in Motion: Understanding the Regulation and Function of Cellular Lipid Transport

Salle océan Atlantique - Conference hall, first floor

Valérie Biou

› Invited Talk: Studying lipid transport pathways in the budding yeast model - Alenka Čopič, Centre de Recherche en Biologie Cellulaire de Montpellier 09:15-09:55 (40min)

› Translocation of cell-penetrating peptides involving calcium-dependent interactions between anionic glycosaminoglycans and the PC bilayer - Astrid Walrant, Chimie Physique et Chimie du Vivant 09:55-10:15 (20min)

› The yeast lipid flippase Drs2/Cdc50 transports multiple negatively charged phospholipids besides phosphatidylserine - Pauline Funke, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell 10:15-10:35 (20min)

› Lunatin-1 peptide-functionalized alumina nanoparticles: structural characterization and membrane interaction studies - Lívia Costa, Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg, Institute of Science and Technology, Federal University of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri Valleys 10:35-10:55 (20min)

10:55 - 11:35 (40min)

GEM PhD prize (sponsored by BBA)

Salle océan Atlantique - Conference hall, first floor

Burkhard Bechinger

› Analysis of the Factors Regulating the Activity of the PLA1-1 isoform : A Neutron Reflectivity and Mass-Spectrometric study - Giacomo Corucci, Department of Chemistry [Imperial College London] 10:55-11:35 (40min)

11:35 - 11:40 (05min)

Concluding remarks

12:00 - 14:00 (2h)

Lunch

Nausicaa’s Calypso restaurant

Planning