Planning

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

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14:00 - 14:45 Registration, meet & greet and welcome coffee - Nausicaà welcome hall  
14:45 - 15:00 Welcome speech  
15:00 - 16:45 Vesicles and Organelles: The Dynamic Interface of Cellular Compartments (Salle océan Atlantique - Conference hall, first floor) - Magali Deleu (+)  
15:00 - 15:45 › Invited talk: Lipid-lipid interaction in shaping membrane trafficking, cell polarity and signaling in plants - Yohann Boutté, Laboratoire de Biogenèse Membranaire – UMR5200 Université de Bordeaux / CNRS – Campus INRAE de Villenave d'Ornon  
15:45 - 16:05 › In hospite response of Photosynthetic Thylakoid Membranes in Symbiodinium to simulated ocean warming using small angle neutron scattering - Christopher Garvey, Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum  
16:05 - 16:25 › Breast cancer extracellular vesicles : structural profiling and membrane interaction studies using X-ray and neutron scattering techniques - Guillaume Gilliard, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, Università degli studi di Milano  
16:25 - 16:45 › Fluorescent probes for biomembranes and organelles: from lipids to proteins - Andrey Klymchenko, Laboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies, UMR CNRS 7021  
16:45 - 17:30 Flash poster presentations (Salle océan Atlantique - Conference hall, first floor)  
17:30 - 19:00 Poster session (Mezzanine du Hall - Poster and sponsor's open space, first floor)  
19:00 - 21:00 Welcome cocktail - Join us for a welcome cocktail where the fish will come seeking your caress. (Bassin tactile - Sensorial pool)  

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

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08:30 - 10:10 Membrane-Targeting Drugs: Unlocking New Therapeutic Frontiers (Salle océan Atlantique - Conference hall, first floor) - Frank Lafont (+)  
08:30 - 09:10 › Invited Talk: Lipoprotein structure and its role on dysfunction: from atherosclerosis to covid-19 - Marite' Cardenas, Biofisika Institute, Leioa, Spain, Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain, Biomedical Science Department and Biofilm- Research Center for Biointerfaces, Malmö University, Sweden  
09:10 - 09:30 › Distribution of two synergistic antimicrobial peptides on the lipid membrane surface and sidechain dynamics: a fluorescence study - Christopher Aisenbrey, Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg  
09:30 - 09:50 › Membrane partition and structural reorganization induced by antipsychotics with distinct clinical profiles - Ana Gorse, Chimie et Biologie des Membranes et des Nanoobjets  
09:50 - 10:10 › Exploring Membrane Interactions: A Comparative Study of Daptomycin and a Novel Cyclic Lipopeptide - Sarah Crocoll, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Freiburg  
10:10 - 10:30 Sponsor presentation - Eurofins Cerep capabilities overview (Salle océan Atlantique - Conference hall, first floor) - Thibault Annaval  
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break (Mezzanine du Hall - Poster and sponsor's open space, first floor)  
11:00 - 12:40 Lipids as Battlegrounds: Breaking the Code of Host-Pathogen Communication (Salle océan Atlantique - Conference hall, first floor) - Burkhard Bechinger (+)  
11:00 - 11:40 › Invited Talk: Cracking Nature's Recipes to Design Lipid-Targeting Antibiotics - Markus Weingarth, NMR Spectroscopy Group, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands  
11:40 - 12:00 › Interplay between membrane fluidity and amyloid fibrillation in PSMα3-induced host membrane disruption, towards Staphylococcus aureus virulence - Marion Mathelié, Chimie et Biologie des Membranes et des Nanoobjets  
12:00 - 12:20 › Membrane translocation process of the Bordetella pertussis adenylate cyclase CyaA toxin - alexandre chenal, Institut Pasteur  
12:20 - 12:40 › Mode of action of peptides inhibiting lipoprotein modification enzyme Lgt - Ana Paiva, Institut Pasteur, U. Paris Cité, Unité CNRS UMR6047, INSERM U1306, Biologie et génétique de la paroi bactérienne, F-75015 Paris, France  
12:40 - 14:00 Lunch (Nausicaa’s Calypso restaurant )  
14:00 - 15:40 In Silico Frontiers: Exploring the Complexity of Cell Membranes through Simulation and Modeling (Salle océan Atlantique - Conference hall, first floor) - Luca Monticelli (+)  
14:00 - 14:40 › Invited Talk: Bacterial membranes - does the molecular complexity hold the key? A computational microbiology perspective - Syma Khalid, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, United Kingdom  
14:40 - 15:00 › Molecular Dynamics Insights into Annexin-Mediated Plasma Membrane Repair - Ali Asghar Hakami Zanjani, University of Southern Denmark  
15:00 - 15:20 › Improvements of Passive Permeation Simulations: Accounting for Cell Membrane Complexity - Ahmed Taoufiq Bourakadi, INSERM U1248 Pharmacology & Transplantation  
15:20 - 15:40 › Impact of Cell-Penetrating Peptides on Blood-Brain-Barrier Cellular Membranes: A Coarse-Grained Simulation Study - CIntia Leal, Génie Enzymatique et Cellulaire - UMR CNRS 7025  
15:40 - 16:00 Sponsor presentation - Mass Photometry for Membrane Protein Characterisation - Refeyn (Salle océan Atlantique - Conference hall, first floor) - Frédérique Galetto  
16:00 - 18:00 Poster session (Mezzanine du Hall - Poster and sponsor's open space, first floor) - & Coffee break  
18:00 - 19:00 General Assembly - Salle Océan Atlantique  
19:00 - 20:00 Cocktail dinner (Tunnel aux requins - Shark's tunnel, floor -1)  

Thursday, April 3, 2025

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08:30 - 10:10 Membrane Mosaics: Deciphering the Language of Protein-Lipid Communication (Salle océan Atlantique - Conference hall, first floor) - Andrey Klymchenko (+)  
08:30 - 09:10 › Invited Talk: Actin dynamics sustains spatial gradients of membrane tension in adherent cells - Aurélien Roux, Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland  
09:10 - 09:30 › Capturing of a new transient conformation of an ABC multidrug efflux pump - Jean-Michel Jault, Microbiologie moléculaire et biochimie structurale / Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry  
09:30 - 09:50 › Hydrophilic/Lipophilic Balance: A Lighthouse Parameter for Designing Efficient Detergents in Membrane Protein Applications? - Marine Soulie, Avignon Université, Avignon Université  
09:50 - 10:10 › Deciphering membrane protein structures through scattering and modeling: insights into TSPO, a neuroimaging key marker - Sophie Combet, Laboratoire Léon-Brillouin, UMR 12 CEA-CNRS  
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break (Mezzanine du Hall - Poster and sponsor's open space, first floor)  
11:00 - 12:30 Pushing the Limits of Biophysical Analysis: New Tools for Understanding Membrane Function (Salle océan Atlantique - Conference hall, first floor) - Dror Warschawski (+)  
11:00 - 11:40 › Invited Talk: Origins and consequences of intrinsic-area asymmetry stress in lipid membranes - Heerklotz Heiko, University of Freiburg, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toronto, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy  
11:40 - 12:00 › Invisible nanodiscs: A tool to study structural dynamics of membrane proteins - Anne Martel, Institut Laue-Langevin  
12:00 - 12:20 › The isomerization of photo-lipids in free-standing membranes forms protein clusters in ordered domains - Larissa SOCRIER, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Georg-August-Universität  
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch (Nausicaa’s Calypso restaurant )  
14:00 - 15:40 Discovering the Membrane Core: New Frontiers in NMR of membranes (Salle océan Atlantique - Conference hall, first floor) - Nicola D'Amelio (+)  
14:00 - 14:40 › Invited Talk: Structures & Mechanisms of Virus Ion Channels from Solid-State NMR - Mei Hong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology  
14:40 - 15:00 › Membrane Interaction of small molecule peptidomimetics of antimicrobial peptide: does the size matter? - Kathakali De, Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg  
15:00 - 15:20 › Solid-state NMR structural investigations of a tandem dimer peptide apolipoprotein AI mimic - Kelton Souza, Institut de Chimie de Strasbourg  
15:20 - 15:40 › Asymmetric Membranes Suitable for Solid-State NMR Reveal Pronounced Changes in Membrane Elastic Properties and Acyl Chain Order - Oskar Engberg, Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, University of Leipzig  
15:40 - 16:00 Sponsor presentation - Smart Tools for Studying Membrane Transport - Nanion (Salle océan Atlantique - Conference hall, first floor) - Artem Kondratskyi  
16:00 - 19:00 Coffee break and Free time - please remove your poster/stand before 5 pm (Mezzanine du Hall - Poster and sponsor's open space, first floor)  
19:00 - 20:00 Nausicaà visit - A guided immersive experience at Nausicaà (meet in Nausicaà main Hall)  
20:00 - 23:00 Gala dinner, group photo, IUPAB poster prizes & EPJE prizes (Valérie Biou)  

Friday, April 4, 2025

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09:15 - 10:55 Lipids in Motion: Understanding the Regulation and Function of Cellular Lipid Transport (Salle océan Atlantique - Conference hall, first floor) - Valérie Biou (+)  
09:15 - 09:55 › Invited Talk: Studying lipid transport pathways in the budding yeast model - Alenka Čopič, Centre de Recherche en Biologie Cellulaire de Montpellier  
09:55 - 10:15 › Translocation of cell-penetrating peptides involving calcium-dependent interactions between anionic glycosaminoglycans and the PC bilayer - Astrid Walrant, Chimie Physique et Chimie du Vivant  
10:15 - 10:35 › The yeast lipid flippase Drs2/Cdc50 transports multiple negatively charged phospholipids besides phosphatidylserine - Pauline Funke, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell  
10:35 - 10:55 › 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  
10:55 - 11:35 GEM PhD prize (sponsored by BBA) (Salle océan Atlantique - Conference hall, first floor) - Burkhard Bechinger (+)  
10:55 - 11:35 › 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]  
11:35 - 11:40 Concluding remarks  
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch (Nausicaa’s Calypso restaurant )  
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