Monday, May 23, 2011 |
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Session: Nuclear Physics 1. Chair: Robijn Bruinsma (UCLA)
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| 8:50am |
Boris Shraiman
(KITP Permanent Member) |
Welcome[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 9:00am |
Paul Chaikin
(NYU) |
Artificial Replication[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 9:45am |
Gijs Wuite
(Amsterdam) |
Quantifying the Physics Inside the Genome One Molecule at a Time[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 10:30am |
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MORNING BREAK |
| 11:00am |
Christophe Zimmer
(Institute Pasteur, Paris) |
Imaging and Modeling Chromosome Dynamics in Yeast[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 11:45am |
Kerry Bloom
(UNC Chapel Hill) |
The Molecular Basis of a Chromatin Spring in Mitosis[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 12:30pm |
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LUNCH BREAK |
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Session: Nuclear Physics 2. Chair: Garegin Papoian (Maryland)
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| 2:00pm |
Erez Lieberman-Aiden
(Harvard Univ.) |
How the Genome Folds[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 2:45pm |
Jonathan Widom
(NWU) |
Nucleosome Positioning[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 3:30pm |
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AFTERNOON BREAK |
| 4:00pm |
Helmut Schiessel
(Leiden Univ.) |
DNA and Chromatin[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4:45pm |
Ralf Everaers
(Lyon) |
Structure and Dynamics of Interphase Chromosomes[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 5:30pm |
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SHUTTLE TO BWSCI |
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 |
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Session: DNA 1. Chair: Alexey Kornyshev (Imperial College, London)
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| 9:00am |
David Bensimon
(INS Paris and UCLA) |
New Results on ISWI Chromatin Remodeling[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 9:45am |
Tanniemola Liverpool
(Univ. Bristol) |
Some Problems in DNA Mechanics: From Transcription to Splicing[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 10:30am |
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MORNING BREAK |
| 11:00am |
Alexander Vologodskii
(NYU) |
DNA Knots, Links, and Topoisomerases[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 11:45am |
Participants |
VIRTUAL POSTER SESSION 1[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 12:30pm |
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LUNCH BREAK |
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Session: DNA 2. Chair: Philip Pincus (UCSB)
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| 2:00pm |
Mark Williams
(NEU) |
Force-induced DNA Interactions: From Small Molecules to Proteins[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 2:45pm |
Serge Lemay
(Univ. Twente) |
Fun With Ions: Electrophoretic Forces on DNA in Solid-State Nanopores and Electrochemical Single Molecule Detection[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 3:30pm |
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AFTERNOON BREAK |
| 4:00pm |
Ned Seeman
(NYU) |
DNA: Not Merely the Secret of Life[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4:45pm |
Participants |
VIRTUAL POSTER SESSION 2[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 5:30pm |
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RECEPTION |
| 6:00pm |
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SPECIAL EVENTS DINNER |
| 8:00pm |
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SHUTTLE TO BWSCI |
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 |
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Session: Physics of Viruses. Chair: Erwin Frey (Ludwig Max. Univ.)
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| 9:00am |
Charles Knobler
William Gelbart
(UCLA) |
Self-Assembly of Viral Capsids around ssRNA[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 9:45am |
Michael Hagan
(Brandeis Univ.) |
Aspects of Viral Capsid Assembly Around Polymers and RNA[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 10:30am |
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MORNING BREAK |
| 11:00am |
Francoise Livolant
(ENS Paris) |
DNA Condensation in a Confined Environment (the Bacteriophage Capsid)[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 11:45am |
Robert Phillips
(Caltech) |
How Viruses Make New Viruses: A Single-Molecule View[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 12:30pm |
Frank Jülicher
(MPI Dresden) |
Dynamics of Tissues[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 1:15pm |
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LUNCH BREAK |
| 2:00pm |
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FREE AFTERNOON |
Thursday, May 26, 2011 |
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Session: Cytoskeleton and Cell Activity 1. Chair: Katharina Ribbeck (MIT)
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| 9:00am |
Samuel Safran
(Weizmann Inst.) |
Development of Nematic and Smectic Order in the Cellular Cytoskeleton |
| 9:45am |
Jennifer Curtis
(Georgia Tech.) |
Mechanics and Structure of the Polymer Coat on Cells, and their Influence on Cell Physiology[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 10:30am |
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MORNING BREAK |
| 11:00am |
Mark Bathe
(MIT) |
Bayesian Analysis of Cytoskeletal Dynamics: Bridging the Gap Between Experiment and Theory |
| 11:45am |
Christoph Schmidt
(Göttingen) |
Non-equilibrium Dynamics of Biological Matter and Cellular Mechanosensing[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 12:30pm |
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LUNCH BREAK |
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Session: Cytoskeleton and Cell Activity 2. Chair: Fred MacKintosh (Vrije Univ., Amsterdam)
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| 2:00pm |
Krystyn Van Vliet
(MIT) |
Chemomechanics of Cell-Material Interactions |
| 2:45pm |
Paul Janmey
(UPenn) |
Network Formation and Crosslinking of Cytoskeletal Polymers and Filamentous Viruses[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 3:30pm |
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AFTERNOON BREAK |
| 4:00pm |
Ido Golding
(Baylor College of Medicine) |
Precise Characterization of Gene Activity in Individual Cells During Fate Determination and Maintenance[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4:45pm |
Denis Wirtz
(JHU) |
The Physics of Cell Motility in 3D |
| 5:30pm |
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RECEPTION |
| 6:00pm |
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SPECIAL EVENTS DINNER |
| 8:00pm |
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SHUTTLE TO BWSCI |
Friday, May 27, 2011 |
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Session: Nanochannels. Chair: Boris Shraiman (KITP)
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| 9:00am |
David Weitz
(Harvard Univ.) |
Collective Motion of Cells, with its Analogy to the Glass Transition[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 9:45am |
Thierry Savin
(ETH Zürich) |
On the Growth and Form of Gut |
| 10:30am |
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MORNING BREAK |
| 11:00am |
Alexei Koulakov
(Cold Spring Harbor) |
Development of Brain Maps: Nature Versus Nurture[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
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Session: Physics Aspects of Evolution. Chair: Boris Shraiman (KITP)
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| 11:45am |
Edo Kussel
(NYU) |
Population Ageing[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 12:30pm |
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LUNCH BREAK |
| 2:00pm |
Tom McLeish
(Durham Univ.) |
Models of Genotype-Phenotype Mapping in Evolutionary Landscapes[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 2:45pm |
Eugene Shakhnovich
(Harvard Univ.) |
Understanding Biological Fitness From First Principles[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 3:30pm |
Job Dekker
(UMass Medical Center) |
Chromosome Folding Principles: Insights Obtained with C-Technologies[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4:15pm |
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CONFERENCE END |
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Posters |
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Thomas Angelini
(Univ. Florida) |
Biofilm Spreading by Soft Matter Concentration Gradients |
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Paul Atzberger
(UCSB) |
Dynamic Models of Lipid Bilayer Membranes with Protein Inclusions[Poster] |
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Arlette Baljon
(San Diego State Univ.) |
Tensile Forces Explain Observed Mitochondrial Cristae Morphology[Poster] |
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Chase Broedersz
(Vrije Univ.) |
Distinct Elastic Regimes Controlled by Isostaticity[Poster] |
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Liheng Cai
(Univ. North Carolina) |
Periciliary Layer: An Additional Protective Barrier for Lungs |
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Aviel Chaimovich
(UCSB) |
The Relative Entropy as an Indicator of Multiscale Errors[Poster] |
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Alexander Chervanyov
(IPF) |
Polymer-mediated Interactions Between Colloids: Potential Theory |
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Kevin Chiou
(UCSB) |
Mechanical Force Inference in Epithelial Cell Monolayers[Poster] |
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Marek Cieplak
(Polish Academy of Sci.) |
Nanoindentation of Virus Capsids in a Molecular Model[Poster] |
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Nicolas Clauvelin
(Rutgers) |
Long-distance Communication in Chromatin[Poster] |
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Geoffrey Fudenberg
(Harvard Univ.) |
Three-Dimensional Genome Architecture Predicts the Distribution of Chromosomal Alterations in Human Cancers[Poster] |
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Ajay Gopinathan
(UC Merced) |
Intrinsically Disordered Polymer Brushes and the Nuclear Pore Complex: Implications for a Novel Form of Gated Transport[Poster] |
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Rony Granek
(Ben-Gurion Univ.) |
Protein Dynamics and Stability: Universality vs. Specificity[Poster] |
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Matthew Grant
(Univ. Cambridge) |
DnaA and the Timing of Chromosome Replication in E.coli[Poster] |
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Gregory Grason
(UMass) |
Intrinsically Twisted Biofilament Bundles: Self-Limited Assembly and Irregular Cross-Sectional Order in Equilibrium[Poster] |
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Ming Guo
(Harvard Univ.) |
Activity Dependent Particle's Motion in Living Cells[Poster] |
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Michael Hagan
(Brandeis Univ.) |
Excitability and Chaos in Active Nematic Suspensions[Poster] |
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Longhua Hu
(Univ. Maryland) |
How Does the Antagonism Between Capping and Anti-Capping Proteins Affect Actin Network Dynamics?[Poster] |
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Suckjoon Jun
(Harvard Univ.) |
Bacterial Chromosomes in the Micropiston Behave Like a Loaded Entropic Spring |
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Yan Levin
(UFRGS, Brazil) |
Ions at Interfaces: Surface Tensions, Surface Potentials and Critical Coagualation Concentrations of Electrolyte Solutions and Colloidal Suspensions[Poster] |
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Ludvig Lizana
(NYU) |
Electrophoresis of a Charged (Non-conducting Sphere) in an Ionic Liquid[Poster] |
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Jun Lin
(UCSB) |
Bandpass Filtering of DNA Elastic Modes Using Confinement and Tension[Poster] |
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Philippe Marcq
(Institut Curie) |
Polarity Patterns of Stress Fibers[Poster] |
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Dustin McIntosh
(UCSB) |
Probing Swollen Polymer Structure with Single-Molecule Elasticity Experiments[Poster] |
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Tom McLeish
(Durham Univ.) |
Protein Signalling via Thermal Vibration: Opposite Effects from Identical Causes[Poster] |
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Kei Mueller
(TUM) |
A Novel Approach to the Simulation of Cytosceletal Polymorphism[Poster] |
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Raghuveer Parthasarathy
(Univ. Oregon) |
Mechanical Mysteries of Bio-Membranes[Poster] |
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David Potoyan
(UMD) |
Impact of Covalent Modifications on Conformational and Binding Propensities of Histone Tails[Poster] |
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Payam Rowghanian
(NYU) |
DNA Translocation Through a Nanopore[Poster] |
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Volker Schaller
(TUM) |
Aggregation and Growth in Active Systems[Poster] |
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Joanna Sulkowska
(UCSD) |
Untying Slipknots and Knots in Proteins[Poster] |
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Paul van der Schoot
(Eindhoven Univ. of Tech) |
Influence of the Topology of Single-stranded RNA on in Vitro Virus Assembly[Poster] |
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Yann von Hansen
(TUM) |
Extracting Protein Dynamics from Single-Molecule Experiments using Dynamic Deconvolution[Poster] |
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Jing Xu
(UC Irvine) |
Turning Kinesin On the Unconventional Way[Poster] |
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Alexandra Zidovska
(Harvard Medical School) |
On the Mechanical Stabilization of Filopodia[Poster] |
