ESF-EMBO Symposium
Biological Surfaces and Interfaces
26 June - 1 July 2011
Final Programme
Conference Booklet - available as PDF (664 KB)
| Sunday 26 June | |
| 17:00 onwards | Registration at the ESF Desk |
| 19.00 | Welcome Drink |
| 20.00 | Dinner |
| Monday 27 June | |
| Session 1: Engineering BioInterfaces Chaired by: Fredrik Höök | |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | Andreas Janshoff, Göttingen University, DE |
| 09:45 - 10:30 | Catherine Picart, Grenoble-Institute of Technology and CNRS, FR Engineering of Layer-by-Layer Films to Control Cell Differentiation |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Coffee Break |
| 11.00 - 11.45 | Stefan Zaucher, Duke University, Durham, US Surface-Tethered (Bio)Macromolecular Nanostructures for Nanomechanical Sensing and Novel Detection Platforms |
| 11:45 - 12.30 | Matthias Lutolf, EPFL Lausanne, CH Engineering Stem Cell-Niche Interfaces |
| 12:30 | Lunch and Free Time |
| 15.45 - 16.15 | Coffee Break |
| Session 2: Cells at Interfaces Chaired by: Janos Vörös | |
| 16.15 - 17.00 | Mattis Riehle, University of Glasgow, UK Engineering Cellular Function in 2 and 3D |
| 17.00 - 17.45 | Joachim Rädler, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, DE Lipid Coats for siRNA, Silica Nanoparticles and Addressable Single Cell Assays |
| 18.00 - 18.45 | Rafi Korenstein, Tel Aviv University, IL Nanoscale Fluctuations of the Cell Membrane |
| 19.00 - 20.30 | Dinner |
| 20.30 - 21.30 | Key Note Lecture l, chaired by: Marcus Textor Buddy Ratner, University of Washington, US Blood Compatibility Driven by the Biointerface: Old Ideas |
| 21.30 | Poster Session l |
| Tuesday 28 June | |
| Session 3: Nanomedicine Chaired by: Eva Sinner | |
| 09.00 - 09.45 | Ole Mouritsen, MEMPHYS - Center for Biomembrane Physics, University of Southern Denmark, DK Lipids and Liposomes for Nano-Medicine |
| 09.45 - 10.30 | Brigitte Städler, Aarhus University iNano, DK Subcompartmentalized Systems for Cell Mimicry and Drug Delivery |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Coffee Break |
| 11.00 - 11.45 | Tanja Weil, Ulm University, DE Protein-derived Copolymers as Biocoatings and for Drug Delivery Applications |
| Short Oral Presentations: Chaired by: Eva Sinner | |
11.45 - 12.00 | Derda Ratmir, University of Alberta, US |
| 12.00 - 12.15 | Jennifer Saik, Rice University, US Rapid Anastomosis between Encapsulated Cells in Hydrogels and Host Vasculature |
| 12.15 - 12.30 | Yajun Weng, Southwest Jiaotong University, CN Immobilization of Bioactive Molecule on TiO2 for in Situ Catalytic Generation of Nitric Oxide |
| 12.30 | Lunch and Free Time |
| 15.45 - 16.15 | Coffee Break |
| Session 4: Sponsor Presentations Chaired by: Fredrik Höök | |
| 16.15 - 16.30 | Biolin Scientific - Presented by Vijay Gupta Leading provider of analytical instruments for the nano-scale and molecular study of interfaces and interaction on surfaces |
| 16.30 - 16.45 | Microvacuum - Presented by Istvan Szendro Label Free Optical Biosensors Combined with Electrical Measurements |
| 16.45 - 17.00 | JPK Instruments AG - Presented by Carmen Pettersson |
| 17.00 | Poster Session l cont. and Drinks Reception Courtesy of JPK Instruments AG  |
| 19.00 - 20.30 | Dinner |
| 20.30 - 21.30 | Key Note Lecture ll, chaired by Helmuth Moehwald |
| 21.30 | Poster Session l cont. and session ll starting |
| Wednesday 29 June | |
| Session 5: Lipid-Based Biointerfaces Chaired by:Catherine Picart | |
| 09.00 - 09.45 | Claudia Steinem, Göttingen University, DE |
| 09.45 - 10.30 | Paul Cremer, Texas A&M University, US Detecting Biomolecules by Local pH Modulation |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Coffee Break |
| 11.00 - 11.45 | Nam-Joon Cho, Stanford University, US Viral Peptide Isolated from the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV): Interactions with Lipid Assemblies and Biotechnological Applications |
| Short Oral Presentation: Chaired by: Janos Vörös | |
11.45 - 12.00 | Pablo Dörig, ETH Zurich, CH |
| Sponsor Presentations: | |
12.00 - 12.15 | Nanolane - Presented by Rémi Corso |
| 12.15 - 12.30 | LayerLab - Presented by Olof Anderssen Resonance Enhanced Impedance Measurements of Lipid Bilayer Formation and Ion-channel Mediated Charge Transport |
| 12.30 | Lunch |
| 14.00 | Excursion - Guided Tour of Sant Feliu de Guixols |
| 19.00 - 20.30 | Dinner |
| 20.30 - 21.30 | Key Note Lecture lll, chaired by Buddy Ratner Helmuth Moehwald, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, DE From Peptide-Membrane Interactions to Remote Release |
| 21.30 | Poster Session ll cont. and Open Bar Courtesy of LayerLab  |
| Thursday 30 June | ||
| Session 6: Small-Scale Analysis Chaired by: Andreas Janshoff | ||
| 09.00 - 09.45 | Toshio Ando, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, JP | |
| 09.45 - 10.30 | Christian Eggeling, MPI Göttingen, DE Studying the Membrane with STED Fluorescence Nanoscopy | |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11.00 - 11.45 | Peter Sjövall, Technical Research Institute of Sweden, SE Molecular Mapping of Biological Surfaces and Interfaces with TOF-SIMS | |
| 11.45 - 12.30 | Jongyoon Han, MIT, US Microfluidic Tools for Single Cell Measurement and Activation | |
| 12.30 | Lunch and Free Time | |
| 15.45 - 16.15 | Coffee Break | |
| Session 7: Short Oral Presentations Chaired by: Ralf Richter | ||
| 16.15 - 16.30 | Maxim Nikitin, Prokhorov General Physics Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, RU | |
| 16.30 - 16.45 | Marta Bally, Chalmers University of Technology, SE Interactions of Norovirus Virus-like Particles with Cell-Membrane Mimics Containing Glycosphingolipids | |
| 16.45 - 17.00 | Sang-Hyun Oh, University of Minnesota, US | |
| 17.00 | Poster Session ll cont. | |
| 19.00 - 20.00 | Forward Look Session With discussion input from: Pep Pàmies, Paul Cremer, Marcus Textor, Buddy Ratner, Ole Mouritsen and Claudia Steinem | |
| 20.00 | Drinks Reception and Conference Dinner | |
| Friday 1 July |
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Breakfast and Departure |
