MDCK cell in 3D culture

Biological & Biophysical Basis of Membrane Dynamics and Organization

 

November 5 & 6, 2010    Mellon Institute of Science

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The membrane workshop has been a lively event and a great success in every respect. The large number of participants from the Pittsburgh area underline how strongly represented the field of biomembrane research is. The wide scope of talks and poster contributions demonstrated a large number of exciting research projects and unveiled many possibilities for fruitful collaborations.

Below please find a number of images taken during the workshop. They capture the atmosphere and excitement better than words can do. We hope they remind you of exciting two days and let you hope for similar events in the future!

To download a full-size image (a few MBs each!), click on the image.

All pictures are courtesy of Mingyang Hu.

 

 

Fridays-lunch

Participants having lunch on Friday

 

napkin science

Yes! Science still begins on napkins.

 

lunch

A post-lunch science discussion is a good digestive!

 

Rick McCullough

Vice President of Research Rick McCullough greets the participants and opens the poster fair

 

poster fair 1

Tim Jarvela explains his poster on irradiation-induced protein inactivation

 

baumgart and nagle

Tobias Baumgart and John Nagle discuss tie-lines in phase diagrams of ternary lipid mixtures

 

cem yolcu

Cem Yolcu explains how effective field theory can be used in biological physics

 

broccio and bereau

Matteo Broccio and Tristan Bereau discuss biomembranes over coffee cake

 

linsted/

Adam Linstedt, Meir Aridor and Bruno Antonny

 

garoff/elder/loesche

Steve Garoff, Dick Elder, and Mathias Lösche talk science over omeletttes

 

breakfast discussion

Many people showed up for a delicious breakfast on an early Saturday morning!

 

lanni/lippincott-schwartz/deserno

Fred Lanni, Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, and Markus Deserno discuss the ESCRT complex

 

baumgart and antonny

Tobias Baumgart and Bruno Antonny think about curvature creating proteins on membanes

 

baumgart

Tobias Baumgart takes questions after his talk on membrane curvature driven protein sorting

 

puthenveedu

Manoj Puthenveedu illustrates receptor sorting in endosomes

 

loesche and traub

Mathias Lösche introduces Linton Traub

 

dahl

Kris Dahl answers questions after her talk on a connection between aging and protein membrane interactions

 

lee

Tina Lee explains the intricacies of topology changes in the endoplasmic reticulum

 

deserno

Markus Deserno advocates coarse-grained simulations of membranes

 

antonny

Bruno Antonny explains the amazing properties of the ALPS motif in membrane proteins

 

 

 

 

Contact

Mathias Lösche
Department of Physics
Carnegie Mellon University
ph 412-268-8367 (Donna)
fax 412-268-8252
emb quench

Adam Linstedt
Department of Biology
Carnegie Mellon University
Ph 412-268-1249
fax 412-268-7129
emb linstedt@andrew.cmu.edu

Markus Deserno
Department of Physics
Carnegie Mellon University
ph 412-268-8367 (Donna)
emb deserno@andrew.cmu.edu

Conference Time-Line and Program

Venue

Mellon Institute of Science
3rd floor Conference Room
and Social Room
Carnegie Mellon University
4400 Fifth Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Parking

Pay-for parking is available in the South Dithridge St. garage across from the Mellon Institute.

 

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