20th IUPAB Congress, 45th Annual Meeting of SBBf and

50th Annual Meeting of SBBq

Scientific Program (UTC -3:00 São Paulo, Brazil)

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Monday, October 4th, 2021

6:30 - 8:30 am

Biophysical Reviews Editorial Board meeting

9:00 - 9:30 am

Opening Ceremony 

9:30 - 10:30 am

Keynote Lecture 1

Chair: Manuel Prieto, iBB-IST, Portugal

 

Richard Henderson, MRC Labs, Cambridge, UK

Impact of single particle electron cryo-microscopy in structural biology

10:45 am - 12:45 pm

Symposium 1

Symposium 2

Symposium 3

 

Drug design and delivery

Protein Structure Dynamics and Functions

Biological Photosensors and their Applications in Optogenetics

 

Chair: Joke Bouwstra, Univ of Leiden

Chair: Richard Garratt, IFSC-USP, Brazil

Chair: Silvia Braslavsky, MPI, Germany

 

Peter Swaan, University of Maryland, USA

Frances Separovic, University of Melbourne

Masahide Terazima, Kiyoto University, Japan

 

Silvia Alonso, University of Quilmes, Argentina

Marius Schmidt, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Andrew Woolley, University of Toronto

 

Joke Bouwstra, University of Leiden, The Netherlands

Bonnie A. Wallace, University of London

Matias Zurbriggen, University of Dusseldorf, Germany

 

Adriana Pohlmann, Univ. do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Andrea Dessen, LNBio-Campinas, IBS-Grenoble

Leonardo Assis, Univesrity of Lübeck, Germany

12:45 - 1:30 pm

Break

1:30 to 2:30 pm

Keynote Lecture 2

Chair: Leandro Barbosa, IF-USP, Brazil

 

Carlos Bustamante, University of Berkeley, USA

Co-temporal Force and Fluorescence Measurements Reveal a Ribosomal Gear-shift Mechanism of Translation Regulation by mRNA Secondary Structures

2:45 - 4:45 pm

Symposium 4

Symposium 5

Symposium 6

 

Macromolecular Machines and Switching Devices

Royal Society of Chemistry Chemical Biology

24th Prize for Young Talent in Life Sciences

 

Chair: Alejandro Buschiazzo

Chair: Randall Peterson, University of Utah

Chair: Juliana Fietto, UFV

 

Axel Brunger, Stanford University, USA

Sara Sattin, University of Milan, Italy

Bruna A.G. de Melo, UNIFESP, Brazil

 

Charles Sindelar, Yale University, USA

Frederico Gueiros, USP, Brazil

 

Carolina M. Polonio, USP, Brazil

 

Alejandro Buschiazzo, Institut Pasteur-Montevideo, Uruguay

Randall Peterson, University of Utah, USA

Célio J.C. Fernandes, Unesp, Brazil

 

Alessandra Del Giudice, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Mariana Chaves Micheletto, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, USP, Brazil

Marlon H.S. Cardoso, UCDB, Brazil

 

Leticia Irene Llarrull, Univ do Rosario, Argentina 

Isaac de Araujo Matos, USP, Brazil

Robson Tramontina, Unicamp, Brazil

 

Tuesday, October 5th, 2021

6:30 - 8:30 am

 

Biophysical Reviews Journal

Damien Hall - (Editor)
Meran Lloyd-Owen (Japan)
Joshua Ho (Hong Kong China) 

Kuniaki Nagayama (Japan)

N. Jaganatthan (India)

German Rivas (Spain)

Steven Harding (UK)

Rosangela Itri (Brazil)

Wilma Olson - (USA)

9:00 - 10:00 am

Keynote Lecture

Chair: Leda Q. Vieira, UFMG, Brazil

 

Giorgio Trinchieri, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH, Maryland, USA

Targeting the microbiome in cancer immunotherapy

10:15 - 12:15 am

Symposium 7

Symposium 8

Symposium 9

 

Deforming membranes

Systems biology and biomarkers for human disorders

PABMB Symposium: Metabolism and Bioenergetics

 

Chair: Patricia Bassereau, Institut Curie, France

Chair: Peter Nilsson

Chair: Alicia J. Kowaltowski

 

Michael Kozlov, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Hiroki Ueda, RIKEN, Japan

Antonio Zorzano, IRB Barcelona, Spain

 

Rumiana Dimova, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany

Daniel Martins de Souza, Unicamp, Brazil

Marcos Chiaratti, UFSCAR

 

Paul A Janmey, Univ. of Pensylvania, USA

Peter Nilsson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Valentina O. Parra, University of Chile, Chile

 

Luís G.M. Basso, UENF, RJ

Augusto Frantz Uberti, PUCRS, Brazil

Caroline S. Pereira, USP, Brazil

 

Clara M.L.F. da Motta, UFRJ, RJ

Bianca Cruz Pachane, UFSCAR, Brazil

 

1:00 - 3:00 pm

E-Poster Session (PS-01 Odd-numbered panels )

The presenters are expected to be logged in the platform during their respective poster section and interact with the audience using a chat interface (typing only). 

3:00 - 5:00 pm

Symposium 10

Symposium 11

Symposium 12

 

Biophotonics

Microbiomes: human and enviromental

Molecular and Cell Imaging

 

Chairs: Georg Wondrak and Martha S. Ribeiro

Chair: Leda Quercia Vieira - UFMG, Brazil

Chair: Paulo Bisch, UFRJ, Brazil

 

Martha S. Ribeiro, USP, Brazil

Lars Engstrand, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Fernando D. Stefani, University Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

Georg Wondrak, University of Arizona, USA

João Setubal, IQ-USP, Brazil

Enrico Gratton, University California, USA

 

Martina Meinke, University of Berlin, Germany

Emmanuel Dias Neto, AC Camargo Center, Brazil

Marco Capitanio, LENs, Un, Florence, Italy

 

Tania M. Yoshimura, IPEN/CNEN, Brazil

Jumpei Yamagishi, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Sara Anselmo, University of Palermo, Italy

 

Matheus del Valle, Ipen, Brazil

Ivan Rosa e Silva, Queen Mary University of London, UK

Fabiana A. Carneiro, UFRJ, Brazil

 

 

5:30 - 7:00 pm

50 Anos da Pós Graduação em Bioquímica da FMRP-USP

Chair: Vitor M. Faça

Graduate Program in Biochemistry - FMRP - USP: 50 years of history and achievement, Prof. Vitor Marcel Faça

Proteoliposomes as a mimic model of matrix vesicles and bone mineralization, Prof. Pietro Ciancaglini 

Deletion of AA9 lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases impairs fungal growth on lignocellulose, Prof. André Damasio 

Unraveling the neurotropic potential of the emergent viruses Oropouche and SARS-CoV-2 using adult human brain slice cultures, Glaucia Almeida

Glucocorticoids decrease the thermogenic capacity and increase the triacylglycerol synthesis by glycerokinase activation in brown adipose tissue of rats, Ana Paula De Assis

Effects of NT157 on tyrosine kinase signaling pathways in BCR-ABL1 T315I cells, Virginia Campos Silvestrini

 

Wednesday, October 6th, 2021

9:00 to 10:00 am

Bei Shizhang Lecture 4

Chair: Pingsheng Liu, China

 

Tao Xu, Institute of Biophysics Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Cryogenic superresolution correlative light and electron microscopy on the frontier of subcellular imaging

10:15 - 12:15 am

Symposium 13

Symposium 14

Symposium 15

 

Ionic channels and membrane transporters

Biomolecular association and dynamics

Gender in Science

 

Chair: John Baenziger, University of Ottawa, Canada

Chair: Paul Whitford

Chair: Maria Cristina Nonato (USP, Brazil) and David Crossman (Univ. of of Auckland – New Zeland)

 

Francisco Bezanilla, University of Chicago, USA

Andrei Korostelev, University of Massachussets, USA

Carla Mattos, Northeastern University, US

 

Alexander I. Sobolevsky, Columbia University, USA

Hue Sun Chan, University of Toronto, Canada

Frances Separovic, University of Melbourne, Australia

 

Renae Ryan, University of Sydney, Australia

Pablo I.D. Dans Puiggros, Uruguay

Lauren Arendse, University of Cape Town, South Africa

 

John Baenziger, University of Ottawa, Canada

Koby Levy, Weizmann Institute, Israel

Milagros Medina, University of Zaragoza, Spain

 

 

 

Pimchai Chaiyen, Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Thailand 

12:15 - 1:15 pm

Break

1:15 - 2:15 pm

Keynote Lecture 5

Chair: Koby Levy, Weizmann Institute, Israel

 

Michael Levitt, Stanford University, USA

Lessons from 620 Days Studying Covid-19

 

 

2:30 - 3:30 pm 

Exhibitor Presentation - 1

Exhibitor Presentation - 2

Exhibitor Presentation - 3

 

Cytiva 

DAAD & DFG

 

   Purifying samples for cryo-EM preps Brazilian-German exchanges in Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology  
   Speakers: Lotta Hedkvist, Global Product Manager, Cytiva / Veronica Fridh, Global Product Manager for Biacore systems, Cytiva / Emma Lind, Global Product Manager for resins, Cytiva

Session 1: Testimonials of historical and contemporary cases on the German-
Brazilian exchanges in Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology

 
   Q&A Session:

Melissa Armelini, Product Specialist, Cytiva

Rafael Santos, Product Specialist, Cytiva

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Werner Mäntele, IBP, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany  / Prof. Dr. Matias Zurbriggen, ISB, University of Düsseldorf, Germany / Prof. Dr. Rumiana Dimova, MPI, Germany  

3:30 - 4:30 pm 

Exhibitor Presentation - 4

Exhibitor Presentation - 5

Exhibitor Presentation - 6

 

 Thermo Fisher Scientific

DAAD & DFG

 

 

Recombinant Protein Cloning: New Frontiers

Session 2:

Exchange and Fellowship Programs of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) 

Funding Programmes of the German Research Foundation (DFG) 

 

 

Speaker: Helder Teixeira de Freitas, Brazil

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Werner Mäntele, IBP, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany  / Prof. Dr. Matias Zurbriggen, ISB, University of Düsseldorf, Germany / Prof. Dr. Rumiana Dimova, MPI, Germany

 

4:30 - 5:30 pm

Exhibitor Presentation - 7

Exhibitor Presentation - 8

Exhibitor Presentation - 9

 

 

Sartorius 

 

 

 

Application of Octet BLI-Technology for Characterization and Life Cycle Management of Critical Reagents for Development of Contemporary Biotherapeutics

 

 

 

Speaker: Ronald Bowsher, Ph.D., USA / Alyssa Cieslak, USA

 

 

 

 

Thursday, October 7th, 2021

9:00 - 10:00 am

Keynote Lecture 6

Chair: Maurício da Silva Baptista, IQ-USP, Brazil

 

Ohara Augusto, University of São Paulo, Brazil 

Carbon dioxide redox metabolites in eustress and oxidative distress

10:15 - 12:15 am

Symposium 16

Symposium 17

Symposium 18

 

Protein Folding Misfolding and Unfolding

EBSA Symposium on "Translational Biophysics"

Autophagy: mechanisms and applications

 

Chair: Vladimir Uversky

Chairs: Anthonny Watts and Jesús Pérez-Gil

Chair: Marcelo Mori

 

Prakash Kulkarni, City of Hope National Medical Center, California, USA  TBC

Amitabda Chattopadhyay, Centre for Cellular & Mol Biology, Hyderabad, India 

Maho Hamasaki, Osaka University, Japan

 

Gonzalo de Prat-Gay, Fund Inst. Leloir Argentina

Anthony Wilkinson, York University, UK

Julio Ferreira, USP, Brazil

 

Orkid Coskuner-Weber, German University TBC

Peter Pohl, Vienna University, Austria

Louis R. Lapierre, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

 

Alexander V. Fonin, Russian Academy of Sciences

Jesus Pérez-Gil, President of EBSA, Universidad Complutense
Madrid, Spain

Nektarios Tavernarakis, IMBB, Greece 

12:15 - 1:15pm

Break

1:15-2:15 pm

Keynote Lecture 7

Chair: Daniel Peluffo, UDELAR, Uruguay

 

Ramon Latorre, University of Valparaiso, Chile

Calcium-driven voltage sensing and the role of charged residues in the voltage sensor domain of BK channels

2:30 - 4:30 pm

Symposium 19

Symposium 20

Symposium 21

 

Membrane Simulation

Systems Biologics: At the interfaces of engineered proteins, their cell surface receptors and cellular molecular networks

IUBMB Symposium: Science Education

 

Chair: Mikko Kartunnen

Chair: Stephen Michnick

Chair: Manuel João Costa

 

Peter Tieleman, University of Calgary, Canada

Sachdev Sidhu, University of Toronto, Canada

Erin Dolan, University of Georgia, USA

 

Mikko Kartunnen, University of Western Ontario, Canada

Madan Babu, University of Cambridge, UK

Luciane V. Mello, University of Liverpool, UK

 

Syma Khalid, University of Oxford, UK

Emerson Rodrigo Da Silva, Unifesp, Brazil

Manuel João Costa, Universidade do Minho, Portugal

 

Thereza Amelia Soares da Silva, UFPE, Brazil

Stephen MichnickUniversité de Montreal, Canada

Vera M.T. Trindade, UFRGS, Brazil

 

 

 

 

4:30- 6:30 pm

E-Poster Session (PS-02 Even-numbered panels )

The presenters are expected to be logged in the platform during their respective poster section and interact with the audience using a chat interface (typing only). 

 

Friday, October 8th, 2021

09:00 - 10:00 am

Keynote Lecture 8

Chair: Rosangela Itri, IF_USP, Brazil

 

Angela Gronenborn, University of Pittsburgh,  USA

The awesome power of Fluorine NMR 

10:15 - 12:15 am

Symposium 22

Symposium 23

Symposium 24

 

Scissioning membranes

Redox Biology

Biophysics of immune system

 

Chair: Rumiana Dimova

Chair: Rafael Radi

Chair: Jean-Marie Ruysschaert

 

Jeanne Stachowiak, Univ of Texas, USA

Rafael Radi, UDELAR, Uruguay

Nicholas J. Gay, University of Cambrigde, UK

 

Patricia Bassereau, Institut Curie, France

Kostas Tokatlidis, University of Glasgow, UK

Jean-Marie Ruysschaert, Université Livres de Bruxeles, Belgium

 

Markus Deserno, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, USA

Luis E.S. Netto, USP, Brazil

Roman Jerala, National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia

 

Ernesto Ambroggio, Univesidad de Cordoba, Argentina

Valdecir F. Ximenes, Unesp, Brazil

M. Georgina Herrera, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

 

Mariana Juliani do Amaral, UFRJ, Brazil

 

Malvina Pizzuto, Universidad de Murcia, Spain

12:30- 01:00 am

IUPAB Lecture 9 Young Scientist

Chair: John Baenziger, University of Ottawa, Canada

 

Yoav Shechtman, Technion, Haifa, Israel 

Next generation localization microscopy - or - how and why to ruin a perfectly good microscope

1:00-2:00 pm

IUPAB Lecture 10

Chair: Juan Carmelo Gómez Fernandez, Universidad de Murcia, Spain 

 

Anthony Watts, University of Oxford, UK 

Lipids are important: Avanti/IUPAB Award lecture 

2:00-2:30 pm

Closing Ceremony and Awards - The announcement of Awards for poster presentations and 24th Prize for Young Talent in Life Sciences

 


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