Paulo Almeida, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Subgroup Chair

Interactions in Membranes: What, Exactly, Do We Know?

1:00     Paulo Almeida, University of North Carolina Wilmington
            Opening Remarks

1:05     Derek Marsh, Max-Planck Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, Germany
             Fluid-fluid Phase Separation in Cholesterol-containing Membranes: Rafts and                  Non-rafts

1:45     Steven Regen, Lehigh University
             Phospholipid Complexation of General Anesthetics: a Wake-up Call

2:25     Thomas Heimburg, Niels Bohr Institute, Denmark
             The Physics of Nerves and Lipid Membrane Channels

3:05     Break

3:25     Jean-Luc Popot, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, France
             Amphipols as a Strange but Efficient Medium in which to Fold Membrane                            Proteins: Applications and Implications

4:05     Alexey Ladokhin, University of Kansas
             pH-Triggered Membrane Protein Insertion

4:45     Paula Booth, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
             Transmembrane Helical Protein Folding: Lipid Modulation and Folding                               Transition States

5:30     Business Meeting