William C. Wimley, Tulane University, Subgroup Chair

Membrane Biophysics: From Model Systems to Living Cells

1:00 PM
OPENING REMARKS
William C. Wimley, Tulane University

1:05 PM
MEMBRANE-ACTIVE PEPTIDES DERIVED FROM HIV-1 GP41: COULD THEY BECOME USEFUL THERAPEUTIC TOOLS?
Jose L. Nieva, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain

1:45 PM
MECHANISMS OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES AND MODEL MEMBRANES: A THERMODYNAMIC HYPOTHESIS
Paulo F. Almeida, University of North Carolina, Wilmington

2:25 PM
MIXING AND MATCHING DETERGENTS FOR MEMBRANE PROTEIN NMR STRUCTURE DETERMINATION
Linda Columbus, University of Virginia

3:05 PM
Coffee Break

3:30 PM
WHAT DRIVES MEMBRANE PROTEIN FOLDING?
James U. Bowie, University of California, Los Angeles

4:10 PM
DIFFERENT ACYLATION MOTIFS DIRECT MULTIPLY ORTHOGONAL CO-LOCALIZATION OF LIPID ANCHORED PROTEINS IN LIVE CELL MEMBRANES
Jay T. Groves, University of California, Berkeley

4:50 PM
PLASMA MEMBRANE HETEROGENEITY AND RECEPTOR MEDIATED SIGNALING
Barbara Baird, Cornell University

5:30 PM
Closing Remarks

5:35 PM
Subgroup Business Meeting