Sunday, August 20, 2023
3:25 PM - 6:30 PM
Registration/Information
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM | Dinner
Session I: Protons in Physics and Biology
Co-chairs: Ana-Nicoleta, Bondar, University of Bucharest, Romania
Thomas Decoursey, Rush University Medical Center, USA
8:00 PM – 8:10 PM
Welcome from the Chairs
8:10 PM – 8:40 PM
Keynote Lecture
Robert Gennis, University of Chicago, USA
Structure and Proposed Mechanism of the Nicotinamide Nucleotide Transhydrogenase from E. Coli.
8:40 PM – 9:20 PM
Keynote Lecture
Gregory Voth, University of Chicago, USA
Proton Transport in Biomolecular Systems: A Remarkably Complex and Collective Phenomenon
9:20 PM – 10:00 PM
Keynote Lecture
Menachem Gutman, Tel Aviv University, Israel
The Many Faces Nature of Proton Transfer Reaction
Monday, August 21, 2023
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Registration/Information
7:00 AM - 8:50 AM | Breakfast
Session II: Molecular Ion Transporters
Chair: Petra Hellwig, University of Strasbourg, France
08:50 AM – 09:00 AM
Ulrike Alexiev, Freie Universitäte Berlin, Germany *
From Proton Reactions to Advanced Biophysical Methods for Biomedical Application
09:00 AM – 09:30 AM
Jessica Swanson, University of Utah, USA
Title to come
09:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Emily Liman, University of Southern California, USA
Gating Mechanisms of OTOP Proton Channels
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Keiichi Inoue, University of Tokyo, Japan
The Role of Proton Transfer in Ion-Transporting Microbial Rhodopsins
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM | Coffee Break
Session III: The Hv1 Proton Channel
Chair: Tom DeCoursey, Rush University, USA
10:50 AM – 11:00 AM
Carlos L. Gonzalez, University of Miami, USA *
Molecular Determinants of Voltage Sensor in CIHv1 Channel
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Francesco Tombola, University of California, Irvine, USA
Pulling the Strings of Proton Conduction: Mechanical Regulation of Voltage-Gated
Proton Channels
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Jana Shen, University of Maryland, USA
Mechanism of pH Sensing in the Human Voltage-Gated Proton Channel Hv1
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
Ian Ramsey, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
Insights into the Structural Basis of pH-Dependent Gating and H+ Permeation Mechanisms in
the Hv1 Voltage-Gated Proton Channel
12:30 PM- 1:30 PM | Lunch Break
Session IV: Reactions at Membrane Interfaces
Chair: Marylin Gunner, City College of New York, USA
1:50 PM – 2:00 PM
Balarama Sridhar Dwadasi, University of Calgary, Canada *
Constant pH Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Anion Exchanger-1 (AE1)
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Karen Fleming, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Membrane Protein Thermodynamic Measurements Enabled by Protons
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Ana-Nicoleta Bondar, Forschungszentrum Jülich and University of Bucharest, Romania
Dynamic Hydrogen-Bond Networks for Proton Binding and Proton Transfer at Bio-Membrane Interfaces
3:00 PM PM – 3:30 PM
Noam Agmon, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Lateral Diffusion of Multiple Ions and Protons at the Phospholipid-Water Interface
3:30 PM- 4:00 PM | Coffee Break
Session V: Mechanisms and Evolutionary Diversity of Molecular Proton Transporters
Chair: Keiichi Inoue, Tokyo University, Japan
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Boris Musset, University of Nürenberg, Germany
The Voltage-Gated Proton Channel Discovers its Family
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Marilyn Gunner, City College of New York, USA
How the Multiplicity of Protonation States in Proteins Supports Proton Transfer
5:00 PM - 5:10 PM
Juergen Kreiter, Stanford University, USA * and Amy Nava, Stanford University, USA *
Cry-EM, Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Functional Assays Reveal Unanticipated Insights into the
Chloride/Proton Antiport Mechanism of CLS-EC1
5:10 PM- 5:30 PM | Coffee Break
Session VI: Proton Transfer Reactions at Heterogeneous Interfaces
Chair: Alexei Stuchebrukhov, University of California, Davis, USA
5:30 PM – 5:40 PM
Paul Champion, Northeastern University, USA *
Quantum Mechanical Tunneling In Proton Wires
5:40 PM – 6:00 PM
Florian Brünig, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany (Young Investigator Talk)
Spectral Signatures of Excess-Proton Waiting and Transfer-Path Dynamics
6:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Nadav Amdursky, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
New Insights on Proton Transport in Biosystems Using a Light-Triggered Proton
Donor and Solid-State Protonic Devices
6:30 PM- 8:00 PM | Dinner
8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Posters Session I
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Registration/Information
7:00 AM - 8:50 AM
Breakfast
Session VII: pH- and Voltage-Dependent Proton Reactions at Membrane Interfaces
Chair: Ana-Nicoleta Bondar, University of Bucharest & Forschungszentrum Jülich, Romania
08:50 AM – 09:00 AM
Zhi Yue, University of Chicago, USA *
Conformational Changes and the role of Internal Glutamate in the C1-H+ Antiporters
09:00 AM – 09:30 AM
William Wimley, Tulane University, USA
Peptide Nanopores are Stabilized by a Cooperative Hydrogen-Bond Network
09:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Yasushi Okamura, Osaka University, Japan
Activities of Voltage-Gated Proton Channels on Intracellular Membranes
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Peter Pohl, University of Linz, Austria
Interfacial Proton Diffusion
10:30 AM - 10:50 AM | Coffee Break
Session VIII: Regulation of pH Dynamics in Cells, and pH-Regulated Membrane Reactions
Chair: Helmut Grubmüller, Max Plank Institute, Germany
10:50 AM – 11:00 AM
Short talk to be determined
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Kalina Hristova, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Charge-Induced Bias in EGFR Signal Transduction Across the Plasma Membrane
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Diane Barber, University of California San Francisco, USA
How Intracellular pH Dynamics Regulate Cell Behaviors
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
Speaker to come
12:30 PM- 2:00 PM | Lunch Break
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Free Time
Session IX: Proton Reactions in the Time of Exascale Computing
Chair: Jana Shen, University of Maryland, USA
3:50 PM – 4:00 PM
Short talk to be determined
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Paolo Carloni, Forschungszentrum Jülichsch, Germany
Highly Scalable First Principle QM and QM/MM Simulations to Investigate Proton Transfer
Processes in Biophysical Systems
5:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Helmut Grubmüller, Max Plank Institute, Germany
Biomolecular Simulations at Constant pH with GPU-Accelerated Fast Multipoles
6:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Alexei Stuchebrukhov, University of California Davis, California
Proton Transport in Biosystems
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM | Dinner
8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Poster Session II
9:00 PM – 10:00 PM | Get Together
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Registration/Information
7:00 AM - 8:50 AM
Breakfast
Session X: Water in Membrane Reactions
Chair: Leonid Brown, University of Guelph, Canada
08:50 AM – 09:00 AM
Valeria Baranauskaite, Ben Gurion, University of Negev, Israel *
Exploring Protonation Reactions and Stability of Intact Carbonic Acid in Alcohol Solvent Mixtures
09:00 AM – 09:30 AM
Leonid Brown, University of Guelph, Canada
Conserved Hydrogen-Bond Motifs as Hubs of Stability for Human Water Channels
09:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Gebhard Schertler, Paul Scherer Institute and ETH Zurich
The Role Water Molecules in the Activation Mechanism of Retinal-Binding Membrane
Proteins and G Protein-Coupled Receptors
10:10 AM – 10:20 AM
Kota Katayama, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan (Young Investigator Talk)
Photoactivation Mechanism of Cone Opsins Regulated by Proton Transfer Reaction
10:20 AM - 10:50 AM | Coffee Break
Session XI: Protons in Cell Physiology and Disease
Chair to be announced
10:50 AM – 11:00 AM
Bhav Kapur, Böhringer Ingelheim, Germany *
Protons Taken Hostage
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Polina Lishko, University of Berkley, USA
Protons in Reproduction, Contraception, and Heat Production
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Mark D. Parker, University of Buffalo, USA
The Role of NH3 Promoting H+/OH- Flux Through the Alkali-Activated Channel Protein SLC4A11
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
Elena Pohl, University of Vienna, Austria
Mitchondrial ATP/ADP Carrier - Proton or Fatty Acid Anion Transporter?
12:30 PM – 12:50 PM | Group photo
12:50 PM- 2:00 PM | Lunch Break
Session XII: pH Sensing and Pharmacology
Chair: Paolo Carloni, Forschungszentrum Jülichsch, Germany
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Dan Isom, University of Miami, USA
Proton Gating of GPCR Signaling
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Christoph Stein, Charité Berlin, Germany
Biophysics Meets Medicine: pH-Dependent Opioid Pain Killers
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Flash Talks
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM | Coffee Break
Session XIII: Gates and Protons
Chair: TBD
3:50 PM – 4:00 PM
Gustavo Chavez, KNMS, Paracelsus Medical University, Germany * and Christophe Jardin, KNMS, Paracelsus Medical University, Germany *
3:50 PM – 4:00 PM
Shinzen Jeff-Wang, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA (Young Investigator Talk)
Mechanisms of Ligand Regulation in Human Voltage-Gated Proton Channel HHV1
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Petra Hellwig, University of Strasbourg, France
Electrocatalytic and Spectroscopic Studies on Cytochrome C Oxidase, a Highly Diverse
Bacterial Membrane Protein
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Dinner
Session XIV: Protons in Biology, Material Sciences and Medicine: What the Future Holds
Chair: Gebhard Schertler, Paul Scherer Institute and ETH Zürich, Switzerland
7:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Masataka Nagaoka, University of Nagoya, Japan
Toward Theoretical Prediction of pH-Dependent Phenomena in Solution and
Biomolecules: The Red Moon Approach
8:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Sharon Hammes Schiffer, Yale University, USA
Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Proteins
8:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Bertrand Garcia Moreno, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Title to come
9:00 PM - 9:15 PM
Closing Remarks and Biophysical Journal Poster Awards
* Short Talks selected from among submitted abstracts.