Division/Committee: [COLL: Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry]

Cell membranes' dynamic structural and mechanical properties strongly regulate the functions of proteins, lipids, genes, signaling pathways, and disease onset and progression. The symposium focuses on the current state of the art in biomembrane synthesis and self-assembly, structure, mechanics, and dynamics of cells and model membrane systems. Experimental and theoretical approaches, including single-molecule force and optical microscopy and spectroscopy methods, neutron and x-ray structural studies, nanoscale probes, molecular dynamics simulations, and AI and deep learning models for the analysis of large experimental data exemplify topics presented at this symposium over the last 16 years. The symposium will continue to have a significant number of oral presentations by graduate and undergraduate students and poster presentations.

Atul N Parikh Ph.D.

Professor, University of California, Davis

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