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

The dynamic structural and mechanical properties of cell membranes strongly regulate the functions of proteins, lipids, and 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, and molecular dynamics simulations, exemplify topics that have been presented at this symposium over the last 15 years. The symposium will continue to have a significant number of oral presentations by graduate and undergraduate students.

Maria Santore

University of Massachusetts

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