Zoom: https://mcmaster.zoom.us/j/92984496513?pwd=WisrRVpReHg5Y3QzRnNrdCs3V3gvdz09

8:30-8:40

Introductory remarks

M. Rheinstädter, A. Ramamoorthy, G. Melacini

8:40-10:00

Membranes & Kinases – Chair: G. Melacini

8:40-9:00

Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-independent synthesis of PtdIns(3,4)P2 by a phosphotransferase

S. Grinstein (Zoom)

9:00-9:20

Regulation and functions of diacylglycerol kinases

Y.V. Shulga

9:20-9:40

When Biochemistry and Clinical Genomics Collide: the Unfolding

Story of Diacylglycerol Kinase Epsilon (Dgke) Deficiency

M. Lemaire (Zoom)

9:40-10:00

DGK-θ and PLDs1/2 in Central Nervous System Neurons

D.M. Raben (Zoom)

10:00-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-12:30

Membrane Proteins and Peptides – Chair: J. Whitney

10:30-10:50

The role of lipids and membrane adjuvants in modulating the function of G Protein-Coupled Receptors

R.S. Prosser

10:50-11:10

Emerging mechanisms underlying lipid-sensing

in a ligand-gated ion channel

J.E. Baenziger

11:10-11:30

PagP as a Facilitated Group Translocator

R.E. Bishop

11:30-11:50

Peptide-Lipid Interactions and Lipid Lateral Diffusion as monitored via 31P CODEX NMR

P.M. Macdonald

11:50-12:10

A story of ghosts, (NMR) spectra and antimicrobial peptides

I. Marcotte (Zoom)

12:10-12:30

Engineering proteolytic resistance of membrane-active

antimicrobial peptides

C.M. Deber (Zoom) 

12:30-13:30

Lunch break

13:30-14:00

Career Development Roundtable – Chairs: Y.V. Shulga & M. Khamina

14:00-15:40

Lipid Membranes & Beyond – Chair: M. Rheinstädter

14:00-14:20

Drilling holes into membranes: Criminal associations between proteins and lipids

C. Fradin

14:20-14:40

The chemical biology of lipid membranes:

from understanding membrane physiology to modern therapies

J.C. Bozelli

14:40-15:00

Building tools for endosomal deubiquitinases

Y. Tong

15:00-15:20

A Biophysicist’s Experience in a Biochemistry lab

J. Katsaras

15:20-16:00

Coffee break

15:40-17:00

Molecular Events at the Membrane Interface for All Ages – Chair: Madoka Akimoto

16:00-16:10

Updating the Classical Model for Pulmonary Surfactant Function

F. Possmayer, UWO

16:10-16:20

Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability Predictions of Organic Molecules with XGBoost and Resampling Strategies

F. Meng, McMaster

16:20-16:30

Investigating the Effect of ATP on Amyloid Aggregation

E.R. Kamski-Hennekam, McMaster

16:30-16:50

Thank you Richard!

M. Rheinstädter, A. Ramamoorthy, G. Melacini

16:50-17:00

Concluding Remarks

R.M. Epand

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