Seminars

Membrane Seminars

Seminars Summer 2021

03.08.2021Dr. Ralf Palmisano
Optical Imaging Centre Erlangen, FAU
Of resolution from membranes to animals
20.07.2021 Prof. Dr. Rainer Böckmann
Computational Biology, FAU
Multi-scale molecular dynamics simulations in the study of membrane domains
13.07.2021Prof. Dr. Markus Sauer
Biotechnology and Biophysics, JMU Würzburg
Super-resolution imaging of membrane organization
29.06.2021 Prof. Dr. Christian Eggeling
Applied Optics and Biophysics, FSU Jena
Discovering molecular membrane dynamics with advanced (super-resolved) optical microscopy
22.06.2021Prof. Dr. Ana-Sunčana Smith
Theoretical Biophysics, FAU
Mesoscopic theoretical approaches to modelling protein mediated interactions within and between cellular membranes
22.06.2021Prof Dr. Ben Fabry
Biophysics, FAU
Physical principles of immune cell migration in 3-D
15.06.2021Prof. Dr. Vasily Zaburdaev
Mathematics in Life Sciences, FAU
From single trajectories to aggregates and to phase separation
15.06.2021Dr. Andrej Shevchenko
MPI of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden
Proteolipidomics: techniques and deliverables
01.06.2021Prof. Dr. Kristian Franze
Institute of Medical Physics, FAU
Measuring mechanical cell – tissue interactions as a driver of immune cell activation
01.06.2021Dr. Leonhard Möckl
MPI for the Science of Light, Erlangen
Optical investigation of glyco-immune checkpoints

Seminars Summer 2019

16.07.2019Prof. Dr. Ivo Feussner
Georg-August-University Göttingen
Sphingolipid desaturation in Arabidopsis thaliana and Physcomitrella patens evolved independently
02.07.2019Prof. Dr. Markus Sauer
Biocenter, University of Würzburg
Super-resolution microscopy by dSTORM: From concepts to biomedical applications
18.06.2019Dr. Esther Zanin
Cell and Development Biology, LMU Munich
Patterning cortical contractility during animal development 
26.04.2019Dr. Angelica Sandoval-Perez
University of Heidelberg
Specific at One Site, Unspecific at the Other: The Interaction of a Blood Protein with extracellular DNA

Seminars Winter 2018/2019

15.01.2019Prof. Oscar Ces
Imperial College, London, UK 
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04.12.2018Prof. Ingela Palmryd
University of Gothenburg, Sweden
The organisation of the plasma membrane 
13.11.2018Prof. Dr. Anna Fejtova
University Hospital, Erlangen
Role of CtBP1-driven membrane remodelling in the compensatory endocytosis of synaptic vesicles
02.10.2018Prof. Anja Geitmann
McGill University, Québec, Canada
Mastering the maze – how plant sperm reach their mating partners

Seminars Summer 2018

17.07.2018Steven Lavington
Oxford University
Elucidating the conformational dynamics of the 8th helix in a class A GPCR
03.07.2018Prof. Karin Hauser
University of Konstanz
Protein-membrane interaction studied with time-resolved IR-spectroscopy
19.06.2018Prof. Sébastien Mongrand
CNRS – Université de Bordeaux
Role of microdomains in plant plasma membrane, lipids, proteins and biophysical features
05.06.2018Prof. Dr. Katharina Zimmermann
FAU Erlangen
 TRPC5 cold sensing
08.05.2018Prof. Dr. Paolo Carloni 
Research Center Jülich
Multiscale modeling of human GPCRs
24.04.2018PD Dr. Rumiana Dimova
MPI of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam
Giant vesicles as handy tools for assessing membrane mechanics, wetting and reshaping

Seminars Winter 2017/2018

06.02.2018Prof. Dr. Mark Sansom
Oxford University
Molecular Simulations to Characterise the Dynamic Interactions of Membrane Proteins
30.01.2018Prof. Dr. Michael Hensel
University of Osnabrück
 Manipulation of the host cell endosomal system by intracellular Salmonella enterica
09.01.2018Privatdozent Dr. Dirk Mielenz
FAU Erlangen
 The role of Swiprosin-1/EFhd2 in drug addiction and neurodegenereration
05.12.2017Dr. Satyan Sharma 
MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen
Insights into the SNARE fusion machinery using coarse-grained molecular dynamics
07.11.2017Dr. Elisabeth Fischer-Friedrich
Biotechnology Center of TU Dresden
Rheology of the active cortex in mitosis

Seminars Summer 2017

26.09.2017Dr. Sharon Wolf                                             Weizmann Institute of Science, IsraelCryo-scanning Transmission Electron Tomography – a 3D view into cell architecture and chemical composition
20.09.2017Prof. Dr. Alemayehu Gore
The University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston, USA
Dynamics, membrane binding and oligomerization of Ras proteins
25.07.2017Dr. Armando Carpaneto                           Institute of Biophysics, Italian National Research CouncilThe plant vacuole as a biological system to investigate the functional properties of intracellular channels and transporters
11.07.2017Prof. Robert Ernst
Homburg, Saarland University
 Activation of the unfolded protein response by lipid bilayer stress
20.06.2017Prof. Matthew Turner
Warwick
Membranes, active matter and collective motion
13.06.2017Prof. Roland Winter
TU Dortmund
Membrane-Associated Signaling Processes and Fibrillation Reactions of Amyloidogenic Peptides
23.05.2017Dr. David Dulin
FAU Erlangen
 Single-molecule studies of nucleic acids processing enzymes
09.05.2017Prof. Barbara Niemeyer
Saarland University
Store-operated Calcium Entry: Stoichiometry, splicing and ROS regulated gating
07.04.2017Protein-Lipid SymposiumProf. Sandro Keller (Kaiserslautern): Native nanodiscs as new membrane-mimetic system

Prof. Gregor Anderluh (Ljubljana): Interactions of pore-forming proteins with lipid membranes

Prof. Georg Pabst (Graz): The nanoscopic face of biomembrane mimetic: Implications for membrane protein function

Prof. Armagan Koçer: Roles of protein-lipid interactions in understanding and manipulating ion channel function

Prof. Rainer Böckmann (Erlangen): Multi-scale modeling of membrane protein oligomerization

Seminars Winter 2016/17

24.01.2017Prof. Reinhard Jahn
MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen
Membrane fusion in the secretory pathway of eukaryotic cells
10.01.2017Prof. Ludger Santen
Saarland University
Theoretical Modeling of Membrane-Tubulin Interactions
06.12.2016Prof. Judith Peters
Université Grenoble Alpes
Neutron techniques for the investigation of molecular dynamics under high hydrostatic pressure
08.11.2016Prof. Matthias Weiss
University of Bayreuth
Membranes, more than just cell envelopes?
25.10.2016Prof. Ilya Levental
University of Texas
The Biophysics of Living Membranes

Seminars Summer 2016

22.07.2016Dr. Karel Berka
Olomouc
Drugs on Biological Membranes: Molecular Perspective
24.06.2016Dr. Susanne Fenz
Würzburg
Hands-On Membrane Workshop
21.06.2016Prof. Christoph Korbmacher
FAU Erlangen
Regulation of the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) by aldosterone and proteases
14.06.2016Dr. Stoelzle-Feix / Dr. Weichbrodt
Nanion, München
Measure More Membrane – Smart Tools for Ion Channel Research
24.05.2016Prof. Matthias F. Schneider
TU Dortmund
Interface pulses, thermodynamics and the origin of biological communication and nerve pulse propagation
03.05.2016Prof. Peter Pohl
University Linz
Osmotic water flux through channels and transporters
19.04.2016Prof. Ralf Seemann
Saarland University/MPI Göttingen
Microfluidic Platform to Study Membrane Properties: Passive Translocation of Particles and SNARE mediated Fusion

Seminars Winter 2015/16

26.01.2016Prof. Martin Hof
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague
Sphingomyelin specific triggering of in-membrane oligomerization of β-amyloid(1-40) and the inhibitory effect of monosialoganglioside GM1
12.01.2016Prof. Samuel Wagner
University Tübingen
Assembly, structure, and function of a bacterial nanosyringe
15.12.2015Dr. Dietmar Gradl
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Wnt signaling cascades regulating convergent extension movements in Xenopus
17.11.2015Dr. Susanne Fenz
Würzburg University
Diffusion in Membranes: cell models and model cells
03.11.2015Prof. Pavel Jungwirth
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague
Cell Penetration and Membrane Fusion: Molecular Dynamics and Fluorescence Spectrocsopy
20.10.2015Prof. Michael Börsch
Universität Jena
Motors, gears and controls of FoF1-ATP synthase monitored by single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer

Seminars Summer 2015

23.06.2015Prof. Helmut Grubmüller
MPI Biophys. Chemistry, Göttingen
Atomistic Simulation of Single Molecule Experiments: Molecular Machines and a Dynasome Perspective
09.06.2015Dr. Stefanie Ranf
TU München
Immune perception in Arabidopsis via lipopolysaccharide
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03.06.2015
Dr. Ünal Coskun
TU Dresden
1. Compositional diversity of biomembranes: From monolayers to lipid head group presentation
2. Synthetic membrane systems: Chances and pitfalls
3. Lipid-Protein interactions in basic and biomedical research
12.05.2015Dr. Tilo Seydel
ILL Grenoble
Hierarchical molecular dynamics of proteins in crowded aqueous solutions probed by neutron spectroscopy
28.04.2015Prof. Erik Nielsen
University of Michigan
The roles of CSLD proteins during polarized cell wall deposition in Arabidopsis

Seminars Winter 2014/15

03.02.2015Dr. Peter Kolb
Philipps-University Marburg
GPCR-Ligand Interactions: Tailoring Selectivity and Investigating Mechanisms.
27.01.2015Prof. Peter Reeh / Prof. Michael Fischer
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
The universal chemoreceptor TRPA1 in sensory neurons is also photosensitive
13.01.2015Prof. Mike Dustin
Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Oxford, UK
Building the immunological synapse
16.12.2014Prof. Markus Deserno
Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Measuring elastic lipid membrane properties in computer simulations
09.12.2014Dr. Sebastian Geibel
University of Würzburg
Type 1 pilus secretion across the outer bacterial membrane
18.11.2014Dr. Silke Robatzek
The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, UK
Traffic control for receptors at the host-microbe interface

Seminars Summer 2014

09.07.2014Dr. Sigmar Stricker
MPI Molecular Genetics, Berlin
Connective tissue controls mouse muscle patterning via the extracellular matrix
25.06.2014Dr. Kheya Sengupta
University Marseille
Membrane adhesion: Can insights from model membranes be aplied to real cells?
04.06.2014Dr. Thomas Ott
LMU München
Protein patterning on plant plasma membranes
28.05.2014Prof. Isabel Alves
Bordeaux, France
Study of GPCR activation and signalling by plasmon waveguide resonance spectroscopy
14.05.2014Prof. Ilpo Vattulainen
Tampere, Finland
Concerted dynamics of lipids and proteins in cell membranes
30.04.2014Dr. Patricia Bassereau
CNRS Paris
Transmembrane proteins shaping lipid bilayers: Curvature-induced sorting and lateral diffusion

Seminars 2013

19.12.2013Dr. Ünal Coskun
Technical University of Dresden
Regulation of growth factor receptor signaling by direct lipid-protein interactions
24.10.2013Dr. Jochen Hub
University of Göttingen
Interpretation of SAXS/WAXS patterns by atomistic molecular dynamics simulations
02.05.2013Prof. Siewert-Jan Marrink
University of Groningen
Coarse Grain Modeling of Biomembrane Lateral Organization
24.04.2013Dr. Tsjerk Wassenaar
Calgary/Groningen
The DAFT Approach to Membrane Protein Interactions
06.12.2012Prof. Thomas Gutsmann
Research Center Borstel
Structure, Function, and Activity of Bacterial Glycolipid Membranes
02.02.2012Prof. Thomas Heimburg
Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen
Lipid ion Channels