Topic: Hydrogels and Peptide Self-Assembly

See below for the full programme for the Hydrogels and Peptide Self-Assembly sessions.

Session: Hydrogels and Peptide Self-Assembly (i) - Thursday 5 July (am)

Keynote
Jörg Tiller
Albert-Ludwigs Universitat Freiburg, Germany 

One dimensional self-assembly of beta-sheet peptides at surfaces
Conor Whitehouse*, Jim R Henderson, Amalia Aggeli, Colin W G Fishwick and Neville Boden
University of Leeds, UK 

Water-organising properties of insect antifreeze proteins from atomistic simulation
David R Nutt* and Jeremy C Smith
University of Heidelberg, Germany 

Behaviour of hydrogel films studied using embedded holograms
Mark Harding and Andrew G Mayes*
University of East Anglia, UK 

Surface modification of biobased substrates by controlled polymerization 
Eva Malmström*, Josefina Lindqvist, Daniel Nyström, Hanna Lönnberg and Anders Hult
Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden 

beta-lactoglobulin fibres under capillary flow
Valeria Castelletto*
University of Reading, UK 

Session: Hydrogels and Peptide Self-Assembly (ii) - Thursday 5 July (pm)

Keynote
Molly Shoichet
University of Toronto, Canada

Bio-functionalized conjugated oligomers and polymers for advanced enantioselective sensing 
F Babudri, G M Farinola*,  O Hassan Omar, P Iliade, F Naso, F Palmisano, M C Tanese, L Torsi, L Valli and P G  Zambonin
Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy

Thermo-reversible PNIPAAm - peptide bio-conjugate hydrogels
F Stoica*, A F Miller, C Alexander and A Saiani
University of Manchester, UK

Oligomeric precursors to amphiphilic networks for use in tissue engineering
J Collier*, S Rimmer and S MacNeil
University of Sheffield, UK

Synthesis of novel amphiphilic pseudo-peptides and their self-assembling within supramolecular stimuli-sensitive hydrogels
Patrick Gizzi, Andreea Pasc-Banu* and Christine Gérardin
Henri Poincaré University Nancy 1, France

Responsive microgels for restoring the mechanical properties of degenerated intervertebral discs
Jennifer M Saunders, Tony Tong, Christine LeMaitre, Tony J Freemont and Brian R Saunders*
University of Manchester, UK 

Peptide-based enzyme-responsive polymer hydrogel particles
Paul D Thornton, Robert Mart and Rein V Ulijn*
University of Manchester, UK

The self-assembly of 'surfactant-like' peptides
Dave J Adams,* Michael F Butler, Kathrin Holtzmann and Christian Schneider
Unilever Corporate Research, UK