Probing single macromolecules
Convener:
Hagan Bayley, University of Oxford, UK
Co-Convener: Ulrich Keyser, University of Cambridge, UK
Programme:
Monday 12 July (afternoon)
Symposium Information
This symposium willl focus on:
- Analysis of single macromolecules
- Single molecule techniques
- Optical and magnetic tweezers
- Atomic force microscopy
- Resistive-pulse techniques with single nanopores
Keynote Speaker
Properties and Methods for Fabricating Nanopores
Daniel Branton, Harvard University, USA
Invited Speakers
Mechanisms of helicases
David Bensimon, Ecole Normale Superieure, France
Assembling Polyelectrolytes and Fluorescent Nanoparticles by Single Molecule Cut & Paste
Hermann Gaub, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
Speakers
Stiffening transition in semiflexible ring macromolecules
Peter Cifra, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
Single Molecule Interactions of Bio-adhesive-Inspired Polymers with Inorganic and Organic Surfaces
Anne-Sophie Duwez, University of Liege, Belgium
Probing bio-molecular complexes using nanopore force spectroscopy
Jérôme Mathé, Laboratoire LAMBE, France
Nanomechanics of membrane proteins probed by atomic force spectroscopy
K. Tanuj Sapra, University of Oxford, UK
Analysis of single DNA molecules with Nanocapillaries
Lorenz Steinbock, University of Cambridge, UK
Poster Presenters
Molecular Elasticity of a Mechanically-Linked Polymer
Perrine Lussis, University of Liege, Belgium
Investigation of Chain Rigidity of Surface Grafted PMMA by Full Atomistic Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Markus Gerd Fröhlich, University of Vienna, Austria
Free energy of polymers confined in spherical cavities
Tomas Bleha, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
Structural modification of cyclic and linear macromolecules induced by chain stiffness
Zuzana Benková, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
Conformation of Single Polymer Chain during the Extension and Relaxation Processes Studied by Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy
Toru Ube, Kyoto University, Japan
Network formation by free radical polymerization versus network formation by controlled radical polymerization / by thiol-ene 'click' chemistry: a single-molecule view
Karel Goossens, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
High Temperature Single Molecule Fluorescence Imaging
Moritz Baier, University of Konstanz, Germany
Nanocomposite Ferrogel Behaviour Under an Applied Magnetic Field: A Single Molecule Diffusion Study
Ateyyah Al-Baradi, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Synthesis and Investigations of High Glass Transition Polycarbonates: Synthesis of Biphenylated Fluorene Monomers and Their Polycarbonates
David Boyles, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, United States
Symposium Sponsor
We are grateful to Oxford Nanopore Technologies for their sponsorship support of the Probing Single Macromolecules symposium.
