Neutrons in Biology 2009

NIB2009
Neutrons in Biology meeting
Lund University, Sweden, 22 - 24th June 2009

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Confirmed Speakers

 

S. Antonyuk (Liverpool, UK)

Limitations of X-ray crystallography for seeing hydrogens even at sub-atomic resolution

 

L. Arleth (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

BioXTAS: Combining microfluidics and small-angle X-ray scattering to study biomolecules in solution with minimal sample consumption.

 

M. Blakeley (ILL, Grenoble, France)

Neutron Macromolecular Studies using perdeuterated crystals; Type-III Antifreeze protein

 

J. Cooper (Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK)

Neutron and atomic resolution X-ray studies of the pepsin family: implications for mechanism and inhibition

 

C. Dicko (University of Oxford, UK)

Silks: from structure to function

 

F. Gabel (IBS Grenoble, France)

Small angle neutron scattering for structural biology in solution

 

T. Hauβ (TU-Darmstadt HZB, Germany)

Beyond steady-state protein dynamics

 

J. Katsaras (NRC-CNRC, Canada)

Towards and understanding of biological membranes: the recent role of neutron scattering

 

J. Lakey (Newcastle, UK)

Outer membrane proteins of E.coli studied by magnetic contrast neutron reflectometry and SANS

 

S. Larssen, IUCr President (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

Closing Lecture, TBC

 

P. Langan (Los Alamos Nat. Laboratory, USA)

Protein Crystallography using Spallation neutrons: surprising insights into enzyme mechanism

 

M. Larsson (Lund Univ. Hospital, Sweden)

Modeling the first breath using neutron reflectometry

 

K-Y. Lee (University of Chicago, USA)

Beyond wrinkles: stress and fold localisation in lung surfactant and other thin elastic membranes

 

S. Linse (Lund University, Sweden)

Amyloid protein aggregration and the influence of surfaces

 

F. Mezei (Budapest, Hungary)

Inelastic neutron scattering evidence on the origin of the "dynamic transition" in proteins

 

T. Nawroth (Johannes Gutenberg - University, Germany)

Target nanoparticle enhanced Radiotherapy development with Photon and Neutron capture

 

M. Peyrard (ENS Lyon, France)

Experimental (and theoretical) studies of the fluctuational opening and thermal denaturation of DNA

 

I. Reviakine (CIC biomaGUNE, Spain)

Studying heterogeneous soft films with quartz crystal microbalance: hearing what one cannot see and seeing what one cannot hear.

 

M. Rheinstadter (McMaster University, Canada)

Collective Molecular Dynamics in Membranes and Proteins

 

A. Stradner (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)

Shedding light on eye lens transparency and cataract formation with neutrons

 

M. Tanaka (University of Heidelberg, Germany)

Modulation of biological interfaces via Oligo and Polysaccharides

 

S. Titmuss (University of Oxford, UK)

Using small angle neutron scattering to uncover stealth viruses

 

C. Vettier (ESS Scandinavia, Sweden)

ESS, New Opportunities and Old Challenges

 


A small angle neutron scattering image (many thanks to P. Callow for this image).