A one-day symposium on protein disorder, interactions and dynamics organized by the organized by the Belgian Biophysical Society and the Physical Chemistry of Biomolecules Laboratory (CPB).

Programme

8:50 | Welcome, registration, and poster setup

9:20 | Welcome speech

First morning session 

9:30 | Vladimir N. Uversky - University of South Florida, USA - "Dancing protein clouds: strange biology and chaotic physics of intrinsically disordered proteins" 

10:15 | Marie Skepö - Lunds Universitet, Sweden - "Structural and conformation properties of IDPs: computer simulations in combination with experiments"       

11:00 | Coffee break

Second morning session

11:30 | Peter Tompa - Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium - "Fuzzy interactions of IDPs driving biomolecular condensation"

12:15 | Sonia Longhi - Aix-Marseille Université, France - "Intrinsic disorder, phase transitions, and fibril formation by the Henipavirus V and W proteins"   

13:00 | Lunch and poster session

Afternoon session

14:30 | Sigrid Milles - Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, Germany - "Intrinsically disordered proteins in endocytosis: an NMR and single molecule fluorescence perspective"     

15:15 | Jean-François Collet - Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium - "How disorder controls the transport of lipoproteins in the cell envelope of Gram-negative bacteria"    

16:00 | Closing speech

16:10 | Networking Beer Time at "Le Chapitre"

Download the programme (PDF)

Abstract submission guidelines

Send us your abstract before 25 November 2024 by email: pdid.meeting@unamur.be 

Format: Word document, maximum 1 A4 page - Times New Roman.

All deadlines (registration, payment and abstract submission): 25 November 2024

Registration form

All deadlines (registration, payment, abstract submission): 25 November 2024

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Registration fee

  • Students (PhD students included): 25 €

  • Seniors: 40 €

Payment - Bank transfer

Payable before 25 November 2024 on the account:

  • Name: Université de Namur – ASBL

  • IBAN: BE10 2500 0740 2704

  • BIC: GEBABEBB 

Please mention your name/CPO 4136330 /e-mail in the payment communication

This fee includes coffee break, lunch, reception and the individual membership 2024 to the Belgian Biophysical Society (15 euros). For those who have already paid their BBS membership, they won't have to pay again.

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