These are the tentative programmes for the Summer School and the Conference. Please note that they may change. At the conference site there will be a (p)reprint table - feel free to bring copies of your latest pre- or/and reprints.
For abstracts of the invited talks/lectures that we received so far, please see: Invited speakers
Please note:
- Summer school (Aug. 15.-16.) lectures will be held in Sähkötalo (Dept. Electrical Engineering)
in lecture room S4. The address is Otakaari 5 A, Espoo.
- Conference (Aug. 17.-19.) will held in Dipoli conference center. The address is Otakaari 24, Espoo
- Click for a detailed map of the campus area showing the
locations of the Dipoli conference center,
Dept. of Electrical Engineering, and the conference hotel.
- A video projector and a PC is available in all lecture rooms.
Summer School - Wednesday Aug.15, 2001
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| 10:30-13:00 | Arrival/Registration/Lunch | |
| 13:00 - 14:00 |
Ling Miao
Department of Physics, Odense University, Odense, Denmark
Statistical physics of fluid membranes 1 | |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Motomu Tanaka,
Biophysics laboratory, Dept. of Physics, Technical Univiversity of München,
Germany
Model Biomembranes on Soft Polymer Films 1 | |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 15:30 - 16:30 |
Håkan Wennerström,
Dept. of Physical Chemistry, Lund University, Sweden Electrostatic interactions in an aqueous environment | |
| 16:30 - 17:30 | Kari Laasonen,
Department of Chemistry, University of Oulu, Finland
Ab initio molecular dynamics methods in (bio)chemistry | |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 18:00 - 19:00 | Robijn Bruinsma,
Instituut-Lorentz for Theoretical Physics, Leiden University, The Netherlands and
Department of Physics, UCLA, U.S.A.
DNA/lipid complexation and aqueous electrostatics | |
| 19:30 | Dinner | |
Summer School - Thursday Aug. 16, 2001 |
| 09:00 - 10:00 |
Ling Miao
Department of Physics, Odense University, Odense, Denmark
Statistical physics of fluid membranes 2 |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Motomu Tanaka,
Biophysics laboratory, Dept. of Physics, Technical Univiversity of München,
Germany
Model Biomembranes on Soft Polymer Films 2 | |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Samuel A. Safran,
Department of Materials and Interfaces, The Weizmann Institute of Science,
Rehovot, Israel
Surface energies and cell shapes | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | LUNCH | |
| 14:00 - 15:00 |
Håkan Wennerström,
Dept. of Physical Chemistry, Lund University, Sweden Transmembrane electrostatic interactions | |
| 15:00 - 16:00 | Samuel A. Safran,
Department of Materials and Interfaces, The Weizmann Institute of Science,
Rehovot, Israel
Self assembly in soft matter and biomaterials | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 16:30 - 17:30 | Robijn Bruinsma,
Instituut-Lorentz for Theoretical Physics, Leiden University, The Netherlands and
Department of Physics, UCLA, U.S.A.
DNA/protein interaction, DNA condensation, and aqueous electrostatics | |
| 21:00 | A get together + snacks + sauna & swimming -> NOTE: Please bring your towel and bathing suit!!! | |
Conference - Friday Aug.17, 2001 |
| 09:30 | Registration desk opens | ||
| 10:50 - 11:00 | Opening by Prof. Paavo Uronen, Rector of Helsinki University of Technology | ||
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Samuel A. Safran,
Department of Materials and Interfaces, The Weizmann Institute of Science,
Rehovot, Israel
Lipid Phase Separation, Marangoni Flow and Membrane Fusion |
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| 11:45 - 12:30 |
Roland Netz,
Max Planck Institute of Colloids & Surfaces,
Potsdam-Golm, Germany Complexes formed by DNA |
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| 12:30 - 14:00 | LUNCH | ||
| 14:00 - 14:45 | Juha Holopainen,
Department of Medical Chemistry, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Helsinki, Finland
2-Dimensional ordering of lipid membranes - emphasis on the N-acyl chain of ceramide |
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| 14:45 - 15:05 |
Alexander Lyubartsev,
Physical Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, Sweden
Association of water, counterions and polyamines to ordered dna studied by computer simulations |
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| 15:05 - 15:25 | Klaus Adlkofer,
Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Dep. of Biophysics, Germany
Coating of Nanaostuctured GaAs Surfaces with Functional Thiols |
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| 15:25 - 16:00 | COFFEE & posters | ||
| 16:00 - 16:45 |
Martin Zuckermann,
Dept. of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
Insertion and Pore Formation in Lipid Bilayers driven by Adsorption onto the Bilayer-Water Interface |
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| 16:45 - 17:05 |
Anna Stenstam,
Physical Chemistry 1, Lund University, Sweden
Globular proteins and simple surfactants - their interaction in theory and practice |
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| 17:05 - 17:25 | Hans-Magne Ådland
Physics Department, Norwegian University of Technology and Science, Trondheim, Norway
Brownian Dynamics simulations of semi-flexible macromolecules |
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| 19:00 - 20:30 | A festive reception by the City of Espoo at Karhusaari Arts Centre | ||
Conference - Saturday Aug.18, 2001 |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | Robijn Bruinsma,
Instituut-Lorentz for Theoretical Physics, Leiden University, The Netherlands and
Department of Physics, UCLA, U.S.A.
Force generation of proteins and molecular dynamics |
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| 09:45 - 10:05 | Alois Würger,
CPMOH, Université Bordeaux 1, France
Discontinuous cosurfactant adsorption and bending rigidity of amphiphilic layers |
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| 10:05 - 10:30 | COFFEE & posters | |||
| 10:30 - 11:15 |
Håkan Wennerström,
Dept. of Physical Chemistry, Lund University, Sweden Phospholipid bilayer interactions, hydration and permeability |
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| 11:15 - 11:35 | Torben Ishøy,
Risø National Laboratory & Niels Bohr Institute,
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Structural and thermal characterisation of ternary systems of dimyristoyl phosphatidyl choline (DMPC) water and peo-ppo-peo triblock copolymers |
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| 11:35 - 12:05 | Erik Reimhult
Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
Vesicle to supportred bilayer transformation kinetics; influence from vesicle size, temperature and surface support |
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| 12:15 - 14:00 | LUNCH | |||
| 14:00 - 14:45 |
Karl Jalkanen,
QUP-Center, Danish Technical University,
Department of Physics, Lyngby, Denmark, and
Laboratory of Physics, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
An vibrational analysis of various isotopomers of l-analyl-l-alanine in aqueous solution: vibrational absorption (va), vibrational circular dichroism (vcd) raman and raman optical activity (roa) spectra |
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| 14:45 - 15:05 | Marja Hyvönen,
Wihuri Research Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Molecular dynamics simulations of biological membranes |
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| 15:05 - 15:25 |
Emma Sparr,
Physical Chemistry 1, Lund University, Sweden
Phospholipd-cholesterol bilayers under osmotic stress |
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| 15:25 - 17:30 | COFFEE & POSTER SESSION | |||
| 19:00 - | Conference dinner. Location to be announced. | |||
Conference - Sunday Aug.19, 2001 |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | Motomu Tanaka,
Biophysics laboratory, Dept. of Physics, Technical University of München,
Germany
Physics of model glycocalix at interface |
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| 09:45 - 10:30 | Paavo K.J. Kinnunen We are made of cells (and so are...) | ||
| 10:30 - 11:00 | COFFEE & posters | ||
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Ole G. Mouritsen,
Membrane and Statistical Physics Group, Dept. of Chemistry, Technical
University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Membranes and magic bullets |
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| 11:45 - 12:30 | Avinoam Ben-Shaul,
Dept. of Physical Chemistry and Fritz Haber Research Center,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Structural and thermodynamic consequences of the interaction between macromolecules and mixed-soft lipid membranes |
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| 12:30 - 12:40 | Closing: Prof. Paavo Kinnunen, Chairman of the meeting | ||
| 12:40 | Lunch & departure | ||
Comments/questions? Mail to bio2001@lce.hut.fi
Last updated Aug. 8, 2001