Conveners
R1-2 Computational Biophysics (DMBP-DCMMP) / Biophysique numérique (DPMB-DPMCM)
- Maikel Rheinstadter (McMaster University)
Dr
Andriy Kovalenko
(Natinal Institute for Nanotechnology, and Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, 11421 Saskatchewan Dr., Edmonton, AB, T6G 2M9, Canada)
18/06/2015, 08:45
Medical and Biological Physics / Physique médicale et biologique (DMBP-DPMB)
Invited Speaker / Conférencier invité
The three-dimensional reference interaction site model with the Kovalenko-Hirata closure (3D-RISM-KH molecular theory of solvation) is Ornstein-Zernike type integral equation theory of liquids. Based on first principles of statistical mechanics, the 3D-RISM-KH theory consistently accounts for effect of chemical specificities of solvent, co-solvent, ions, and ligands on biomolecules solvation...
Maikel Rheinstadter
(McMaster University)
18/06/2015, 09:15
Medical and Biological Physics / Physique médicale et biologique (DMBP-DPMB)
Invited Speaker / Conférencier invité
One of the major challenges of modern physics is to contribute to biology and life-sciences. Neutron and X-ray beams are prime tools to study molecular structure and dynamics in membranes in-situ, under physiological conditions [1].
The experiments give access to nanoscale diffusion processes within and across the membranes, effects of macromolecules on membrane properties, such as ethanol...
Jonathan Johannes
18/06/2015, 09:45
Condensed Matter and Materials Physics / Physique de la matière condensée et matériaux (DCMMP-DPMCM)
Oral (Student, In Competition) / Orale (Étudiant(e), inscrit à la compétition)
Biological electron transfer (ET) reactions are fundamental to the production of energy in all living cells. Efficient, site-selective electron transfer is crucial for effective metabolic processes to sustain life. An accurate description of the electron transfer process through a protein complex is lacking. In particular, with the MADH and amicyanin protein complex, found in the bacteria...
Vahid Rezania
(MacEwan University)
18/06/2015, 10:00
Medical and Biological Physics / Physique médicale et biologique (DMBP-DPMB)
Oral (Non-Student) / orale (non-étudiant)
We develop a computational model for the transport and metabolism of drugs as well as oxygen in the functional unit of the liver called the lobule. The functional unit of an organ is the smallest structural unit that can independently serve all of the organ’s functions.
In previous studies, starting from a simple idealized model of the lobule composed of liver cells and sinusoid flow paths,...
Mr
Gregory Gomes
(Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga and Department of Physics, University of Toronto)
18/06/2015, 10:15
Medical and Biological Physics / Physique médicale et biologique (DMBP-DPMB)
Oral (Student, In Competition) / Orale (Étudiant(e), inscrit à la compétition)
A large number of proteins, termed intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs), fail to fold into well-defined three-dimensional structures. Many of these IDPs are associated with diseases, such as cancer or neurodegenerative disorders. In contrast to well-folded proteins, the polymer properties of IDPs are often crucial aspects of their functions. Correspondingly, to develop a better...
Dylan Malenfant
(University of Windsor)
18/06/2015, 10:30
Medical and Biological Physics / Physique médicale et biologique (DMBP-DPMB)
Oral (Student, Not in Competition) / Orale (Étudiant(e), pas dans la compétition)
There is an urgent need in the medical, environmental health and safety, security, and food-processing industries for a technology capable of rapid and sensitive bacterial pathogen identification. In response to this, we have shown that laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) can be used as a real-time elemental assay capable of discriminating between bacteria at both the species and...
