Monday 29th
All times AEDT (Melb/Syd)
9.00am
Welcome and housekeeping
9.10am
Session One
9.10am Andrew Clayton (Swinburne University) Dynamics of molecules and cells revealed with periodic forcing.
9.40am Jieqiong Lou (University of Melbourne) Correlated histone FLIM-FRET and SPT microscopy: a method to determine nuclear protein dynamics within the chromatin nanoscale landscape.​
9.55am Richard Spinney (University of New South Wales) Bivalent Kinetics: Insights from Many Body Physics.
10.10am James Brown (University of New South Wales) Multi-site competitive exchange of DNA and protein subunits on DNA origami​.
10.25am Gurleen Kaur (University of Wollongong) Enzyme dynamics during lesion bypass at the E. coli replication fork.​
10.40 - 11.05am
Morning Tea
11.05am
Session Two
Chair: Lisanne Spenkelink
11.05am Kate Poole (University of New South Wales) Force sensing via ion channels in mammalian cells​.
11.35am Elaine Tao (Australian National University) Size and drug accessibility of fenestrations in voltage-gated sodium channel subtypes.
11.50am Ian Chin (University of Western Australia) Cardiac Cell Mechanosensation in 3D Stiffness Gradient Hydrogels.
12.05pm Michelle Xu (Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute) Diverse genetic background of individuals contribute to variable electrical phenotype to proarrhythmic drugs.
12.20pm Premier Sponsor Presentation - Coherent
12.30-1.30pm
Lunch
1.30pm
Session Three
Chair: Adam Hill
1.30pm Nam-Trung Nguyen (Griffith University) Cell stretching for early disease diagnosis.
2.00pm Yunduo Zhao (University of Sydney) N-terminal autoinhibitory module of A1 domain in von Willebrand factor stabilizes the mechanosensor catch bond.
2.15pm Natasha Freidman (University of Sydney) SLC1A transporters can be pharmacologically trapped at varying stages of the transport cycle.
2.30pm Daryan Kempe (University of New South Wales) Dynein-mediated retrograde forces shape cytotoxic synapse topography to enhance target perforation.
2.45pm Premier Sponsor Presentation - Lastek
3.00-3.30pm
Afternoon Tea
3.30pm
Session Four - Kat Gaus Memorial Session
Chair: Elizabeth Hinde
3.30pm Plenary speaker: Warwick Bowen (University of Queensland) Using quantum technologies to improve biological imaging: Raman microscopy beyond the shot noise limit.
4.30pm Gail McConnell (University of Strathclyde, Scotland) Optical mesoscopy with the Mesolens.
5.00-6.30pm
Drinks Mixer at The Clyde Hotel
Tuesday 30th
9.00am
Session Five with Young Biophysicist Award Nominees
Chair: Peter Su
9.00am Nick Ariotti (University of New South Wales) Precision super-resolution cryo-correlative light and electron microscopy for in situ analyses of cellular organelles​.
9.30am Waleed Mirza (Polytechnic University of Catalunya, Spain) Active self-organization in cortex.
9.45am YBA nominee: Emilie Flood (RMIT University) Molecular dynamics simulations to elucidate the origins of rapid inactivation in hERG.
10.00am YBA nominee: Lucy Ham (University of Melbourne) Unravelling the correlation structure of noise in molecular pathways.
10.15am YBA nominee: Ashley Rozario (Monash University) Characterizing drug-induced microtubule filament dysfunction using super-resolution microscopy.
10.30am Premier Sponsor Presentation - NewSpec
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10.40 - 11.05am
Morning Tea
11.05am
Session Six
Chair: Iromi Wanigasuriya
11.05am Donna Whelan (La Trobe University) Applications of a multi-modal microscope in human anatomy, genomic structure, and art.
11.35am Harrison York (Monash University) EEA1 drives an emergent determinism, suppressing stochasticity in early endosomal maturation.
11.50am David Simpson (University of Melbourne) Bio-sensing and imaging with diamond quantum probes.
12.05pm Anna Wang (University of New South Wales) Quantifying properties of lipid bilayer vesicles with holographic microscopy.
12.20pm Premier Sponsor Presentation - Olympus
12.30-1.30pm
Lunch
1.30pm
Session Seven
Chair: Richard Morris
1.30pm Scott Berry (University of New South Wales) Analog and digital modes of gene regulation.
2.00pm Stefan Mueller (University of Wollongong) Rapid single-molecule characterisation of nucleic-acid enzymes.
2.15pm Toby Bell (Monash University) Mapping epigenetic histone modifications in T cells using single molecule super-resolution microscopy.
2.30pm Sophie Hertel (University of New South Wales) The HIV capsid acts as a karyopherin to enter the nucleus.
2.45pm Richard Spinks (University of Wollongong) Who is driving the DNA replication machine? - A single-molecule study.
3.00-3.30pm
Afternoon Tea
3.30-4.30pm
Flash Talk Presentations
4.30-5.15pm
Virtual Poster Session 1
5.15-6.00pm
Virtual Poster Session 2
6.30-9.00pm
Conference Dinner at The Lincoln
Wednesday 1st
9.00am
Session Eight
Chair: Matthew Baker
9.00am Shelley Wickham (University of Sydney) DNA Origami – building hierarchical complexity and lipid-interaction.
9.30am Arif Kabir (Hokkaido University, Japan) Scaling-up biomolecular motors using DNA nanotechnology.
9.45am Stephanie Xu (University of New South Wales) A novel method for probing interactions in the HIV-1 viral capsid using DNA scaffolds.
10.00am Eloisa Perez-Bennetts (University of Sydney) Targeting brain regions with DNA nanorobots: An analytical and experimental study.
10.15am Nevena Todorova (RMIT University) Computational insights into DNA origami protection by sequence-defined peptoids.
10.30am Premier Sponsor Presentation - Zeiss
10.40 - 11.05am
Morning Tea
11.05am
Session Nine
Chair: Charles Cranfield
11.05am Matthew Simpson (Queensland University of Technology) Understanding tumour spheroid experiments using techniques from data science and mathematical modelling.
11.35am Dietmar Oelz (University of Queensland) Protein friction and F-actin bending promote contraction of disordered actomyosin networks.
11.50am Pietro Ridone (University of New South Wales) Spontaneous adaptation of ion selectivity in a bacterial flagellar motor.
12.05pm Alice Hutchinson (Australian National University) Modelling thermophoresis at the molecular scale - which water model is best?
12.20pm Aaron Elbourne (RMIT University) Dynamics and behaviour of ultra-small gold nanoparticles at bio-membranes – Combining experiment with simulation.
12.20-1.30pm
Lunch
1.30pm
Session Ten
Chair: Andrew Clayton
1.30pm Brian Abbey (La Trobe University) A novel nanotechnology platform for label-free colourimetric histology.
2.00pm Kathleen Schell (University of Technology Sydney) Honey; Breaking down the wall to new antibiotics.
2.15pm Suganeya Soundararajan (University of Technology Sydney) Susceptibility of leukemia cells to low cost low toxic agents.
2.30pm Gary Bryant (RMIT University) Characterisation of cell motility using differential dynamic microscopy (DDM).
2.45pm Megan Coomer (University of Melbourne) Stochastic simulations of biological systems in fluctuating environments: The extrinsic chemical Langevin equation.
3.00-3.30pm
Afternoon Tea
3.30-4.30pm
Prizes, Closing Remarks & AGM