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11/12/2020 - 11/12/2020 | Virtual lecture

Biophysics of protein aggregation

Tuomas Knowles from the University of Cambridge talks about their efforts to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of protein aggregation as well as the kinetics of this process and how these features connect to the biological roles that these structures can have in both health and disease. A particular focus will be on the development and use of tools and concepts from physical chemistry, in particular chemical reaction kinetics, to discover molecular assembly pathways in amyloid formation.

As part of the Distinguished Lecturer Series (DLS) at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Tuomas Knowles from the University of Cambridge will talk about the biophysics of protein aggregation. Due to the circumstances, the lecture will be held virtually via Zoom.

Abstract:
This talk describes our efforts to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of protein aggregation as well as the kinetics of this process and how these features connect to the biological roles that these structures can have in both health and disease. A particular focus will be on the development and use of tools and concepts from physical chemistry, in particular chemical reaction kinetics, to discover molecular assembly pathways in amyloid formation. Moreover I will discuss the development of new microfluidics approaches to study heterogeneous protein self-assembly and their application to explore the molecular determinants of amyloid formation from peptides and proteins.

Information on participating / attending:
Due to the circumstances, the lecture will be held via Zoom. To get the login credentials, please subscribe for the DLS Newsletter at https://mpl.mpg.de/newsletter. The Zoom link is sent to the subscribers some hours before the lecture.

Date:

11/12/2020 15:00 - 11/12/2020

Event venue:

Online-Lecture via Zoom
Virtual lecture
Bayern
Germany

Target group:

Scientists and scholars, Students

Email address:

Relevance:

international

Subject areas:

Biology, Chemistry, Physics / astronomy

Types of events:

Presentation / colloquium / lecture

Entry:

11/10/2020

Sender/author:

Clarissa Grygier

Department:

Kommunikation und Marketing

Event is free:

yes

Language of the text:

English

URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event67329

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