Pre-defence: Guanqun Du

Title: Versatile Association Behavior in Mixtures of Oppositely Charged Amphiphiles: From DNA-Like Assembly of Supramolecular Helices to Coacervation in Chiral Surfactant Systems.

Time: Friday 10 januari 2022, 09:15

Place: LU Zoom meeting: 

Minisymposium at the Division of Physical Chemistry in conjunction to the thesis defence of Guanqun Du

Michael Gradzielski

Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Phase Behaviour and Structure of Oppositely Charged Polyelectrolyte/Microemulsion Complexes (PEMECs)

Dganit Danino

CryoEM Laboratory of Soft Matter, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel and Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Guangdong Province, China

Karen J. Edler

Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom. Self-Assembly in Deep Eutectic Solvents

George S. Attard, Guest Professor at Division of Physical Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom. Could the inanimate become animate? And would we know if it did?

 Guanqun’s thesis: ”Versatile Association Behavior in Mixtures of Oppositely Charged Amphiphiles: From DNA-Like Assembly of Supramolecular Helices to Coacervation in Chiral Surfactant Systems”

The public defence will take place on Friday January 14th, 2022 at 09:15 a.m. in Lecture hall A at the Department of Chemistry, Lund University. Join via Zoom: https://lu.se.zoom.us/j/68195327630 or Livestreaming: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnuD6zyuQ4vwg9zSBeTQoQQ/featured

The external faculty opponent is Prof. Dr. Michael Gradzielski

Time: Thursday 13 January 2022, 10:15

Place: LU Zoom meeting: https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/63276155147

Digital Public Defence: Guanqun Du

Title: Versatile Association Behavior in Mixtures of Oppositely Charged Amphiphiles: From DNA-Like Assembly of Supramolecular Helices to Coacervation in Chiral Surfactant Systems.

Opponent: Professor Michael Gradzielski, Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin.

Time: Friday 14 januari 2022 09:15

Place: KC:A/ LU Zoom meeting: https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/68195327630

Jennifer Gilbert: Halftime Seminar

Jennifer Gilbert, PhD Student of Physical Chemistry, Lund University will give a so-called Halftime Seminar.

Time: Wednesday 19 januari 2022, 10:00

Place: Kemicentrum Lecturehall: LU Zoom meeting

Physical Chemistry seminar: Trevor Forsyth, LINXS. Lund

Title: Closing the gaps between Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Clinical Medicine: ATTR amyloidogenesis.

Time: Monday 21 februari 2022, 14:15

Place: Kemicentrum Lecturehall: KC:A/ LU Zoom meeting: https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/67032593605

Physical Chemistry seminar: Kyrre Thalberg, Senior Advisor at Emmace Consulting AB and Adjunct Professor at Lund University

Title: From aqueous colloids to dry powders for inhalation

Time: Monday 14 mars 2022, 14:15

Place: Kemicentrum, Lecturehall KC:C

Pre-defence seminar: Katarzyna Makasewicz

Title: Alpha-synuclein interactions with lipid membranes

Time: Monday 28 mars 2022, 14:15

Place: Kemicentrum, Lecturehall KC:A

Mini-symposium on PROTEIN INTERACTIONS IN COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS

Peter Kasson, Uppsala University / University of Virginia

Membrane deformation and viral entry

Ann-Sofie Cans, Chalmers

Biosensors and neurotransmission

Mikael Oliveberg, Stockholm University

Physicochemical classification of organisms

Mikael Lund, Lund University

A simulant's view of concentated protein solutions

Time: Thursday 31 March, 14.00-16.20

Place: Kemicentrum, Lecturehall KC:C/ LU Zoom meeting: https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/65258586110

Public Defence: Katarzyna Makasewicz

Title: Alpha-synuclein interactions with lipid membranes

Opponent Professor Peter Kasson, Uppsala University.

Time: Friday 1 april 2022 09:00

Place: Kemicentrum, Lecturehall KC:A/ LU Zoom meeting: https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/69722185126

Livestreaming: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnuD6zyuQ4vwg9zSBeTQoQQ/featured

Mini-symposium on Dynamics of Soft and Biological Matter

Daria Noferini (ESS) Short recap of neutron spectroscopy on soft matter

Daniel Topgaard Molecular motion probed by nuclear spin relaxation and diffusion experiments.

Karin Schillen Dynamic light scattering and collective diffusion on the colloidal length scale.

Hanna Wacklin-Knecht Lipids and proteins

Felix Roosen-Runge Crowding effects

Antara Pal X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy

Time: Tuesday 26 April, 13:00-16:00.

Place: Kemicentrum, Lecture hall C

Physical Chemistry seminar: Professor Vito Foderà, University of Copenhagen

Title: Structural and morphological heterogeneity in protein self-assembly

Time: Monday 9 maj 2022 14:15

Place: Kemicentrum, Lecturehall KC:B

Physical Chemistry seminar by Professor Fredrik Höök, Chalmers

Titel: Biological nanoparticle characterization using surface-sensitive label-free scattering and fluorescence microscopy

Time: Wednesday 11 May 2022, 10:15 am

Lecturehall KC:D 

Hongyu Zhang: KEMP20, Chemistry: Project Work presentation

Hongyu Zhang, Master student at Physical Chemistry, Lund University will present his project work.

Title: 2D NMR Study on the Effect of 1H Spin Diffusion Time on Lipid and α-Synuclein Co-assemblies

Time: Monday 20 June 2022, 3:30 pm

Place: LU Zoom meeting: https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/69007805927?pwd=MlF4Zk9DS3N6MlNPc0NxNEoveEloUT09

Noemi Ferrante Carrante: Master thesis presentation

Noemi Ferrante Carrante, Erasmus Master student at Physical Chemistry, Lund University/ University Tor Vergata, Italy.will present her thesis.

Title: on α-synuclein cooperativity in lipid membrane binding

Time: Thursday 25 August 2022, 10:15 am

Place: Lecturehall KC:F

Emanuela De Carlo: Master thesis presentation

Emanuela De Carlo, Erasmus Master student at Physical Chemistry, Lund University/ University Tor Vergata, Italy.will present her thesis.

Title: A generic system for adhering cells to supported lipid bilayers

Time: Friday 26 August 2022, 10:15 am

Place: Lecturehall KC:F

Manto Chouliara: Pre-defence seminar

Title: Binding Kinetics of Proteins at Immune-Cell Contacts
Time: Wednesday 21 Sep September 2022, 02:15 PM
Place: LU Zoom meeting: https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/65839701020

Mini-symposium 

Tuesday September 27 2022, 13:00 – 17:00 in Lecture hall B, Department of Chemistry

13:15 – 14:00 – Kristina Ganzinger (AMOLF, The Netherlands)

“Reconstituting information transfer in the immune system - Single-molecule studies of protein interactions via DNA-PAINT tracking”

14:00 – 14:45 – Fredrik Westerlund (Chalmers)

”Nanofluidic tools for single DNA molecule analysis”

14:45 – 15:15 – Break with coffee/tea and cake

15:15 – 16:00 – Erdinc Sezgin (Karolinska Institute)

"Biophysics of immune synapse: interplay between lipids and proteins"

16:00 – 16:45 – Per Augustsson (Lund University)

”Sorting cells by sound”

Public Defence

Manto Chouliara, PhD student by Physical Chemistry, Lund University will defend her doctoral thesis.

Opponent: Dr. Kristina Ganzinger, AMOLF, Netherlands

Time: 28 September 2022, 09:15 AM

Place: Lecturehall KC:A

Halftime Seminar

Alexandra Andersson, PhD Student of Physical Chemistry, Lund University will give a so-called Halftime Seminar.

Time: Tuesday 4 October 2022, 2:15 pm

Place: Lecturehall KC:B

Joint LINXS/ Physical Chemistry/ KILU/ Food Technology, Engineering and Nutrition seminar by Dr. Leonie van 't Hag , Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Title: Processing-Structure-Property Relationships of Plant-Based Protein Products

Time: Wednesday 19 October 2022, 2:15 PM

Place: Lecturehall KC:F

Physical Chemistry seminar by Professor Joshua A. Jackman

Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea

Title: Antiviral Peptide Engineering: From Membrane Biophysics to Translational Medicine Applications

Time: Thursday 20 October, 2022, 02:15 pm

Where: Lecturehall KC:F

Simon Fridolf: Pre-defence seminar

Title: NMR studies on lipid-peptide co-aggregation between ganglioside containing membranes and α-synuclein
Time: Monday 7 November, 2022, 02:15 pm
Place: Lecturehall KC:G

Physical Chemistry seminar by Izabela Milogrodzka

Monash University, Melbourne Australia

Title: Viral Fusion Peptide Interactions with the Lipidic Cubic Phase

Time: Tuesday 8 November, 2022, 02:15 pm

Place: Kemicentrum, Lecturehall KC:B

Physical Chemistry seminar by Professor Gerhard Gröbner

Umeå University

Title: Unravelling the function of Bcl-2 proteins at mitochondrial membranes by NMR and neutron reflectometry

Time: Thursday 10 November 2022, 2:15 pm

Place: Kemicentrum, Lecturehall KC:E

Public Defence

Simon Fridolf, PhD student by Physical Chemistry, Lund University will defend his doctoral thesis.

Title: NMR studies on lipid-peptide co-aggregation between ganglioside[1]containing membranes and alpha-synuclein

Opponent: Professor Gerhard Gröbner, Umeå University

Time: Friday 11 November 2022, 09:00 am

Place: Lecturehall KC:C

Physical Chemistry seminar by Associate senior lecturer Kristine Steen Jensen

Biophysical Chemistry, Lund University. 

Title: Early events in amyloid formation

Abstract: Amyloid fibril formation is a hallmark of neurodegenerative disease caused by protein aggregation. Oligomeric protein states that arise during the process of fibril formation often coexist with mature fibrils and are known to cause cell death in disease model systems. Progress in this field depends critically on development of analytical methods that can provide information about the mechanisms and species involved in oligomerization and fibril formation. By use of a powerful combination of diffusion NMR and multilinear data analysis we have identified oligomeric species that form transiently during aggregation of human superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1), which is known to form misfolded aggregates in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. I will describe our current understanding of the structural transitions of SOD1 during amyloid formation and present my research related to understanding the role of specific posttranslational modifications of SOD1 in relation to misfolding and aggregation.

Time: Wednesday 16 November 2022, 2:15 pm

Place: Kemicentrum, Lecturehall KC:E

Safety seminar: Johan Tejler

Our mission at Kemicentrum is promoting a safe, healthful and accessible environment. In the beginning of your employment, you got introduced to Kemicentrum General Safety Regulations. Safety is important and we all need to be updated continuously. In order to update and refresh our safety knowledge we have invited Kemicentrum Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Coordinator Johan Tejler as speaker.

Time: Friday 18 November 2022, 2:15 pm

Place: Kemicentrum, Lecturehall KC:B

Physical Chemistry seminar by Senior Lecturer Felix Roosen-Runge

Malmö University

Title: Structure and dynamics of elastin-like peptides

Time: Monday 21 November 2022, 2:15 pm

Place: Kemicentrum, Lecturehall KC:G

Physical Chemistry seminar by Professor Håkan Wennerström

Lund University

Title: On the osmotic pressure of cells

Time: Monday 28 November 2022, 2:15 pm

Place: Lecturehall KC:G and  https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/62273214646

Physical Chemistry seminar by Professor Alexander K. Buell

Technical University of Denmark, DTU. Title: From nanoclusters to fibrils – the link between liquid-liquid phase separation and amyloid formation of alpha-synuclein.

Time: Monday 5 December 2022, 2:15 pm

Place:Lecturehall KC:B

Tommy Dam: Pre-defence seminar

Title: The influence of adhesion molecules on binding and protein organization in cell contacts
When: Friday 9 December, 2022, 02:15 PM 
Place: Lecturehall KC:G, Zoom(https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/63978723399).

Physical Chemistry seminar by Professor Anton van der Merwe

University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Title: The importance of size in immune recognition

Time: Tuesday 13 December 2022, 2:15 pm

Place: Lecturehall KC:C

Public Defence

Tommy Dam, PhD student by Physical Chemistry, Lund University will defend his doctoral thesis.

Place: Lecturehall KC:A

Opponent: Professor Anton van der Merwe, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

Titel: The influence of adhesion molecules on binding and protein organization in cell contacts

Abstract

Interactions between immune cells such as T cells and antigen-presenting cells (APCs) are integral for mounting an adaptive immune response. The interaction between the T cell receptor (TCR) and the antigen-presenting major histocompatibility complex (pMHC) on a contacting T cell and APC, is widely accepted to be the key interaction. If the interaction is favourable, then T cell activation occurs. A large pool of research has been aimed at characterizing this interaction by measuring the binding kinetics and relating it to the T cell response. A simplified model membrane system called a supported lipid bilayer (SLB) is often used to mimic the membrane of the APC.

Time: Wednesday 14 December 2022, 1:00 pm

Place: Lecturehall KC:C