2023 seminars and conferences
Physical Chemistry seminar: Bruno Silva
A Physical Chemistry seminar by Dr. Bruno Silva, Empa, Center for X-ray Analytics, Switzerland
Title: Lipid and polymer-based nanoparticles for gene therapeutics: using colloid
science and fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCCS) to optimize
formulations and devise new nanoparticle architectures.
Where: Lecturehall KC:F
When: 14:15-15:00, 20 February 2023
Physical Chemistry seminar: Federica Sebastiani
A Physical Chemistry seminar by Guest Researcher Federica Sebastiani, Physical Chemistry Lund University.
Title: Surface Composition of mRNA-LNPs Determines Extent and Effect of Protein Binding
Where: Lecturehall KC:F
When: 16:15-16:45, 3 March 2023
Teams seminar by Håkan Wennerström
Title: The colloid science of some everyday phenomena
Where: Teams Meeting ID: 371 092 985 899
When:17:00-17:45, 23 March 2023
Pre-defence seminar: Henrik Nordanger
Pre-defence seminar by Henrik Nordanger, PhD student by Physical Chemistry, Lund University
Title: Lattice Boltzmann simulations of tracer diffusion in microswimmer suspensions
Where: Lecturehall KC:C
When: 14:00-14:45, 27 April 2023
Public Defence: Henrik Nordanger
Henrik Nordanger, PhD student by Physical Chemistry, Lund University will defend his doctoral thesis.
Title: Lattice Boltzmann simulations of tracer diffusion in microswimmer suspensions
Opponent: Senior Lecturer Marco Polin, IMEDEA, Illes Balears, Spain.
Where: Lecturehall KC:A
When: 09:15, 4 May 2023
Pre-defence seminar: Erika Andersson
Pre-defence seminar by Erika Andersson, PhD student by Physical Chemistry, Lund University
Title: Dissolved Organic Matter from a colloidal perspective
Where: Kemicentrum, Lecturehall KC:C
When: 14:15-15:00, 30 May 2023
Mini-symposium: Physical Chemistry
Mini-symposium, 13:00-17:00, 8 June, 2023
Lecture Hall B, Department of Chemistry, Lund University.
13:00 Welcome (Ulf Olsson)
13:05 Håkan Wallander Soil
13:25 Walter Richtering Gelation of polysaccharides with Nanoions.
13:45 Katarina Hedlund Diversity of soil microbial functional genes – who does what in carbon cycling?
14:05 Mats Nilsson NMR applications to study the biogeochemistry of Sphagnum in boreal mires.
14:25 Dorthe Posselt Homologous series of ABC miktoarm star terpolymers in bulk and in thin films: Characterization and solvent vapor induced restructuring.
14:45 Break, Coffee & Tea.
15:00 Dimitri Floudas On the fungal decomposition of DOM.
15:20 Milda Pucetaite Stable-isotope probing vibrational microspectroscopy in micro-structured chips reveals single-cell metabolic dynamics of soil microbes.
15:40 George Attard The art of liberal arts and cross disciplinary research.
16:00 Concluding remarks (Ulf Olsson, Anders Tunlid and Per Persson)
Public Defence: Erika Andersson
Erika Andersson, PhD student by Physical Chemistry, Lund University will defend her doctoral thesis.
Title: Dissolved Organic Matter from a colloidal perspective
Opponent: Professor Walter Richtering, Aachen University, Germany.
Where: Kemicentrum, Lecturehall KC:A
When: 09:15, 9 June 2023
Physical Chemistry seminar: Cosima Stubenrauch
A Physical Chemistry seminar by Professor Cosima Stubenrauch, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Title: New Insights into the Structure of the L3 Phase: From Sponges, Inverted Foams, and Onions
Where: Kemicentrum, Lecturehall KC:A
When: 14:15-15:00, 19 June 2023
Physical Chemistry seminar: Hanna Barriga
A Physical Chemistry seminar by Research Specialist Hanna Barriga, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
Title: Understanding nanomedicine structure to improve performance
Where: Kemicentrum, Lecturehall KC:B
When: 14:15-15:00, 25 September 2023
Pre-defence seminar Hong Jiang
Pre-defence seminar by Hong Jiang, PhD student by Physical Chemistry, Lund University
Title: Developing novel diffusion MRI methods for comprehensive analysis of restricted and anisotropic self-diffusion system
Where: Kemicentrum, Lecturehall KC:A
When: 10:15-11:00, 26 September 2023
Pre-defence seminar: Alexandra Andersson
Pre-defence seminar by Alexandra Andersson, PhD student by Physical Chemistry, Lund University
Title: Fluorescence microscopy studies of interactions between monomeric α-Synuclein and lipid membranes
Where: Kemicentrum, Lecturehall KC:G
When: 14:15-15:00, 27 September 2023
Physical Chemistry seminar: John Seland
A Physical Chemistry seminar by Assoc. Prof. John Seland, Department of Chemistry, University of Bergen
Title: Characterizing mass transport in hydrogels using NMR
Where: Kemicentrum, Lecturehall KC:F
When: 14:15-15:00, 28 September 2023
Public Defence: Hong Jiang
Hong Jiang, PhD student by Physical Chemistry, Lund University will defend her doctoral thesis.
Title: Developing novel diffusion MRI methods for comprehensive analysis of restricted and anisotropic self-diffusion system
Opponent: Associate Professor John Seland, University of Bergen, Norway
Where: Kemicentrum, Lecturehall KC:B
When: 09:15, 29 September 2023
Physical Chemistry midterm seminar: Jing Hu
A Physical Chemistry midterm seminar by PhD Jing Hu, Physical Chemistry, Lund University.
Title: Some questions of Amyloid Beta peptide - kinetics and thermodynamics’
Where: Lecturehall KC:F, (Zoom: https://lu-se.zoom.us/j/65538205330)
When: 09:15, 29 September 2023
Pre-defence seminar: Jennifer Gilbert
Pre-defence seminar by Jennifer Gilbert, PhD student by Physical Chemistry, Lund University
Title: Unravelling the structure and dynamics of lipid nanoparticles for biomolecule delivery
Where: Kemicentrum, Lecturehall KC:G
When: 14:15-15:00, 18 October 2023
Physical Chemistry seminar: Daniel Midtvedt
A Physical Chemistry seminar by Associate Professor Daniel Midtvedt, Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg
Title: Quantitative microscopy for characterization of biological nanoparticles
Where: Kemicentrum, Lecturehall KC:F
When: 14:15-15:00, 19 October 2023
Public Defence: Alexandra Andersson
Alexandra Andersson, PhD student by Physical Chemistry, Lund University will defend her doctoral thesis
Title: Fluorescence microscopy studies of interactions between monomeric α-Synuclein and lipid membranes
Opponent: Professor Richard Lundmark, Umeå University.
Where: Kemicentrum, Lecturehall KC:A
When: 09:00, 20 October 2023
Miniconference in connection with Jennifer Gilberts thesis defense
When: 26 October, 15:15
Where: Chemistry Department, Lecture hall KC:B
Program
15:00- 15:15 Coffee outside lecture hall B
15:15- 15:20 Welcome
15:20-16:00 Professor Patricia Bassereau “Shaping lipid membranes with proteins"
16:00-16:40 Professor Jayne Lawrence “Endosomal Escape of Gene Delivery Vectors: Understanding the Barriers”
16:40-17:20 Professor Jan Skov Pedersen “Recent progress in modelling SAXS from LDL and HDL lipoprotein particles”
Public Defence: Jennifer Gilbert
Jennifer Gilbert, PhD student by Physical Chemistry, Lund University will defend her doctoral thesis
Title: Unravelling the structure and dynamics of lipid nanoparticles for biomolecule delivery
Opponent: Professor Jayne Lawrence, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Where: Kemicentrum, Lecturehall KC:A
When: 13:00, 27 October 2023
Physical Chemistry midterm seminar: Ismail El Korde
A Physical Chemistry midterm seminar by PhD Ismail El Korde , Physical Chemistry, Lund University.
Where: Kemicentrum, Lecturehall KC:G
When: 13:00, 1 November 2023
Physical Chemistry seminar: Huan Li
A Physical Chemistry seminar by Dr. Huan Li, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
Title: Breaking the blood-brain barrier: molecular aspects, pathological conditions, and detection with MRI
Where: Kemicentrum, Lecturehall KC:B
When: 13:15-14:00, 2 November 2023
Physical Chemistry seminar: Sabrina Leslie
A Physical Chemistry seminar by Associate Professor Sabrina Leslie, UBC Department of Physics and Astronomy and Michael Smith Labs, Canada
Title: Single-molecule and single-cell microscopy of mRNA-lipid-nanoparticles: applying nanoscale physics to advance nanomedicines
Where: Kemicentrum, Lecturehall KC:H,I
When: 13:15-14:00, 10 November 2023
Joint CMPS/ Physical Chemistry seminar: Markus Linder
Joint CMPS/ Physical Chemistry seminar by Professor Markus Linder, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, Aalto University, Finland.
Title: Phase transitions in the assembly of protein-based materials
Where: Kemicentrum, Lecturehall KC:C
When: 13:15-14:00, 19 December 2023