Membrane Organization and Dynamics

Table of Contents1 Biomembrane Organization and Dynamics: What is So Unique ?Amitabha Chattopadhyay Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India E-mail: amit@ccmb.res.in
2 G-protein Coupled Receptors Signaling: Membrane Diffusion and Organization matterLaurence Salomé Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology, CNRS, France E-mail: laurence.salome@ipbs.fr
3 Nanoparticle Probes of Single Molecule Rotation (or Motion) on Cell SurfacesGeorge Barisas Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO, U.S.A. E-mail:george.barisas@colostate.edu
4 Organization of Membrane Proteins and Peptides using Multidimensional MicroscopyAndrew Clayton Swinburne University of Technology Centre for Micro-Photonics Victoria, Australia E-mail: aclayton@swin.edu.au
5 Probing Membrane Domain Heterogeneity with k-space Image Correlation SpectroscopyPaul Wiseman Department of Chemistry McGill University Montreal, Quebec, Canada E-mail: paul.wiseman@mcgill.ca
6 Role of Membrane Domains for GPCR FunctionsEvgeni Ponimaskin Cellular Neurophysiology Hannover Medical School Hannover, Germany E-mail: Ponimaskin.Evgeni@mh-hannover.de
7 Investigating the Dynamics and Organization of Membrane Proteins and Lipids using Imaging Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (Imaging FCS)Thorsten Wohland NUS Centre for Bio-Imaging Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore E-mail: twohland@nus.edu.sg
8 Combining MD Simulation and NMR Spectroscopy to Investigate the Structure and Dynamics of Membrane Constituents and Membrane Associated Proteins
9 Quantifying Membrane Protein Oligomerization by Single Molecule MethodsGerhard J. Schuetz Institute of Applied Physics Vienna University of Technology Wien, Austria E-mail: schuetz@iap.tuwien.ac.at
10 Interaction of Amphiphilic Molecules with Lipid Bilayers: Kinetics of Insertion, Desorption and TranslocationLuís M. S. Loura Centro de Química de Coimbra University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal E-mail: lloura@ff.uc.pt
11 Organization and Dynamics of Archaeal Tetraether Lipid MembranesParkson Lee-Gau Chong Department of Medical Genetics & Molecular Biochemistry Temple University School of Medicine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. E-mail: pchong02@temple.edu
12 Dynamics of Ion Channels in MembranesM. K. Mathew Laboratory of Membrane Biophysics National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR Bangalore, India E-mail: mathew@ncbs.res.in13 Nanoscale Dynamics of Neurotransmitter Receptors and Lipid PlatformsFrancisco J. Barrantes Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology Institute of Biomedical Research (BIOMED) Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires Argentina E-mail: rtfjb1@yahoo.com ; rtfjb1@criba.edu.ar
14 Role of Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Membrane Cholesterol Domain Formation under Disease ConditionsR. Preston Mason Department of Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, U.S.A.E-mail: rpmason@elucidaresearch.com
15 Computer Simulation of Membrane Proteins
Carmen Domene, Department Chemistry, King's College, London, UK
E-mail: carmen.domene@kcl.ac.uk
16 GPCR Organization and Oligomerization: Role of Membrane LipidsAmitabha Chattopadhyay (Co-author: Durba Sengupta) Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India E-mail: amit@ccmb.res.in