Wednesday, 26th September
The 4th Prato Conference on Pore Forming Proteins 2018
Days
Monday, 24th September
Tuesday, 25th September
Wednesday, 26th September
Thursday, 27th September
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Speakers
Registration
8:30AM - 5:00PM
Wednesday, 26th September
Sala Caminetto
Ultrastructure
9:00AM - 10:30AM
Wednesday, 26th September
Salone Grollo
Chair: Michael Landsberg
The functional structure of the nuclear pore complex
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Ohad Medalia
Structure of the immune synapse observed by electron and X-ray tomography
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Marina Ivanova
Structural basis of membrane attack complex pore formation
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Doryen Bubeck
Membrane disruption by malaria parasites during blood stage proliferation
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Helen Saibil
Coffee Break
10:30AM - 11:00AM
Wednesday, 26th September
Sala Billiardo & Main Bar
Nanotechnology and Technical Applications
11:00AM - 12:30PM
Wednesday, 26th September
Salone Grollo
Chair: Bart Hoogenboom
The detection and characterization of molecules, one at a time, with nanometer-scale pores
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John Kasianowicz
Potential applications of lipid-binding proteins from the aegerolysin family, and aegerolysin/MACPF bi-component cytolytic protein complexes
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Kristina Sepčić
The human complement system sensitizes Gram-negative bacteria for Gram-positive-specific antibiotics via pore formation in the outer membrane
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Bart W Bardoel
Technology, platforms and applications of Oxford Nanopore Sequencing
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Lakmal Jayasinghe
Lunch
12:30PM - 1:30PM
Wednesday, 26th September
Sala Billiardo & Main Bar
Pore Forming Toxins in Pest and Pathogen Control
1:30PM - 3:00PM
Wednesday, 26th September
Salone Grollo
Chair: Michelle Dunstone
The use of
Bacillus thuringiensis
toxins for insect and cancer control
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Neil Crickmore
Structure/function of the novel coleopteran-toxic protein isolated from
Chromobacterium piscinae
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Jelena Zaitseva
Continuous evolution of Bt proteins overcomes Bt resistance in insects
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Victor Guzov
Complementing antibodies to target malaria: the fight between MAC and the malaria parasite
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Michelle Boyle
Afternoon Tea & Poster Session
3:00PM - 5:00PM
Wednesday, 26th September
Sala Veneziana
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