Conveners
M2-2 Molecular Biophysics (DPMB) / Biophysique moléculaire (DPMB)
- Francis Lin (University of Manitoba)
Prof.
Qing-Bin Lu
(University of Waterloo)
13/06/2016, 13:00
Physics in Medicine and Biology / Physique en médecine et en biologie (DPMB-DPMB)
Invited Speaker / Conférencier invité
The conquest of cancer continues to pose great challenges to medical science. There is a compelling need for innovative cancer research integrating biomedical sciences with physical sciences in order to ultimately conquer cancer. Femtomedicine (FMD), which integrates femtosecond time-resolved laser spectroscopy with biomedical sciences, was recently coined to advance fundamental understanding...
tigran galstian
(Laval University)
13/06/2016, 13:30
Physics in Medicine and Biology / Physique en médecine et en biologie (DPMB-DPMB)
Oral (Non-Student) / orale (non-étudiant)
Material diffusion processes are fundamentally driven by local microscopic interactions. Many important applications of diffusion, including drug delivery, are based on this concept. However, some orientational microscopic interactions can generate a collective macroscopic organization. Thus, macroscopic boundary conditions may affect the microscopic diffusion if orientational interactions are...
Adree Khondker
(McMaster University)
13/06/2016, 13:45
Physics in Medicine and Biology / Physique en médecine et en biologie (DPMB-DPMB)
Oral (Student, In Competition) / Orale (Étudiant(e), inscrit à la compétition)
Cortisone is an injected anti-inflammatory drug that is used to treat inflammation. Cortisone’s mechanism of action involves binding to an intracellular receptor which transduces a biochemical cascade to reduce the production of inflammatory prostaglandins. However, cortisone is known to confer side effects, such as pain, known as a “steroid flare” for which the mechanism is unknown. Using...
David Sean
(University of Ottawa)
13/06/2016, 14:00
Physics in Medicine and Biology / Physique en médecine et en biologie (DPMB-DPMB)
Oral (Student, In Competition) / Orale (Étudiant(e), inscrit à la compétition)
Driven DNA translocation through a nanoscopic pore has been the focus of many studies in recent years both due to its importance in biological processes and as a promising new technology to probe single DNA molecules. However, the simple process of driving monodisperse DNA chains through a pore often leads to surprisingly wide distributions of translocation times. In the regime where the...
Sebastian Himbert
(Mcmaster University)
13/06/2016, 14:15
Physics in Medicine and Biology / Physique en médecine et en biologie (DPMB-DPMB)
Oral (Student, In Competition) / Orale (Étudiant(e), inscrit à la compétition)
How nucleic acids first assembled and then incorporated into the earliest forms of cellular life 4 billion years ago remains a fundamental question of biology. It is postulated that prior to today's DNA, RNA, and protein-dominated world, RNA was used for genetic storage and as a catalyst for reactions, such as polymerization. RNA is a polymer chain of nucleotides linked to a ribose-phosphate...
