AVS 56th International Symposium & Exhibition
    Biomaterial Interfaces Tuesday Sessions

Session BI-TuM
Proteins and Cell Interactions at Interfaces II

Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 8:00 am, Room K
Moderators: H.E. Canavan, University of New Mexico, S.L. McArthur, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia


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8:00am BI-TuM1 Invited Paper
Molecular Simulation as a Surface Design Tool to Understand and Control Protein-Surface Interactions
R.A. Latour, Clemson University
8:40am BI-TuM3
Surface-Induced Changes in the Structure of Beta-Helical Peptides
K. Fears, J. Kulp III, D.Y. Petrovykh, T. Clark, US Naval Research Laboratory
9:00am BI-TuM4
Enantiospecific Adsorption of Serine Enantiomers on the Chiral Cu{531} Surface
T. Eralp, A. Shavorskiy, University of Reading, UK, D. Batchelor, BESSY and Universität Würzburg, Germany, G. Held, University of Reading, UK
9:20am BI-TuM5
Investigation of Surface-Bound Protein Conformation/Orientation Using Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
L.J. Gamble, F. Cheng, J. Brison, L. Árnadóttir, D.G. Castner, University of Washington
9:40am BI-TuM6
Soft X-ray Spectromicroscopy of Protein Interactions with Model Biomaterials
B.O. Leung, A.P. Hitchcock, J.L. Brash, McMaster University, Canada, A. Scholl, A. Doran, Advanced Light Source
10:40am BI-TuM9
Probing Individual Side-Chains of Peptides at Interfaces Using Isotope Labeling with Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy
T. Weidner, N.F. Breen, G.P. Drobny, D.G. Castner, University of Washington
11:00am BI-TuM10
Surface-initiated Vapor Deposition Polymerization of Poly(gamma-benzyl L glutamate): Optimization and Mechanistic Study
W. Zheng, C.W. Frank, Stanford University
11:20am BI-TuM11
Adsorbed α-Helical Polypeptides: Molecular Organization, Structural Properties, and Interactions
B. Atmaja, Stanford University, J.N. Cha, University of California, San Diego, C.W. Frank, Stanford University