RBC 2012

Short description

The RBC is a series of biennial symposia intended to bring together biophysics researchers from Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Serbia, Slovenia and Slovakia, and also includes internationally renowned guest speakers. The conference will take place on September 3-7, 2012 in Kladovo, Serbia.

Event date – September 3-7, 2012
Venue – Kladovo, Serbia

Description

The first RBC meeting took place in March 2005 in Terme Zrece (Slovenia), the second one was held in August 2007 in Balatonfüred (Hungary), the third one in February 2009 in Linz (Austria), and the fourth one in September 2010 in Primošten (Croatia). The principal aims of the conference are: 1) to strengthen the collaborative ties between biophysics groups in the region, 2) to present the cutting-edge achievements from a broad range of biophysics disciplines to students and 3) to promote the field of biophysics. Following previous conferences, RBC 2012 will feature a combination of top level senior researchers and aspiring young scientists (postdoctoral fellows and graduate students) from the above countries. The conference language is English.

Andjus P. Regional Biophysics Conference 2012: an anniversary and a milestone for applications of biophysics in medicine. Croat Med J. 2012 Dec;53(6):515-7. [link]

 

Main topics :

• Membrane and cell biophysics
• Molecular biophysics
• Neurobiophysics
• Medical biophysics
• Modeling and instrumental techniques in biophysics

 

PROGRAM

September 03-07, 2012

Monday, 3/9

15:00 Registration
18:00 Opening ceremony.
Plenary lecture: Macura Slobodan, NMR metabolomics and fluxomics.
Welcome cocktail

Tuesday, 4/9

08:00 Registration
09:00 Plenary lecture: Anna Cereseto, Molecular biophysics of HIV-1 infection.
09:45 Session S1: Membrane and cell biophysics.
15:00 Plenary lecture: Vladimir Parpura, Tripartite synapse: exocytosis in astrocytes.
15:45 Session S2: Medical biophysics
Poster sessions S1 & S2.

Wednesday, 5/9

09:00 Plenary lecture: Roberta Croce, Structure and function of photosistems I and II.
09:45 Session S3: Molecular biophysics I
15:00 Session S3: Molecular biophysics II
16:15 Session S4: Neurobiophysics
Poster sessions S3 & S4.

Thursday, 6/9

09:00 Plenary lecture:Pierre-Emmanuel Milhiet, Probing structure and dynamics using atomic force microscopy.
09:45 Session S5: Modelling and instrumental techniques in biophysics
15:00 Field trip.
Poster sessions S5.

Friday, 7/9

Departure.