Lipids form the compartments that organize life. While doing so, they interact with an incredible variety of other molecules and supramolecular structures—things that touch the membrane on either side, are embedded inside, or simply want to get through. What are the chemical and biophysical principles that shape such interactions? How have biomembranes evolved to become such versatile interfaces to the world? In this webinar we will hear from three scientists who have examined questions of this kind from different directions, focusing on different molecules, and using different tools.

Speakers:

(1) Janice Robertson, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University St. Louis, USA 
(2) Luca Monticelli, Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, INSERM, Lyon, France 
(3) Rumiana Dimova, Biophysics Lab, Max-Planck-Institute for Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany