Molecular, Cell, and Virus Biophysics

Presentations

• Single-molecule studies of transcription regulation by DNA topology

  ORAL · Invited

  March 20, 2026, 8:00 AM – March 20, 2026, 8:36 AM

  Publication: A spatially resolved stochastic model reveals the role of supercoiling in transcription regulation, PLoS Computational Biology, 2022
  Differential roles of positive and negative supercoiling in organizing the E. coli genome, NAR, 2023
  Differential effect of supercoiling on bacterial transcription in topological domains, PLoS Computational Biology, 2025
  Chromosomal Topological Domain Formation Modulates Transcription and Gene-Gene Coupling in Escherichia coli, in submission, 2025

  Presenters

  • Jie Xiao

    • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

  Authors

  • Jie Xiao

    • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

  • Qiwei Yu

    • Princeton University

  • Yuhai Tu

    • Flatiron Institute

  • Nicolas N Yehya

    • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

  • David Hathcock

    • Flatiron Institute

  • Christopher H Bohrer

    • National Institure of Health

  • Sam Meyer

    • INSA Lyon

  • Boaz Goldberg

    • Johns Hopkins University

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• Abstract Withdrawn

  ORAL · Withdrawn

  March 20, 2026, 8:36 AM – March 20, 2026, 8:48 AM

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• Tracking Real-time Viral Infection of Living Tissue with Holographic Dynamic-Contrast OCT

  ORAL

  March 20, 2026, 8:48 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Shivani Mahajan

    • Purdue University

  Authors

  • Shivani Mahajan

    • Purdue University

  • Dawith Lim

    • Purdue University

  • Fernanda da Cunha

    • Purdue University

  • Michael Ladisch

    • Purdue University

  • David Douglas Nolte

    • Purdue University

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• Simulating plasmon-enhanced spectroscopy from a hybrid quantum/classical approach

  ORAL

  March 20, 2026, 9:00 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Andrew P Weber

    • Missouri Institute for Defense & Energy

  Authors

  • Andrew P Weber

    • Missouri Institute for Defense & Energy

  • Stephen M Young

    • Missouri Institute for Defense & Energy

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• Competition between reversible associations and excluded volume in polymer collapse

  ORAL

  March 20, 2026, 9:12 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Brian Chan

    • Duke University

  Authors

  • Brian Chan

    • Duke University

  • Michael Rubinstein

    • Duke University

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• Abstract Withdrawn

  ORAL · Withdrawn

  March 20, 2026, 9:24 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:36 AM

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• Force-induced polarization drives outward expansion in epithelial monolayers

  ORAL

  March 20, 2026, 9:36 AM – March 20, 2026, 9:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Hanno I Hennighausen

    • Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems

  Authors

  • Hanno I Hennighausen

    • Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems

  • Ricard Alert

    • University of Barcelona

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• A Rapid Labeling Platform for Real-Time Visualization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Phage-Host Interactions

  ORAL

  March 20, 2026, 9:48 AM – March 20, 2026, 10:00 AM

  Publication: Tingrui Zhang, Jennifer E. Curtis, "A Rapid Syto-Based Labeling Platform for Real-Time Visualization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Phage-Host Interactions", (in preparation).

  Presenters

  • Jennifer E. Curtis

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Jennifer E. Curtis

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Tingrui Zhang

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

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• Protein Shape and Electrical Dipole Moment Characterization with Nanopore and DLS/ELS Measurement, and MD Simulation

  ORAL

  March 20, 2026, 10:00 AM – March 20, 2026, 10:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Sachini Poornima Warsha Withanage

    • University of Arkansas

  Authors

  • Sachini Poornima Warsha Withanage

    • University of Arkansas

  • Michael Stewart

    • University of Arkansas

  • Sonatan Biswas

    • University of Arkansas

  • Haopeng Li

    • University of Arkansas

  • Sage Paschall

    • University of Arkansas

  • Yang Tian

    • University of Arkansas

  • Yong Wang

    • University of Arkansas

  • Jiali Li

    • University of Arkansas

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• Abstract Withdrawn

  ORAL · Withdrawn

  March 20, 2026, 10:12 AM – March 20, 2026, 10:24 AM

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