Molecular, Cell, and Virus Biophysics

Presentations

• Single-molecule studies of transcription regulation by DNA topology

  Invited-In-person · 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 University School of Medicine

  Authors

  • Jie Xiao

    • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  • Qiwei Yu

    • Princeton University

  • Yuhai Tu

    • Flatiron Institute

  • Nicolas Yehya

  • David Hathcock

    • Flatiron Institute

  • Christopher Bohrer

  • Sam Meyer

  • Boaz Goldberg

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• TMAO Osmoprotectant Interactions with E.coli 16S Ribosomal RNA using Molecular Dynamics

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

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

  Publication: TMAO Osmoprotectant Interactions with E.coli 16S Ribosomal RNA using Molecular Dynamics

  Presenters

  • Mitchell Turk

    • Wake Forest University

  Authors

  • Mitchell Turk

    • Wake Forest University

  • Samuel Cho

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

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Shivani Mahajan

    • Purdue University

  Authors

  • Shivani Mahajan

    • Purdue University

  • Dawith Lim

  • Fernanda da Cunha

  • Michael Ladisch

  • David Nolte

    • Purdue University

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

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Andrew Weber

    • Missouri Institute for Defense & Energy

  Authors

  • Andrew Weber

    • Missouri Institute for Defense & Energy

  • Stephen Young

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• Competition between reversible associations and excluded volume in polymer collapse

  Oral-In-person

  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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• Mechanical oscillation in living active matter

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

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

  Presenters

  • Haoran Xu

    • Zhejiang University

  Authors

  • Haoran Xu

    • Zhejiang University

  • Muchao Mu

  • Mingyue Bu

  • Yilin Wu

    • The Chinese University of Hong Kong

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• Force-induced polarization drives outward expansion in epithelial monolayers

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Hanno Hennighausen

    • Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems

  Authors

  • Hanno 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-In-person

  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 Curtis

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Jennifer Curtis

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Tingrui Zhang

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

  Oral-In-person

  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

  • Sonatan Biswas

  • Haopeng Li

  • Sage Paschall

  • Yang Tian

  • Yong Wang

    • University of Arkansas

  • Jiali Li

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• Gold Nanoparticle–Facilitated Co-Delivery of Methylene Blue and INF-55: A Dual-Mechanistic Photodynamic Strategy Against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

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

  Publication: Gold Nanoparticle-Mediated Delivery of Methylene Blue and INF: A Dual-Action Strategy Against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria

  Presenters

  • Begench Gurbandurdyyev

    • Western Kentucky University

  Authors

  • Begench Gurbandurdyyev

    • Western Kentucky University

  • Berdimyrat Annamuradov

    • Western Kentucky University

  • Yaran Allamyradov

    • Western Kentucky University

  • Justice ben Yosef

    • Western Kentucky University

  • Brayden Gross

    • Western Kentucky University

  • Ali Oguz Er

    • Western Kentucky University

  • Alli Hunt

    • Western Kentucky University

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