2011

• Mon, 24-Jan-2011, 11:00, Seminar room above the library (Talk):
  Georg Basler (Universität Potsdam):
  "Randomization of metabolic networks: a measure of evolutionary significance"
  (invited by Prof. Dr. Reinhard Lipowsky)
• Wed, 09-Feb-2011, 11:00, Seminar room above the library (Lecture):
  Dr. Gerhard Hummer (NIDDK, National Institutes of Health):
  "Hydrophobic effect: from icebergs to molecular fluctuations"
• Mon, 04-Apr-2011, 11:00, Theory Seminar Room (Talk):
  Max Ebbinghaus (Universität Saarbrücken):
  "Stochastic models for efficient bidirectional transport in axons"
  (invited by Dr. Stefan Klumpp)
• Mon, 11-Apr-2011, 11:00, Theory Seminar Room (Talk):
  Dr. Ashok Garai (Jacobs University Bremen):
  "Molecular motor transport and traffic: Effect of individual mechanochemistry and steric interactions"
  (invited by Dr. Stefan Klumpp)
• Mon, 18-Apr-2011, 11:00, Theory Seminar Room (Talk):
  Dr. Pawel Romanczuk (HU Berlin, MPI Dresden):
  "From individual to collective dynamics of active Brownian particles"
  (invited by Dr. Stefan Klumpp)
• Mon, 02-May-2011, 11:00, Theory Seminar Room (Seminar):
  Prof. Otto Baumann (Universität Potsdam):
  "Regulation of plasma membrane V-ATPase activity"
  (invited by Prof. Dr. Reinhard Lipowsky)
• Tue, 03-May-2011, 14:00, Theory Seminar Room (Talk):
  Prof. Dr. Marek Cieplak (IFPAN- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences):
  "Mechanostability of proteins and virus capsids"
  (invited by Dr. Thomas Weikl)
• Fri, 06-May-2011, 11:00, Theory Seminar Room (Talk):
  Prof. Bahram Hemmateenejad (Shiraz University and MPI-KG):
  " Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships for Peptides"
• Mon, 16-May-2011, 11:00, Theory Seminar Room (Talk):
  Hamed Maleki (Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz):
  "Prediction of crystal nucleation rates in hard sphere colloidal suspensions"
  (invited by Prof. Dr. Reinhard Lipowsky)
• Fri, 20-May-2011, 13:30, Theory Seminar Room (Talk):
  Dr. Geert van den Bogaart (Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen):
  "Electrostatic membrane sequestration"
  (invited by Dr. Rumiana Dimova)
• Mon, 23-May-2011, 11:00, Theory Seminar Room (Talk):
  Dr. Jörg Menche (Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University, Boston):
  "Identification of neighbourhoods in disease networks"
  (invited by Prof. Dr. Reinhard Lipowsky)
• Wed, 01-Jun-2011, 13:30, Theory Seminar Room (Talk):
  Anna Battista :
  "Effective observation of DNA melting"
  (invited by Dr. Angelo Valleriani)
• Wed, 15-Jun-2011, 13:00, Theory Seminar Room (Talk):
  Russi Gurov (Faculty of Chemistry, Sofia University, Bulgaria):
  "Properties of lipid films in the presence of water-soluble three-block copolymers"
  (invited by Dr. Rumiana Dimova)
• Mon, 20-Jun-2011, 11:00, Theory Seminar Room (Seminar):
  Prof. Dr. Peter Knight (Leeds University):
  "Unconventional levers in unconventional myosin motor proteins"
  (invited by Prof. Dr. Reinhard Lipowsky)
• Tue, 28-Jun-2011, 11:00, Theory Seminar Room (Talk):
  Dr. Ajeet Sharma (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur):
  "Stochastic kinetics of ribosome: Distribution of dwell time, performance and recycling"
  (invited by Dr. Stefan Klumpp)
• Mon, 29-Aug-2011, 11:00, Theory Seminar Room (Seminar):
  Prof. Dr. Karin A. Riske (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil):
  "Interaction of the antimicrobial peptide gomesin and its analogues with lipid membranes"
  (invited by Dr. Rumiana Dimova)
• Mon, 12-Sep-2011, 11:00, Theory Seminar Room (Talk):
  Prof. Dr. Julian Shillcock (MEMPHYS Centre for Biomembrane Physics, University of Southern Denmark):
  "The Human Brain Project: simulating the brain at biological accuracy"
  (invited by Prof. Dr. Reinhard Lipowsky)
• Wed, 14-Sep-2011, 14:00, Theory Seminar Room (Talk):
  Prof Oded Farago (Ben Gurion University, Israel):
  "Entropy Driven Aggregation of Adhesion Sites of Supported Membranes"
  (invited by Dr. Thomas Weikl)
• Mon, 17-Oct-2011, 13:30, Theory Seminar Room (Talk):
  Dr. JiaJia Dong (MPIKG, Department of Theory and Bio-Systems):
  "Dynamics of inhomogeneous totally asymmetric simple exclusion process (TASEP) and application to estimate particle flux"
  (invited by Dr. Stefan Klumpp)
• Mon, 24-Oct-2011, 13:30, Theory Seminar Room (Talk):
  Dr. Stefanie Barbitz (Universität Potsdam, AG Physikalische Biochemie):
  "Structural thermodynamics of complex carbohydrate recognition by proteins"
  (invited by Dr. Mark Santer)
• Wed, 26-Oct-2011, 11:00, Theory Seminar Room (Talk):
  Dr. Stephane Arbault (University of Bordeaux):
  "Combining Optical and Electrochemical Devices to Investigate Activities of Biological Nano-Structures"
  (invited by Dr. Rumiana Dimova)
• Mon, 07-Nov-2011, 13:30, Theory Seminar Room (Talk):
  Dr. Anne Brockhoff (Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Abt. Molekulare Genetik):
  "A matter of taste: structure and function of gustatory receptors"
  (invited by Dr. Mark Santer)
• Tue, 08-Nov-2011, 08:00, seminar room above the Library (Lecture):
  Dr. Volker Knecht and Dr. Hans Riegler (MPIKG):
  "Ringvorlesung"
• Mon, 21-Nov-2011, 13:30, Theory Seminar Room (Talk):
  Dr. Michael Lässig (Universität Köln):
  "The arrow of time in evolutionary biology"
  (invited by Prof. Dr. Reinhard Lipowsky)
• Mon, 28-Nov-2011, 13:30, Theory Seminar Room (Seminar):
  Prof. Jean-Claude Martinou (University of Geneva, Department of cell biology):
  "Mitochondrial membrane remodelling by Bcl-2 family members to control apoptosis"
  (invited by Dr. Rumiana Dimova)
• Mon, 05-Dec-2011, 13:30, Theory Seminar Room (Talk):
  Dr. Antina Ghosh (Waals-Zeeman Institute, University of Amsterdam):
  "Collective modes and heterogeneous relaxation in colloidal glasses."
  (invited by Prof. Dr. Reinhard Lipowsky)
• Mon, 12-Dec-2011, 13:30, Theory Seminar Room (Talk):
  Dr. Bartosz Rozycki (MPIKG):
  "Ensemble refinement of multi-domain proteins with disordered segments"
  (invited by Prof. Dr. Reinhard Lipowsky)
• Mon, 19-Dec-2011, 13:30, Theory Seminar Room (Talk):
  Dr. Stavroula Sofou (Biomedical Engineering and Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University):
  "Lipid membrane heterogeneities controlled by pH: basic studies and potential applications in liposome based immunochemotherapy"
  (invited by Dr. Rumiana Dimova)
• Wed, 21-Dec-2011, 13:30, Theory Seminar Room (Talk):
  Dr. Melanie Müller (Harvard University):
  "What happens when populations expand"
  (invited by Prof. Dr. Reinhard Lipowsky)