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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">We will organize a biomembrane conference
<b>"International Workshop on Biological Membranes: Tiny Lipids with Grand Functions"</b> in Helsinki, on Aug 19-22, 2018:
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><a href="https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/international-workshop-on-biological-membranes" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk19415" previewremoved="true">https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/international-workshop-on-biological-membranes</a><br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">The topics of the Conference include a number of timely and exciting themes that are of considerable potential impact and interest, such as:
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">- lipid-activated protein function <br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">- functional consequences of the lipidome
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">- membrane dynamics under non-equilibrium and physiological conditions
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">- novel methodology including cryo-EM, super-resolution microscopy, machine learning, development of multiscale simulation models, etc.
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">In the Conference, experiments and theory/simulation are given equal weight, which is also reflected in the expertise of the
<b>26 Plenary and Invited Speakers</b>, who are truly outstanding, including e.g. Britta Brugger (Heidelberg), Ron Dror (Stanford), Siewert-Jan Marrink (Groningen), Kai Simons (Dresden), Yifan Cheng (UC San Francisco), Thom Walz (Rockefeller), Unal Coskun (Dresden),
Ana-Suncana Smith (Erlangen), Ana-Nicoleta Bondar (Berlin), Andela Saric (UCL London), Elina Ikonen (Helsinki), Christian Eggeling (Oxford & Jena), Ralf Metzler (Potsdam), Walter Nickel (Heidelberg), and many others.
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">The Conference is supported by several organizations such as CECAM and EBSA, thus we were able to keep the registration fee pretty low , especially for PhD students, and there are
<b>grants awarded by EBSA available for young scientists</b>.<br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Deadline for grant applications: March 31.
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Deadline for early registration: April 15.
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Helsinki is beautiful and full of life in August.
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Looking forward to see you here! <br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Best wishes, <br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Ilpo<br>
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<div class="PlainText">Prof. Ilpo Vattulainen<br>
Biological Physics Group<br>
Center of Excellence in Biomembranes (Academy of Finland / 2014-2019)<br>
Dept of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland<br>
and also part-time Dept of Physics, Tampere Univ Tech, Finland<br>
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E-mail: Ilpo.Vattulainen@helsinki.fi<br>
Mobile: +358 400 510 592<br>
Web: <a href="https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/biophysics" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPNoLP">
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/biophysics</a> (Our group) <br>
Web: <a href="http://prolipids.helsinki.fi" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPNoLP">http://prolipids.helsinki.fi</a> (Center of Excellence in Biomembrane Research)
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Web: <a href="https://www.helsinki.fi/en/beta/helsinki-eye-lab" class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPNoLP">
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/beta/helsinki-eye-lab</a> (Helsinki Eye Lab) <br>
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