Name: BIOPHYSICS IN AND FOR AFRICA
Start: 2021-03-22T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2021-03-26T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Zoom Conference

BIOPHYSICS IN AND FOR AFRICA

from Monday, 22 March 2021 (10:00) to Friday, 26 March 2021 (18:00)

Monday, 22 March 2021
10:00
10:00 - 12:05
Contributions

10:00 Quantum plasmonic biosensing - Kelvin Mpofu (University of Kwazulu Natal)

10:20 Applications of machine learning techniques to the description of quantum coherent excitation energy transfer within the dimer model - Kimara Naicker

10:40 Basis-independent coherence in avian-inspired quantum magnetic sensing - Thao P. Le (University of Nottingham)

11:00 Phycobilisomes’ secret life unravelled with single molecule spectroscopy - Michal Gwizdala (University of Pretoria)
15:00
15:00 - 17:20
Contributions

15:00 Theoretical comparison of real-time single-particle tracking techniques - Bertus van Heerden (University of Pretoria)

15:20 The nanoscale structure of the Octopus ink: Sepia melanin - Agnes Mbonyiryivuze (1African Centre of Excellence for Innovative Teaching and Learning Mathematics and Science (ACEITLMS), University of Rwanda-College of Education (UR-CE), Rwanda 2UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanosciences/Nanotechnology, College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa, Pretoria-South Africa 3Nanosciences African Network (NANOAFNET), iThemba LABS-National Research Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa)

15:40 Fighting against COVID-19: A computational biophysics approach - Abdo Elfiky (Cairo University)

16:00 A Systematic Integration of Empirical and Computational Studies to Biophysically Describe Recombinant Nicotinate Mononucleotide Adenylyltransferase (NaMNAT) From Klebsiella pneumonia - Olamide Jeje

16:20 Evolutionary cues in the physicochemical description of proteomes - Eloy Vallina (Stockholm University)

16:40 The characterization and crystallization of the TBR1 T-box domain in the presence and absence of the T-box Binding Element - Riyaadh Mayet (University of the Witwatersrand)

17:00 Fluorinated Surfactants for Membrane-Protein Extraction - Kenechi Kanayo Onyia (University of Nigeria, Nsukka)
Tuesday, 23 March 2021
10:00 X-Ray Scattering, Spectroscopy and Radiation in Biophysics
X-Ray Scattering, Spectroscopy and Radiation in Biophysics
10:00 - 11:40
Contributions

10:00 Using scattering approaches to understand the behaviour of drugs during digestion of milk and infant formula - Ben Boyd (Monash University)

10:40 RADIATION ATTENUATION PROPERTIES OF NATURAL PRODUCT-BASED ADHESIVE BONDED RHIZOPHORA SPP. PARTICLEBOARDS FOR TISSUE SUBSTITUTE PHANTOM APPLICATIONS - Damilola Samson

11:00 Radiological Assessment of cement particles from Obajana Factory - Ibrahim Ayodeji Bello (Ahmadu Bello University Zaria Nigeria)

11:20 QUALITY CONTROL ANALYSIS OF DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY EQUIPMENT IN 44 NIGERIAN ARMY REFERENCE HOSPITAL KADUNA, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA - Muhammad Nuruddeen Abdulkareem (Federal University of Kashere)
15:00
15:00 - 16:20
Contributions

15:00 Pre-eclampsia: Infrared Microspectroscopic novel insights - Gihan Kamal (SESAME)

15:40 EARLY DETECTION OF BREAST CANCER WITH AN OPTICAL FOURIER DOMAIN SYSTEM USING MICROWAVE SIGNALS AS SOURCE - Rodney Abugre (University of Ghana)

16:00 Promising antiviral, antimicrobial and therapeutic properties of green nanoceria - Hamza Mohamed (iThemba LABS/UNISA)
16:20
16:20 - 17:20
Contributions

16:20 GCRF-START: Enabling Structural Biology in Africa - Bryan Bryan Trevor Sewell

16:40 COVID-proofing Biochemistry and engaging diverse students with Crystallography Research - Oluwatoyin Asojo (Hampton University)

17:00 The AfLS and Bioscience in Africa - Simon Connell (University of Johannesburg)
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
10:00
10:00 - 11:55
Contributions

10:00 Facilities for Structural Biology at the European Synchrotron - Gordon Leonard (ESRF)

10:30 The structure of the C146A variant of the amidase from Pyrococcus horikoshii bound to glutaramide suggests the basis of amide recognition - Bryan Trevor Sewell (University of Cape Town)

10:50 Crystallization of membrane transport proteins in Lipidic Cubic Mesophase (LCP) aided by an engineered Green Fluorescent Protein Thermal Shift Screen (GFP-TS) - Emmanuel Nji (BioStruct-Africa)

11:10 Mining the PDB for tractable cases where X-ray crystallography combined with fragment screens can be used to systematically design protein-protein inhibitors - Gian Felice De Nicola (King's College London)

11:30 Structural basis for the interaction of the chaperone Cbp3 with newly synthesized cytochrome during mitochondrial respiratory chain assembly - Mama Ndi (Umeå University)

11:50 Elettra synchrotron-ICGEB fellowships - Silvia Onesti (N/A)
14:20
14:20 - 18:00
Contributions

15:00 Structural biology using neutrons: introduction and how to get started - Zoe Fisher (European spallation source ERIC)

15:40 Structure of mycobacterial ATP synthase with the TB drug bedaquiline - John Rubinstein (The Hospital for Sick Children)

16:20 Structural and un-structural biology by NMR spectroscopy - Roberta Pierattelli (CERM, University of Florence)

16:50 Structural and functional characterization of the secreted adhesion EtpA of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli - Clifford Manyo Ntui (University of Pretoria)

17:10 Molecular basis for the transfer of large toxin plasmids in Clostridium perfringens - Daouda Traore
Thursday, 25 March 2021
10:00
10:00 - 10:40
Contributions

10:00 Photosynthesis Underneath Stones in the Namib Desert - Michal Gwizdala (University of Pretoria)

10:20 Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 1 (TREM-1) and Cerebral Malaria Pathogenesis. - Amma Larbi (KNUST(Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology))
15:00
15:00 - 16:40
Contributions

15:00 Pheno-RNA, a method to associate genes with a specific phenotype, identifies genes linked to cellular transformation - RABIH DARWICHE (Harvard Medical School)

15:20 Modelling of plasmon-enhanced fluorescence in a single light-harvesting complex near a gold nanorod - Luke Ugwuoke (University of Pretoria)

15:40 Epolactaene-derived identification of potential inhibitors of S. mansoni Hsp60 towards anti-schistosomal drug discovery - Cuma Cumisa Ndamse (University of Johannesburg, Kingsway Campus, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa)

16:00 Molecular simulations of the interaction between Schistosoma mansoni axonemal dynein intermediate chain protein and dynarrestin - Deshan Pillay (University of Johannesburg)

16:20 Poisson Boltzmann equation for charged palettes - Fatiha SMAIN (Département de physique de l'université de Tlemcen)
Friday, 26 March 2021
15:00
15:00 - 17:10
Contributions

15:00 Investigating single-beam CARS for microscopy applications - Ruan Viljoen (Stellenbosch University)

15:20 Improved quality in nonlinear optical imaging using i2PIE pulse compression - George Okyere Dwapanyin (Stellenbosch University)

15:40 Laser spectroscopy for plants monitoring and medical diagnostic and therapy - Ahmadou Wague (African Physical; Society)

16:00 Evaluation of Temperature Gradient within Different Head Tissue Layers Exposed to Radiofrequency Radiation Emitted by GSM Transceiver Base Station Using Pennes Model of the Bio-Heat Equation - USHIE PATRICK (CROSS RIVER UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, CALABAR NIGERIA)

16:20 EFFICIENCY OF OBTAINING CHICKEN CHICKES FROM A DIMENSIONED AUTOMATIC BIO-PHOTOVOLTAIC INCUBATOR - Fernando Venâncio Mucomole (Eduardo Mondlane University)

16:40 FROM NATURE TO BIOMIMICRY TOWARDS NANOTECHNOLOGY - Malik Maaza (UNESCO-UNISA Africa Chair in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (U2ACN2), College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa, Muckleneuk Ridge, PO Box 392, Pretoria, South Africa)