Name: Biophysics in Africa - 2023
Start: 2023-09-25T00:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-29T23:59:00+02:00
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Biophysics in Africa - 2023

from Monday, 25 September 2023 (00:00) to Friday, 29 September 2023 (23:59)

Monday, 25 September 2023
09:00 Computational Biophysics
Computational Biophysics
09:00 - 11:00
Contributions

09:00 Investigation of the Impact of the Ionic Liquid on the Solubility of Acyclovir Derivative through Computational Analysis - MICHAEL MTANGA (Student)

09:30 Molecular Dynamics Simulation on the Structural Stability and Solvation of Irinotecan in Water and Organic Solvents - Martin MEDARD (MSc student/Researcher)

10:00 Probing binding affinity of human acetylcholine esterase for steroidal pregnanes as promising inhibitors through molecular modelling investigation - Oludare Ogunyemi (University of Ibadan)

10:30 DEVELOPMENT OF BIOCOMPATIBLE DRUG CARRIERS FOR IMPROVED DRUG LOADING AND RELEASE PROFILES - Gerald Gration (University of Dar Es Salaam)
Tuesday, 26 September 2023
09:00 Biophotonics
Biophotonics
09:00 - 10:00
Contributions

09:00 Real-time feedback-driven single-particle tracking spectroscopy of LHCII - Bertus van Heerden (University of Pretoria)

09:30 Using quantitative fluorescence correlation spectroscopy to study aggregation of the main photosynthetic antenna of plants - Francois Conradie
10:00 Electrophysiology
Electrophysiology
10:00 - 10:30
Contributions

10:00 Automated Patch Clamp Evaluation of Snake Neurotoxins and Recombinant Antivenoms - Kim Boddum (Sophion A/S)
11:00 Molecular Biophysics
Molecular Biophysics
11:00 - 12:00
Contributions

11:00 Overexpression, purification, and characterization of the Hsp70.14 protein towards the discovery and development of new anti-cancer compounds - Tshepang Ndaba (University of Johannesburg)

11:30 Recombinant expression and biophysical characterization of NAD-binding domain of S. mansoni Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase. - Kagiso Motlhatlhedi (University of Johannesburg)
13:30 Computational Biophysics
Computational Biophysics
13:30 - 14:30
Contributions

13:30 Discovery and Characterization of Cancer Mutations on DNA Transaction Enzymes - G. Andres Cisneros (University of Texas at Dallas)

14:00 Investigation of the Structure, Stability, and Solubility of Psilocybin in Water and Pure Organic Solvents: A Molecular Simulation Study - Lucas Paul (Department of Chemistry, Dar es Salaam University College of Education, P.O. Box 2329, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
14:30 Quantum Biology
Quantum Biology
14:30 - 15:00
Contributions

14:30 Quantum optical mega-networks in biological architectures, and the computational capacity of life and the observable universe - Philip Kurian (Quantum Biology Laboratory, Howard University)
Wednesday, 27 September 2023

16:00 African Biophysics Society discussion
African Biophysics Society discussion
16:00 - 17:00
Thursday, 28 September 2023
09:00 Structural Biology
Structural Biology
09:00 - 09:30
Contributions

09:00 The mechanisms of enzymes of the nitrilase superfamily - Bryan Trevor Sewell (University of Cape Town) Dewald van Heerden (University of Cape Town)
09:30 Mathematical Biology
Mathematical Biology
09:30 - 10:30
Contributions

09:30 Travelling waves in inhomogeneous DNA system using Sine-Gordon equation - Mordecai Opoku Ohemeng (KNUST)

10:00 Shear induced fractionalized dispersion during the Magnetic Drug Targeting in a permeable microvessel - Sachin Shaw (Botswana International University of Science and Technology)
Friday, 29 September 2023