Biophysics in Africa - 2023

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


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
25 Sep 2023
26 Sep 2023
27 Sep 2023
28 Sep 2023
AM
09:00
Computational biophysics - Tjaart Krüger (University of Pretoria) (until 11:00) ()
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 - Mr Martin MEDARD (MSc student/Researcher)   ()
10:00 Probing binding affinity of human acetylcholine esterase for steroidal pregnanes as promising inhibitors through molecular modelling investigation - Dr 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)   ()
09:00
Biophotonics - Bryan Trevor Sewell (University of Cape Town) (until 10:00) ()
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 - Bryan Trevor Sewell (University of Cape Town) (until 10:30) ()
10:00 Automated Patch Clamp Evaluation of Snake Neurotoxins and Recombinant Antivenoms - Kim Boddum (Sophion A/S)   ()
11:00
Molecular Biophysics - Tjaart Krüger (University of Pretoria) (until 12:00) ()
11:00 Overexpression, purification, and characterization of the Hsp70.14 protein towards the discovery and development of new anti-cancer compounds - Mr Tshepang Ndaba (University of Johannesburg)   ()
11:30 Recombinant expression and biophysical characterization of NAD-binding domain of S. mansoni Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase. - Ms Kagiso Motlhatlhedi (University of Johannesburg)   ()
09:00
Structural Biology - Tjaart Krüger (University of Pretoria) (until 09:30) ()
09:00 The mechanisms of enzymes of the nitrilase superfamily - Dr Dewald van Heerden (University of Cape Town) Prof. Bryan Trevor Sewell (University of Cape Town)   ()
09:30
Mathematical Biology - Tjaart Krüger (University of Pretoria) (until 10:30) ()
09:30 Travelling waves in inhomogeneous DNA system using Sine-Gordon equation - Mr 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)   ()
PM
13:30
Computational biophysics - Lawrence Norris (National Society of Black Physicists) (until 14:30) ()
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 - Dr Lucas Paul (Department of Chemistry, Dar es Salaam University College of Education, P.O. Box 2329, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)   ()
14:30
Quantum Biology - Lawrence Norris (National Society of Black Physicists) (until 15:00) ()
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)   ()
16:00
African Biophysics Society Discussion - Lawrence Norris (National Society of Black Physicists) (until 17:00) ()