15 Bioinspired and Biomimetic Membranes-1

Tuesday, June 12, 2018: 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Triple Crown (Hilton Lexington)

Description:
Bioinspired and Biomimetic Membranes

Sponsor:
2018 North American Membrane Society Meeting: Oral Submissions
Chair:
Manish Kumar Email: manish-Kumar@engr.psu.edu
Co-chairs:
Barbara L. Knutson Email: bknut2@uky.edu
Mark Running Email: mark.running@louisville.edu
Mariusz Grzelakowski Email: mg@appliedbiomimetic.com


9:30 AM
(15a) Lipid Composition Modulates the Water Transport Function of Aquaporin Z By Altering Its Structural Dynamics
Qingsong Lin, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore


10:00 AM
(15b) Biomimetic Membranes at Liquid Interfaces: A Path Toward Cell-Inspired Materials
Andy Sarles, Mech., Aero. and Biomed. Engr., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN


10:30 AM
(15c) A Robust and Highly Permeable Outer Membrane Protein Pore Design for Potential Biomimetic Membrane Development
Tingwei Ren1, Ratul Chowdhury2, Manish Shankla3, Aleksei Aksimentiev4, Costas Maranas5 and Manish Kumar5, (1)Chemical Engineering, Penn State University, State College, PA, (2)Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, (3)Department of Physics, UNIVERSITY OF ILLIONIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, Urbana, IL, (4)University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, (5)Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA


11:00 AM
(15d) Alignment and Immobilization of Aquaporins on Polybenzimidazole Nanofiltration Membranes
Priyesh Wagh1, Xinyi Zhang2, Yinan Wei2 and Isabel Escobar3, (1)University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, (2)Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, (3)Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY


11:30 AM
(15e) Phospholipid Bilayer Functionalized Membrane for Immobilized Enzymatic Catalysis
Anju Kumari and Saurav Datta, Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India


12:00 PM