Speakers

Biophysical Society of Serbia

Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Title Humoral factors of immunity as biophysical markers in personalized medicine

Prof. Pavle Andjus, PhD Full professor, Founder and head of Center for laser microscopy, Faculty of Biology University of Belgrade. Coordinated the first FP project in biomedicine in Serbia - FP6 project “NEUROIMAGE”, and now coordinates a H2020 MSCA RISE project “AUTOIGG” aiming to design a lab & optics-on-a-chip device using fluorescence signaling for the diagnostics of neurodegenerative diseases. Former president of the Biophysical Society of Serbia, Founding member of the Optical Society of Serbia, Member of University Graduate Studies Council Founded PhD programmes in Biophotonics and Biophysics at the University of Belgrade. Expertise: neurobiophysics of ion channels and cellular mechanisms in neurodegenerative diseases and use of advanced microscopy in bioimaging.

Biophysics Austria Society

Department of Medical Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Linz, Austria

Title Three dimensional microscopy and lithography with sub-diffractional resolution for mimicking blood vessels

We are mimicking complex biological systems by integrating a microfluidics, nanolithography, cell biology, and nanoscopic observation of living cells. Therefore, our group develops medical applications for single molecule localisation microscopy and analysis. 3D tissue scaffolds consisting of functional polymers are fabricated using multiphoton nanolithography. The functionality of these polymers is modified using photochemical grafting.

Slovenian Biophysical Society

Theory Department, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Title Multiscale simulations of biomolecular systems

Matej Praprotnik is the head of the Laboratory for Molecular Modeling at the National Institute of Chemistry and a full professor at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana. He studied physics and received his BS degree and PhD from University of Ljubljana. He carried out postdoctoral research in the Theory group at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany. He has held visiting scientist positions at the Computational Science & Engineering Laboratory (ETH Zurich), Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications (University of Minnesota), The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (University of California, Santa Barbara), and Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics China (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing). Matej is former chair of the PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe) Scientific Steering Committee. He served as president of the Slovenian Biophysical Society from 2015 to 2019. He also serves as a council member of CECAM (Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire) and as a scientific council member of the National Institute of Chemistry. He is recipient of the ERC Advanced Grant 2019 by the European Research Council. His research is focused on computer simulation of soft and biological matter. The focus is on developing and combining innovative computational and theoretical methods as well as their application to study complex molecular systems.

Croatian Biophysical Society

Laboratory of Biocolloids and Surface Chemistry, Division of Physical Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička, Zagreb

Title Multiscale view on calcium phosphate formation – a route for rationalizing the design of novel bioimplant materials

My main research interest is the crystallization of biologically relevant biominerals in relation with the elucidation of their formation mechanisms under physiological conditions, and the design and development of novel multifunctional materials for hard tissue regeneration. In recent years, this research has been focused on the study of the influence of different types of nanomaterials on the formation of calcium phosphates. I am also interested in the use of dynamic light scattering for characterization of inorganic and soft nanoparticles in various matrices relevant to biomedical applications and environmental protection. Currently, I am the head of the Biocolloids and Surface Chemistry Laboratory at Ruđer Bošković Institute, Croatia.

Italian Society for Pure and Applied Biophysics

Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche – Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, Roma, Italy

Title From liposomes to cells: filling the gap between biophysical and microbiological studies of the activity and selectivity of host‐defense peptides

My research is focused on the structure, dynamics, molecular interactions and biological function of peptides and proteins, investigated by the synergistic combination of spectroscopic and simulative methods. My group is currently studying and developing different peptide classes with potential therapeutic applications, such as host defense peptides, promising molecules to fight drug-resistant bacteria, or peptides and peptidomimetics designed to interfere with protein-protein interactions involved in cancer and several congenital disorders. In this context, we also study the structural, dynamical and functional effects of pathogenic mutations linked to these diseases.

Slovak Biophysical Society

Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Technology and Innovation Park of P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia

Title Single-molecule mechanics of proteins

As a passionate scientist, I am curious how proteins function, what makes them tick. This has naturally led me to doing postdoctoral research at the Department of Biochemistry, University Bayreuth and later at the Department of Molecular Biophysics, TU München, Germany, where I have been the leader of several interdisciplinary projects focusing on single-molecule protein nano-mechanics to gain new molecular insights into proteins. At the same time, I apply large numbers of approaches, including bioinformatics, protein engineering methods and single-molecule force assays. Some results of my group have been published in renowned journals, e.g., several times in PNAS, Biophysical Journal and Journal of Physical Chemistry B. Recently, I started as a group leader at the Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences, which is a vivid place for the exchange of ideas.

Italian Society for Pure and Applied Biophysics

Istituto di Biofisica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Trento, Italy

Title Continuous mutagenesis and fluorescence sensing in vivo

Biophysics Austria Society

Italian Society for Pure and Applied Biophysics

Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Basovizza, Trieste, Italy

Title Cancer-derived small extracellular vesicles as modulators of target cells biomechanics

Biophysical Society of Serbia

Departments of Biology and Neurobiology, and Bio-X, Stanford University, Stanford, USA

Title Immune receptors in the brain and maintenance of E/I balance.

I am a Senior Research Scientist at Stanford University. My research focuses on molecular underpinnings of experience-dependent plasticity at the synapse. Of particular interest are innate immune molecules that have a role in pruning excitatory synapses during critical periods of development, but remain a part of adult learning mechanisms as well. Innate immune molecules have also been implicated in Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia, and autism where they might contribute to synaptic dysfunction. I completed my PhD at Yale University, where I investigated dendritic summation mechanisms using voltage-sensitive dyes in the group of Dr. Dejan Zecevic.

Biophysical Society of Serbia

Synchrotron ALBA, Barcelona, Spain

Title Synchrotron based spectro-microscopies on a single cell - correlative imaging approach

Tanja Dučić, is a beamline scientist at Synchrotron ALBA, Barcelona, Spain. My primary research interest lies in elemental and ultrastructural studies of biological and bio-nanomaterials, particularly in redox active trace elements and nanoparticles and their interactions with biological samples of different origin. My investigations include active application and progress of methodologies for synchrotron based FTIR spectroscopy and microscopy, soft and hard X-ray microscopy, as well as different electron and light microscopies. My talk will include synergistic synchrotron approach which allows us to draw conclusions about the pathophysiological role of trace metals and organic bio-macromolecules in different neurological diseases.

Hungarian Biophysical Society

Hungarian Biophysical Society

Department of Biophysics and Cell Biology, Department of Dental Biochemistry, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

Title Membrane distribution of ion channels in T cells

Ion channels expressed in non-excitable cells such as immune cells can regulate various cellular function and are responsible for the adequate immune response. Loss-of-function mutations of ion channels lead to dysfunction of immune system, while their hyperactivity can result in autoimmune diseases. My research focuses on ion channels expressed in various immune cells. Besides characterization of ion channel repertoire of different immune cells, I am interested in their membrane trafficking, cellular localization and physiological role mainly in T lymphocytes. Understanding of ion channels’ role could facilitate the development of effective therapy in treatment of autoimmune diseases.

Slovak Biophysical Society

Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Technology and Innovation Park of P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia

Title Time-resolved detection of oxidative stress level in cancer cells

Research interests: Time-resolved imaging of oxidative stress in cells Monitoring of signaling pathways resulted in apoptosis in cancer cells Molecular mechanisms of photodynamic therapy, visualization of cell response, basic dosimetry Monitoring of cell/tissue oxygenation by steady-state and time-resolved microscopy

Slovenian Biophysical Society

Department for Theoretical Physics, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Title Stimuli-responsive polymeric nanocarriers

My research is focused on computer modeling and theoretical understanding of various bio soft-matter systems, particularly lipid membranes, surfactants, and stimuli-responsive hydrogels. In recent years, I have been dealing mainly with how to tune and control the permeability of small molecules through hydrogel matrices. These questions are relevant for designing ‘programmable’ devices that, like enzymes, are highly selective, adaptive, and interactive with their environment, which has potential in many biomedicine applications, ranging from drug delivery, biosensors, and nanoreactors.

Hungarian Biophysical Society

Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, Budapest

Title Biophysics of viruses

Miklós Kellermayer is the dean of the Faculty of Medicine and chairman of the Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology at Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary. Trained as a medical doctor and having had international research experience in single-molecule biophysics, he currently focuses on biomolecular mechanics, cytoskeletal nanobiology, protein folding and in vivo imaging. He supervises the Georg von Békésy Biophysics Research Center that houses state-of-the-art instrumentation that allows imaging and manipulation from single molecules to small-animal organisms. He is a Howard Hughes Medical School International Alumnus, member of the Academia Europaea and has authored more than one hundred original research papers.

Slovenian Biophysical Society

Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Title Nanomaterial Quarantining by Lung Epithelial Cells and in vitro Prediction of Chronic Inflammation after Nanomaterial Inhalation

Tilen Koklič has over 10 years of experience in the field of nanomaterial interaction with living cells and cellular barriers. As a part of a large EU project SmartNanoTox he contributed, as one of the corresponding authors, to discovery of the mechanism of chronic inflammation after exposure to metal oxide nanoparticles enabling one of the first animal-free in vitro/in silico assays for prediction of chronic inflammation. The work was selected as a frontispiece in a prestigious journal Advanced Materials.

Slovak Biophysical Society

Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia and Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia

Title Advances in understanding the conformational diseases mimicking model membranes

Norbert Kučerka received his Ph.D. degree from Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia for his research of the inner structure of model biological membranes utilizing the small angle neutron scattering. He expanded the analytical approach by including the X-ray scattering while at the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and neutron diffraction at the Canadian National Research Council in Chalk River, Ontario. He applied the developed techniques to explore the correlation between the structure and dynamics of biomembranes and the function taking place at their interfaces. Such an understanding necessarily improves also procedures in pharmacology and medicine, and eventually will help to increase the quality of human life. Presently, at the Joined Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia his work is focused on the structure and interactions in membranes playing a role in Alzheimer’s disease.

Croatian Biophysical Society

NMR Centre, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia

Title Estimation of model complexity and quality

My research interest is molecular modeling, i.e. development and application of structure-property/activity methods and models in chemistry and life sciences. The analyzed molecular structures are small compounds, peptides and proteins and analyzed properties are physical/chemical properties and biological activities important in drug design and environmental protection like water solubility, lipophilicity, antimicrobial activity, antioxidant activity or toxicity and carcinogenicity to living organisms. In the development of models and methods, my tendency is to take care of (as much as possible) the simplicity of the model and to include informative variables (descriptors), i.e. those containing useful and interpretable structural information. My research focuses in last years are related to the improvement of model validation protocols based on the estimation and evaluation of chance accuracy which results from the complexity/ monotonicity of input data and model structure represented by the number of optimized parameters. Statistical measures used for estimating the quality of classification models are upgraded by consideration of chance accuracy/agreement level due to the low/high complexity of data and models. Recent results obtained within this research topic will be presented in my lecture, and illustrated on examples of modeling of membrane protein structure and toxicity of small organic compounds.

Biophysical Society of Serbia

Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Title The role of calcium signaling in mediating astrocyte interaction with CNS-infiltrated immune cells

I am interested in understanding the roles of glial cells in health and disease. My research is focused on the mechanisms by which astrocytes and neurons interact to support communication in the nervous system. I have studied how astrocytes control and coordinate release of gliotransmitters and utilize them to interact with principal neurons in the hippocampus, in physiological conditions and in epilepsy. My research is also focused on the changes in the membrane properties and potassium buffering of astrocytes in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. I am currently investigating how astrocytes interact with immune cells in the animal model of Multiple Sclerosis.

Hungarian Biophysical Society

Department of Plant Anatomy, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

Title Ultrastructural and biophysical studies on plastid membranes under salt and drought stress

Plastids are cell compartments crucial for life on earth due to their diverse activities, including first of all photosynthesis. Therefore, basic questions about how different biotic and abiotic stresses influence plastid structure and function are of great significance for agriculture. I am interested in evaluating and comparing ultrastructural data on plastid membranes obtained with conventional, chemical fixation and transmission electron microscopy or with other, noninvasive methods like small-angle neutron scattering. We also investigate the molecular background and light-dependence of the salt or osmotic/drought stress induced swelling of the intrathylakoidal space using different plants and also some mutants lacking thylakoid ion transport components.

Slovak Biophysical Society

Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

Title Aptamer-functionalized nanomotors as potential platform for diagnostics

She is a young scientist under 35 years of age. She received her PhD in Biophysics from Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics University Comenius in 2017. She has extensive experience with the development of electrochemical and optical biosensors based on DNA aptamers and study of interaction of nanoparticles with biomembranes.

Croatian Biophysical Society

Laboratory for Protein Biochemistry and Molecular Modelling at Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia

Title Involvement of Dipeptidyl Peptidase III in Oxidative Stress and Pain Regulation

The main subject of my research are biomacromolecules, their structure, dynamical behaviour and interactions, enzyme catalysis, and influence of metal ions on structure and function of proteins. The last few years my group is mostly interested in the zinc dependent peptidases, mostly M49 class of enzymes. Our ongoing resaerch are related to involvement of dipeptidyl peptidase III (DPP III) in oxydative stress relulation and in this contex, we study influence of the mutated DPP III variants on human health, particularly on cancer developement. Also, we study interactions between DPP III and peptides and some of its possible interactors in order to better understand possible patophysiological roles of DPP III in human.

Biophysics Austria Society

Gottfried Schatz Research Center – Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Title Bioelectronic chemo drug delivery for brain tumor treatment

My research aims to overcome unmet clinical needs in brain tumor therapy. In this multidisciplinary project, we develop bioelectronic devices for locally triggered drug release directly at the tumor site. This includes the characterization of different device prototypes for their physical properties and performance, the comparison of these parameters with computer simulations, and the evaluation of anti-cancer effects of locally triggered drug release in both in vitro and in vivo brain tumor models.

Slovak Biophysical Society

Biomedical Center of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Title Shining the rainbow on a cell - multicolor imaging of cardiac myocytes

Slovenian Biophysical Society

Technical University of Munich, Germany

Title Molecular modeling powered by Machine Learning

My research area lies in the development of efficient and predictive computational methods and models for application areas ranging from life sciences to engineering. To this end, I am working on novel machine learning approaches that can provide molecular models of unprecedented accuracy and/or increase computational efficiency. Additionally, I employ uncertainty quantification tools for reliable predictions and develop novel multi-resolution simulation techniques that combine different simulation methods within a single simulation.

Hungarian Biophysical Society

Diamond Light Source Ltd, Diamond House, Didcot, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Title UV-VIS Polarization Spectroscopy at Diamond B23 synchrotron beamline

Tamás Jávorfi holds a PhD in physics (biophysics) from the University of Szeged (Hungary) where he also did his undergraduate studies. His research area, that he undertook as a joint project between the Biological Research Centre (Szeged, Hungary) and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Trondheim, Norway), was about the interaction of light-absorbing pigments in different photosynthetic complexes using various spectroscopic techniques. He joined the B23 beamline team at Diamond Light Source (Didcot, UK) in August 2007 as a Support Scientist to take part in building the beamline and then to help the users in performing their experiments on the synchrotron radiation circular dichroism instrument. Later, in 2020, he stepped up as a Beamline Scientist and he is now focussing on the various applications of the newly acquired Mueller Matrix Polarimeter in characterising the polarization properties of solid samples, such as films and liquid crystals.

Slovenian Biophysical Society

Department for Theoretical Physics, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Title Viral RNA as a randomly branched polymer

A major part of my scientific interests has been physical virology, where my research topics range from the role of electrostatic interactions in viral capsids (the distribution of charges, role of charge regulation, ...) to the exploration of relationships between sequence, structure, and function of viral RNA genomes. I am also interested in exploring the physical variables, such as charge and hydrophobicity, that influence the survival of (simple) viruses in liquid droplets. Another part of my research interests involves the classification of order and order transitions in particles confined to a spherical surface by using concepts derived from hyperuniformity and from scalar, vector, and tensor spherical harmonics. Lastly, in recent years I have also been exploring the role of elastic inhomogeneities in the response of pollen grains to changes in environmental humidity (i.e., upon desiccation or swelling).

Slovak Biophysical Society

Department of biophysics, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia

Title Viscosity measurements using flexible microstructures

Gregor Bánó is a specialist in the field of bio-photonics and laser physics. His major scientific interest is in the field of photodynamic cancer therapy. In particular, he focuses on drug transport processes in biological systems and on time-resolved phosphorescence detection of singlet oxygen. Besides that, GB works in the field of optically trappable microstructure development for biomedical lab-on-chip applications.

Biophysical Society of Serbia

Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Title Biophysical methods in coordination chemistry. Unraveling the structure of biliverdin-copper complex Session: Free radical (redox) biophysics

I work as an assistant at the Institute for Multidisciplinary Research in Belgrade with an interest in biochemistry, biophysics and the development of various analytical methods, such as different chromatographic methods and fluorescence spectroscopy. I am currently completing my PhD at the Faculty of Physical Chemistry.

Biophysical Society of Serbia

Institute of Physics, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Title Emergence of UP-DOWN states in modular neural networks

Spontaneous switching dynamics between the UP states, characterized by the elevated neuronal and synaptic activity, and the DOWN states of relative quiescence, is a fundamental form of collective activity in cortical neurons, believed to facilitate or mediate certain types of learning and memory. We analytically and numerically investigate the conditions giving rise to switching dynamics, focusing on the interplay between the different sources of noise and the heterogeneity in network topology. Considering a clustered network of rate-based neurons influenced by external and intrinsic noise, we derive a reduced low-dimensional model which describes the macroscopic activity in terms of a set of coupled second-order stochastic mean-field systems representing each of the clusters. The reduced model is shown to be capable of (i) capturing the different contributions to effective macroscopic noise, (ii) estimating the impact of network heterogeneity to collective dynamics, and (iii) qualitatively explaining the mechanisms of switching dynamics, providing for the associated parameter domains. While the switching dynamics in homogeneous random networks occurs within a narrow parameter range, resembling the motion of a noise-driven particle in a double-well potential, the modular architecture of the network is found to promote multistable behavior, allowing for the switching phenomenon to gain on robustness.

Slovak Biophysical Society

Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

Title Ruthenium dendrimers - a potential drug carriers for cancer therapy

She is a research scientist and teacher at the Comenius University, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, at the Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics in Bratislava, Slovakia. She received PhD in the field of Biophysics in 2013. She is interested into the study of nanoparticles for drug delivery and biosensing purposes. She is focused upon elucidating the mechanisms of interactions of nanoparticles based on lipids and/or polymers with model lipid membranes as well as with cell cultures.

Slovak Biophysical Society

Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

Title Drug-membrane interaction of potential SARS-CoV-2 antivirals

I work as a member of scientific group of prof. Daniela Uhríková, CSc. We are interested in study of interaction of drug molecules with model lipid membranes using different physical methods. Since COVID-19 disease emerged in 2019 and spread worldwide, leading to an ongoing pandemic, we have focused our interest on biophysical properties of liposomal complexes with recently synthesized antivirals, potentially effective against SARS-CoV-2. We use UV-VIS spectrometry to determine the lipid/water partition coefficient of antivirals and DLS to check the size of liposomes incubated with antivirals. Structure of membrane-drug complexes is studied using SAXD/WAXD and their thermodynamic properties using DSC. Effect of antivirals on membrane lateral pressure is determined by excimer fluorescence.

Slovenian Biophysical Society

Department for Theoretical Physics, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Title Active instability and nonlinear dynamics of cell-cell junctions

Slovenian Biophysical Society

Institute of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia and Group for Nano and Biotechnological Applications, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Title Immunometabolism of Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Related to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

Research of cellular bioenergetic pathways of cancer and immune cells. Exploration of the mechanisms that support cancer cells growth in anchorage independent conditions. Research of the interaction of nanomaterials with cells, relation between physico-chemical properties and protein corona compositions. Molecular biophysics, analysis of mechanisms in relation to different methods for advance drug delivery (nanoparticles, electroporation).

Hungarian Biophysical Society

Biophysical Society of Serbia

Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Title Biophysical modeling and analysis of the predictors of the COVID-19 transmission and clinical severity

I am a Teaching Assistant on biophysics and computational biology courses and a member of the Quantitative biology research group at the University of Belgrade - Faculty of biology. Our team consists of biologists (myself), physicists, and mathematicians, together with multiple international collaborators. The main direction of our research is modeling and analysis of gene expression in bacterial "immune" systems, including restriction-modification systems and CRISPR-Cas, which allows them to defend the cell from foreign DNA without harming its own genome. Recently, we constructed an epidemiological dynamical model and developed a bioinformatics and statistical procedure to identify the predictors of the COVID-19 transmission dynamics and clinical severity. I will present some of the results of this new research.

Biophysics Austria Society

Gottfried Schatz Research Center – Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Title Light stimulation of organic electrolytic photocapacitive devices induces ion channel gating and action potentials in neurons

My research focuses on bioelectronic devices that stimulate cells when irradiated with light. This technology can potentially help patients with traumatic brain injuries to overcome the hurdles of a long recovery phase and neuron loss by stimulation. At the RBS2022 I want to present our latest results in activating cell responses by manipulating their ion channel gating and the induction action potential firing in neurons.

Slovak Biophysical Society

Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Technology and Innovation Park of P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia

Title Singlet oxygen production by LOV domain

My present research projects are focused on utilizing of protein evolution and protein engineering approaches in modulation of: (i) membrane proteins solubility and (ii) catalytic enzyme properties. Closely related to this is my interest in relations between local/global stabilities and function of enzymes/proteins. These topics assume correct analysis of stability of proteins that involves thermodynamic equilibrium and kinetic stability analysis approaches as well as their combination. My long-term interest involves a study of solvent effect, including Hofmeister effect, on structural and functional protein properties involving also their aggregation related to formulation of antibodies and protein fibrillization.

Biophysical Society of Serbia

Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Title Plant mechanosensitivity: structural and chemical modifications in cell walls.

Dr Jasna Simonović Radosavljević is research fellow (Research Assistant Professor) at Institute for Multidisciplinary Research, University of Belgrade. The research interest of Dr Jasna Simonović Radosavljević is mainly devoted to the understanding differences between molecular organisation of cell walls of different botanical origin. Besides, her studies are related to the connection between mechanical stress and structural modifications in plant cell walls. Also, investigations of new compounds, including those based on plant cell walls and related polymers, for possible applications in biomaterials and biofuels are in the focus of her interest. Different types of spectroscopy and microscopy are the main instrumental techniques in Jasna’s research.

Slovenian Biophysical Society

Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia

Title From isles of Königsberg to islets of Langerhans: Calcium oscillations in networks of beta cells

Slovenian Biophysical Society

Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia and Laboratory for Molecular Modeling, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Title A dynamic preferred direction model for the self-organization of bacterial microfluidic pumping

Theory, modeling, and simulations of soft matter, biophysics, acoustics. From my starting expertise in nematohydrodynamics and dynamics of defects, I have been expanding into a wider area of soft matter physics, biophysics and adjacent interdisciplinary fields, including in particular macroscopic dynamics of complex (active) fluids and nanofilms, continuum description of long polymers, packing of DNA, bacterial collective dynamics, magnetic fluids. In parallel I am active in the field of acoustic modeling, with the perspective of connecting vibroacoustics with physics of soft matter/materials and biophysics. Past interdisciplinary collaborations include dynamics of granular matter, vibrational communication of insects, laser Doppler vibrometry. Current hot topics: the concept of the dynamic preferred direction in complex active fluids, tensorial and generalized conservation laws for linear polymers, magnetic fluids, advanced ray-tracing acoustic modeling.

Biophysics Austria Society