Amyloid proteins meet physics: from X-rays and neutrons over electrons to magnetism

Session

Visualising amyloid deposits by X-rays and electrons

Chaired by Henning Stahlberg, EPFL

5 Sept 2022, 10:30

The education center, SZ-OSGA/EG06 (Paul Scherrer Institute)

Description

10:30-11:00 Peter Faller (University of Strasbourg, EPR & X-ray),
Copper bound to amyloid-beta: from structure and reactivity insights to its targeting as therapeutic approach
11:00-11:20 Armin Kleibert (PSI, SIM beamline, photo-emission electron microscopy)
Soft X-ray spectromicroscopy for nanoscale chemical characterization at the SIM Beamline of the SLS
11:20-11:40 Rebecca Sternke-Hoffmann (PSI,BIO)
Alanine switches the protein crystal formation to the amyloid fibril formation

6. Copper bound to amyloid-beta: from structure and reactivity insights to its targeting as therapeutic approach

Peter Faller (University of Strasbourg, EPR & X-ray)

05/09/2022, 10:30

7. Soft X-Ray Spectromicroscopy for Nanoscale Chemical Characterization at the SIM Beamline of the SLS

Armin Kleibert (PSI, SIM beamline, photo-emission electron microscopy)

05/09/2022, 11:00

8. Alanine switches protein crystal formation to amyloid fibril formation

Rebecca Sternke-Hoffmann (PSI, BIO Department)

05/09/2022, 11:20