207th ECS Meeting - Quebec City, Canada

May 15 - May 20, 2005

PROGRAM INFORMATION
 

Z1 - Symposium on Biophysical Electrochemistry in Honor of Katsumi Niki

Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry/Organic and Biological Electrochemistry
 

Sunday, May 15, 2005

Room 207, Level 2, Quebec City Convention Center

Co-Chairs: D. Bizzotto & J. Lipkowski
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
10:00 1628 Electrochemical and Spectroelectrochemical Studies of Cytochrome c and Bio-related Model Compounds T. Sagara, K. Hiraishi, M. Hiwatashi and H. Hario (Nagasaki University)
10:40 1629 In Situ Observation of Electrochemical Response of Cytochrome c Immobilized on ITO Electrode Using Slab Optical Waveguide Spectroscopy N. Matsuda and Y. Ayato (AIST)
11:00 1630 Electro-fluorescence Investigations of Mixed Monolayers Adsorbed on a Au(111) Electrode J. Shepherd and D. Bizzotto (University of British Columbia)
11:20 1631 The Assembly of Ionic Surfactants and Polyelectrolytes onto Electrochemically Switchable Monolayers A. Badia and L. Norman (Universit de Montral)
11:40 1632 In Situ PM FTIRRAS Studies of an Archaea Analogue Thiolipid Assembled on Au(111) J. Kunze (Friedrich-Alexander-Universit?t Erlangen-N?rnberg), J. Leitch (University of Guelph), J. Robertson (Max-Planck-Institut r Polymerforschung), R. Naumann (Max Planck Institut fur Polymerforschung), W. Knoll (Max-Planck-Institut r Polymerforschung) and J. Lipkowski (University of Guelph)
 
Co-Chairs: J. Lipkowski & D. Bizzotto
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
14:00 1633 Neutron Reflectivity Studies of the Nanoscale Structure of Biomembranes C. Majkrzak (NIST)
14:40 1634 Cationic Lipid Films on Gold Electrode Surfaces I. Burgess (McGill University), A. Schwan, C. Brosseau, G. Szymanski (University of Guelph), S. Satija (NIST Center for Neutron Research) and J. Lipkowski (University of Guelph)
15:00 1635 Phase Transitions and Polymer Adsorption on Supported Phospholipid Bilayers A. Gewirth, Z. Feng and T. Spurlin (University of Illinois)
15:20 1636 In Situ AFM Studies of Immobilized Globular Protein Monolayer under Applied Electrochemical Potential S. Roscoe (Acadia University), G. Yakubov (Acadia University and Russian Academy of Sciences) and A. Quirk (Acadia University)
15:40 Intermission (20 Minutes)
16:00 1637 Neutron and X-Ray Diffraction Studies of Substrate Supported Lipid Bilayers J. Katsaras, T. Harroun, M. Nieh, J. Pencer (National Research Council) and V. Raghunathan (Raman Research Institute)
16:40 1638 Kinetic and Electrochemical Studies of Spreading DMPC Vesicles on Gold Electrodes Using AFM M. Li (University of Guelph), B. Pettinger (Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Plank-Gesellschaft) and J. Lipkowski (University of Guelph)
17:00 1639 FTIR Studies of Gramicidin D in a Model Membrane T. Laredo, J. Dutcher and J. Lipkowski (University of Guelph)
17:20 1640 Electrochemical and PM IRRAS Studies of the Effect of Cholesterol on the Structure of the DMPC Bilayer supported at a Au (111) Electrode Surface. Part 1 Properties of Acyl Chains. X. Bin (University of Guelph), S. Horswell (University of Birminghan) and J. Lipkowski (University of Guelph)
 

Monday, May 16, 2005

Room 207, Level 2, Quebec City Convention Center

Co-Chairs: S. Roscoe & I. Burgess
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
10:00 1641 An Electrochemical Approach to the Investigation of Complex Membrane Proteins: The Protein-Tethered Bilayer Lipid Membrane R. Naumann, F. Giess, M. Friedrich, J. Robertson (Max Planck Institut fur Polymerforschung) and W. Knoll (Max-Planck-Institut r Polymerforschung)
10:20 1642 Factors Controlling the Formation of Binary Alkylthiol SAMs B. Lennox, L. Lee and T. Sutherland (McGill University)
10:40 1643 Nano-structures and Surface Functions of Thiols and Selenols Modified Electrodes for Cytochrome c Electrochemistryy I. Taniguchi, N. Fujimoto, K. Taira, S. Harada, K. Nishiyama (Kumamoto University) and M. Tazaki (Sojo University)
11:00 1644 Electrochemistry of Nucleic Acids and Proteins in Development of Biosensors E. Palecek, M. Fojta, F. Jelen, S. Billova, V. Dorcak, L. Havran, M. Masarik, J. Dvorak and J. Vacek (Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic)
11:20 1645 Electrochemical Screening of Self-assembling B-sheet Peptides using Supported Phospholipid Monolayers A. Nelson, A. Aggeli and E. Protopapa (university of leeds)
11:40 1646 Viscosity of the Aqueous Liquid/Vapor Interfacial Region. 2D Electrochemical Measurements with a Piperidine Nitroxy Radical Probe M. Majda, A. Malec and E. Carlson (University of California, Berkeley)
 
Co-Chairs: I. Burgess & S. Roscoe
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
14:00 1647 Electrochemical ELISA Assays on Microchips H. Girault (Laboratoire d'lectrochimie physique et analytique), A. Lionello, C. Roussel, J. Josserand (LEPA-EPFL), J. Rossier, P. Morier and F. Reymond (diagnoswiss)
14:20 1648 Electrochemical Biosensors Based on Self-assembled Monolayers and Gold Nanoparticle-modified electrodes J. Pingarron, S. Campuzano, M. Pedrero, P. Yanez-Sedeno and M. Mena (Complutense University of Madrid)
14:40 1649 Higher Sensitivity and Spatial Resolution in the Electrochemical Detection of Enzyme Labels and Enzymatic Activity on Micropatterned Surfaces by Linking Different Enzymatic Conversions G. Wittstock and C. Zhao (University of Oldenburg)
15:00 1650 Biomolecules Immobilized in Redox Polymers: Towards Reagentless Electrochemical Affinity Sensors P. Kavanagh and D. Leech (Nui Galway)
15:20 1651 Direct Electron Transfer Between High Potential Fungal Laccases and Graphite and Gold Electrodes L. Gorton, S. Shleev, A. Christenson (Lund University), T. Ruzgas (Malmo University) and A. Yaropolov (A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences)
15:40 Intermission (20 Minutes)
16:00 1652 Modulation of the Redox Potential of the Flavin Family by Controlling Their Structure and Interactions in Condensed Layers H. Elzanowska (Warsaw University) and V. Birss (University of Calgary)
16:20 1653 Diode or Tunnel-Diode? Resolving the Consequences of Coupled Electron:Proton Transfer in Cytochrome c Nitrite Reductase J. Butt (University of East Anglia, Norwich) and J. Gwyer (University of East Anglia, Norwich)
16:40 1654 Biological Nano-Circulation By Radical Induced Dual Polarization M. Garnett (Garnett McKeen Laboratory Inc) and C. Krishnan (Garnett McKeen Laboratory Inc.)
17:00 1655 Electrochemistry of Oxochlorin Reconstituted Proteins: The Effect of Heme Ring Oxygenation on Structure, Redox Activity and NOx Reductase Catalysis P. Farmer, B. Bhaskar, M. Cohen, C. Immoos and T. Poulos (UC Irvine)
 

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

Room 200A/200B/200C, Level 2, Quebec City Convention Center

Tuesday Evening Poster Session

Co-Chairs: I. Burgess & S. Roscoe
TimeAbs#Title and Authors
o 1656 Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Self-Assembled Phospholipid Molecules at the Au(111) surface M. Chen (Univ. of Guelph), S. Xu (Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Guelph), G. Szymanski and J. Lipkowski (University of Guelph)
o 1657 Electrochemical and Microbiological Studies of Pulp and Paper Biofilms S. Kurissery (Lakehead University), C. Cousins (Lakehead university, Canada), L. Davey (Lakehead university,Canada), A. Chen (Lakehead University), K. Leung, H. Schraft (Lakehead university, Canada), N. Low (University of Saskatchewan, Canada), L. Truelstrup-Hansen, A. Paulson (Dalhousie University, Canada) and D. Pink (St. Francis XavierUniversity, Canada)
o 1658 Probing Desorption Kinetics in Alkylthiol-Gold SAMs L. Lee and B. Lennox (McGill University)
o 1659 Direct Electrochemistry and Raman Studies into the Mechanism of Cytochrome c Oxidase in a Surface-Bound Biomimetic Membrane Architecture M. Friedrich, J. Robertson (Max Planck Institut fur Polymerforschung), W. Knoll (Max-Planck-Institut r Polymerforschung) and R. Naumann (Max Planck Institut fur Polymerforschung)