Bio-Nanoimaging

Part 1. Nanotechnology and nanoimaging of aggregating proteins Nanoimaging of aggregated proteins; Cryoelectron microscopy of beta(2)-microglobulin; Amyloid fibril length quantification by AFM; Seeing fibril formation in real time; Studying amyloidogensis by FRET; Structure, growth and assembly of amyloid-like fibrils using high-speed atomic force microscopy; Analyzing amyloid fibril structure by scanning transmission electron microscopy; Magic angle spinning NMR of amyloid fibrils; Analyzing protein deposits in vivo by confocal laser multiphoton laser scanning microscopy; Amyloid imaging agents; Reporters of amyloid structure; Immunohistochemical detection of amyloid components; Scanning tunneling microscopy of protein deposits; Probing of protein misfolding with single molecule force spectroscopy; Single molecule characterization of a-synuclein in aggregation-prone states Part 2. Polymorphism of protein misfolded and aggregated species Fibrillar polymorphism; Ab fibril polymorphism; Prefibrillar Ab oligomers; Structural heterogeneity of in vitro and ex vivo amyloid assemblies; Polymorphism of tau fibrils; Amyloid-like protofibrils with different physical properties; Micelle-Like Architecture of the Amyloid-ß Peptide; Insulin oligomers; Worm-like amyloid fibrils of mouse prion protein; Apolipoprotein C-II Amyloid Fibrils; Amylin oligomers and fibrils; Amyloid fibrils of human stefins; Fibrillar structure of Sup35 in vivo; Dopamine-induced a-synuclein oligomers ; Amyloid spherulites; A stable lipid-induced aggregate of alpha-synuclein Part 3. Polymorphism of protein misfolding and aggregation processes Multiple pathways of lysozyme aggregation; Structure-function study of amyloid ion channels in neurodegenerative diseases; Amyloid ß-protein assembly; Molecular mechanisms underlying alpha synucelin misassembly; Multiple pathways of amyloid assembly /disassembly studied by AFM; Sequestering of metastable proteins with essential cellular functions by amyloid-like aggregates; Misfolded intermediate of a PDZ domain; Structural characterization of the amyloidogenic state of human lysozyme; Landscape Model of Filamentous Protein Aggregation; Micelle formation by human islet amyloid polypeptide; Effect of anionic polysaccharide on ß-lactoglobulin fibrillation