8:30 REGISTRATION

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SESSION -  MUCOLYTICS AND RHEOLOGY

Chair: Marina Pigaleva

09:00 Live cell rheometer links mucus rheology to cilia activity

Prof. Gerald Fuller | Stanford University, USA

09:45 Mucus plugging in asthma: molecular and cellular insights

Prof. Maude Liégeois | Université de Liège, BE

10:30 Mucus Rheology and Theory (preliminary title)

Robert Schmidt (A02) | Technische Universität Berlin

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10:50 COFFEE BREAK

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SESSION – MUCIN FUNCTION AND CHARACTERIZATION

Chair: tbd

11:20 Understanding how mucins contribute to mucus obstruction in the lung

Prof. Dave Thornton | The University of Manchester, UK

12:05 Mucus Metal Interactions (preliminary title)

Prof. Maria Maares | Universität Potsdam, D

12:25 PEG-induced collapse of mucin-inspired polymers during gelation revealed by EPR spectroscopy

Dr. Marina Pigaleva (Z01) | Freie Universität Berlin

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12:45 LUNCH BUFFET

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SESSION – BARRIER FUNCTION

Chair: Daniel Lauster

13:45 Mucus and Biofilms as Biological Barriers to Anti-infective Drug Delivery

Prof. Claus-Michael Lehr | Universität des Saarlandes & Helmholtz-Institut für Pharmazeutische Forschung Saarland, D

14:30 Mucus in Lung and Gut (preliminary title)

Dr. Laura Schaupp (B05) | Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

14:50 Motion of Salmonella Typhimurium in Bulk, Hydrogels, and Mucus

Prof. Stephan Block (B03) | Freie Universität Berlin

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15:15 COFFEE BREAK

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SESSION – MUCUS ANALYTICS AND FUNCTION

Chair: Kevin Pagel

15:45 tbd

tbd

16:30 The structure of a natural human mucin (preliminary title)

Dr. Gaël Vos (C01) | Freie Universität Berlin

16:50 Mucins in the Alveolus (preliminary title)

Dr. Geraldine Nouailles (C03) | Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

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17:15 POSTER PRIZES & CLOSING REMARKS

Prof. Rainer Haag | Freie Universität Berlin