This First Annual Scientific Meeting took place online on February 16th, 2021.
It turned out a great meeting with over 300 participants from all over the world that enjoyed excellent internal and external speakers explaining recent structural biology technology developments and applications!
Time Table
Session 1: New developments in iNEXT technologies (Chair: Margarida Archer, ITQB)
11:00 - 11:05 | Margarida Archer | ITQB | Opening words |
11:05 - 11:20 | Roberta Pierattelli | CIRMMP | Structural and unstructural biology by NMR |
11:20 - 11:40 | Rebecca Thompson | ABSL | Behaviour of macromolecules at the air water interface and its role in cryoEM sample preparation |
11:40 - 12:00 | Haydyn Mertens | EMBL-HH | Developments in SAXS at the P12 beamline of the EMBL in Hamburg |
12:00 - 12:20 | Josan Marquez | EMBL-GR | High-throughput, Automated Crystallography Pipelines for Drug Discovery |
12:20 - 12:40 | Peijun Zhang | Oxford University | Visualizing virus infection by multi-scale cryo-imaging |
12:40 - 13:00: Socialize / Meet the Speakers
13:00 - 13:10 | Ben Apker | MiTeGen | Crystallography and Cryo-EM Sample Preparation and Handling Technology Developments |
13:10 - 14:00: Flash talks - 5 minute presentations (Chair: Enrico Luchinat, CIRMMP):
Lukas Trantirek (CEITEC), Juan Reguera Vidaechea (AMU, FR), Tiago Lopes Gomes (IRB, ES), Albert Weixlbaumer (CBI), Marta Perez-Illana (CNB-CSIC), Carlos Oscar Sorzano (CSIC), Daiana Capdevila (IL, AR), Marco Schiavina (CIRMMP).
14:00 - 14:30: Break / Info
14:00 - 14:30 | Hans Wienk | NKI | iNEXT-Discovery Q&A |
14:00 - 14:30 | Callum Smith | INSTRUCT | ARIA Info session / Q&A |
Session 2: Insights in structural biology, Pt. 1 (Chair: Michaela Wimmerova, CEITEC)
14:30 - 15:00 | Katja Petzold | Karolinska Institute, Stockholm | Dancing RNA: microRNA dynamics by NMR |
15:00 - 15:30 | Martin Blackledge | IBS, Grenoble | NMR studies of highly dynamic viral replication complexes |
15:30 - 16:00 | Montserrat Barcena | LUMC, Leiden | Cellular cryotomography unveils a missing link in coronavirus replication |
16:00 - 16:15: Break
Session 3: Insights in structural biology, Pt. 2 (Chair: Jose Maria Carazo, CSIC)
16:15 - 16:45 | Holger stark | MPI, Goettingen | Atomic resolution structure determination by cryo-EM |
16:45 - 17:15 | Dominik Oberthuer | DESY, Hamburg | High output serial crystallography |
17:15 - 17:45 | Brent Nannenga | Arizona State University | High-resolution structure determination by microcrystal electron diffraction |
17:45 | Tassos Perrakis | NKI | Closing words |
18:00 - 19:00: Socializing - Meet the speakers, meet the technologies
Thank you all for making this a great event!
The Organizing Team
Margarida Archer (ITQB)
Jose Maria Carazo (CSIC)
Enrico Luchinat (CIRMMP)
Michaela Wimmerová (CEITEC)
Anastassis Perrakis (NKI)
Hans Wienk (NKI)