Name: Integrative Structural Biology Symposium
Start: 2024-11-14T08:30:00+01:00
End: 2024-11-15T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Parc Científic de Barcelona (14/11/2024) - ALBA Synchrotron (15/11/2024)

Integrative Structural Biology Symposium

from Thursday, November 14, 2024 (8:30 AM) to Friday, November 15, 2024 (6:00 PM)

Monday, November 11, 2024
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Thursday, November 14, 2024

8:30 AM

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM

9:45 AM Welcome
Welcome
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM Integrating NMR with cryo-EM to tackle dynamic protein complexes - Charalampos Kalodimos (St Jude Children's Research Hospital, USA)
Integrating NMR with cryo-EM to tackle dynamic protein complexes
- Charalampos Kalodimos (St Jude Children's Research Hospital, USA)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:30 AM "Lifting" the curtain on the molecular architecture of extracellular matrix using cryo-electron tomography - Florian Schur (Institute of Science and Technology, Austria)
"Lifting" the curtain on the molecular architecture of extracellular matrix using cryo-electron tomography
- Florian Schur (Institute of Science and Technology, Austria)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM A Structural Perspective of the Pathological Threshold in Huntington’s Disease - Pau Bernadó, (Centre de Biochimie Structurale, France)
A Structural Perspective of the Pathological Threshold in Huntington’s Disease
- Pau Bernadó, (Centre de Biochimie Structurale, France)
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
12:00 PM Deciphering chromatin organization and key DNA repair processes in the radiation resistant bacterium, Deinococcus radiodurans, using an integrated structural and cell biology approach - Joanna Timmins (Institute of Biologie Structurale, France)
Deciphering chromatin organization and key DNA repair processes in the radiation resistant bacterium, Deinococcus radiodurans, using an integrated structural and cell biology approach
- Joanna Timmins (Institute of Biologie Structurale, France)
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM Beyond Structures: Deciphering the Regulatory Interplay between Cell-Wall Degrading Machineries and Bacterial Cell Division - Juan Hermoso (Institute of Physical Chemistry Blas Cabrera, Spain)
Beyond Structures: Deciphering the Regulatory Interplay between Cell-Wall Degrading Machineries and Bacterial Cell Division
- Juan Hermoso (Institute of Physical Chemistry Blas Cabrera, Spain)
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
1:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM Integrated Structural Biology Studies, focusing on RNA - Harald Schwalbe (University of Frankfurt, Germany)
Integrated Structural Biology Studies, focusing on RNA
- Harald Schwalbe (University of Frankfurt, Germany)
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM Invited talk - Israel S. Fernández (Biofisika Institute, Spain)
Invited talk
- Israel S. Fernández (Biofisika Institute, Spain)
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM XFEL- and synchrotron-based serial crystallography studies of the membrane-bound proton pump cytochrome c oxidase - Gisela Brändén (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
XFEL- and synchrotron-based serial crystallography studies of the membrane-bound proton pump cytochrome c oxidase
- Gisela Brändén (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
4:30 PM Cryogenic probes to enhance Solid-state NMR signal detection in Integrative Structural Biology: Applications to Protein Assemblies - Miguel Mompeán (Institute of Physical Chemistry Blas Cabrera, Spain)
Cryogenic probes to enhance Solid-state NMR signal detection in Integrative Structural Biology: Applications to Protein Assemblies
- Miguel Mompeán (Institute of Physical Chemistry Blas Cabrera, Spain)
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM SymProFold: Structural prediction of symmetrical biological assemblies - Tea Pavkov-Keller (University of Graz, Austria)
SymProFold: Structural prediction of symmetrical biological assemblies
- Tea Pavkov-Keller (University of Graz, Austria)
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Friday, November 15, 2024

8:30 AM Bus departure from PCB and hotel to ALBA synchrotron
Bus departure from PCB and hotel to ALBA synchrotron
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
9:30 AM Harnessing Synergy: NMR and Synchrotron Radiation Illuminate the DNA Damage Response - Irene Díaz (University of Sevilla, Spain)
Harnessing Synergy: NMR and Synchrotron Radiation Illuminate the DNA Damage Response
- Irene Díaz (University of Sevilla, Spain)
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Auditorium
10:00 AM Shedding light onto the Protein Universe at unprecedented scales - Joanna Pereira (Biozentrum Basel, Switzerland)
Shedding light onto the Protein Universe at unprecedented scales
- Joanna Pereira (Biozentrum Basel, Switzerland)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Auditorium
10:30 AM Unveiling the Molecular Bases of RNA Virus Replication Using Integrative Structural Biology - Núria Verdaguer (Institute of Molecular Biology of Barcelona, Spain)
Unveiling the Molecular Bases of RNA Virus Replication Using Integrative Structural Biology
- Núria Verdaguer (Institute of Molecular Biology of Barcelona, Spain)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Auditorium
11:00 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM Cryo Electron Microscopy and the new image processing methods to handle conformational and compositional heterogeneity - José Maria Carazo (National Centre for Biotechnolgy, Spain)
Cryo Electron Microscopy and the new image processing methods to handle conformational and compositional heterogeneity
- José Maria Carazo (National Centre for Biotechnolgy, Spain)
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Auditorium
12:00 PM The T-REXX endstation on beamline P14 at PETRA III: working towards improving the accessibility of time-resolved macromolecular crystallography - Arwen Pearson (University of Hamburg, Germany)
The T-REXX endstation on beamline P14 at PETRA III: working towards improving the accessibility of time-resolved macromolecular crystallography
- Arwen Pearson (University of Hamburg, Germany)
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Room: Auditorium The T-REXX endstation on beamline P14 at PETRA III: working towards improving the accessibility of time-resolved macromolecular crystallography
12:30 PM XAIRA beamline at ALBA: Advancing macromolecular crystallography with low background diffraction and micron-sized beam - Damià Garriga (ALBA Synchrotron Light Souce, Spain)
XAIRA beamline at ALBA: Advancing macromolecular crystallography with low background diffraction and micron-sized beam
- Damià Garriga (ALBA Synchrotron Light Souce, Spain)
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Auditorium
1:00 PM Announcements
Announcements
1:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Room: Auditorium

1:15 PM Closing Remarks
Closing Remarks
1:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Room: Auditorium

1:30 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

2:30 PM Visit to ALBA beamlines
Visit to ALBA beamlines
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Experimental Hall

4:00 PM Bus departure to Barcelona-Plaça Espanya
Bus departure to Barcelona-Plaça Espanya
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM