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, 14 November 2024 (08:30) to Friday, 15 November 2024 (18:00)

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

08:30

08:30 - 09:45

09:45 Welcome
Welcome
09:45 - 10:00
10:00 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 - 10:30
10:30 "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 - 11:00
11:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 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 - 12:00
12:00 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 - 12:30
12:30 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 - 13:00
13:00 Lunch
Lunch
13:00 - 14:30
14:30 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)
14:30 - 15:00
15:00 Invited talk - Israel S. Fernández (Biofisika Institute, Spain)
Invited talk
- Israel S. Fernández (Biofisika Institute, Spain)
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 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)
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30
16:30 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)
16:30 - 17:00
17:00 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)
17:00 - 17:30
Friday, 15 November 2024

08:30 Bus departure from PCB and hotel to ALBA synchrotron
Bus departure from PCB and hotel to ALBA synchrotron
08:30 - 09:30
09:30 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)
09:30 - 10:00
Room: Auditorium
10:00 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 - 10:30
Room: Auditorium
10:30 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 - 11:00
Room: Auditorium
11:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 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 - 12:00
Room: Auditorium
12:00 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 - 12:30
Room: Auditorium The T-REXX endstation on beamline P14 at PETRA III: working towards improving the accessibility of time-resolved macromolecular crystallography
12:30 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 - 13:00
Room: Auditorium
13:00 Announcements
Announcements
13:00 - 13:15
Room: Auditorium

13:15 Closing Remarks
Closing Remarks
13:15 - 13:30
Room: Auditorium

13:30 Lunch
Lunch
13:30 - 14:30

14:30 Visit to ALBA beamlines
Visit to ALBA beamlines
14:30 - 16:00
Room: Experimental Hall

16:00 Bus departure to Barcelona-Plaça Espanya
Bus departure to Barcelona-Plaça Espanya
16:00 - 17:00