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Structural Dynamics in Cellular Communication (2nd edition)
20-21 September 2018, Brussels, Belgium
Structural Dynamics in Cellular Communication (2nd edition)
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After a successful first edition in February 2015, with a great audience and speakers such as Nobel Prize winner Ada Yonath, we are honored to announce a second edition of this VIB Structural Biology conference.
This meeting will feature current developments in protein science with plenary sessions focusing on:
- macromolecular machines
- in situ structural biology
- structural engineering & drug discovery
- protein function/dynamics
In addition to the scientific program, conference attendees will have ample networking opportunities during breaks, reception, conference dinner and guided walk in Brussels.
Meet the Expert session with Patrick Cramer
Especially for junior researchers a ‘Meet the Expert' session with Patrick Cramer (Director at the Max Planck Institute of Biophysical Chemistry) will be organized on the 21th of September. During an informal round table discussion PhD students and postdocs will have the exclusive opportunity to ask any question/advise related to their research and careers. If you are interested in joining the session, then send an e-mail to conferences@vib.be. Seating is limited.
BECM Satellite Meeting
On September 19, the day before the Structural Dynamics in Cellular Communication meeting, there will be a BECM satellite meeting in Brussels.
If you would like to attend this satellite meeting for free please register separately. For more information see the program below.
Information for poster submissions:
The format for your poster should be: A0 (841 x 1189 mm / 33.1 x 46.8 in), portrait orientation
Confirmed speakers
Georgios Skiniotis
Georgios Skiniotis
Molecular and Cellular Physiology Department, Stanford University, US
Gabrielle Rudenko
Gabrielle Rudenko
Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch, US
Zachary A. Wood
Zachary A. Wood
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, US
Martin Pilhofer
Martin Pilhofer
Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology & Biophysics, ETH Zurich, CH
Program
BECM Sattelite meeting - Wednesday, 19 September, 2018
This event day precedes the Structural Dynamics in Cellular Communication meeting on 20-21 September 2018 in Brussels, BE.
If you would like to attend this satellite meeting please register seperately, for free, via this link: Register for BECM Satellite Meeting
BECM Satellite Meeting
Address: Auditorium QD, building D, VUB, Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels
09:30
09:45
Introduction to BECM
Rouslan Efremov
VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, BE
09:45
10:15
Introduction of JEOL cryoARM300 - JEOL
10:15
10:45
cryoARM300 at BECM - VIB-VUB
10:45
11:00
Coffee break
11:00
11:30
Analysis of conformational variability in cryo-EM
Pawel Penczek
The University of Texas, McGavern Medical School, US
11:30
12:00
Assembly, injection, translocation: Using cryoEM to understand the mechanism of bacterial ABC toxins
Christos Gatsogiannis
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, DE
12:00
12:30
Fibril Structure of Abeta(1-42) by Cryo-EM
Gunnar Schroeder
Computational Structural Biology, Forschungszentrum Jülich, DE
12:30
13:30
Sandwich lunch
13:30
14:00
Cryo-EM with phase plates
Radostin Danev
University of Tokyo, JP
14:00
14:30
Determining and approaching some of the physical limits in electron cryomicroscopy
Christopher Russo
LMB-MRC, UK
14:30
15:00
Microfluidic EM sample preparation for differential visual proteomics and diagnostics
Thomas Braun
Center for Cellular Imaging and Nanoanalytics (C-CINA), Biozentrum, University of Basel, CH
15:00
15:30
Coffee break
Official opening of the VIB-VUB facility for Bio Electron Cryogenic Microscopy (BECM)
Address: Auditorium QC, building Q, VUB, Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels
16:00
16:05
Welcome
Jan Steyaert
VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, BE
16:05
16:35
BECM Inaugural Lecture
Richard Henderson
LMB-MRC, UK
16:35
16:40
Jo Bury
Managing Director VIB, BE
16:40
16:45
Caroline Pauwels
Rector VUB, BE
16:45
16:50
Philippe Muyters
Flemish Minister for Work, Economy, Innovation and Sport, BE
16:50
16:55
Hans Willems
Secretary General, FWO, BE
16:55
16:57
Acknowledgements
Rouslan Efremov
VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, BE
17:00
17:15
Ribbon cutting ceremony at the BECM Facility
17:15
Reception with barbecue outside the BECM Facility & VUB Restaurant
Day 1 - Thursday, 20 September, 2018
08:45
09:10
Registration & welcome coffee
09:10
09:15
Welcome by the Organizing Committee
Session 1: Macromolecular Machines
09:15
09:50
Structural hybrid methods to probe the Type III Secretion injectisome of pathogenic bacteria
Natalie Strynadka
Department of Biochemistry, University of British Columbia, CA
09:50
10:25
Biophysics of bacteriophage tail contraction
Petr Leiman
University of Texas Medical Branch, US
10:25
10:55
Coffee break
10:55
11:30
Transporting cargo over long distances: insights from dynein/dynactin structures
Andrew Carter
MRC Lab of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
11:30
12:05
Molecular architecture of a core bacterial cell wall synthesis complex
Andrea Dessen
Institut de Biologie Structurale, FR
12:05
12:20
Cryo-EM structures of the mitochondrial calcium uniporters
Rozbeh Baradaran
MSKCC, US
Selected from abstracts
12:20
12:35
Structural insights into the human Mediator Tail module
Vincent Villeret
CNRS, FR
Selected from abstracts
12:35
13:30
Lunch
13:30
14:30
Poster session - odd numbers
Session 2: Protein Function/Dynamics
14:30
15:05
CryoEM visualization of G protein-coupled receptors
Georgios Skiniotis
Molecular and Cellular Physiology Department, Stanford University, US
15:05
15:40
How nature harnesses entropy to tune protein function
Zachary A. Wood
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, US
15:40
16:10
Coffee break
16:10
16:45
Complex Dynamics and Dynamic Complexes: NMR Studies of Large Scale Dynamics and their role in Protein Function
Martin Blackledge
Institut de Biologie Structurale, FR
16:45
17:20
From Nanobodies to Megabodies for applications in cryo-EM
Jan Steyaert
VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, BE
17:20
17:35
Conformational dynamics of a secondary multidrug transporter with single-molecule FRET
Aurélie Roth
Université libre de Bruxelles, BE
Selected from abstracts
17:35
17:50
Structural basis of quiescence and activation of the translocase motor SecA: A paradigm for the allosteric regulation of molecular motors
Srinath Krishnamurthy
Rega Institute, KU Leuven, BE
Selected from abstracts
17:50
19:00
Reception
20:00
22:30
Conference dinner
Day 2 - Friday, 21 September, 2018
08:45
09:15
Welcome coffee
Session 3: in situ Structural Biology
09:15
09:50
Integrated structural biology reveals the basis of gene transcription
Patrick Cramer
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, DE
09:50
10:25
Cell-cell interactions mediated by bacterial contractile injection systems
Martin Pilhofer
Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology & Biophysics, ETH Zurich, CH
10:25
10:55
Coffee break
10:25
10:55
Meet the Expert session with Patrick Cramer
10:55
11:30
Imaging protein dynamics by X-ray laser
John C. H. Spence
Department of Physics, Arizona State University, US
11:30
12:05
Fluorescence lifetime imaging and Förster resonant energy transfer
Paul M W French
Physics Department, Imperial College London, UK
12:05
12:20
Cell engineering to implement live-cell structural biology: reconstruction of the exocytic machinery
Oriol Gallego
Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, University Pompeu Fabra (UPF), ES
Selected from abstracts
12:20
12:35
The architecture of EGFR’s basal complexes reveals autoinhibition mechanisms in dimers and oligomers
Marisa Martin-Fernandez
Science & Technology Facilities Council, UK
Selected from abstracts
12:35
13:30
Lunch
13:30
14:30
Poster session - even numbers
Session 4: Structural Engineering & Drug Discovery
14:30
15:05
Dynamic Control of Synaptic Organizers – Shaping protein interaction networks in the synaptic cleft
Gabrielle Rudenko
Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch, US
15:05
15:40
Giant protein assemblies in nature and by design
Todd O. Yeates
Department of Biochemistry, UCLA, US
15:40
16:10
Coffee break
16:10
16:45
Structure and therapeutic targeting of bacterial S-layers
Han Remaut
VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, BE
16:45
17:00
Structural activation of pro-inflammatory Human Cytokine IL-23 by cognate IL-23 receptor enables recruitment of the shared receptor IL-12Rb1
Yehudi Bloch
VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, BE
Selected from abstracts
17:00
17:15
The structural basis of nanobody unfolding reversibility and thermoresistance
Patrick Kunz
German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, DE
Selected from abstracts
17:15
17:30
Fragment-based and Computational Methods Identify Ligandable Pockets on the von Hippel-Lindau E3 Ubiquitin Ligase
Inge Van Molle
VIB Laboratory of Structural and Molecular Microbiology, VUB, BE
Selected from abstracts
17:30
17:40
Closing remarks
Organizing committee
Han Remaut
VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, BE
Jan Steyaert
VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, BE
Peter Tompa
VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, BE
Joris Messens
VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, BE
Savvas Savvides
VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, BE
Evy Vierstraete
Science Events Manager VIB, BE
Abstracts
The full list of abstracts will be available on 13-09-2018 until 04-10-2018
This list will only be available for registered attendees of the event.
This list will only be available for registered attendees of the event.
Attendees
The full list of attendees will be available on 13-09-2018 until 04-10-2018
This list will only be available for registered attendees of the event.
This list will only be available for registered attendees of the event.
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