Tuesday, 27 September 2011

Workshop in Athens




INTERNATIONAL

WORKSHOP

on

Macromolecular crystal growth and optimisation methods

 

National Centre for Scientific Research "DEMOKRITOS"

Athens, GREECE

 

31st October  - 3rd November  2011

 

 

Tentative List of Speakers

 

Professor Naomi Chayen, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Imperial College London, United Kingdom. In charge for the E.U. "TOPCRYST" project for Imperial College

The joys and challenges of crystallising proteins

 

Professor John R. Helliwell, Professor of Structural Chemistry and Chair, School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, United Kingdom

The lessons of diffraction resolution and the study of crustacyanin

 

Professor E. Eliopoulos, Professor in Biochemistry, Dept of Agricultural Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Bioinformatics as a tool for crystallisation of membrane proteins

 

Mr. Fabrice Gorrec, Automation Crystallization Scientist, Structural Studies, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Robotics, procedures and innovations for macromolecular crystallisation

 

Dr. Demetres D. Leonidas, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Dept. of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Greece.

High-throughput structure based drug design: crystallisation

 

Dr. Irene Margiolaki, Lecturer, Department of Biology, Section of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Patras, Greece and Visiting Scientist, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Grenoble, France

Macromolecular powder diffraction: current status and future prospects

 

Dr. Kyriacos Petratos, Principal Researcher, Protein Structure &  Function division, IMBB-FoRTH, Heraklion, Greece

Experimental phasing of diffraction data

 

Dr. Roberto Steiner, Principal Investigator, Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics Group Leader, King's College London, United Kingdom

There's more than one way to skin a cat (and to crystallize proteins): simple alternative strategies that worked for us (hopefully for you as well)

 

Dr. Marcus Swann, Cchem, MRSC, Business Manager, Farfield Group Ltd, Manchester, United Kingdom. In charge for the E.U. "TOPCRYST" project for Farfield Group Ltd

Characterising biomolecular assemblies using Dual Polarisation Interferometry

 

Dr. Emmanuel Saridakis, Research Fellow, N.C.S.R. "Demokritos", Institute of Physical Chemistry, Athens, Greece. Co-ordinator of the E.U. "TOPCRYST" Project

Dual Polarisation Interferometry as a diagnostic tool for protein crystallisation

 

Professor Socrates Tzartos, Professor of Immunobiology, Dept. of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Greece & Head of the Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology and Immunology, Department of Biochemistry, Hellenic Pasteur Institute. Athens

Membrane proteins: the paradigm of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in muscle and nerve

 

Dr. Spyros E. Zographos, Researcher, National Hellenic Research Foundation , Institute of Organic & Pharmaceutical Chemistry, 11635 Athens, Greece

The purification of proteins: Objectives and strategy, choice of source, purification methods (an overview of chromatographic methods), and protein purification examples

 

Dr. Lata Govada, Research Associate, Crystallisation Group, Biomolecular Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

When we twist... so we twist ... for better diffracting crystals

 

Dr. Sahir Khurshid, Research Associate, Crystallisation Group, Biomolecular Medicine, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Theory and practice of protein crystallisation

 

 

The Workshop will also comprise demonstrations of Dual Polarisation Interferometry, crystallisation setup methods and crystallisation robotics.

 

Lunch and some dinners will be provided.

Limited financial support will be available to the attendants.

 

Limited to 20 participants. Applications to be sent to:

Dr. Emmanuel Saridakis

Institute of Physical Chemistry, N.C.S.R. "Demokritos"

Athens 15310, Greece

 

esaridak@chem.demokritos.gr

fax: +30-210-6511766

 


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