On Thursday 11 December 2025 from 13:00-17:30, AUSBI is hosting an afternoon meeting focusing on cryo-EM/ET and microED, where we will explore techniques and know-how available to researchers at Aarhus University. The aims of the meeting is to share experiences with relevant techniques, and to connect research groups across AU who share an interest in cryo-EM.
At the meeting, we will have the pleasure of having invited speakers Azadeh Shahsavar (University of Copenhagen) and Rainer Kaufmann (University of Hamburg) presenting their research and methods expertises, besides local AUSBI researchers working with cryo-EM, who will also be presenting their methods and know-how.
Please register via this link: https://event.au.dk/events/ausbi-cryoem-afternoon-meeting
Please register by Friday 5th December (free of charge), so we can order catering accordingly.
The meeting is open to everyone interested across AU departments, and we strongly encourage both group leaders, junior researchers, and students to join.
Participants are highly encouraged to bring a poster about their research (re-use of existing posters are perfectly fine).
Note that group leaders are highly encouraged to participate, also in order to stimulate attendance for the rest of their group, and bring forward valuable input about possible method-expertise and collaborations across groups and departments.
Organizers:
Please register by Friday 5th December (free of charge), so we can order catering accordingly.
Date: Thursday 11 December 2025
Venue: iNANO auditorium (1593-012), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, Aarhus C
13:05 Session 1 (in the iNANO aud.)
13:05-13:50
Invited speaker Azadeh Shahsavar, Dept. Drug Design and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen
Structural insights into the mechanisms of neurotransmitter transport and inhibition
13:50-14:05
AUSBI researcher Marlene U. Fruergaard, Dept. Molecular Biology and Genetics, AU
Use of CHAPS to improve particle orientation distribution: Examples from soluble protein samples
14:05-14:20
AUSBI researcher Mads Lykke Justesen, iNANO, AU
A cryo-electron tomography and subtomogram averaging workflow for studying conductive bacterial filaments
14:20-14:35
AUSBI researcher Thea Schinkel, iNANO, AU
Reducing orientation bias of aptamer-hCD40L complexes
14:35 Break (in the iNANO foyer)
15:00 Session 2 (in the iNANO aud.)
15:00-15:45
Invited speaker Rainer Kaufmann, University of Hamburg
Development of a dedicated setup for super-resolution cryo-CLEM
15:45-16:00
AUSBI researcher Thomas Boesen, iNANO, AU
Presenting the EMBION facility - the National cryo-EM Facility at AU
16:00-16:15
AUSBI researcher Santana Royan, iNANO, AU
Electron Diffraction of Protein Nanocrystals
16:15-16:30
AUSBI researcher Emil Dedic, Dept. Molecular Biology and Genetics, AU
Optimized workflow for cryo-electron tomography on plant protoplasts
16:30 Poster session and pizza (in the iNANO foyer)
Tour of the cryo-EM facility (EMBION) for those interested
17:30 Thanks for today
