MBG Auditorium (1871-120), Dept. Molecular Biology and Genetics, Universitetsbyen 81, 8000 Aarhus
08:30 | Coffee and registration |
09:00 | Welcome by Poul Nissen (Dept. Molecular Biology and Genetics / DANDRITE) |
09:10 | Keynote lecture by Birthe B. Kragelund (Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen) Title: "Understanding Disordered Proteins Complexes by Integration" |
09:35 | Inspirational talk by Lucy Holt (Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen) Presentation of ISBUC (Integrative Structural Biology at University of Copenhagen) |
SESSION I - HIGHER ORDER STRUCTURE AND THE CELL | |
Chair: Rune Hartmann | |
09:55 | Thomas Vorup-Jensen (Dept. Biomedicine): “Protein Aggregates and Inflammation” |
10:10 | Thomas L-M Sørensen (Dept. Biological and Chemical Engineering): “Organoids and Imaging” |
10:25 | Robert Fenton (Dept. Biomedicine): “Systems biology of Slc12 transporters - from mouse to man” |
10:40 | Tobias Weidner (Dept. Chemistry): “Structural biology at interfaces” |
11:00 | Fulvio Reggiori (Dept. Biomedicine): “Autophagy in Health and Disease” |
11:15 | Group photo in the auditorium |
11:20 | Lunch and poster session (with prepared 2 min short-talks in front of posters) |
SESSION II - EXPERIMENTAL STRUCTURE DETERMINATION | |
Chair: Esben Lorentzen | |
12:45 13:00 | Henrik Birkedal (Dept. Chemistry): “Hierarchical biological structures by multiscale and multimodal X-ray imaging” Bjørn Pedersen (Dept. Molecular Biology and Genetics): “Molecular mechanisms of proton-driven transmembrane transport” |
13:15 | Poul Nissen (Dept. Molecular Biology and Genetics/DANDRITE): “Cryo-EM studies of mammalian membrane transporters” |
13:30 | Joseph Lyons (Dept. iNANO): “Structural and functional characterisation of lipid transport and metabolism systems” |
13:45 | Ditlev Brodersen (Dept. Molecular Biology and Genetics): “Understanding the molecular mechanisms of bacterial survival and immunity” |
14:00 | Daan van Aalten (Dept. Molecular Biology and Genetics): “Molecular mechanisms of O-GlcNAc signalling” |
14:15 | Mette Galsgaard Malle (postdoc in Jørgen Kjems group, iNANO) (CANCELLED: Christian Brix Folsted Andersen (Dept. Biomedicine): “Structure and function of endocytic receptors”) |
14:35 | Coffee and cake break |
SESSION III - INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES | |
Chair: Poul Nissen | |
15:00 | Thomas Boesen (Dept. iNANO): “The EMBION National Cryo-EM Facility” |
15:15 | Michael Westberg (Dept. Chemistry): "Protein Design, Binders, and Photoactive Domains: Characterization and Application" (CANCELLED: Søren Vrønning Hoffmann (Dept. Physics): “Synchrotron Radiation Circular Dichroism facilities at ASTRID2”) |
SESSION IV - STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS | |
Chair: Ebbe Andersen | |
15:30 | Victoria Birkedal (Dept. Chemistry): “Single molecule fluorescence imaging of nucleic acids and proteins” |
15:45 | Frans Mulder (Dept. Chemistry): “Measuring protein electrostatics by NMR spectroscopy” |
16:00 | Daniel Otzen (Dept. iNANO): “The Protein Biophysics group: from self-assembly to disassembly” |
16:15 | Jørgen Kjems (Dept. iNANO): “Engineering biological nanopores for sensing” |
16:35 | Break |
SESSION V - COMPUTATIONAL METHODS AND MODELLING | |
Chair: Daniel Otzen | |
17:00 | Birgit Schiøtt (Dept. Chemistry): “Complex membranes and how MD can provide insight in mechanism of membrane proteins” |
17:15 | Esben Lorentzen (Dept. Molecular Biology and Genetics): “Molecular mechanisms of cilium formation |
17:30 | Ebbe Andersen (Dept. iNANO): “Folding and flexibility of RNA nanostructures revealed by cryo-electron microscopy and tomography” |
17:45 | Jan Skov Pedersen (Dept. Chemistry): “Small-angle X-ray scattering for investigations of biomolecular complexes and for validation of EM maps” |
18:00 | Lili Zhang (Dept. Mechanical and Production Engineering): “Multi-Scale Methods to Extract Mechanical Properties from Molecular Dynamics Simulations” |
18:15 | Chao Sun (Dept. Molecular Biology and Genetics / DANDRITE): “Quantitative, Single-molecule Approaches to Neuronal Proteostasis” |
18:30-19:30 | Pizza and poster session |
Linking molecular cell biology, biophysics and structural biology at Aarhus University
The inauguration of the AUSBI network took place on
Friday 10 February 2023 at 9:00-19:30
Aarhus University, University City, MBG Auditorium (1871-120)