IOCB is organizing a one day scientific symposium to mark the acquisition of the state-of-the-art instrumentation (in-house X-ray diffractometer and high-field NMR). There will be a number of talks given by invited speakers as well as by speakers from within the Institute. The symposium will be held on September 3, 2015 at the Faculty of Architecture - Gočár lecture theatre (Czech Technical University) - right across the road from the IOCB. There is no attendance fee; only the registration via the form (http://www.uochb.cz/web/structure/1494.html) is required.
Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague presents Gerard Klewegt (PDBe) title to be announced 12 May 2015, 3 PM, Viničná 7, Photochemistry lecture hall
Czech and Slovak Crystallographic Association and Regional Committee of the IUCr organize colloquium Struktura 2015 with the 11th student symposium. The colloquium will take place in Hotel Adamantino in Pozlovice (near Luhačovice) in 22-25 June 2015. More details at www.xray.cz/kolokvium/
EUROMAR 2015 will be hosted by Prague. The largest European congress on magnetic resonance will commence in the Prague Congress Center, a place with stunning panorama view of Prague Castle. www.euromar2015.org
Call for proposals for the Instruct Internship programme and Instruct pilot R & D projects 2015 are now invited. Deadline for proposal submission is 5pm CET, Friday 12th June 2015.
Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) allows the three-dimensional (3D) visualization/ characterization of biological structures in a close-to-native state that range from individual macromolecular complexes and large molecular machines to the intricate macromolecular network within entire cells. While single particle methods enable us to obtain 3D structures of isolated and purified complexes to sub-nanometer resolution, cryo-electron tomography allows today studies in situ, which offers the possibility to do quantitative cell biology studies at the molecular level and even under different physiological conditions.
The combination of cryo-EM with other complementary methods of structural biology (such as NMR, X-ray crystallography and mass-spectrometry) will provide the structural basis for our future understanding of biological processes, expanding our knowledge into hitherto unknown dimensions. This symposium aims to bring together world leading scientists in the field of cryoelectron microscopy, who will present and discuss their latest research and who will give a glimpse into the future of a field that is going through a revolution in technology that represents a quantum leap which had not been seen in over two decades.
The combination of cryo-EM with other complementary methods of structural biology (such as NMR, X-ray crystallography and mass-spectrometry) will provide the structural basis for our future understanding of biological processes, expanding our knowledge into hitherto unknown dimensions. This symposium aims to bring together world leading scientists in the field of cryoelectron microscopy, who will present and discuss their latest research and who will give a glimpse into the future of a field that is going through a revolution in technology that represents a quantum leap which had not been seen in over two decades.