Joint Annual Meeting of Finnish Synchrotron Radiation User Organisation (FSRUO) and
Finnish Structural Biology Network (FinnBox)
in Turku, 4.-5.12.2017
Venue: Arc1, Arcanum, University of Turku
You are warmly welcome to participate in all the sessions! See the program below.
Click here to download the abstract booklet
Click here to download the program as a PDF file
Poster session, credit points for graduate students
Invited talks:
- Prof. Serguei Molodtsov, European XFEL
- Dr. Harald Reichert, ESRF
- Prof. Derek Logan, MAX IV Laboratory
- Prof. Sarah Butcher, University of Helsinki
- Dr. Zoë Fisher, ESS
- Dr. Tommi Nyrönen, CSC-IT Center for Science
- Dr. Andreas Scherer, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland
- Dr. Eero Itälä, University of Turku
Program:
4.12. Monday |
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9:00 | Registration opens (Arcanum) |
9:45 | Coffee |
Presentation of European infrastructure programs | |
10:15 |
Prof. Sarah Butcher (Director of the Instruct-FI steering group) Instruct-ERIC - A pan-European research infrastructure in structural biology |
10:45 |
Dr. Tommi Nyrönen (Project Director, CSC - IT Center for Science) ELIXIR - A distributed infrastructure for life-science information |
11:15 |
Dr. Andreas Scherer (Project Director, FIMM) EATRIS ERIC - supporting translational research through creation of scientific networks |
12:00-13:00 | Lunch break |
Session 1 | |
13:00 | Dr. Zoë Fisher (European Spallation Source, Lund) Structural biology using neutrons |
13:45 | Prof. Sarah Butcher (University of Helsinki) An introduction to cryoEM and image reconstruction and their use to explore new antiviral drugs at atomic resolution |
14:15 | Dr. Johanna Hakanpää (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Desy, Hamburg) Serial synchrotron crystallography at EMBL PETRA III beamline P14 |
14:45-15:15 |
Coffee |
Session 2 | |
15:15 | Prof. Serguei Molodtsov (European XFEL, Hamburg) Research at the European X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) facility |
16:00 |
Dr. Harald Reichert (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, ESRF, Grenoble) – Title to be announced later |
16:45 | Poster session and flash talks |
18:00 | FSRUO Annual meeting |
19:00 | Buffet dinner (Arcanum) |
5.12. Tuesday |
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Session 3 | |
9:00 | Prof. Derek Logan (Lund University, SARomics Biostructures) Structural diversity of oligomerisation induced inhibition of ribonucleotide reductases |
9:45 | Dr. Eero Itälä (University of Turku) Can gas-phase experiments explain the chemistry of radiosensitization? |
10:15 | Prof. Gerrit Groenhof (University of Jyväskylä) Observe while it happens: catching a photoreceptor in the act with a free electron laser |
10:30 | Prof. Marko Huttula (University of Oulu) Synchrotron based soft X-ray spectromicroscopy for bio, medical and hard materials characterization |
10:45 | Closing the joint meeting |
11:00-12:00 | Lunch break |
FinnBox Session | |
12:30 | Dr. Helena Taberman (University of Oxford) Mechanism or X-ray damage? A case study with Xylose isomerase |
13:00 | Dr. Anton V. Zavialov (University of Turku) Structural basis for Acinetobacter baumannii biofilm formation |
13:30 | Dr. Ulla Pentikäinen (University of Turku) What goes wrong in diseases? Applying structural biology in the investigation of molecular mechanisms of diseases |
14:00 | Coffee and guided tour in Biocity |
- Download the poster here.
Venue: Arc1, Arcanum, University of Turku
Address: Arcanuminkuja 4 (Vatselankatu 2), 20014 University of Turku
Link to campus map (Arcanum, map code T22) can be found here
Parking at University of Turku campus area: Arcanuminkuja and Assistentinkatu, hourly fee, payed only by mobile phone
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Scientific advisory committee:
- Prof. Marko Huttula, University of Oulu
- Prof. Simo Huotari, University of Helsinki
- Docent Tommi Kajander, University of Helsinki
- Dr. Harri Ali-Löytty, Tampere University of Technology
- Adj. Prof. Tiina Salminen, Åbo Akademi University
- Prof. Edwin Kukk, University of Turku
- Adj. Prof. Anastassios Papageorgiou, University of Turku
- Dr. Sari Granroth, University of Turku