The BCA Biological Structures Group winter meeting will be held on Friday 18th 
December 2009 at the Royal Free Hospital in north London, starting at 11.00 am. 
 
The theme of the meeting is 'Pathological Proteins' - the aim is to encompass 
structural studies of proteins involved in a range of disease processes 
including neurological disorders, amyloid disease, infection and immunity. 
 
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Confirmed speakers include: 
 
Prof. Salam Al-Karadaghi, Department of Molecular Biophysics, University of 
Lund, Sweden. ‘Insights into the molecular mechanism of Friedreich's ataxia 
from X-ray crystallography and electron microscopy studies of frataxin.’ 
 
Dr Kate Brown, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London. Title to 
be announced. 
 
Dr Leo James, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge. 'Cyclophilin A: 
HIV co-factor or antiviral?' 
 
Dr Simon Kolstoe, UCL Department of Medicine (Royal Free Campus). ‘Targeting 
transthyretin - X-ray crystallography and rational drug design.’ 
 
Dr Paul McEwan, Centre for Biomolecular Science, University of Nottingham. 
Title to be announced. 
 
Dr Arefeh Seyedarabi, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, 
University of London. 'Structural and functional studies of IpaH9.8 from 
Shigella flexneri'. 
 
Dr Ian Taylor, National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London. ‘The 
retroviral capsid and restriction factors.’ 
 
Prof Gabriel Waksman, ISMB, Birkbeck / UCL. ‘Structural Biology of Type IV 
Secretion Systems.’ 
 
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The Royal Free Hospital is about 15 - 30 minutes on the Underground from most 
London main line rail terminals. 
 
Registration and further details about the meeting are now available at the 
following link: 
 
http://www.bsg.crystallography.org.uk/wint09.html
 
I look forward to seeing you there.
 
Jon Cooper
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Laboratory for Protein Crystallography, 
Centre for Amyloidosis and Acute Phase Proteins, 
UCL Department of Medicine (Royal Free Campus), 
Rowland Hill Street, London, NW3 2PF. 
E-mail: j.b.coo...@medsch.ucl.ac.uk

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