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. Registration closes on 4th December. Confirmed speakers ---------------------------------------------------------- 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. 'Scraping the surface of C. difficile: structural characterisation of SLPs and toxin B.' Dr Carien Dekker, The Institute of Cancer Reseach, London. 'The crystal structure of the eukaryotic chaperonin CCT.' 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. 'Loosening the grip on von Willebrand factor by breaking the thumb of GPib.' 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 of Medical Research, Mill Hill, London. ‘The retroviral capsid and restriction factors.’ Prof Gabriel Waksman, ISMB, Birkbeck / UCL. ‘Structural Biology of Type IV Secretion Systems.’ ---------------------------------------------------------- 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 <http://www.bsg.crystallography.org.uk/wint09.html> I look forward to seeing you there. Jon Cooper -------------------------------------- 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
