Due to the Covid-19 epidemic, the event will be held only as an online event
Chair Tommi Kajander (University of Helsinki)
9:30-9:45
Welcome and Opening Words
Sarah Butcher (University of Helsinki, Instruct-ERIC Finland and FINStruct Director)
9:45-10:15
Instruct-ERIC as a vehicle for combating the Covid-19 pandemic
David Stuart (University of Oxford, Instruct-ERIC Director)
10:15-10:30
Research on human tankyrases at the Instruct-ERIC facilities: Structural studies and drug development
Lari Lehtiö (University of Oulu, Biocenter Oulu Structural Biology core facility)
10:30-10:45
Characterization of extracellular vesicles with the facilities offered by structural biology
Marjo Yliperttula (University of Helsinki)
10:45-11:00
Insights into transcribing viral particles through high quality sample preparation and cryo-electron microscopy
Minna Poranen (University of Helsinki, Biomolecular Complex Purification core facility)
11:00-11:15
The structure and interactions of NDRG1, a multifunctional protein linked to myelination and DNA repair
Salla Ruskamo (University of Oulu)
11:15-11:45
Poster Flash Presentations selected from abstracts
11:45-13:00 Lunch break, Visit the Commercial Exhibition Room and the ePoster Wall
Chair Maria Anastasina (University of Helsinki
13:00-13:15
Seeing is believing – capturing dynamic viruses in the act
Sarah Butcher (University of Helsinki, CryoEM Core Facility)
13:15-13:30
Native mass spectrometry in studying protein structure and function
Juha Rouvinen (University of Eastern Finland, Native Mass Spectrometry Core facility)
13:30-13:45
Tailored training and state-of-the-art infrastructure at the Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory
Tiina A. Salminen (Åbo Akademi University, Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory)
13:45-14:00
Recent advances in mass spectrometry based quantitative proteomics
Markku Varjosalo (University of Helsinki, Single-Cell Proteomics Core Facility)
14:00-14:15
The new detector and goniometer setup at the Turku Protein Structure and Chemistry Core Facility: One year of operation
Anastassios Papageorgiou (University of Turku, Protein Structure and Chemistry Core Facility)
14:15-14:30
Cryo-EM structure of human TRiC chaperonin reveals actin and tubulin folding intermediates
Juha Huiskonen (University Of Helsinki)
14:30-15:30
Poster session I (Poster Session Room, Posters 1-27)
Chair Ilona Rissanen (University of Helsinki)
15:30-16:00
Structural basis of rapid actin dynamics in pathogenic Leishmania parasites
Pekka Lappalainen (University of Helsinki)
16:00-16:15
Structural dynamics and solvent access in the function of the bacterial phytochrome
Janne Ihalainen (University of Jyväskylä)
16:15-16:30
Borrelia burgdorferi BmpD – a novel drug target for Lyme disease
Mia Åstrand (Åbo Akademi University)
16:30-16:45
The endocytic cytoskeleton as a model to understand actin regulation
Leonardo Almeida-Souza (University of Helsinki)
16:45-17:45
Poster session II (Poster Session Room, Posters 1-27)
17:45-18:00
Wrap up of the meeting, poster prize announcement
Sarah Butcher (University of Helsinki)