Programme and Venue

Instruct-ERIC Centre Finland Opening and Structural Biology Finland Conference 2021 will be an online meeting on December 17, 2021 at 9:30-18:00 EET (8:30-17:00 CET).
Venue

Due to the Covid-19 epidemic, the event will be held only as an online event

  • a link provided for registered participants
Session 1.

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

 

Session 2.

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)

Session 3.

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)