Joint Research Group Macromolecular Crystallography
Fifth Joint Berlin MX-day
Main Seminar Room, FMP, Campus Berlin Buch, Robert-Rössle-Str. 10, 13125 Berlin
15 October 2014
Participants of the 5th Joint Berlin MX-Day
Meeting Agenda
| 09:00 ‐ 10:40 | Session I: Receptors (Chair: Roman Hillig, BayerHealthCare) |
| 09:00 ‐ 09:10 | Roman Hillig (BayerHealthCare) Welcome |
| 09:10 ‐ 09:32 | Michal Szczepek (AG Scheerer, Charite) Crystal structure of a common GPCR-binding interface for G protein and arrestin |
| 09:32 ‐ 09:55 | Clarissa Eibl (AG Plested, FMP) Structural studies on the AMPA-type glutamate receptor |
| 09:55 ‐ 10:17 | Jonas Hanske (AG Rademacher, MPI Potsdam) Structure and dynamics changes of C-type lectin receptors upon ligand binding |
| 10:17 - 10:40 | Kathrin Schulte (AG Daumke, MDC) |
| 10:40 ‐ 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 ‐ 12:30 | Session II: The Membrane (Chair: Patrick Scheerer, Charite) |
| 11:00 ‐ 11:22 | Andy Nieuwkoop (AG Oschkinat, FMP) Fast magic-angle-spinning NMR of ABC transporters and other membrane proteins |
| 11:22 ‐ 11:45 | Jean-Philippe Demers (AG Langer, FMP) High-resolution structure of the Shigella flexneri Type-III Secretion needle by solid-state NMR and cryo-electron microscopy |
| 11:45 ‐ 12:07 | Enrica Bordignon (FU) Structural model of actibe Bax at the membrane |
| 12:07 ‐ 12:30 | Martin Bommer (AG Dobbek, HU) Native mini solar panels - dissolved from the biological membrane and reassembled inside a protein crystal |
| 12:30 ‐ 13:30 | Lunch Break at Mensa |
13:30 ‐ 15:00 | Session III: Technical advances (Chair: Udo Heinemann, MDC) |
| 13:30 ‐ 13:52 | Uwe Mueller (HZB) Update on facilities for macromolecular crystallography at HZB-BESSY II |
| 13:52 ‐ 14:15 | Charlotte Helene Wittig (AG Möglich, HU) Manipulating Cyclic Nucleotide Levels by Red Light |
| 14:15 ‐ 14:37 | Karine Sparta (HZB) New advances in XDSAPP, the expert GUI for automated diffraction data processing using XDS |
| 14:37 ‐ 15:00 | Jochen Fesseler (AG Dobbek, HU) Insights into enzymatic COx-transformations at true atomic resolution |
| 15:00 ‐ 15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30 ‐ 17:00 | Session IV: Enzymes (Chair: Enrica Bordignon, FU) |
| 15:30 ‐ 15:52 | Jaqueline Kalms (AG Scheerer, Charite) O2-tolerant [NiFe] hydrogenase of Ralstonia eutropha: Investigations on channels and pathways |
| 15:52 ‐ 16:15 | Ronja Janke (AG Wahl, FU) A bacterial diterpene cyclase: CotB2 |
| 16:15 ‐ 16:37 | Yvette Roske (AG Heinemann, MDC) Crystal structure of the GFRP homologue from Trypanosoma cruzi |
| 16:37 ‐ 17:00 | Karine dos Santos (AG Wahl, FU) Cross-talk between the two helicase cassettes of the spliceosomal RNP remodeling enzyme, Brr2 |
| 17:00 ‐ | BBQ |