Structural Studies Regional Symposium

Introduction

The purpose of the symposium series is to bring together researchers from Hangzhou with a focus on ongoing research by emerging scientists. This platform will provide opportunities to showcase studies in progress and engage in discussions with peers to cultivate enhanced cooperation.


Date: January 15th, 2023 (09:00 - 19:00)

Venue: 1F Lecture Hall, Building 5, Yunqi Campus, Westlake University


Event Contacts:
Yiming Chen (陈一鸣) / chenyiming(at)westlake.edu.cn
Alexey Amunts / amunts(at)westlake.edu.cn

January 15, 2024 (Monday)
Talks: 20 min presentation + 5 min discussion
Language: all sessions and talks will be delivered in English
Organizers:
Alexey Amunts (Westlake University), Miao Gui (Liangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University), Long Zhou (School of Medicine, Zhejiang University)
Session I: Plant Structural Biology
09:00 - 09:25
A plant mechanism of hijacking a pathogenic virulence factor into a trigger of innate immunity
Jijie Chai
School of Life Sciences, Westlake University
09:25 - 09:50
Cryo-EM structure of the plant plastid-encoded RNA polymerase
Xiaoxian Wu
Shanghai Institute of Biological Institutes, Chinese Academy of Sciences
09:50 - 10:15
Phycobilisome-Photosystems megacomplex of red algae revealed by in-situ cryo-EM
Xing Zhang
School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University
10:15 - 10:40
Structural analysis of core complex from Roseiflexus castenholzii
Guanglei Wang
CAS Institute of Botany, Beijing
10:40 - 11:10
Coffee Break
Session II: Filaments
11:10 - 11:35
Using high-resolution cryo-EM to understand the mechanism of ciliopathies
Miao Gui
Liangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University
11:35 - 12:00
Assembly and subcellular organization of a bacterial intermediate filament protein
Yue Liu
School of Medicine, Zhejiang University
12:00 - 12:25
Structure-based classification of tauopathies and identification of PET ligand binding sites
Yang Shi
Liangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
Session III: Membrane Proteins
13:30 - 13:55
Functional characterizations of CatSper auxiliary subunits
Jianping Wu
School of Life Sciences, Westlake University
13:55 - 14:20
The highly divergent respiratory complexes and mega-complexes of Tetrahymena thermophila
Long Zhou
School of Medicine, Zhejiang University
14:20 - 14:45
Mechanistic Insights into G protein modulation of Adenylyl Cyclase
Yang Gao
Liangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University
14:45 - 15:10
Structural insights into ion selectivity and transport mechanism of plant HKT transporters
Huaizong Shen
School of Life Sciences, Westlake University
15:10 - 15:40
Coffee Break
Session IV: Enzymes and Grid Preparation
15:40 - 16:05
Structures and regulation of RAS palmitoyltransferases
Qi Hu
School of Life Sciences, Westlake University
16:05 - 16:30
The development of functionalized grids for single-particle cryo-EM sample preparation
Ye Lu
School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University
16:30 - 16:55
Structural insights into H3K36me3-guided histone deacetylation by Rpd3S
Haibo Wang
Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University
17:00 - 19:00
Dinner


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