About event
The 3rd symposium on recent advances in cryo-EM hosted by CEITEC Masaryk University features presentations from academic and industrial leaders who develop electron cryo-microscopy technology or apply it to describe fundamental cellular processes. The speakers will present recent methodological developments in electron microscopy data acquisition and analysis approaches, and how cryo-EM helps to increase our understanding of protein translation or structure and function of viruses.
Programme
25 May
| 8:00–9:30 | Registration |
Session 1 Cryo-EM methods
| 10:00–10:45 | Michael Elbaum (Weizmann Institute of Science): Exploring cryo-STEM for life science microscopy |
| 10:50–11:35 | Fabian Eisenstein (University of Tokyo): High-throughput cryo electron tomography |
| 11:35–12:00 | Coffee break |
| 12:00–12:45 | Christoph Kaiser (MPI Biochemistry): Serial Lift-Out: A workflow to study the molecular anatomy of C. elegans by cryo-ET |
| 12:50–13:35 | Alex Noble (NYSBC, SEMC): Challenges & Opportunities in Cryo-FIB/SEM-ET/EM with the Waffle Method |
| 13:35–14:30 | Lunch |
Session 2 Understanding translation and translational regulation using cryo-EM
| 14:30–15:00 | Alexander Rigort: Current Advances in Cryo-Focused Ion Beam Microscopy |
| 15:00–15:45 | Andrei Korostelev (University Massachusetts): Resolving translation intermediates by cryo-EM |
| 15:50–16:35 | Petr Tesina (Ludwig-Maxmilian-University): Molecular mechanisms of co-translational quality control |
| 16:35–17:00 | Coffee break |
| 17:00–17:45 | Caillan Crowe-McAullife (MPI Multidisciplinary Science): Visualising ribosome-bound antibiotics at high resolution with cryo-EM |
| 17:50–18:35 | Niels Fischer (MPI Multidisciplinary Science): Visualizing the dynamic machinery of human translation initiation |
| 18:35–21:00 | Dinner |
26 May
Session 3 Structural Virology
| 8:30–9:15 | Ausra Domanska (University Helsinki): Antiviral small molecules and neutralizing antibodies for picornaviruses |
| 9:20–10:05 | Beata Turonova (MPI Biophysics): Tools for maximizing potential of cryo-ET for structural virology |
| 10:05–10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30–11:15 | Lars-Anders Carlson (Umea University): In situ structural studies of poliovirus assembly and its interplay with autophagy |
| 11:20–12:05 | David Bhella (University Glasgow): Investigating the structure and assembly of filamentous respiratory viruses by cryo-EM |
| 12:10–12:25 | Ondrej Sulak (Tescan): High Throughout Plasma FIB-SEM Solution for Structural Analysis |
| 12:30–14:00 | Lunch & Departure |
