The Resolution Revolution in cryoEM: Potential for Drug Discovery

New England Structural Biology Association (NESBA) presents a one day conference on The Resolution Revolution in cryoEM: Potential for Drug Discovery.

LaCava Center
Bentley University
Waltham, MA
Friday, March 16, 2018
8:00 am - 6:00 pm

We will be holding a 1-day meeting focused on the recent, exciting advances in the science and technology of structure biology using cryo-EM. Our organizers Wilhelm Weihofen (NIBR) and Jonathan Moore (Vertex) have put together an exciting array of speakers including:

Agenda:

 

8:00-8:50 AM  Registration and light breakfast
8:50-9:00 AM  Opening remarks: 

Session 1: The Resolution Revolution in cryoEM: Potential for Drug Discovery
Chair: Jonathan Moore (Vertex Pharmaceuticals) 
9:00-10:00  Keynote Nieng Yan (Princeton University)
"A Path towards Pain Relief -- Structural Elucidation of Nav Channels using cryo-EM"
10:00-10:40  Anthony Fitzpatrick (Columbia University)
"Untangling Neurodegenerative Diseases using Patient-Based Structural Biology"
10:40-11:00  Tea Break
11:00-11:40 Andrew Ward (The Scripps Research Institute) 
"Structure-based vaccine and small molecule design strategies to combat HIV"
11:40 – 12:20 Jeff Lengyel (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
"In Situ Structural Biology"
12:20-1:20 Lunch

Session 2: The Resolution Revolution in cryoEM: Potential for Drug Discovery
Chair: Wilhelm Weihofen (Novartis Institute for BioMedical Research)
1:20-2:00  Hiro Furukawa (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 
"Structure and Biology of NMDA receptors"
2:00-2:40 Bridget Carragher (New York Structural Biology Center and NanoImaging Services) 
"CryoEM and Structure Based Drug Design"
2:40-3:00  Tea break
3:00-3:40 Chris Wiesmann (Novartis Institute for BioMedical Research)
"Cryo-EM: A new tool for drug discovery at Novartis"
3:40-4:20 Alan Brown (Harvard Medical School)
"Using cryo-EM to understand protein synthesis inhibitors"
4:20-6:00 Mixer / Networking session

 

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