Itinerary:

Tuesday 1st October 2019:

4.00pm Sherrington Large Lecture Theatre, Sherrington Building, University of Oxford
Introduction from Birgitte Nauntofte and Jens Nielsen, NovoNordisk Foundation

4.15pm Talk from Professor Dame Carol Robinson
‘From small molecules to membrane motors – mass spectrometry goes full circle’

5.15pm Drinks & canapes reception, Sherrington Building

Wednesday 2nd October 2019:

09.00am Welcome and opening from Professor Dame Carol Robinson

09.05am Introduction from Birgitte Nauntofte and Jens Nielsen, NovoNordisk Foundation

09.20am Professor Hao Wu – Harvard Medical School
‘Making the pore for inflammasome signaling’

10.00am Professor Susan Lea – University of Oxford, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology
‘Structural insights into bacterial motility’

10.40am Dr Sjors Scheres – University of Cambridge, Molecular Biology
‘Cryo-EM structures of tau filaments in neurodegenerative disease’

11.10am Coffee break

11.30am Professor Tanmay Bharat – University of Oxford, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology
‘In situ structural biology in bacteria: near-atomic resolution cellular structures
using cryo-EM’

12.10pm Assoc. Professor Denise Wootten – Monash University, Drug Discovery Biology
‘Structural insights in to G protein-coupled receptor activation and signalling’

12.50pm Lunch in the Sherrington Library

13.50pm Professor Simon Newstead – University of Oxford, Biochemistry
‘Peptides and Protons: Structural insights into transport and trafficking in the cell’

14.30pm Dr Lori Passmore – University of Cambridge, Molecular Biology
‘Structure of the Fanconi Anaemia core complex’

15.10pm Professor Nieng Yan – Princeton University, Molecular Biology
‘Targeting Nav channels for the treatment of pain’

15.50pm Closing from Professor Dame Carol Robinson