Rome 20th January 2017

CNR – Aula Marconi

P.le Aldo Moro, 7 Roma

8:45 – 9:00   Welcome Address Giuseppe Zanotti (Uni Padova)

9:00 – 9:45   Juergen Plitzko (MPI-Martinsried)
Recent advances and future directions in cryo-electron microscopy

9:45 – 10:15   Filippo Mancia
(Columbia Uni)
The molecular mechanisms underlying cellular uptake of vitamin A

10:15 – 10:45   Michele Cianci (Uni Politecnica Marche)
Harnessing anomalous signal from microcrystals of biological macromolecules

10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break

11:15 – 11:45   Franca Rossi (Uni Piemonte Orientale)
Every OGT is illuminated

11:45 – 2:15   Filomena Sica (Uni Federico II Napoli)
Structural bases of  aptamer-thrombin recognition.

12:15 – 12:45   Marta Ferraroni (Uni Firenze)
Structural studies on Ring-Cleaving Dioxygenases involved in the degradation of aromatic compounds

13:00 – 14:15 Lunch Break

14:15 – 15:15   Discussion: Structural Biology Group at AIC, a proposal (G. Zanotti Uni Padova)

15:15 – 16:00   Discussion: Elettra XRD2 beamline (M. Polentarutti Elettra) Transnational access (D. Lamba CNR-Elettra) & SP CryoEM (M. Bolognesi Uni Milano, A. Mattevi Uni Pavia, F. Mancia Columbia Uni, J. Plitzko MPI)