10th Heart of Europe bio-Crystallography Meeting

Scientific Program

Thursday, September 27, 2007

12.00-16.00	Arrivals, registration, snacks
16.00-16.15	Opening
16.15-16.30	Introduction of new HEC group
16.30-18.30	Session I : Nucleic acids and their protein partners
16.30-16.50	Agnieszka Kiliszek, CBB Poznan X-ray study of RNA structure containing trinucleotide repeats of type CNG
16.50-17.10	Roland Pfoh, Georg-August-Universitaet, Goettingen Trioxacarcines and their interactions with DNA
17.10-17.30	Michal Jakob, CBB Poznan Novel DNA-binding element within the nuclear receptor DNA-binding domain
17.30-17.50	Bettina Koenig, MDC Berlin-Buch Crystal Structure of the RP4 Repressor Protein KorA Bound to its Operator DNA
17.50-18.10	Madhumati Sevvana, Universitaet Erlangen An orthogonal and not inverse mechanism is responsible for the reverse phenotype in single mutant variants of bacterial tetracycline repressor
18.10-18.30	Sebastian Geibel, FU Berlin Crystal structure of RepB': The primase of the broad host range plasmid RSF1010
18.30-19.00	Coffee break
19.00-20.00	*HEC Lecture* Guy Dodson, University of York, UK Crystallography, chemistry and insulin's biological processes
20.00-	Barbecue

Friday, September 28, 2007

7.30-8.30	Breakfast
8.30-10.10	Session II : Proteins processing nucleic acids, nucleotides...
8.30-8.50	Magdalena Kaus-Drobek, IIMCB Warsaw Crystal structures of restriction endonuclease MvaI
8.50-9.10	Monika Sokolowska, IIMCB Warsaw Asymmetric recognition of the target sequence in the BcnI-DNA crystal structure
9.10-9.30	Matthias Zebisch, Universitaet Leipzig Structure and function of ecto-nucleotide diphosphohydrolyases in purinergic signalling
9.30-9.50	Denis Kudlinski, Georg-August-Universitaet, Goettingen Structural studies on domains of the human spliceosomal DExD/H-box proteins hPRP22 and hPRP28
9.50-10.10	Daniel Wohlwend, Georg-August-Universitaet, Goettingen Structural basis for the RanGTP-independent nuclear import of spliceosomal UsnRNPs
10.10-10.30	Coffee break
10.30-12.10	Session III : Recognition
10.30-10.50	Linda Schuldt, EMBL Hamburg The role of unconventional hydrogen bonds in Tet Repressor structure and function
10.50-11.10	Yen Ngo Thi Hai, Universitaet Greifswald Searching for new inhibitors for Escherichia coli peptide deformylase
11.10-11.30	Haydar Bulut, FU Berlin Arabidopsis Response Regulators
11.30-11.50	Robert Kolodziejczyk, CBB Poznan Crystal structure of Juvenile Hormone Binding Protein
11.50-13.30	Lunch
13:30-17:30	Sightseeing visit of Kornik Castle
17.30-19.30	Session IV : Methods
17.30-17.50	Anja Schütz, MDC Berlin-Buch A new protein sample production facility for structural biologists
17.50-18.10	Robert Janowski, EMBL Hamburg Reductive methylation to improve crystallization of the putative oxidoreductase Rv0765c from Mycobacterium tuberculosis
18.10-18.30	Xandra Kreplin, EMBL Hamburg Protein crystallization: towards the automation of optimization experiments
18.30-18.50	Jakub Barciszewski, CBB Poznan Crystallization of myogen
18.50-19.10	Johan Unge, EMBL Hamburg Longer X-ray wavelengths and Molecular Replacement
19.10-19.30	Maike Rochon, HZI Braunschweig Solving the crystal structure of the Aspergillus monooxygenase SidA: A journey through a low-resolution electron-density map
19.30-21.30	HEC Dinner
21.30-	X Years of HEC Meetings - History, Reminiscences, Slides, Beer

Saturday, September 29, 2007

7.30-8.30	Breakfast
8.30-10.10	Session V: Enzymes
8.30-8.50	Steffen Kutter, MLU Halle Enzymes in motion. Substrate activation of pyruvate decarboxylases
8.50-9.10	Georg Zocher, BESSY Berlin Structure of the N-oxygenase AurF from streptomyces thioluteus
9.10-9.30	Jiri Brynda, IMG Prague Protein WrbA: a link between bacterial flavodoxins and eukaryotic NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductases
9.30-9.50	Cynthia Tallant, Georg-August-Universitaet, Goettingen Structure and activity characterization of an archaeal PAPP-A-related protease
9.50-10.10	Jakub Kopycki, MLU Halle Promiscuous and specific methylation by plant O-methyltransferases
10.10-10.30	Coffee break
10.30-12.10	Session VI : Receptors, transport...
10.30-10.50	Petr Kolenko, IMC Prague Structure of NK cell receptors
10.50-11.10	Ulrich Wiesand, HZI Braunschweig Structure and function of type III secretion system proteins
11.10-11.30	Michael Klieber, Universitaet Erlangen Corticosteroid-binding globulin: stuctural basis for steroid transport and proteinase-triggered release
11.30-11.50	Traudy Wandersleben, FU Berlin Human ICOSReceptor and ICOSLigand
11.50-12.10	Piotr Neumann, MLU Halle Crystal structure of Borna disease virus matrix (BDV-M) protein reveals RNA binding properties
12.10-12.40	*2 Commercial Presentations*
12.40-12.50	Closing
12.50-14.00	Lunch
14.00-	Departures

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