ISMB 'Friday Wrap' meetings are held weekly during term time, and provide a forum for discussion with colleagues, and updates about the latest developments in our research. Talks are given by postdocs, final year PhD students and/or young PIs.
Members of the following departments are welcome to attend:
Research Department of Structural and Molecular Biology at UCL
Department of of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck
Department of Chemistry, UCL
School of Computer Sciences and Information Systems, Birkbeck
Summer 2018 Schedule
| Date | Title and Speaker | Venue |
| 27 April 2018 | High precision in protein contact prediction using fully convolutional neural networks and minimal sequence features Shaun Kandathil, David Jones group An intergrative computational approach to decipher protein-protein interactions in herpes simplex virus type 1 |
Glaxo-Wellcome suite
B62/3 Birkbeck |
| 4 May 2018 | Forming Next-Generation Antibody-Nanoparticle Conjugates through the Oriented Installation of Non-Engineered Antibody Fragments João Nogueira, Vijay Chudasama group Towards understanding host-microbe-drug interactions in C. elegans |
Glaxo-Wellcome suite
B62/3 Birkbeck |
| 11 May 2018 | Deaminase-reductase in riboflavin metabolism as a novel anti-infective drug target Camy Karmila, Sanjib Bhakta group Non-invasive imaging of tumour redox status with 18F-FSPG positron emission tomography |
Glaxo-Wellcome suite
B62/3 Birkbeck |
| 18 May 2018 | Natriuretic Peptide Receptor-C: A Therapeutic Target for Cardiovascular Disease Jack Newman, Snezana Djordjevic group Structural studies of α1-antitrypsin polymers |
Glaxo-Wellcome suite
B62/3 Birkbeck |
| 25 May 2018 | Bridging the divide with DNA nanopores Jonathan Burns, Stefan Howorka group Potassium is a trigger for conformational change in the fusion spike of an enveloped RNA virus |
Glaxo-Wellcome suite
B62/3 Birkbeck |
| 1 June 2018 | A structural model for microtubule minus-end recognition and protection by CAMSAP proteins Joe Atherton, Carolyn Moores group |
Glaxo-Wellcome suite
B62/3 Birkbeck |