IMPORTANT NOTICE
Speakers will be presenting remotely via Microsoft Teams; an invitation link will be sent out for each session.
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, UCL
Department of of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck
Department of Chemistry, UCL
School of Computer Sciences and Information Systems, Birkbeck
Summer 2021 Schedule
Dates: Fridays, from 30th April to 25th June
| Date | Speakers and Titles | Venue |
| 30th April | 1st Talk | Unravelling the molecular solution structure of the 'giraffe' IgG3 antibody Speaker | Valentina Spiteri - Professor Steve Perkins' group, Department of Structural & Molecular Biology, UCL 2nd Talk | Tamoxifen and Metabolites Interaction with Voltage Gated Sodium Channels |
Remotely via Microsoft Teams; an invitation link will be sent out |
| 7th May | 1st Talk | Cryo-EM Structure of a double-membrane spanning Type IV Secretion System Speaker | Dr Kévin Macé - Professor Gabriel Waksman's group, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck 2nd Talk | Direct suppression of protein kinase A by calcineurin in a synaptic signalling complex |
Remotely via Microsoft Teams; an invitation link will be sent out |
| 14th May | 1st Talk | Disaggregation of alpha-synuclein amyloid fibres by the Hsc70 system Speaker | Jim Monistrol - Professor Helen Saibil's group, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck 2nd Talk | Rational Design and Fabriation of Membrane Pores Using DNA Nanotechnology |
Remotely via Microsoft Teams; an invitation link will be sent out |
| 21st May | 1st Talk | Identifying functional variants in cancer and patterns in the evolution of non-small cell lung tumours Speaker | Paul Ashford - Professor Christine Orengo's group, Department of Structural & Molecular Biology, UCL 2nd Talk | Sequence analyses of neuropilins and VEGFs provide insights into their evolution and functional links |
Remotely via Microsoft Teams; an invitation link will be sent out |
| 28th May | 1st Talk | Investigating conformational intermediates in the aggregation pathway of islet amyloid polypeptide using ion mobility-mass spectrometry Speaker | Aisha Ben-Younis - Professor Konstantinos Thalassinos's group, Department of Structural & Molecular Biology, UCL 2nd Talk | Intermediate chains assemble dynein-2 into an autoinhibited dimer to regulate intraflagellar transport |
Remotely via Microsoft Teams; an invitation link will be sent out |
| 4th June | No Wrap this week | |
| 11th June | Alternative RNA interaction mode underpins hTUT4 miRNA recognition Speaker | Dr Belén Chaves - Professor Andres Ramos' group, Department of Structural & Molecular Biology, UCL
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Remotely via Microsoft Teams; an invitation link will be sent out |
| 18th June | Determining the genetic diversity of immune receptors with next-generation sequencing Speaker | Dr William Lees - Professor Adrain Shepherd's group, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck
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Remotely via Microsoft Teams; an invitation link will be sent out |
| 25th June | 1st Talk | Small-molecule binding to intrinsically disordered proteins Speaker | Dr Gabi Heller - Professor Flemming Hansen's group, Department of Structural & Molecular Biology, UCL 2nd Talk | CryoEM studies uncover the co-translational folding landscape of nascent polypeptide chains |
Remotely via Microsoft Teams; an invitation link will be sent out |
| 2nd July |
No Wrap this week | |
| Wraps will return in the Autumn... |