Friday Wraps Term 1 Autumn 2023-24 Schedule

Date, time	Speakers and Titles	Venue
13th October 2023	1st Talk \| *Understanding the structure-function relationship of honey bee Vitellogenin* Speaker \| Vilde Leipart, Christine Orengo’s and Franca Fraternali’s group, Research Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, UCL 2nd Talk \| *Can we use Markov models to predict transitions between antibody isotypes using bulk data?* Speaker \| Lutecia Servius, Franca Fraternali’s group, Research Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, UCL	Room 311, Birkbeck Main Building
20th October 2023	1st Talk \| *Exploring the untapped potential of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae – a high-value cyanobacterium* Speaker \| Gabriel Scoglio – Saul Purton’s group, Research Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, UCL 2nd Talk \| *Extreme dynamics in small-molecule interactions with intrinsically disordered proteins* Speaker \| Gabriella Heller, Research Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, UCL
27th October 2023	No Friday Wrap – ISMB Research Focus Group Meetings
3rd November 2023	1st Talk \| *Modified HT-SPOTi: An antimicrobial susceptibility testing to evaluate formulated therapeutic combinations against bacterial growth and viability.* Speaker \| Anushandan Navaratnarajah – Sanjib Bhakta’s group, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck 2nd Talk \| *Using Nanodiscs to Insert Nanopores into Membranes for Bio-Analysis* Speaker \| Jonah Ciccone – Stefan Howorka’s group, Department of Chemistry, UCL
10th November 2023	1st Talk \| *Using purified Xenopus tubulin as a model to decipher the tubulin code* Speaker \| Lucy Troman – Carolyn Moores’ group, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck 2nd Talk \| *Chemoselective generation of dehydroalanine on native IgG1 antibodies* Speaker \| Steven Yap – Vijay Chudasama’s group, Department of Chemistry, UCL
17th November 2023	1st Talk \| *The solution structure of the heavy chain-only C5-Fc nanobody reveals exposed variable regions that are optimal for COVID-19 antigen interactions* Speaker \| Xin Gao – Stephen Perkins’ group, Research Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, UCL 2nd Talk \| *Selective Methylation and Alkylation Using Methyltransferases* Speaker \| Matthew Salinger – Helen Hailes’ group, Department of Chemistry, UCL
24th November 2023	No Friday Wrap – ISMB Research Focus Group Meetings
1st December 2023	1st Talk \| *Type VI Secretion System effector toxicity towards Pseudomonas aeruginosa* Speaker \| Rita Ramalhete – Brian Ho’s group, Department of Biological Sciences Birkbeck 2nd Talk \| *TBA* Speaker \| Michal Sykora – Finn Werner’s group, Department of Research and Molecular Biology, UCL
8th December 2023	1st Talk \| *TBA* Speaker \| Josh Grieg – Frances Brodsky’s group, Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, UCL 2nd Talk \| *Structural evolution of yeast metabolic enzymes* Speaker \| Ben Heineke – Jürg Bähler’s group, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, UCL
15th December 2023	No Friday Wrap – ISMB Research Focus Group Meetings