Meeting Programme



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Confirmed speakers

Prof. Salam Al-Karadaghi, Department of Molecular Biophysics, University of Lund, Sweden. �Insights into the molecular mechanism of Friedreich's ataxia from X-ray crystallography and electron microscopy studies of frataxin.�

Dr Kate Brown, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London. 'Scraping the surface of C. difficile: structural characterisation of SLPs and toxin B.'

Dr Carien Dekker, The Institute of Cancer Reseach, London. 'The crystal structure of the eukaryotic chaperonin CCT.'

Dr Leo James, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge. Cyclophilin A: HIV co-factor or antiviral?

Dr Simon Kolstoe, UCL Department of Medicine (Royal Free Campus). �Targeting transthyretin - X-ray crystallography and rational drug design.�

Dr Paul McEwan, Centre for Biomolecular Science, University of Nottingham. 'Loosening the grip on von Willebrand factor by breaking the thumb of GPib.'

Dr Arefeh Seyedarabi, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London. 'Structural and functional studies of IpaH9.8 from Shigella flexneri'.

Dr Ian Taylor, National Institute of Medical Research, Mill Hill, London. �The retroviral capsid and restriction factors.�

Prof Gabriel Waksman, ISMB, Birkbeck / UCL. �Structural Biology of Type IV Secretion Systems.�


Meeting schedule

10.00 - 11.00 am Registration and refreshments.

11.00 - 11.05 Address by the BCA president, Prof. Elspeth Garman (Oxford).

11.05 - 12.45 pm, 3 Lectures (followed by BSG AGM).

12.45 - 2.00 pm. Conference lunch with exhibition and posters.

2.00 pm - 3.30 pm, 3 Lectures.

3.30 - 4.00 pm. Coffee / Tea Break.

4.00 - 5.30 pm. 3 lectures.

5.30 Depart.