University of Nottingham
  
Location
IBR Seminar Room University of Birmingham
Date(s)
Wednesday 17th April 2019 (14:00-18:00)
Contact
compare@birmingham-nottingham.ac.uk
Registration URL
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sandpit-what-can-we-learn-from-structural-biology-tickets-58565974406
Description

The third COMPARE sandpit event will be held at the University of Birmingham on Wednesday 17th April 2019.

The topic for discussion at this Sandpit will be "What can we learn from structural biology?"

Sandpit Agenda
Timing Session  Speaker 
13:30 Refreshments Common Room
14:00-14:05 Introduction Dmitry Veprintsev, University of Nottingham
14:05-14:20 High-throughput cloning and mutagenesis using Assembly reaction  Tamara Miljus, University of Birmingham
14:20-14:30 Small scale purification of beta2 AR for biophysical studies Clare Harwood, University of Nottingham
14:30-14:45 Functional characterisation of solubilised GPCRs David Sykes, University of Nottingham
14:45-15:00 Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS) on GPCR-SMALPs Rachel Grime, University of Birmingham
15:00-15:20  Biophysical studies of platelet receptor GPVI with its major ligands: The road to potential new antithrombotic drugs Alex Slater, University of Birmingham
15:20-15:50 Cryo-EM studies of pore forming proteins Christos Savva, University of Leicester
15:50-1610 Break - Refreshments Common Room
16:10-16:40  Applications of mini G proteins to study the structure and function of GPCRs Byron Carpenter, University of Warwick
16:40-17:00 Deciphering the phosphorylation barcode of GPCRs (biophysics+NMR) Dmitry Veprintsev, University of Nottingham
17:00-17:15 GPCRs: what can we learn from molecular dynamics? Charlie Laughton, University of Nottingham
17:15-17:30 X-ray/docking/NMR/SPR combined Jonas Emsley, University of Nottingham
17:30-18:00 Open discussion  
18:00 Close  
18:00-19:00 Drinks reception  

Please register to confirm your attendance.

 

In Partnership: The Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham


University of Birmingham
Edgbaston,
Birmingham
B15 2TT

Telephone: +44 (0)121 414 3974
info@birmingham-nottingham.ac.uk

The University of Nottingham
University Park,
Nottingham
NG7 2RD

Telephone: +44 (0)115 846 7554
info@birmingham-nottingham.ac.uk