The symposium is aimed to praise the results of joint projects between the York Structural Biology Laboratory (YSBL), the University of York and Skoltech, including those supported by the RFBR-RS international grant and to discuss ongoing collaboration and to accelerate it by new joint research, e.g. academic mobility.
The agenda of our meeting is as follows:
9.00-9.20 Konstantin Severinov, Skoltech, “CRISPR immunity in Thermus thermophilus”
9.20-9.40 Fred Antson, YSBL, “Structure and mechanism of nucleic acid-processing machines from viruses”
9.40-10.00 Sandra Greive, YSBL, “Engineering viral portal proteins for nanotechnology applications”
10.00-10.20 Oliver Bayfield, YSBL, “Cryo-EM investigation of a thermophilic bacteriophage”
10.20-10.35 Dorothy Hawkins, YSBL, “Structural investigations of the HK97 DNA packaging motor”
10.35-10.55 Coffee break 10.55-11.10 Mengyu Ge, YSBL, “Structural study of a viral FtsK-like DNA packaging motor”
11.10-11.25 De-Sheng Ker, YSBL, “Study of the Paramyxovirus nucleocapsid”
11.25-11.40 Huw Jenkins, YSBL, “CryoEM structure of an engineered portal protein”
11.40-11.55 Ekaterina Savitskaya, Skoltech, “Reconstruction of CRISPR arrays provides rational design of phage therapy for C. difficile infections”
11.55-12.05 Sofya Panafidina, Skoltech, “Unusual RNA polymerases of bacteriophages with uracil-containing DNA genomes”
12.05-12.15 Arina Drobysheva, Skoltech, “Transcriptional strategy of crAss-like phage phi14:2”
12.15-12.25 Anastasia Chaban, Skoltech, “Function of the P23-45 phage tail tape measure protein containing a catalytic motif of multisubunit RNA polymerases”
12.30-14.30 Networking (those interested are invited to PhD thesis defence of Yulia Zhitnyuk)
14.30 Buffet