VII INBEB Symposium
Frontiers of Biostructure: Dialogs on Structural Biology and Bioimaging
June
17th
IDOR
June
18th
INOVATECA
June
19th
INOVATECA
8:00 - 9:00
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BADGE PICK-UP AND CHECK-IN
9:00 - 9:30
Chair: Jerson Silva (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ)
Opening Session
9:30 - 10:10
Fernanda Freire Tovar-Moll (D’Or Institute for Research and Education - IDOR)
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10:10 - 10:30
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COFFEE BREAK
10:30 - 11:20
Fengbin Wang (The University of Alabama at Birmingham – UAB)
Cryo-EM of microbial pili and nanowires
11:20 - 12:10
Chuck Farah (University of São Paulo – USP)
The bactericidal type IV secretion systems from Xanthomonadaceae species
12:10 - 14:10
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LUNCH
14:10 - 15:00
Andre L. B. Ambrosio (University of São Paulo – USP)
Single particle analysis and in situ cryo-ET: Glutaminase filaments as a case study and a regional hub opportunity for integration
15:00 - 15:50
Rodrigo Villares Portugal (National Nanotechnology Laboratory – LNNano/CNPEM)
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15:50 - 16:10
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COFFEE BREAK
16:10 - 17:00
Samrat Mukhopadhyay (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research - IISER)
Single-Molecule Biophysics of Biological Condensates
17:00 - 17:50
Carlos Ramos (The State University of Campinas - UNICAMP )
Holder Heat Shock Proteins: Roles in Protein Folding, Aggregation, and Phase Transition
17:50 - 20:30
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WELCOME DRINKS
9:30 - 10:20
Tiago Fleming Outeiro (University Medizin Gottingen – UMG)
Understanding the biology to classify and treat synucleinopathies
10:20 - 11:10
Szymon Manka (University College London – UCL)
Chasing prion strain evolution in vivo and in vitro using cryo-EM
11:10 - 12:00
Debora Foguel (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ)
The role of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) on amyloid diseases
12:00 - 13:00
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LUNCH
13:00 - 13:50
Claudio Fernández (Laboratorio Max Planck Rosario – MPLbioR)
Structural insights into the amyloid aggregation landscape of a-Synuclein
13:50 - 14:50
Keynote speaker: Maria Grazia Spillantini (University of Cambridge)
Protein aggregation in Neurodegenerative diseases and aging.
15:00 - 17:00
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POSTER SESSION
9:30 - 10:20
Andrea Da Poian (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ)
Unique structural features of flaviviruses’ capsid proteins and their role in viral capsid assembly
10:20 - 11:10
Juliana Cortines (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ)
Giant viruses: the stargate saga
11:10 - 12:00
Ana Paula Valente (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ)
Structural and dynamic characterization of viral proteins: NS2B and domain III of glycoprotein E of Zika virus
12:00 - 13:00
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LUNCH
13:00 - 13:50
João Alexandre R. G. Barbosa (University of Brasília - UNB)
The characterization of two C24-methyltransferases from human pathogenic fungi.
13:50 - 14:20
Amilcar Tanuri (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ)
The threat of arboviruses in Brazil: New times, old problems
14:20 - 15:10
Kildare Miranda (CENABIO - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ)
CLOSING SESSION
15:10 - 15:40
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CLOSING REMARKS – POSTER AWARDS