Cryo-EM Symposium | Vienna BioCenter | cryo-Electron Miscroscopy Conference

We're delighted to announce the 7th Annual Austrian Cryo-EM (ACE) Symposium, collaboratively organized by the Vienna Biocenter and the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA).

This year's symposium aims to explore and celebrate the latest advancements in Cryo-EM research and its impact on biological studies. Our line-up includes international experts, insightful sessions and an interactive poster session.

Join us as we delve into the future of Cryo-EM, fostering collaboration and inspiring new ideas. We look forward to welcoming you at this year's Austrian Cryo-EM Symposium.

The Symposium is taking place on November 12-13, 2024 at the IMP in Vienna. The event will be held in person.

Online Registration - Registration is closed

Abstract Deadline: 10th October 2024
Registration Deadline: 25th October 2024
Participants have the possibility to present a poster and from the submitted abstracts speakers will be selected.

This year's speakers are:

Jack Bravo ISTA, AT
Tanmay Bharat LMB-MRC, UK
Alex de Marco NYCSB, US
Oliver Einsle University of Freiburg, DE
Hauke Hillen UMG, DE
Bronwyn Lucas UC Berkeley, US
Bonnie Murphy MPI Frankfurt, DE
Irma Querques Max Perutz Labs, AT
Kai Zhang Yale University, US

Registration fee:
100 Euro for PhDs/Postdocs Academic
200 Euro Group Leaders/Academic
300 Euro for Industry

Organizing Committee:

Carrie Bernecky (ISTA)
David Haselbach (IMP)
Thomas Heuser (VBCF)
Clemens Plaschka (IMP)
Florian Schur (ISTA)

Final Programme

Tuesday, 12 November

14.00 - 15.00 Registration
15.00 - 15.10 Opening

Session 1 - chaired by David Haselbach
15.10 - 15.40 Oliver Einsle, University of Freiburg
Understanding Biological Nitrogen Fixation
15.40 - 15.55 Short Talk 1: Lorenz Grundmann, IMP
What the HECT? - Unexpected insights into the HECT E3 ligase Herc1
15.55 - 16.10 Short Talk 2: Kasia Hammond, University of Leeds
Structural insights into interactions of TRPC5 channels with xanthine-based
activators
16.10 - 16.40 Kai Zhang, Yale University
High-resolution in situ structures of mammalian respiratory supercomplexes
16.40 - 16.55 Javier Fernandez Collado, Thermo Fisher
Expanding FIB-SEM workflows with plasma technologies
17.00 - 18.30 Poster Session 1

Wednesday, 13 November

Session 2 chaired by Carrie Bernecky
09.00 – 09.30 Bonnie Murphy, MPI Frankfurt - EMBO YIP Lecture
  Cryo-EM in colour: applying 3D reconstruction to electron energy
  loss spectral data for low-dose elemental mapping
09.30 – 09.45 Short Talk 3: Florian Walter Hofer, ZMBH - University of Heidelberg
Structural mechanisms for centrosomal recruitment and organization of the
   microtubule nucleator TuRC
09.45 – 10.00 Short Talk 4: Ulrich Hohmann, IMBA-IMP
A molecular switch orchestrates the nuclear export of human messenger RNA 10.00 – 10.30 Hauke Hillen, University Medical Center Göttingen - EMBO YIP Lecture
  Cryo-EM of organellar and viral gene expression machineries

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break

Session 3 chaired by Florian Schur
11.00 – 11.30 Irma Querques, Max Perutz Labs
  Mechanistic insights into CRISPR-associated transposons
11.30 – 11.45 Short Talk 5: Helen Liu, University of California, Berkeley
Buckle up! Iron starvation induces photosystem I antenna remodeling
   in green algae
11.45 – 12.00 Short Talk 6: Florian Roisne-Hamelin, University of Lausanne
Plasmid recognition and cleavage by the DNA-measuring SMC JET nuclease
12.00 – 12.30 Jack Bravo, ISTA
  How bacteria defend themselves from parasitic plasmids

12.30 – 15.00 Lunch Break and Poster Session 2

Session 4 chaired by Clemens Plaschka
15.00 – 15.30 Alex De Marco, NYCSB
  Visual proteomics of the cell periphery in migrating cells
15.30 – 15.45 Short Talk 7: Marek Sebesta, Ceitec-Masaryk University
Mechanisms of transcription attenuation and condensation of
RNA polymerase II by RECQ5
15.45 – 16.00 Short Talk 8: Davide Torre, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
In -cell structural analysis reveals a different maturation process between
  Ty3/Gypsy retrotransposon and the evolutionary related family of retroviruses
16.00 – 16.30 Tanmay Bharat, LMB-MRC - EMBO YIP Lecture
  Structural Studies Inside Cells and Tissues
16.30 – 17.00 Bronwyn Lucas, UC Berkely
Visualizing molecular structure in situ from 2D images

17.00 – 17.15 closing and awards Tom Heuser

17.15 Dinner