PROGRAM

DAY 1 September 27

* Check-in opens on September 26th

MFS2023 Opening | Auditorium

Hosts: Erin Tranfield and Juande Alche

09:00 - 09:20

Keynote Speaker CryoEM | Auditorium

Introduction: Erin Tranfield

Jurgen Plitzko - Head of Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) group, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry

“The long and winding road to in situ structural biology with cryo-ET “

09:20 - 10:20

10:20 - 11:00

PhD Student Award Talks - Technology Developments | Auditorium

Introduction: Lucia Ranchel (ThermoFisher Scientific)

Francisco Rosário de Figueiredo - SPMicros Best Doctoral Thesis in Technology Developments | “A Robust Study on the Ataxin-3 Fibrillization Pathway for the Discovery of New Inhibitory Compounds”

Sergi Plana Ruiz - SME Best Doctoral Thesis in Technology Developments | “Development & Implementation of an Electron Diffraction Approach in a TEM for Crystal Structure Analysis”

11:00 - 11:30

  • Chair: Francisca Peiró Martínez

    • Leonard Francis, "In situ observations reveal the five-fold twin-involved growth of gold nano rods by particle attachment"

    • Juan José Quintana González, "Combining TEM in-situ and monochromated eels experiments with electrochemical and photoelectrochemical characterisations of au@mos2 nanoparticles to unravel their physical and chemical properties towards hydrogen evolution reaction"

    • Francisco J. Aires, "Gathering information on the hydroscopic behaviour of aerosols in an environmental TEM using a novel micro-peltier-based cooling sample-holder to control the condensation/evaporation of water"

    • Fátima Zorro, "Understanding the mechanisms of flash sintering of semiconductor oxide materials by advanced electron microscopy"

  • Chair: Paul Verkade

    • Ariane Briegel, “Gaining Insight Into a Symbiosis Model System at the Nanoscale Using a Multimodal Imaging Approach”

    • Javier Conesa, “Cryo-Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy at CNB CSIC”

    • Jacomine Krijnse Locker, “An Electron Microscopy Journey Through Poxvirus Structure and Assembly”

11:30 - 13:00

Coffee break

Thermofisher Workshop | Vision Room

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13:15 - 14:00

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch and Exhibition Hall

14:30 - 16:15

  • Chair: Rafael F. Leiro

    • Carlos F. Tornero “Structural basis of ty1 integrase tethering to RNA polymerase iii for targeted retrotransposon integration.”

    • Óscar Llorca “Cryoem reveals a mechanism used by vaccinia virus to inactivate cytosolic DNA sensing.”

    • Samuel Miguez “Macromolecular complexes in mtDNA replication processes: molecular and structural mechanisms by cryo‐em.”

    • Ernesto Arias “Structural and molecular insights into DNA transposition.”

    • Bruno Salgueiro “CryoEM structure of a class f flavodiiron protein from clostridium difficile, reveals the interaction between the four redox centers.”

    • Adrián Plaza “High-resolution structure of RNA polymerase III.”

  • Chair: Matthijn Vos

    • Sonja Welsch, "Attempting tomography sample preparation by pin-printing and jet-freezing"

    • Michael Hons, "From automated grid preparation to the structural analysis of various circular multimeric nanomachines"

    • Mart Last, “Cryo-Electron Tomography in Technicolor”

16:15 - 16h45

Coffee break

16:45 - 18:30

  • Chair: Célia Romão

    • María G. Álamos “Structural characterization of Dictyostelium discoideum vaults.”

    • Olena Mayboroda “Advances in the study of extracellular vesicles secreted by legionella pneumophila using cryo-electron microscopy.”

    • André G. Gouveia “Unveiling the nature of cellular nano-compartments – electron-dense granules by cryo-stem.”

    • Fernando Lamas López “Cryo-em guided development of antiviral compounds for chemical control of flexible filamentous plant viruses.”

    • Jorge Gutiérrez “Modifications in the inner surface of the synthetic poly-cct5 chaperonin to promote nanoparticle encapsulation.”

    • Ieva Ragaisyte “Visualizing the protein corona formation of virus-like mesoporous silica nanoparticles for drug delivery.”

    • A. Rojas Cardona “Cryo-em platform at CIC Biogune.”

  • Chair: Enrique Carbo-Argibay

    • Raul Arenal “Recent works on TMDS nanomaterials: studies of their structural and optoelectronic properties.”

    • Beatriz Vargas “Measurement of local dielectric function of HfO2 thin layer with different crystallographic phases from EELS analysis.”

    • María De La Mata “Degradation mechanism of acrylic resin based materials under STEM conditions.”

    • Marc Botifoll “Sub-nanometer mapping of strain-induced band structure variations in semiconductor devices.”

    • Daniel Del Pozo Bueno “A novel approach using generative adversarial networks for data augmentation in electron energy loss spectroscopy supervised classification.”

  • Chair: Anna Sartori-Rupp

    • Cellenion, Alice Cheesbrough

    • Alveole

    • Leica, Andreia Pinto

    • Final Discussion

Poster Session

18:30 - 19:30

18:30 - 20:00

Exhibition Hall | INL Tours | Social Gathering