Events Workshops & Conferences
Since 2004, we at MiTeGen have sponsored and attended numerous events, meetings, workshops and conferences. These include those pertaining to Cryo-EM, Crystallography, Structural Biology and more. While we are in the business of supplying researchers with products and services supporting their work in the fields of Cryo-EM, Crystallography, Structural Biology, Material Science and beyond, we are also deeply committed to supporting our industry and the people within it through our sponsorship and attendance.
Use this page to discover upcoming industry events, meetings, workshops and conferences we are sponsoring and/or attending. For those events we are attending we would very much like to meet you in person. See listings below for how to find us at event.
This page also lists past events we have been involved in.
If you have an event, meeting, workshop or conference you would like us to sponsor, please visit our sponsorship request form to submit it for review.
Current and Future Events - Meetings - Workshops - Conferences
The Multi-User CryoEM facility at CSSB is hosting the fourth full-day Cryo-EM workshop from 10 to 21 February 2025. The workshop is designed for M.Sc. students in the life sciences and for beginners or advanced users in the field of cryo-EM who wish to explore the various facets of this technique.
The course primarily covers two modalities of electron cryo-microscopy: Single Particle Analysis (cryo-SPA) and Electron cryo-Tomography (cryo-ET). Participants will gain insights into microscope hardware, sample preparation techniques, image formation, and various operating modes. An integral part of the course includes live demonstrations on the microscopes and a hands-on introduction to image processing for cryo-SPA and cryo-ET. The course concludes with research talks from doctoral candidates and postdocs.
To earn points, students will independently evaluate a standard dataset in cryo-SPA and cryo-Tomo according to the protocol and present a scientific publication. Upon successful completion, participants will be able to explain the modalities of cryo-SPA and cryo-Tomography at a foundational level. Further details and the upcoming program will follow.
ATP-Bio is a partnership between engineering, medicine, science, education, business, and ethics at six premier research universities of Minnesota, Massachusetts General Hospital (a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School), Texas A&M University, UC Riverside, UC Berkeley and Carnegie Mellon University. It focuses mostly on developing enabling technologies for the subzero cryopreservation of cells, tissues, organs and whole organisms. We have done so (quite) successfully by carefully controlling the thermodynamics of water within the biological systems in various ways spanning from supercooling to “partial freezing” where we control the location of ice formation in the biosystem to minimize cellular damage, and all the way to vitrification.
The course will cover the theory, practice, and application of single particle cryo-EM. Participants in the course will learn to perform all steps involved in solving high resolution cryo-EM structures, including sample prep, microscope alignment, data collection, image processing, and model building. Students will have supervised access to CSHL’s Titan Krios and K3 direct electron detector, as well as the Talos L120C. This hands-on course will include lectures by leading experts who will discuss practical and conceptual approaches to structure determination using these techniques, as well as covering a wide range of state-of-the-art applications of cryo-EM in the biological sciences.
The Women in Microscopy Conference creates space for important conversations on career challenges, diversity, and work-life balance alongside research presentations on materials science, biology, and environmental sciences.
The conference began as a celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8th every year and is hosted by the NUANCE Center and Microscopy Society of America’s Student Council.
The workshop, to be held at the University of Puerto Rico- Aguadilla, is a unique opportunity where participants can learn about current capabilities for structural and biochemical/biophysical studies. This two-day workshop will include demonstrations and topics such as X-ray Crystallography, Neutron Diffraction, X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS), Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS). The registration deadline is February 28 th , 2025.
Seize the opportunity to explore the synergies between computational predictions and experimental datasets in structure-based drug discovery (SBDD).
Don’t miss the chance to gain first-hand insights and connect with industry and academia peers to drive innovation in the field.
26th West Coast Structural Biology Workshop will showcase the latest methods and developments in structural biology including X-ray Crystallography, Cryo-EM, and NMR methods. Experience inspiring presentations by talented students and postdocs, engaging poster sessions, and hands-on workshops in the latest structural biology techniques. It is strongly encourage those interested in method development and solutions to technical challenges in structural analysis to apply. As in previous years, this conference will also feature an exciting lineup of keynote speakers. Join to connect with leaders in the field, exchange practical advice, and stay at the forefront of structural biology advancements.
NCITU & NCCAT will be offering a 1 week workshop focused on the theory and practice of tomographic methods. Cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) is still emerging as a technique for directly visualizing macromolecular associations and organization in native cells. This course will step through each stage of the cryo-ET workflow (specimen preparation, data acquisition, computational processing, and national infrastructure) and present methodologies that participating trainees could implement at their home institutions. The course curriculum will cover cutting-edge methods in cryo-ET and help attendees accelerate their research with exposure to these methods. The mornings involve lectures and stimulating round table discussions. The afternoons offer hands-on practicals to reinforce fundamental concepts and topics covered earlier in the day.
This workshop is geared towards anyone who has an interest in Serial Crystallography and would like to develop their skills in this area.
During this two-day workshop we will cover the basics of Serial Crystallography including amongst other topics: sample preparation (focus on batch crystallisation) and characterisation, sample delivery methods, data collection and data processing. As part of the event we will also provide information and examples of time-resolved experiments that can be performed at Diamond Light Source.
When you attend the 2025 ASBMB Annual Meeting, you’ll shape what’s possible — for your science, your career and the future of biochemistry and molecular biology research.
- Present your latest research among scientific leaders and peers.
- Hear from experts across disciplines, sectors and specialties, joining discussions that keep your team at the cutting edge.
- Network and discover new findings and approaches within your specialty and across the biosciences to identify new avenues and collaborations
- Explore education and training strategies and participate in programs that elevate and engage the next generation of scientists.
- Check out the newest technologies and tools on the exhibit floor.
- Explore professional opportunities and chart your next career move.
The annual Spring Meeting of the BCA brings together all four subject groups and The Early Stage Crystallographers Group for a three-day conference in the UK.
This semi-annual workshop (2025-1) will focus on practical aspects of single particle cryo-EM including negative staining and cryo-sample preparation, screening, data collection and analysis using LBMS sample preparation room, electron microscopes and GPU workstations.
To optimize interactions and hands-on experience, this workshop will be limited to 16 participants, selected based on their application materials.
Join us as we delve into groundbreaking Drug Discovery Topics.
Established in 2018 we provide a forum for the structural biology community in North America to gather for presentations regarding the application of structural biology technologies into drug discovery challenges in industry. In addition to the scientific exchange, participants enjoy the opportunity to network among their peers and to broaden collaborative discussions.
We will feature 25 scientific presentations that will reflect structural biology activities conducted in industrial settings.
On behalf of the international advisory committee and the local organizing committee, we invite you to join us at the 7th International Symposium on Diffraction Structural Biology (ISDSB2025).
The term “diffraction structural biology” was originally proposed by our senior colleague, Prof. Noriyoshi Sakabe, in collaboration with the 169th Committee of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) University-Industry Cooperative Research Committee. It was coined to describe structural biology research primarily utilizing diffraction techniques such as X-ray, neutron, electron, and others. Since the 1st International Symposium on Diffraction Structural Biology held in Tsukuba in 2003 (ISDSB2003), several ISDSB events have taken place in Tokyo (2007), Paris (2010), Nagoya (2013), Knoxville (2016) and Osaka (2019). The central theme of the series of ISDSB conferences is to bring structural biologists using diffraction, and the scientists using a wide range of other technologies, closer together as well as stimulate the interface of basic research and industrial applications.
The 7th edition of the symposium (ISDSB25) will be held from 5th – 7th May, 2025 at the European Photon and Neutron Science (EPN) Campus, Grenoble, France, and will be hosted by Partnership for Structural Biology (PSB) between European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), the Institut Laue Langevin (ILL) and the Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS)
The FEBS workshop ‘Time-resolved spectroscopy meets time-resolved crystallography: the future of dynamic photobiology’ is the second edition of the workshop which was organized in a virtual mode (https://meetings.embo.org/event/23-dynamic-photobiology) in April 2023. In the second edition, the current developments and future directions will be discussed in order to strengthen and put forward the synergy between the two fields.
The 2025 PEGS Boston Summit is set to build on the remarkable success of previous years, continuing its legacy as the premier event for biologics and protein engineering. Bringing together a global community of experts, innovators, and leaders in the field, the Summit will offer cutting-edge insights into the latest advances in drug development, protein and antibody engineering, immunotherapy, radiotherapy, and AI/ML-driven biologics research. With over 300 presentations, breakout sessions, and interactive seminars, attendees will have unparalleled opportunities to network, learn, and engage in meaningful collaborations. The exhibit hall will once again feature top product and service providers, creating a gathering space for discovery, innovation, and fun. Join us at the PEGS Boston Summit to be part of the next wave of breakthroughs shaping the future of biologics.
The focus of our meeting is to highlight the cutting-edge biophysical research that graduate students, postdocs, and faculty are doing at universities around the Midwest. Additionally, we will have round-table discussions, faculty-led workshops, and networking events.
This conference is completely student organized, and is held as an opportunity for faculty, post-docs, and students to share and discuss the research happening at the interface of the physical and life sciences. Research areas represented include chemistry, physics, molecular biophysics and biochemistry, pharmacology, and immunology to name a few.
This conference will cover all aspects that govern the central building blocks of life, DNA replication, transcription, and translation, as well as activities that impact these processes such as DNA repair, DNA editing, and RNA editing. There will be a special emphasis on how they work, how they interact with one another, and how they may be used as diagnostic tools or as targets for novel therapies.
In recent years, the field of structural biology has made remarkable progress. The resolution achievable with cryo-EM and cryo-ET has become truly atomic, and together with X-ray crystallography these techniques provide the spectacular insights into the organization of large macromolecular complexes and individual proteins. Structure prediction through AI has become a well-integrated method, and entire cells are now being modeled using MD simulations. These breakthroughs offer unprecedented insights into molecular interactions, ushering in a new era of understanding chemical processes within cells and facilitating the development of novel therapeutics. In this meeting the experts in the structural biology will share their recent discoveries and discuss the future directions of structural biology.
This advanced lecture course is aimed at young researchers, including PhD students and postdocs, who will have the opportunity not only to learn about the latest findings from experts in the field but also to present their own research.
The Workshop will address the essential questions and challenges of radiation damage to biological samples during their examination with ionizing radiation.
The workshop will cover various X-ray and electron scattering techniques, from crystallography to imaging, and offers ample opportunities for information exchange and discussion among researchers from around the globe.
The MSC (Microscopy Society of Canada – La société de microscopie du Canada) was founded in 1972 as a non-profit organisation. Among other activities, the Society has been organising annual meetings every year since 1974, including joint meetings with the Microscopy Society of America every 4 to 6 years since 1978. MSC is a scientific society formed by and for microscopists in Canada. It encompasses all branches of microscopy, both basic and applied, in the physical, material, geological, biological, and biomedical sciences, including light and electron microscopy techniques. The Society strives to provide a platform for scientists at all levels (trainees from the undergraduate to postdoctoral level, technical personnel, and professors) to discuss their research, remain informed of technological developments and improve their microscopy skills.
The annual Symposium of SFBBM (Swedish Society for Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology) and SBNet (Swedish Structural Biology Network) SWEPROT – will take place in 13-16 June 2025 at Åkerblads Hotel, Tällberg, Sweden.
It offers an attractive scientific program in cutting edge areas of Structural biology, Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, with a strong lineup of international and local speakers. This presents an opportunity to reach out to research groups all over Sweden and beyond. The program makes ample room for personal get-togethers in any of several meeting areas in the beautiful Åkerblads Hotell, situated in the breathtakingly beautiful community of Tällberg in Dalarna. Around 150 participants are expected to attend the meeting.
The Virus Phage Assembly meeting is held biannually at various international locations (mostly between United States and European countries). The conference series started in 1968. The 2025 meeting will be held in Hyannis, MA. The meeting is composed of phage geneticists and structural biologists; however, the majority of talks are from structural biologists. Consequently, cryo-EM and X-ray crystallography tend to dominate the techniques used, with NMR occasionally represented.
ACA Summer Course in Chemical Crystallography will be hosted at Northwestern University from June 22 through June 29, 2025. The ACA Summer
Course has been a continual success for now more than 30 years, instructing new crystallographers in both small molecule single crystal and powder diffraction techniques. Registration opens in January of 2025.
The Nucleic Acids GRC/GRS will cover topics dealing with the structural and mechanistic behavior of nucleic acids and their cellular processing factors, and the potential applications of innovative developments in RNA and DNA science and therapeutics. Gordon
Research Conferences has been advancing the frontiers of science for over 90 years through the presentation and discussion of unpublished research by scientists at all career stages from around the world in the chemical, biological, and physical sciences.
The course is intended mainly for graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and young scientists, along with commercial/industrial researchers in the area of structural biology from all across the globe. The school is not meant as an introductory level course to protein crystallography. It is designed more for applicants with reasonable expertise in crystallography and experience with the CCP4 suite. The purpose of the school is to address specific problems that the applicants face while collecting diffraction data and while solving and refining novel structures. Applicants with crystals for data collection or with already collected data will be given strong consideration, although these are not mandatory requirements.
Several of the leading PX software developers from around the world will present lectures and tutorials on their software and will also be available to help with problems during hands-on sessions of the school.
NYU Langone will be hosting the next annual NYC area Cryo-EM meeting on June 25th 2025. This is a local meeting (NYC area including nearby states) and it is meant to be more of a workshop/discussion format as opposed to a high-level meeting of big-name PI’s and already published results. Talks will be mainly given by postdoctoral fellows and graduate students, and discussion of issues or problems is encouraged. Attendance is free and lunch is provided. A poster session includes drinks and light snacks.
The 5th edition of the PSB biennial Symposium will be themed “Machine Learning in Cellular Structural Biology”, and the meeting aims to highlight recent developments at the intersection of computational and experimental approaches in structural biology and sub-cellular imaging. We seek to showcase the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning in fundamental molecular and cellular research and emphasize their use in translational and therapeutic contexts.
The Partnership for Structural Biology (PSB) is a collaboration between the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), the Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), and the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL). PSB member institutes are particularly interested in 3D structure determination of supra-macromolecular assemblies and subcellular structures, aiming to decipher the mechanisms of cellular processes. We have strong expertise in X-ray and neutron crystallography, scattering techniques, cryo-electron microscopy and tomography, X-ray imaging, NMR spectroscopy, and biophysics. The PSB provides access to advanced infrastructures and training for studying macromolecular and biological systems to both local and international users.
The Microscience Microscopy Congress is back for 2025! One of the biggest events of its kind in Europe, mmc2025 incorporating EMAG 2025 will bring you the very best in microscopy, imaging and cytometry from across the globe. With six parallel conference sessions, a world-class exhibition, workshops, satellite meetings, an international Imaging Competition and more, it is simply the place to be for anyone who uses a microscope for work, study or pleasure.
The Organometallic Chemistry GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. The conference program includes a diverse range of speakers and discussion leaders from institutions and organizations worldwide, concentrating on the latest developments in the field. The conference is five days long and held in a remote location to increase the sense of camaraderie and create scientific communities, with lasting collaborations and friendships. In addition to premier talks, the conference has designated time for poster sessions from individuals of all career stages, and afternoon free time and communal meals allow for informal networking opportunities with leaders in the field.
The ACA Meeting is an annual event providing scientists from a wide variety of backgrounds the opportunity to exchange cutting edge ideas and techniques in multiple areas of research. Each meeting highlights various aspects of crystallography and demonstrates their significance to the greater scientific community. Vendors display the latest technology at the exhibit show. Save the dates and join us!
The Society for Cryobiology‘s annual CRYO meeting is the world’s premier meeting devoted to all aspects of low temperature biology and medicine, comprising both the fundamental science of ice formation as well as branching into niche sub-disciplines.
CRYO2025 marks the Society for Cryobiology’s first return to Germany since CRYO2006 held in Hamburg.
CRYO2025 heralds a number of exciting changes:
- a plenary focused program of broad category themes eg Cooling/Warming Technologies, Biomedical Engineering, Complex Organs and Organisms, and much more
- a return to a 4 day meeting, allowing additional time for social and networking activities
- an all inclusive registration fee which includes the conference banquet
- opportunity for pre-meeting local lab tours
The Microscopy Society of America is hosting the 18th Interamerican Congress on Microscopy at M& M2025.
Join us for an exciting opportunity to connect with leading researchers from across the Americas! Network, share ideas, and collaborate with experts in various fields of microscopy. Expand your professional network and knowledge. We look forward to seeing you there!
Over 800 researchers from around the world are expected to participate in this major scientific event. We anticipate more than 450 presentations (including plenaries, keynotes, invited talks, oral contributions, student/postdoc flash-talks, and award presentations). Sessions will be devoted to topics at the frontier of bioinorganic chemistry, including (but not limited to) issues related to the environment, sustainability, energy, catalysis, protein design, spectroscopic advances, human development and disease, therapeutics, and imaging sciences. We are confident that ICBIC21 with its engaging technical and social programs and accompanying poster sessions will be an exciting, thought-provoking and stimulating event that will provide an excellent opportunity for internationally acclaimed scientists and young researchers to exchange ideas and participate in lively discussions.
The European Crystallographic Meeting (ECM) will take place from August 25 to 30, 2025, in Poznań, Poland. This special joint Polish-Ukrainian edition of ECM will bring together approximately 1,000 crystallographers from around the globe to share insights, foster collaborations, and celebrate advancements in the field.
We are pleased to welcome you to the Microscopy Conference MC 2025, which will take place from August 31st to September 4th, 2025, in the charming city of Karlsruhe, Germany. Whether you’re a student just starting out in the fascinating world of microscopy, a technician on the hunt for the latest gear and scientific techniques, or an experienced scientist or renowned expert, this will be your European microscopy conference in 2025. Our goal is to create an inspiring atmosphere where ideas can flourish, and new collaborations can bloom.
The FBLD is back in Europe for 2025. Fragment-Based Lead Discovery continues to be a rapidly growing, multidisciplinary endeavour. As such experts in the fields of chemistry, biochemistry and related disciplines will be at the conference, providing you with the latest developments in fragment-based lead discovery.
What did you learn most at the 22nd Annual Discovery on Target this past September 30-October 3, 2024? Who did you most value meeting of the over 1,000 international attendees?
The drug discovery science across 220+ presentations included fresh coverage of covalent chemistries and induced proximity, synthetic biology, cancer antibodies, generative AI, and translational models, as well as favorites like kinases, immunomodulation, degraders, membrane proteins, GPCRs, and more.
See you next year! September 22-25, 2025 in Boston
The HEC Meeting is an annual academic Structural Biology conference, for which researchers at universities, other research institutions and industry from Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany and Poland meet to present and discuss current aspects of their research (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_of_Europe_Bio-Crystallography_Meeting). While a focus is on structure analysis via Macromolecular Crystallography and other diffraction techniques, other structural biological techniques, such as nuclear magnetic resonance and cryogenic electron microscopy approaches, are also represented. Preparative and analytical Biochemistry and Biophysics are additional relevant topics.
The Gibbs Society of Biological Thermodynamics is committed to advancing the development and application of thermodynamic principles to understand biological systems; fostering the professional growth of early-career trainees; promoting an equitable, accessible, and inclusive biothermodynamics community; and hosting an annual conference that includes significant opportunities for trainee oral presentations.
CRIC-2025 will benefit a broad and diverse audience of inorganic chemists from the Mid-west, most of which use MiTeGen equipment for their instrumentation needs, such as crystallography and cryo-EM. For example, of the planned speakers and organizers, at least 7/10 routinely use crystallography or cryo-EM, or collaborate with chemists who do.
Integrative structural biology is a powerful approach to understand biological macromolecular systems. By combining computational methods with structural science disciplines, spatial and temporal models of macromolecular targets in their in-situ context can be determined. The focus of this workshop is to understand the challenges and opportunities of applying integrative structural biology techniques to one’s research. The fields of light microscopy, mass spectrometry, X-ray crystallography, NMR, cryo-EM, and computational methods will be highlighted. The topics will cover the best practices and current research toward building structural models across different resolution scales. This workshop will also offer hands-on demos to explore what instrumentation is available to be integrated to address conformational changes, flexibility, and dynamics in macromolecular and cellular structures.
The Pittsburgh Diffraction Society (PDS) is a not-for-profit organization which promotes fundamental and applied diffraction and crystallographic research and the exchange of ideas and information concerning such research.
On behalf of the organizing committee, we are pleased to invite you to the LACA-ABCr 2025 Joint Meeting, an exceptional gathering of the crystallographic community in Latin America. This event combines the 27th Brazilian Crystallographic Association (ABCr) meeting with the 7th Latin American Crystallographic Association (LACA) meeting, enhancing the exchange of ideas and advancing the field of crystallography across the region.
The program will feature esteemed national and international speakers presenting recent breakthroughs in various areas of crystallographic research and leading discussions on emerging trends. Participants will also have the chance to engage in specialized minicourses led by experts, providing young researchers—particularly graduate students—with essential knowledge in structural characterization techniques.
To support the development of the next generation of crystallographers, we are working diligently to provide funding assistance, especially to young researchers and students. ABCr and LACA remain dedicated to fostering emerging talent and building collaborative networks within the Latin American scientific community.
Join us in a welcoming, interdisciplinary environment designed to inspire, connect, and strengthen the crystallographic community. The LACA-ABCr 2025 Joint Meeting is a unique opportunity to share knowledge, foster collaborations, and advance the field of crystallography across Latin America. We look forward to gathering with you as we shape the future of this dynamic discipline together!
ASRM 2025 has new and exciting content for reproductive health professionals representing different specialties from across the US and around the world. ASRM 2025 will have an expansion of offerings, allowing for a comprehensive program that extends beyond addressing infertility to encompass all aspects of family building and reproductive health.
From pioneering new technologies to progressive and inclusive approaches in patient care, this event will leave you feeling like you’re at the forefront of family building and reproductive health. And, as always, there will be plenty of opportunities for building personal connections and catching up with your colleagues!
NYSBC, SEMC and NCCAT will offer a 3-day short course November 4-6. Day one of the course will encompass lectures that delve into the multiple steps of the MicroED workflow. Days 2 & 3 will have practicals in sample preparation, setting up a TEM for data collection, and data processing. For those that want further instruction and a chance to collect their own data, we will host a bonus day for independent practice on November 7. We held our first MicroED short course November 6-9, 2023 (https://nccat.nysbc.org/activities/courses/nccat-microed-2023/) for 18 participants that resulted in an Acta C review to help disseminate knowledge to the greater scientific community. Our second iteration will build on lessons learned from the first workshop and further expand the community of electron diffraction practitioners.
Smart materials are one of the most important researching directions in development of High-tech new materials. Their properties can react to reversible changes in their environment by an external condition. Smart materials help in removing the boundaries between structural and functional materials, which may result in significant revolution in materials science development. Based on its significance, WCSM-2025 is dedicated to provide a platform to make up a dialogue between industries and academic organizations and technology transfer from research to industry.
WCSM-2025 plans to shoot for 200+ oral presentations in breaking research of Smart Materials Science and Technologies. 300+ world-renowned experts, academicians, senior scientists, industry executives and project leaders from 50+ countries will get together to address the topics, issues, best practices and trends necessary to make the right decisions to guide their business strategies, and future science and technology direction. Meanwhile, it provides exhibition opportunities for industries to showcase their products and services with Smart Materials Science applications.
The New Zealand Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is holding our bi-
annual conference. With a strong focus on our early career researchers and students, your support at the event will assist us to promote molecular disciplines throughout New
Zealand.
NCCAT will offer a 1 week workshop focused on the theory and practice of single-particle analysis. The mornings are filled with lectures and stimulating round table discussions. The afternoons provide hands-on practicals to reinforce fundamental concepts and topics covered earlier in the day.
Integrative structural biology is a powerful approach to understand biological macromolecular systems. By combining computational methods with structural science disciplines, spatial and temporal models of macromolecular targets in their in-situ context can be determined. The focus of this workshop is to understand the challenges and opportunities of applying integrative structural biology techniques to one’s research. The fields of light microscopy, mass spectrometry, X-ray crystallography, NMR, cryo-EM, and computational methods will be highlighted. The topics will cover the best practices and current research toward building structural models across different resolution scales. This workshop will also offer hands-on demos to explore what instrumentation is available to be integrated to address conformational changes, flexibility, and dynamics in macromolecular and cellular structures.
NYSBC, SEMC and NCCAT will offer a 3-day short course November 4-6. Day one of the course will encompass lectures that delve into the multiple steps of the MicroED workflow. Days 2 & 3 will have practicals in sample preparation, setting up a TEM for data collection, and data processing. For those that want further instruction and a chance to collect their own data, we will host a bonus day for independent practice on November 7. We held our first MicroED short course November 6-9, 2023 (https://nccat.nysbc.org/activities/courses/nccat-microed-2023/) for 18 participants that resulted in an Acta C review to help disseminate knowledge to the greater scientific community. Our second iteration will build on lessons learned from the first workshop and further expand the community of electron diffraction practitioners.
Past Events - Meetings - Workshops - Conferences
As science becomes increasingly interdisciplinary, the Biophysical Society Annual Meeting continues its long-held reputation for bringing together leading scientists from all over the world who work at the interface of the life, physical, and computational sciences.
The dynamic five-day meeting provides attendees with opportunities to share their latest unpublished findings and learn the newest emerging techniques and applications.
Despite its nearly 5,000 attendees, the Meeting is noted for maintaining its “small meeting” feel beginning with the Saturday Subgroup symposia, which allow attendees to meet within their scientific communities. It is also known for its vitality, demonstrated by the over 600 highly interactive daily poster presentations, the more than 500 speakers selected from submitted abstracts, the many career development programs for those working in academia, industry, and agencies throughout the world, and its advocacy and education programs.
The course is designed to equip participants with both practical, hands-on skills in Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy (CLEM) and a solid theoretical foundation. This advanced imaging modality enables researchers to precisely locate fluorescent proteins within cellular ultrastructures, a technique pioneered at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL).
Recognizing the increasing demand for in situ CLEM applications, the training is geared towards enabling attendees to create customized CLEM workflows to address their unique research questions and share this knowledge within their institutions. The course delves into the specifics of this method, emphasising high-precision localization. Furthermore, it offers significant interaction with CLEM and EM experts, facilitating rich discussions and troubleshooting sessions. This ensures that participants not only learn the methodology but also gain insightful, actionable guidance to apply CLEM techniques effectively in their research endeavors.
The 50th Lorne Conference on Protein Structure and Function is February 9-13, 2025 in Lorne, Australia.
This conference aims to bring together experts and early stage researchers from the separate disciplines, as well as researchers from different fields in the Life Sciences:
- to highlight recent methodological developments and to promote their usage as new “tools”
for cell biology across scales: from molecules to organelles, cells and cell-cell interactions - to provide a discussion platform for structural biology methods within the cellular context
- to stimulate discussions about how to meaningfully integrate data from different methods
- to define what types of biological questions can already be addressed using in situ structural biology and which might be approached in the future
The 13th Asia Pacific Microscopy Congress 2025 (APMC13) will bring the world of scientific imaging and microanalysis together in Australia’s New World city – Brisbane.
Embedded in Asian & Australian Indigenous Culture and Tradition, the Committee of Asia Pacific Societies for Microscopy (CAPSM) will present the 13th Asia Pacific Microscopy Congress (APMC13) to establish a balanced programme of light, ion and electron microscopy and imaging spectroscopy in physical, material and life sciences. Microscopists, scientists, manufacturers, and suppliers will come together to share new instrumentations, techniques, workflows, applications, and technologies.
The meeting is the 36th in the history of MAX IV and will bring together synchrotron scientists, other experts and industry representatives from a wide range of fields to Lund. We anticipate more than 300 participants on site during the three days of the meeting.
Topics For The Meeting Include
- New Beamline Proposal Process
- MAX IV Strategy: Transformative Science Area Objectives
- MAX4U Accelerator Upgrade: Scientific Opportunities
The main objective of the AsCA meeting is to contribute and to promote the advancement of crystallography and allied subjects in Asia. This meeting will attract researchers at all levels from a broad spectrum of niche areas spanning from chemical crystallography, macromolecular and protein crystallography to hybrid methods. This meeting also serves as a strong platform for research networking within the Asia region where researchers will disseminate their exciting and most recent research findings through presentations and discussions. Many prominent scientists, industrial experts, representatives from various multinational corporations and non-governmental organizations will take part in the AsCA 2024 to share their experiences, technology innovation and insights in the respective areas.
The Centre for cryo electron microscopy of membrane protein (CCeMMP) symposium will be held November 11th-12th. The two day symposium will feature cryo-EM researcher presenting their work in the area of cryoEM. More information to come.
The CCP4 Northern Structural Biology Meeting, Wednesday 6th – Thursday 7th November held at The Frederick Douglass Centre, Newcastle Upon Tyne. The event is aiming to gather 100 attendees (students, postdocs, staff, PIs). It is a great opportunity for sponsors to meet with structural biology scientists.
NYSBC, SEMC and NCCAT will offer a 3-day short course November 4-6. Day one of the course will encompass lectures that delve into the multiple steps of the MicroED workflow. Days 2 & 3 will have practicals in sample preparation, setting up a TEM for data collection, and data processing. For those that want further instruction and a chance to collect their own data, they will host a bonus day for independent practice on November 7.
The workshop is planned as a two-days activity from November, 04th to 05th, 2024. It will take place at the CNPEM, National Center for Research in Energy and Materials, located in Campinas, Brazil, serving as a satellite to the Brazilian synchrotron users’ meeting, with up to 60 participants.
The workshop is aiming to bring together research groups from all over the world who are active in the application and/or the development of crystallographic fragment screening. The targeted community includes scientists from large-scale facilities (synchrotrons), method developers as well as researchers from academia and industry. The goal of the workshop is to disseminate recent advances and applications related to crystallographic fragment screening. In particular, itshall serve to motivate the Brazilian and southern American communities and SME’s to engage into this kind of research, especially using the Sirius synchrotron facility. This workshop can be seen as a follow-up event of the 2023 similar workshop at the Australian Synchrotron in Melbourne.
The International Conferences for the crystallization of Biological Macromolecules aims to exchange research results and promote practical applications of biological crystallization and structural determination. After a break due to the international COVID-19 pandemic, ICCBM-18 is returning in 2024. The ICCBM conference series are hosted with venues that change regularly to encourage worldwide participation and inclusion. ICCBM organizes and supports interdisciplinary workshops, endorsed by a wide range of attendance of researchers, including bio-crystallographers, biochemists, physicists and engineers. ICCBM-18 will be held in Tempe, Arizona at Arizona State University, from November 3-9, 2024. ICCBM-18 will host three days of talks and scientific posters, followed by two days of practical, hands-on sessions.
The BHT meeting is an annual one day meeting for structural biologists in Southern Ontario and Western New York. The meeting is held each year in early November to discuss and learn about new and innovative techniques in X-ray crystallography and cryoEM, and to provide a venue for showcasing the achievements of our graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.
The 16th annual CCP4 USA Crystallography School organized jointly with the National Institute of General Medical Sciences and National Cancer Institute Structural Biology Facility at the Advanced Photon Source (GM/CA@APS). The 2024 school will take place at the Advanced Photon Source (APS) synchrotron site at Argonne National Laboratory, near Chicago. The first two days will be dedicated to data collection and processing. The rest of the school will focus on structure solution, refinement and validation. The workshop will be proceeded by two virtual introduction days. Registration closes on August 31st 2024
Crystal 35 will have a range of high-quality national and international experts from the field in attendance. The Committee is already working to put together a first-rate program including the latest advances and developments in the field of Crystallography. Speakers have already been confirmed from Japan, Singapore and South Africa. They will be speaking on topics like: integrative macromolecular structure determination, chemical and materials crystallography, electron diffraction and computational studies.
The Hormel Institute, UMN’s inaugural Minnesota Bioimaging Symposium is scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, October 14 & 15, 2024. The symposium is targeting academics interested in bioimaging from across the Midwest and anticipate over 200 attendees. Two high-level international experts in the field will be in attendance — Peijun Zhang from the University of Oxford and Hong Zhou from UCLA.
X-ray crystallography has been the cornerstone of structural biology for half a century and remains the technique of choice for atomic resolution understanding of macromolecules and for structure guided drug discovery. This intense course combines laboratory and computational instruction to train course participants in the major techniques used to determine three-dimensional structures. It is designed for scientists with a working knowledge of protein structure and function, but who are new to macromolecular crystallography or who wish to increase their in-depth knowledge of macromolecular crystallography. The advent of methods for the accurate prediction of protein structures is accelerating crystallography experiments, and the course will train researchers in how to best use these models.
To be held at USC in Los Angles. The primary aim of the symposium is to bring together experts, researchers, vendors, and industrial partners in the field of cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) from Southern California to exchange knowledge, present the latest advancements, and foster collaborative discussions.
The New York City Integrative Structural Biology Symposium is October 9-11, 2024. The focus of this workshop is to understand the challenges and opportunities of applying integrative structural biology techniques to one’s research. The fields of light microscopy, mass spectrometry, X-ray crystallography, NMR, cryo-EM, and computational methods will be highlighted. The topics will cover the best practices and current research toward building structural models across different resolution scales. This workshop will also offer hands-on demos to explore what instrumentation is available to be integrated to address conformational changes, flexibility, and dynamics in macromolecular and cellular structures.
2024 Workshop of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) Commission on High Pressure organized and hosted by the European Spallation Source and MAX IV Laboratory in Lund, Sweden is September 25th to 28th.
The 28th Annual MSD Technology Symposium (Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA is known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada) is expected to draw over 1000 in-Person Scientists and an additional 1200 Virtual MSD Scientists from Candidate Discovery and Preclinical Development through Clinical Development and Real World Data Departments across the company along with over 70 select Supplier Sponsors. The meeting will be organized around several tracks illustrating the various ways that technologies are facilitating scientific decision-making at MSD. There is a mix of OPEN and CLOSED talks (a combination of cleared MSD lectures and posters from MSD scientists, and content from vendors and other external collaboration partners), as well as MSD-private lectures and posters.
The 2024 LACA meeting, hosted in Montevideo, Uruguay, is a gathering of the Latin American Crystallographic Association, a scientific community focused on structural sciences. The meeting will feature discussions on recent advancements and future directions in the field. LACA was founded in 2013 and has since held meetings in various Latin American countries.
250+ delegates from a variety of disciplines, Historically, attendance has been dominated by pharma and biotech scientists, Biophysical and biochemical screening and characterisation techniques including NMR, SPR, X-ray crystallography, MS, ITC, and MST, Structure determination X-ray crystallography, Cryo-EM and NMR, Medicinal and organic chemistry, Computational chemistry including library design, assessment of chemical diversity, structure-based drug design and virtual screening.
The 81st Pittsburgh Diffraction Conference is September 21st to the 23rd in Ithaca, NY. The conference will discuss progress in fundamental and applied diffraction and crystallographic research, ranging from materials discovery for functional devices to targeting viruses for drug development. In addition, two workshops are scheduled. Protein crystallization workshop and a GSAS-II workshop.
You are cordially invited to participate in the 4th International Electronic Conference on Crystals (IOCC 2024), sponsored by the MDPI open access journal Crystals. The conference affords the opportunity for researchers engaged in the study of crystalline materials to present their research and exchange ideas with their colleagues. This is a virtual conference held at Sciforum.net. Sciforum.net is a platform developed and sponsored by MDPI to organize electronic conferences, and to provide our community with the technical support for hosting their digital conferences.
You are cordially invited to participate in the 4th International Electronic Conference on Crystals (IOCC 2024), sponsored by the MDPI open access journal Crystals. This is a new and improved initiative based on the experience from the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd International Electronic Conference on Crystals, (https://iecc_2018.sciforum.net/; https://iocc_2020.sciforum.net/; https://iocc_2022.sciforum.net/) which affords the opportunity for researchers engaged in the study of crystalline materials to present their research and exchange ideas with their colleagues. This is a virtual conference held at Sciforum.net. Sciforum.net is a platform developed and sponsored by MDPI to organize electronic conferences, and to provide our community with the technical support for hosting our digital conferences.
The Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR) invites you to participate in the Third Annual Early Career Symposium at IBBR on September 12, 2024 from 8:30am-6:00pm at their facility in Rockville, Maryland. This year’s symposium builds on the success of their past symposiums held in 2022 and 2023 which were attended by 150 participants from the University System of Maryland, NIST, NIH, FDA, Johns Hopkins, AstraZeneca and many more.
Their aim to provide a forum for graduate students and post-docs to share their exciting new scientific research in the fields of disease biology and biotherapeutics development and analysis. Although speakers will be graduate students and post-docs, they have invited scientists at all career stages to attend this symposium. They hope this will provide an opportunity for visiting students and post-docs to interact with the IBBR post-docs, students, and faculty to discuss the latest research developments at IBBR.
This symposium aims to highlight the range of structural biology activities at the University of Manchester. Then program will include advanced in a range of traditional and emerging structural biology methodologies. It will also be an opportunity for early career researchers (Postdocs and PhD students) to present their works, with a poster session in the Michael Smith Lounge, followed by networking/social drinks.
This hands-on course focuses on training participants on how to work with membrane proteins, troubleshooting in the wet lab during solubilisation and reconstitution, and conducting experiments at the beamlines and during early stages of cryoEM screening.
To perform integrated structural biology experiments, well equipped crystallisation and cryo-EM facilities, as well as beamlines for SAXS for time-resolved macromolecular crystallography will be used.
The ECMs are the main meeting point for crystallographers in the ECA area to show their recent
research, and ECM34 in Padova will be the first ECM to follow the 26th IUCr Congress in Melbourne
(IUCr 2023). The scientific program jointly organized by all the ECA Special Interest groups (SIGs)
provide the ideal update in all fields of crystallographic research and education. The synergy
between ECM34 and the EPDIC18 conference will represent the ideal forum to present and discuss
developments of all aspects of crystallography.
The European Microscopy Congress 2024 (emc2024) will bring the world of scientific imaging together in one of Europe’s most beautiful cities – Copenhagen, Denmark.
Incorporating a balanced conference programme of light and electron microscopy in both physical and life sciences – microscopists, manufacturers, and suppliers will come together to share new techniques, applications and technology.
This workshop is intended to provide a forum for researchers working with proteins, nucleic acids and other biomolecules, using a variety of biophysical techniques, including X-ray crystallography, fluorescence, AFM, NMR, calorimetry, etc. The event will feature several individual presentations by internationally recognized scientists currently working in the field, as well as various poster sessions and networking opportunities throughout the day.
Microscopy and Microanalysis 2024 provides a forum for microscopy education and networking. More information coming soon!
The symposium spans the broad range of protein science, combining critical underpinnings of the field, the latest developments and a vision into the future with career development and technical workshops as well as ample networking opportunities. This year’s Symposium continues the society’s commitment to open participation, with each session featuring contributed talks and speakers from across a broad range of topics.
MEETING THEME: ENGINEERING CRYOBIOLOGY FOR LIFE AND SUSTAINABILITY
Recent advances in cell-based medicine, immunotherapy, drug and vaccine discovery, new foods, environmental and species conservation and safety, and outer space exploration, are calling for the development of ingenious cryobiological techniques to enable the eventual success of those cutting-edge technologies. In this regard, engineering is an integral part of the field of cryobiology. A few illustrations are the development and creation of innovative cryo-devices and materials, new approaches to control ice formation, and novel strategies for improving cryopreservation or cryosurgery. CRYO2024 aims to further the connection between engineering and cryobiology by providing an ideal forum for experts from academia, industry, government, and non-profit organizations, to exchange their latest findings and forward-looking perspectives that will contribute to a better life and sustainability on our planet.
Scientific program includes: The measurement strikes back or the return of the experiment. Development of radiation sources over the last two decades. Making great use of the sources we have today. Possibilities afforded by new sources. Data processing how did we get to here and more!
Early career diffraction methods seminar 2024 – Collecting Data and Solving Structures: the Good, the Bragg, and the Analysis is July 21-22 in Berlin Germany.
The conference will cover topics and methodologies such as viral genomics, new anti-viral treatments, emerging viruses, and pandemic readiness. It is an ideal forum for every kind of researcher or invested party including academic researchers, post-docs, and graduate students as well as researchers from governmental agencies and the private sector. The conference will feature discoveries and methodologies to study viruses, which are crucial to identifying new pharmacological targets and treatments for viral diseases.
The four-day Pacific Northwest Summer Crystallographic Institute aims to instruct students and their faculty research mentors (up to 20 participants) in the methods and rewards of small molecule X-ray crystallography as a tool for routine characterization. While other workshops and academic courses focus on training crystallographers, the institute is unique in having junior scholars and faculty who wish to become better informed consumers of crystallographic data as its target audience.
The advent of serial crystallography at free electron laser sources and the following adaptation of these methods at 3rd and 4th generation synchrotrons have opened new possibilities to perform room temperature time relolved studies in macromolecular crystallography.
This practical course aims to teach participants know-how of time-resolved serial crystallography and to illustrate the entire pipeline from sample-preparation to a 3D molecular movie. Lectures and practical sessions will be delivered to explain how to prepare micro-crystals of biomolecules, how to use various sample delivery methods for serial crystallography, to design time-resolved experiments, to collect data, and to process serial crystallographic data.