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Vladimír Sklenář Memorial Conference on NMR & Structural Biology

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A two-day conference is organized in memory of our esteemed colleague and one of the most prominent and internationally recognized experts in the field of NMR and structural biology, Professor Vladimír Sklenář, who passed away on 13 April 2024. At the Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University, he was instrumental in establishing world-class research infrastructures in structural biology, particularly in NMR spectroscopy and electron microscopy. CIISB has established itself at the level of comparable workplaces in Western Europe thanks to his interactions with the Instruct-ERIC, European ESFRI infrastructure, where he acted as a member of the Executive Committee and Council. His tenure at the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University, CIISB and CEITEC was characterized by a great passion for scientific challenges and a great deal of humanity with which he approached his colleagues.

Lectures and contributions by invited speakers will bring back memories of Vladimir’s tenure and will present the latest scientific findings in structural biology and in NMR.

Speakers

Andrew Atkinson, IPBS-Toulouse;

Lucia Banci, CERM Florence;

Adriaan Bax, National Institutes of Health;

Martin Blackledge, IBS CNRS, France;

Rolf Boelens, Utrecht University; 

Juli Feigon, University of California;

Christian Griesinger, MPI Goettingen; 

Michal Hocek, IOCB Prague; 

Wiktor Koźmiński, University of Warsaw;

Norbert Müller, Johannes Kepler University Linz;

Jiří Nováček, CEITEC MUNI & Chair of CIISB;

Hartmut Oschkinat, FMP Berlin;

András Perczel, Eötvös Loránd University;

Vladimír Saudek, Cambridge University;

Lukáš Trantírek, CEITEC MUNI;

Václav Veverka, IOCB Prague;

Lukáš Žídek, NCBR SCI & CEITEC MUNI

 

BOOK OF MEMORIES

Programme

November 14, 2024

12:00–13:00 Registration
13:00–13:45

Ceremonial Section

Šárka Pospíšilová, Vice-rector for research and doctoral studies, Masaryk University

Pavel Plevka, Director of CEITEC MUNI

Ctirad Hofr, Vice-Dean for Research and Internationalization, Faculty of Science

Jan Dohnálek, Deputy Chair of CIISB

Radovan Fiala, CEITEC MUNI: Vladimír Sklenář Memorial Stipend

13:45–14:00 Coffee break
14:00–16:30

Lecture Session 1

14:00–14:45 Adriaan Bax: Protein NMR: past, present, and future
14:45–15:30 Juli Feigon: When Vladi met Juli
15:30–16:30 Vladimír Saudek and Andrew Atkinson: Vladimír Sklenář in Strasbourg: Origins of Watergate and Other Adventures (1992-1995)
16:30–17:00 Coffee break
17:00–18:40 Lecture Session 2
17:00–17:25 András Perczel: NMR-driven studies and drug development to target KRAS
17:25–17:50 Christian Griesinger: Structural insight into protein aggregation in lipids and its modulation by small molecules
17:50–18:15 Hartmut Oschkinat: Extending the range of NMR in the spirit of Vladi
18:15–18:40 Martin Blackledge: NMR provides unique insight into the functional dynamics of intrinsically disordered proteins
18:40 Buffet dinner

November 15, 2024

9:00–10:00 Lecture Session 3
9:00–9:20 Václav Veverka: Essential interactions of intrinsically disordered regions in histone chaperones during transcription elongation
9:20–9:40 Michal Hocek: Base-modified nucleic acids for chemical biology
9:40–10:00 Norbert Müller: The activation mechanism of the human STIM1 calcium channel protein studied by solution NMR
10:00–10:15 Coffee break
10:15–11:15 Lecture Session 4
10:15–10:35 Lucia Banci: in-cell NMR within Integrated Structural Biology
10:35–10:55 Rolf Boelens: A tale of Lac and NMR
10:55–11:15 Wiktor Koźmiński: Non-uniform sampling and IDPs
11:15–11:30 Coffee break
11:30–12:30 Lecture Session 5
11:30–11:50 Jiří Nováček: CIISB: Structural Biology in service mode
11:50–12:10 Lukáš Žídek: What can we learn about disordered proteins? Microtubule Associated Protein 2c as an example
12:10–12:30 Lukáš Trantírek: Towards Physiological State-Resolved NMR Spectroscopy
12:30–13:30 Lunch to go

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Date

14. - 15. 11. 2024
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Organiser

Richard Štefl, Michaela Wimmerová
CEITEC MUNI

Venue

CEITEC MUNI, University Campus, Building E35, Atrium