National Doctoral Programme in
Informational and Structural Biology
ISB 2008 Winter School at Ruka
The Winter School will take place on December 8 – 11 (week 50) at Rukatunturi, Kuusamo in Hotel Rantasipi Rukahovi.
Program
Monday, Dec 8th
- 12.15 Departure from Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (flight AY 395)
- 13.30 Arrival at Kuusamo airport
- 13.50 Bus (marked
ISB
) Kuusamo airport - Ruka (40 min) - 15.00 Lunch
- 16.15 Session I, chair Sarah Butcher
- 16.15 Mark Johnson, Director of ISB
- 16.30 Helen Saibil, University of London, UK: Cryo EM structure of a chaperonin complex encapsulating a newly folded protein
- 17.30 Coffee
- 18.00 Session II, chair Hideo Iwai
- 18.00 Juha Kallio: Complex structures of recombinant Melanocarpus albomyces laccase with 2,6-dimethoxyphenol
- 18.20 Erno Lindfors: Molecular path detection method and its applications in type 1 diabetes models and fungal data
- 20.00 Sauna
Tuesday, Dec 9th
- 7.00 - 9.30 Breakfast
- 14.00 Lunch
- 15.00 Session III, chair Einari Niskanen
- 15.00 Merja Niemi: Molecular interactions between a recombinant IgE antibody and the beta-lactoglobulin allergen: insight into the structure of the IgE epitope
- 15.20 Elisa Nurminen: 3D QSAR and Molecular Dynamics of Vascular Adhesion Protein 1
- 15.40 Anne-Sisko Patana: N-glucuronidation in human UGTs: the role of His37 in UGT1A9 and identification of possible His-Asp dyads
- 16.00 Heidi Repo: Thermofluor studies on acid alpha glucosidase: stabilisation of the enzyme by inhibitors
- 16.20 Coffee and poster session
- 17.50 Session IV, chair Lloyd Ruddock
- 17.50 Salla Ruskamo: Structural basis of the migfilin-filamin interaction
- 18.10 Malena Sandberg: An automated platform for anti-biofilm screening using a library containing natural and synthetic compounds
- 18.30 Tapio Lönnberg: Lipidomic profiles of T helper 2 cells in early stages of lineage commitment
- 18.50 Sonja Nybom: Removal of cyanobacterial toxins by probiotic bacteria
- 20.00 Sauna
Wednesday, Dec 10th
- 7.00 - 9.30 Breakfast
- 9.30 - 10.30 Poster session (feedback session)
- 10.30 - 10.45 Short presentation of CSC It Center of Science Ltd. (Dr. Tommi Nyrönen)
- 14.00 - 15.00 Lunch
- 15.00 Session V, chair Vesa Hytönen
- 15.00 Jyrki Heino, University of Turku
- 15.45 Peter Würtz: Aspects and applications of pulse sequence design for NMR spectroscopy
- 16.05 Elina Palonen: Transcriptome analysis of a fermenting filamentous fungus Aspergillus terreus using oligonucleotide-based microarrays
- 16.25 Coffee
- 17.10 Session VI, chair Juhani Soini
- 17.10 Pekka Postila: Functional classification of novel ligand molecules for ionotropic glutamate receptors
- 17.30 Jani Seitsonen: Structural studies of Blackcurrant reversion virus using cryo electron microscopy
- 17.50 Heidi Tuominen: Structure determination of a CBS domain-containing pyrophosphatase of Clostridium perfringens
- 18.10 Mark Johnson, Director of ISB
- 18.20 Organizers for the ISB 2009 Students' Spring Meeting
- 20.00 Dinner
Thursday, Dec 11th
- 7.00 - 9.30 Breakfast
- 9.30 - 11.00 Individual group or project meetings or free time
- 12.00 Bus (marked
ISB
) Ruka - Kuusamo airport (40 min) - 14.00 Leave for Helsinki (flight AY 396)
- 15.10 Arrival at Helsinki-Vantaa airport
Committee
The scientific organization committee for 2008 Winter School is
- Jenny Björkqvist, Åbo Akademi University
- Sarah Butcher, Professor, University of Helsinki
- Vesa Hytönen, Ph.D., Docent, University of Tampere
- Einari Niskanen, University of Jyväskylä
- Juhani Soini, Ph.D., Docent, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University