Inauguration of the Swiss High-field NMR Facility

The opening of the Swiss High-field NMR facility will be celebrated on October 11, 2022 at Biozentrum, University of Basel. Rectorate representatives from all three participating Universities, as well as senior and junior scientists, invited guests and a keynote speaker will celebrate the event. The event is open to the public and includes a welcome reception with an Apero Riche. Please register at bottom of this page.

Program

Biozentrum, University of Basel, lecture hall U1.101


12:00 – 13:00

possibility for individual lunch in Mensa Biozentrum 


13:00 – 14:30 Advances in Bio-NMR spectroscopy 1

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Hiller, University of Basel

Welcome address


Philip Rößler (Gossert lab) 

Methodological Advances for the Characterisation of Human GPCRs by NMR Spectroscopy

Dr. Layara Abiko (Grzesiek lab)

High pressure and empty cavities: manipulating the β1-adrenergic receptor conformational equilibrium

Dr. Stefan Schütz (Jahnke lab)

Intrinsically disordered regions modulate DNA binding of the transcription factor MYC:MAX

Dr. Fengjie Wu (Häussinger lab)

Nanobody GPS by PCS: an efficient new NMR analysis method for G protein coupled receptors and other large proteins

Carla Ferreira Rodrigues (Sigel lab)

Stacking guanine building blocks to construct RNA G-quadruplex structures

Cristina Nguyen (Allain lab)

Hybrid method for studying multidomain proteins


14:30 – 15:30 

Coffee break & guided tours through the NMR facility


15:30 – 16:15 Advances in Bio-NMR spectroscopy  2

Dr. Juan Gerez (Riek lab)

In-cell NMR spectroscopy

Dr. Guillaume Mas (Hiller lab)

Functional cycle of the human Hsp70 chaperone BiP at atomic resolution

Kathryn Oi (Zerbe lab)

Potent antibiotics with reduced resistance in Gram-negative bacteria against the LPS transport pathway


16:15 – 16:45 Keynote lecture

Prof. Dr. Martin Blackledge, IBS Grenoble

NMR Provides Unique Insight Into the Role of Conformational Disorder in Viral Replication Machineries


16:45 – 17:00

 Opening addresses

Prof. Dr. Torsten Schwede, Vizerektor Forschung, University of Basel

Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Stark, Prorektorin Forschung, University of Zurich  

Prof. Dr. Detlef Günther, Vizerektor Forschung, ETH Zurich


Apero Riche at ~17:00

End of the Event 19:00


Registration

Registration is free of charge.

Registration closed

For further questions please contact Sebastian Hiller (sebastian.hiller[at]unibas.ch).