Conferences and Workshops

Upcoming Events

UCT Signature Theme in Drug Discovery

DATE: 23 May 2008, 14:30 for 15:00 (TBC)
VENUE: LT A, RW James Building,
Upper Campus, UCT
Cocktail Reception

Special Guest Lecturer: Richard Henderson, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK
Structure of the ß-1 adrenergic receptor and implications for drug design

RSVP: Amanda Gillespie on ddst@salamanderevents.com
Tel: 084 313 1613
Before 10 May 2008

Past Events

2006

The First African Structural Biology (FASB) Conference [24 - 27 October 2006]

Post-conference Three-dimensional Electron Microscopy Image processing Workshop [30 October - 1 November 2006]
Prof. Joachim Frank and Prof. Edward H. Egelman

Principles and practice in crystallising biological macromolecules [24 – 27 July 2006]
Dr. Gweneth Nneji, Imperial College, London.

  • Lecture themes
    • Core principles and methods
    • Approaches to aid crystallization and non-standard methods
    • Designing a crystallization strategy
    • Crystallization success stories
  • Practical sessions
    • Exploring solubility, standard methods with and without oils
    • Crystallization in practice – an attempt to crystallize a biological macromolecule
    • Optimization methods, nucleants and temperature variation

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