Structural Biology Seminars

The Section of Structural Biology holds research seminars from external speakers from 4-6pm at the South Kensington Campus (unless otherwise stated).

Details of upcoming seminars are shown below. If you have any queries, please contact Kasia Pearce (k.pearce@imperial.ac.uk)

All are welcome to attend.

Upcoming seminars

DateSpeakerTalk titleLocation
8 November 2018 Dr Timm Maier, University of Basel The structural basis for regulation of acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 Room G47A, Flowers Building, South Kensington Campus
13 February 2019 Professor James Naismith, University of Oxford   Strange chemistry: The uses of peptides to transport iron and to treat disease Room 158D MDL1, SAF Building, South Kensington Campus
16 April 2019 Dr Alessandro Costa Eukaryotic chromosome replication studied by cryo-electron microscopy Room 119, SAF Building, South Kensington Campus
13 June 2019 Professor Jane Endicott, Newcastle University  Mechanistic insights into CDK activity revealed by comparative analysis of CDK-cyclin structures Room 119, SAF Building, South Kensington Campus
Structural Biology seminars

Past seminars

DateSpeakerTalk titleLocation
 8 November 2018  Dr Timm Maier, University of Basel  The structural basis for regulation of acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 Room G47A, Flowers Building, South Kensington Campus
 13 February 2019 Professor James Naismith, University of Oxford   Strange chemistry: The uses of peptides to transport iron and to treat disease Room 158D MDL1, SAF Building, South Kensington Campus
 16 April 2019  Dr Alessandro Costa Eukaryotic chromosome replication studied by cryo-electron microscopy Room 119, SAF Building, South Kensington Campus
13 June 2019 Professor Jane Endicott, Newcastle University  Mechanistic insights into CDK activity revealed by comparative analysis of CDK-cyclin structures Room 119, SAF Building, South Kensington Campus 
26 April 2018

Professor Christopher Hill, University of Utha

Structure and mechanism of Vps4, the enzyme that drives membrane fission in the ESCRT pathways  

 Room G34, Sir Alexander Fleming Building
1 March 2018


Professor Jane Endicott, Newcastle University

Characterisation of CDK complexes controlling the cell cycle and transcription

 Room G34, Sir Alexander Fleming Building
8 February 2018


Professor Virginijus Siksnys, Vilnus University


CRISPR-Cas defense: a stand-alone Cas9 and multiplexed Cas10

 Room G34, Sir Alexander Fleming Building
12 October 2017

Prof. Wolf-Dietrich Heyer University of California

Homologous recombination and chromosomal rearrangements

Room 120, Sir Alexander Fleming Building

25 May 2017  Dr. Stephen J. Smerdon, The Francis Crick Institute, UK Signalling around double-stranded DNA breaks – new tricks for old dogs! Signalling around double-stranded DNA breaks – new tricks for old dogs! Room 122, Sir Alexander Fleming Building
2 March 2017 Prof. John Schwabe, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, UDr. Stephen J. Smerdon The Francis Crick Institute, University of Leicester Understanding the structure and function of transcriptional repression complexes using a combinatorial approach Room G34, Sir Alexander Fleming Building
15 September 2016 Professor Susan Lea, University of Oxford Using mixed methods and ecto-parasites to unpick complement activation and regulation mechanisms SAF Building, room 119
17 November 2016 Dr Bruno Klaholz, IGBMC High-resolution cryo-EM structure of the human 80S ribosome Flowers Building, Room G47A, South Kensington
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