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Scientific Seminars

Below is a list of upcoming seminars at the LMB aimed at a general scientific audience and open to individuals throughout Cambridge. If you are not at the LMB and wish to attend a seminar, please contact the seminar secretary, unless the seminar is held online and joining information is included in the seminar information below. The LMB hosts ‘The LMB Seminar Series’, where 1-2 leading scientists per month are invited to speak throughout the year. Four of these lectures are named in honour of LMB Nobel Laureates Max Perutz, Francis Crick, César Milstein and John Kendrew, given by eminent scientists from around the world. The LMB Seminar talks and LMB Named Seminar talks are advertised widely throughout the local area and are open to all.

A full list of LMB Named Lectures to date can be found here. Details of other local seminars can be found here

  • Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Introduction to light microscopy

    Speaker: Nick Barry
    Host: Chris Johnson
    Date: 19/01/2021 at 10:00am in the Webinar.

    Further information

    Registration is required for these webinars and you will require an email in ‘cam.ac.uk ‘ domain for this to work. You will also need a Zoom account that is affiliated to the same email to join the webinar.

    Registration at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gdJXz-3QTMS792WnIUtVvg

  • *Science Talk: Seeing it coming - neuronal bases for collision avoidance behaviours **Science Culture Talk: Climate change challenges and opportunities - a scientific view from Argentina

    Speaker: *Professor Daniel Tomsic, Dept de Fisiologica, Biologica Molecular y Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Univ of Buenos Aires **Carolina Vera, Professor at Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, University of Buenos Aires
    Host: Life Science Across the Globe: A Sister Institute Seminar Series
    Date: 20/01/2021 at 1:30pm in the Webinar.

    Further information

    To join via Zoom:
    https://hhmi.zoom.us/j/95859517201?pwd=b2pha2xhWWk4a1BteWJrcStVUWdOQT09

    or Zoom ID: 958 5951 7201
    Passcode: 489171

    For more information, please visit
    www.lifescienceacrosstheglobe.org

  • Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Image Analysis Tools

    Speaker: Jérôme Boulanger
    Host: Chris Johnson
    Date: 21/01/2021 at 10:00am in the Webinar.

    Further information

    Registration is required for these webinars and you will require an email in ‘cam.ac.uk ‘ domain for this to work. You will also need a Zoom account that is affiliated to the same email to join the webinar.

    Registration at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gdJXz-3QTMS792WnIUtVvg

  • Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Fluorescent Labeling, FRET and Light Sheet Microscopy

    Speaker: Ben Sutcliffe
    Host: Chris Johnson
    Date: 26/01/2021 at 10:00am in the Webinar.

    Further information

    Registration is required for these webinars and you will require an email in ‘cam.ac.uk ‘ domain for this to work. You will also need a Zoom account that is affiliated to the same email to join the webinar.

    Registration at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gdJXz-3QTMS792WnIUtVvg

  • Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Super-resolution Microscopy

    Speaker: Jonathan Howe
    Host: Chris Johnson
    Date: 28/01/2021 at 10:00am in the Webinar.

    Further information

    Registration is required for these webinars and you will require an email in ‘cam.ac.uk ‘ domain for this to work. You will also need a Zoom account that is affiliated to the same email to join the webinar.

    Registration at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gdJXz-3QTMS792WnIUtVvg

  • Structural Studies Colloquium - Structures and distributions of SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins on intact virions

    Speaker: Zunlong Ke
    Host: Kelly Nguyen
    Date: 28/01/2021 at 12:00pm in the Webinar.

    Further information

    Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/96295952229?pwd=bFFJY2RmK004UWVsNWJSbWJEZWhxZz09

    Meeting ID: 962 9595 2229

    Passcode: 965353

    Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virions are surrounded by a lipid bilayer from which spike (S) protein trimers protrude. Heavily glycosylated S trimers bind the ACE2 receptor and mediate entry of virions into target cells. S exhibits extensive conformational flexibility: it modulates exposure of its receptor binding site and later undergoes complete structural rearrangement to drive fusion of viral and cellular membranes. The structures and conformations of soluble, overexpressed, purified S proteins have been studied in detail using cryo-electron microscopy. The structure and distribution of S on the virion surface, however, has not been characterized. Here we applied cryo-electron microscopy and tomography to image intact SARS-CoV-2 virions, determining the high-resolution structure, conformational flexibility and distribution of S trimers in situ on the virion surface. These results reveal the conformations of S present on the virion, and provide a basis from which to understand interactions between S and neutralizing antibodies during infection and vaccination.

  • Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Fluorescence spectroscopy and Microscale thermophoresis

    Speaker: Stephen McLaughlin
    Host: Chris Johnson
    Date: 02/02/2021 at 10:00am in the Webinar.

    Further information

    Registration is required for these webinars and you will require an email in ‘cam.ac.uk ‘ domain for this to work. You will also need a Zoom account that is affiliated to the same email to join the webinar.

    Registration at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gdJXz-3QTMS792WnIUtVvg

  • Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Single Molecule Spectroscopy

    Speaker: Chris Johnson
    Host: Chris Johnson
    Date: 04/02/2021 at 10:00am in the Webinar.

    Further information

    Registration is required for these webinars and you will require an email in ‘cam.ac.uk ‘ domain for this to work. You will also need a Zoom account that is affiliated to the same email to join the webinar.

    Registration at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gdJXz-3QTMS792WnIUtVvg

  • Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Biomolecular Thermodynamics and Calorimetry (ITC)

    Speaker: Chris Johnson
    Host: Chris Johnson
    Date: 09/02/2021 at 10:00am in the Webinar.

    Further information

    Registration is required for these webinars and you will require an email in ‘cam.ac.uk ‘ domain for this to work. You will also need a Zoom account that is affiliated to the same email to join the webinar.

    Registration at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gdJXz-3QTMS792WnIUtVvg

  • Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Biomolecular Thermodynamics and Calorimetry (ITC)

    Speaker: Stephen McLaughlin
    Host: Chris Johnson
    Date: 11/02/2021 at 10:00am in the Webinar.

    Further information

    Registration is required for these webinars and you will require an email in ‘cam.ac.uk ‘ domain for this to work. You will also need a Zoom account that is affiliated to the same email to join the webinar.

    Registration at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gdJXz-3QTMS792WnIUtVvg

  • Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Introduction to Biomolecular NMR

    Speaker: Trevor Rutherford
    Host: Chris Johnson
    Date: 16/02/2021 at 10:00am in the Webinar.

    Further information

    Registration is required for these webinars and you will require an email in ‘cam.ac.uk ‘ domain for this to work. You will also need a Zoom account that is affiliated to the same email to join the webinar.

    Registration at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gdJXz-3QTMS792WnIUtVvg

  • Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Advanced NMR applications

    Speaker: Jane Wagstaff
    Host: Chris Johnson
    Date: 18/02/2021 at 10:00am in the Webinar.

    Further information

    Registration is required for these webinars and you will require an email in ‘cam.ac.uk ‘ domain for this to work. You will also need a Zoom account that is affiliated to the same email to join the webinar.

    Registration at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gdJXz-3QTMS792WnIUtVvg

  • Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Protein Crystallization

    Speaker: Fabrice Gorrec
    Host: Chris Johnson
    Date: 23/02/2021 at 10:00am in the Webinar.

    Further information

    Registration is required for these webinars and you will require an email in ‘cam.ac.uk ‘ domain for this to work. You will also need a Zoom account that is affiliated to the same email to join the webinar.

    Registration at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gdJXz-3QTMS792WnIUtVvg

  • Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: X-ray crystallography structures: project-based approaches and practical tips

    Speaker: Dom Bellini
    Host: Chris Johnson
    Date: 25/02/2021 at 10:00am in the Webinar.

    Further information

    Registration is required for these webinars and you will require an email in ‘cam.ac.uk ‘ domain for this to work. You will also need a Zoom account that is affiliated to the same email to join the webinar.

    Registration at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gdJXz-3QTMS792WnIUtVvg

  • Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Light Scattering techniques

    Speaker: Chris Johnson
    Host: Chris Johnson
    Date: 02/03/2021 at 10:00am in the Webinar.

    Further information

    Registration is required for these webinars and you will require an email in ‘cam.ac.uk ‘ domain for this to work. You will also need a Zoom account that is affiliated to the same email to join the webinar.

    Registration at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gdJXz-3QTMS792WnIUtVvg

  • Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Flow Cytometry

    Speaker: Fan Zhang
    Host: Chris Johnson
    Date: 04/03/2021 at 10:00am in the Webinar.

    Further information

    Registration is required for these webinars and you will require an email in ‘cam.ac.uk ‘ domain for this to work. You will also need a Zoom account that is affiliated to the same email to join the webinar.

    Registration at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gdJXz-3QTMS792WnIUtVvg

  • Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Analytical Ultracentrifugation (AUC)

    Speaker: Stephen McLaughlin
    Host: Chris Johnson
    Date: 09/03/2021 at 10:00am in the Webinar.

    Further information

    Registration is required for these webinars and you will require an email in ‘cam.ac.uk ‘ domain for this to work. You will also need a Zoom account that is affiliated to the same email to join the webinar.

    Registration at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gdJXz-3QTMS792WnIUtVvg

  • Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Curve fitting, errors and analysis of binding data

    Speaker: Chris Johnson and Stephen McLaughlin
    Host: Chris Johnson
    Date: 11/03/2021 at 10:00am in the Webinar.

    Further information

    Registration is required for these webinars and you will require an email in ‘cam.ac.uk ‘ domain for this to work. You will also need a Zoom account that is affiliated to the same email to join the webinar.

    Registration at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gdJXz-3QTMS792WnIUtVvg

  • Introduction to Biophysical Techniques: Mass Spectrometry

    Speaker: Mark Skehel
    Host: Chris Johnson
    Date: 18/03/2021 at 10:00am in the Webinar.

    Further information

    Registration is required for these webinars and you will require an email in ‘cam.ac.uk ‘ domain for this to work. You will also need a Zoom account that is affiliated to the same email to join the webinar.

    Registration at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gdJXz-3QTMS792WnIUtVvg