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<div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="" style="font-size: 14px;">This is a ‘save-the-date’ message for an upcoming ‘Training Day’ organized by the</font></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="" style="font-size: 14px;">Biochemical Society. The event will be held in London (UK) and is entitled:</font></div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">‘Engineering recombinant proteins for structural and functional studies’</font></span></div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">The programme will address the limiting step in structural studies - the production of </font></span></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">pure and homogenous proteins. Talks and discussions at this event will explore strategies </font></span></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">to optimize membrane and soluble proteins for crystallization, cryo-EM and NMR studies. </font></span></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">Discussions will include construct optimization, novel thermostability assays, </font></span></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">crystallization tools and ‘tricks of the trade’ to enable structure determination. </font></span></div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">This event is particlarly directed toward early-stage graduate students in structural biology. </font></span></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">However, anyone interested in generating soluble proteins for a variety of applications, </font></span></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">such as enzymatic assays and antibody production, would be welcome to attend. </font></span></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">Manufacturers of instruments and techniques to assay purity and homogeneity </font></span></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">will be available for ‘hands-on’ demonstrations. </font></span></div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">The list of invited speakers are experienced in the structure determination of </font></span></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">membrane proteins, cytosolic/secreted proteins, and macromolecular signaling complexes: </font></span></div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">Edmund Kunji, Cambridge</font></span></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">Daniel Panne, Leicester</font></span></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">Maria Sasi Conte, King’s College</font></span></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">Naomi Chayen, Imperal College</font></span></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">Laura Itzhaki, Cambridge</font></span></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">Chris Tate, Cambridge</font></span></div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">More details about the programme and venue will be provided in the coming weeks.</font></span></div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">Best wishes,</font></span></div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">Amir Khan, Trinity College Dublin</font></span></div>
<div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Arial" class="">Rivka Isaacson, King’s College</font></span></div>
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