Cryo-EMontpellier Day
Cryo-electron microscopy Cryo-electron microscopy is a key methodology in structural biology and cell biology. The Biology and Health Research Cluster at the University of Montpellier dedicated a day to this topic on September 11, 2024. The goal was to provide an overview of recent applications of cryo-EM and to bring together local researchers interested in these techniques.
The event, which falls under the cluster’s quantitative biology focus area, brought together 160 participants to discuss cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). This technique allows for the observation, at near-atomic resolution, of a wide variety of complex biological objects, ranging from proteins and cells to tissues.
Sixteen oral presentations were given, including one by Richard Henderson, the 2017 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry and a researcher at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology (MRC-LMB) at the University of Cambridge. His presentation provided an opportunity to discuss the development of cryo-electron microscopy and to highlight recent advances in this field, as well as future developments and prospects.
The second keynote lecture of the day was delivered by Andrew Kruse, a specialist in G protein-coupled receptors at Harvard Medical School in Boston. The research groups from Montpellier, Toulouse, and Grenoble also presented their work. A poster session was also held.
