Cryo-EMontpellier Day
Cryo-electron microscopy Cryo-electron microscopy is a key methodology in structural biology and cell biology. The biology and health research center at the University of Montpellier devoted a day to this topic on September 11, 2024. The aim was to provide an overview of recent applications of cryo-EM and bring together local researchers interested in these techniques.
The event, which falls under the center's quantitative biology focus area, brought together 160 participants to discuss cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM). This technique allows complex and varied biological objects, ranging from proteins and cells to tissues, to be observed at near-atomic resolution.
Sixteen oral presentations were given, including one by Richard Henderson, winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and researcher at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology (MRC-LMB) at the University of Cambridge. His lecture provided an opportunity to discuss the development of cryogenic electron microscopy and to present recent advances in this field, as well as future developments and prospects.
The second keynote speech of the day was given by Andrew Kruse, a specialist in G protein-coupled receptors at Harvard Medical School in Boston. The Montpellier, Toulouse, and Grenoble platforms also presented their work. A series of posters was also on display.
