Cryo-EMontpellier Day
The cryo-electron microscopy is a key methodology in structural biology and cell biology. On September 11, 2024, the Biology-Health research cluster at the University of Montpellier devoted a day to the subject. The aim was to provide an overview of recent applications of cryo-EM and to bring together local researchers interested in these techniques.

The event, part of the cluster's quantitative biology division, brought together 160 participants to discuss cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM). This technique makes it possible to observe, at near-atomic resolution, complex and varied biological objects ranging from proteins and cells to tissues.
Sixteen oral presentations were given, including one by Richard Henderson, winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, a researcher at the Medical Research Council- laboratory of molecular biology (MRC-LMB) at the University of Cambridge. His talk addressed the development of electron microscopy under cryogenic conditions, and presented recent advances in the field, as well as future developments and prospects.
The second keynote lecture 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 poster session was also presented.

