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, winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and a researcher at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology (MRC-LMB) at the University of Cambridge. His talk provided an opportunity to discuss the development of cryo-electron microscopy and to present 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.
