Scientific program:
Thursday 4 September

9:00 – 9:45

Plenary Lecture 4 – Chair: Marta Ferraroni

Randy J. Read

Room 8

University of Cambridge

Intersecting theory and methods in structural biology

9:45 – 10:00

Sponsor talk – Anton Paar

Room 8

10:00 – 10:30

Coffee break

10:30 – 12:20

MS5 – Artificial Intelligence in Structural Biology

Room 8

Chairs: Nicole Balasco, Roberto Marotta

MS6 – From Mineral Structures to Advanced Materials: Innovations and New Applications

Room 1 

Chairs: Giorgia Confalonieri, Tommaso Battiston  

10:30 – 10:55

Alfonso De Simone (Invited)

University of Naples

Catching the Structures of Intermediate Protein States by Integrating NMR and Computations

Maria Chiara Dalconi (Invited)

University of Padua

Nanoscale characterization of calcium silicate hydrates using synchrotron X-ray total scattering

10:55 – 11:20

Andrea Graziadei (Invited)

Human Technopole

Putting the pieces together: crosslinking mass spectrometry, electron microscopy and deep learning for in situ structural biology

Alberto Mario Martinelli (Invited)

SPIN-CNR

From mineral structures to advanced materials: the need of large scale facilities to improve knowledge

11:20 – 11:35

Alessia Ruggiero

IBB-CNR

Structural biology at service of vaccine design: in search of new TB antigens

Francesco Colombo

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Selective Exchange Mechanisms of REEs in NH₄-Exchanged Zeolite: Insights from High-Resolution XRPD

11:35 – 11:50

Elisa Fagnani

IBF-CNR

Deciphering the structural flexibility of SMAC/DIABLO and its interaction with IAPs: implications for apoptosis regulation

Anna Mauri

University of Insubria

In situ powder X-ray diffraction structural insight on greenhouse gases capture by a micro/mesoporous metal-organic framework

11:50 – 12:05

Francesco Rinaldi

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

Elucidating RAD52 architecture through an integrated structural biology approach

Leonardo Lo Presti

University of Milan

Structure-properties relationships in complex Li-doped KTa/NbO3 perovskite ferroelectrics

12:05 – 12:20

Luciana Esposito

IBB-CNR

The impact of AlphaFold in structural biology: the case of KCTD proteins

Vesna Zalar Serjun 

Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute

Phase Composition Changes in Recycled Materials During Aging

12:20 – 13:50

Lunch

13:50 – 14:35

Plenary Lecture 5 – Chair: Elena Simone

Room 8

Elias Vlieg

Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials

X-ray crystallography of solid-liquid interfaces

14:35 – 16:25

MS7 – Supramolecular Chemistry in Molecular Crystals

Room 8

Chair: Luca Catalano, Riccardo Montis  

MS8 – New Light Sources Opportunities: Innovative Approaches to Crystallographic Challenges

Room 1

Chair: Jasper Plasier, Michela La Bella

14:35 – 15:00

Dritan Hasa (Invited)

University of Trieste

Polymer-based cocrystals: Bringing order to disorder and confusion to the crystal engineer

James Ball (Invited)

ESRF – European Synchrotron Radiation facility

The ID11 Beamline: Addressing Crystallographic Challenges with Advanced Characterisation Techniques

15:00 – 15:25

Michael Ruggiero (Invited)

University of Rochester

Terahertz Vibrational Spectroscopy – A Powerful Complement to Diffraction Studies for the Study of Dynamic Materials

Luisa Barba (Invited)

IC-CNR

In-situ crystallographic experiments at Elettra

15:25 – 15:40

Paolo Pio Mazzeo

University of Parma

Prediction of low melting eutectic as intermediate for mechanochemical cocrystal synthesis

Simona Galli

University of Insubria

Structural features underneath functional performances: in situ powder X-ray diffraction on the stage

15:40 – 15:55

Elena Simone

Politecnico of Turin

Title TBD

Milo Agati

University of Florence

High-pressure structural and electronic properties underlying the nanothreads formation from pseudo-stilbenes

15:55 – 16:10

Emmanuele Parisi

Politecnico of Turin

The Role of H-Bonding Frustration in a Hexamorphic Crystal: A Pathway to Reversible Structural Transformations

Anna Moliterni

IC-CNR

The power of Crystallography to shed light on the structure of new materials for energy

16:10 – 16:25

Emanuela Santagata 

University of Naples

New materials for advanced telecommunication applications

Marco Vandone

University of Milan

A direct comparison of the accuracies of the structural models of a MOF obtained using a diverse set of X-ray diffraction techniques

16:25 – 17:00

FP3 (MS2 – MS7) – Chair: Martina Lippi

Room 8

(3 min for each presenter)

FP4 (MS2 – MS6 – MS8) – Chair: Andrea Ienco

Room 1

(3 min for each presenter)

 

Selene Berni

Anna Sadocha

Remie Sundermann

Elvira Fantechi

Arkadiusz Ciesielski

Filomena Luigia Damiani

Anna Giovanna Sciancalepore

Cosimo Cardellicchio

Andrea Sala

Nicola Dengo

Riccardo Fantini

Maura Mancinelli

Claudia Urru

Luca Adami

Rossella Arletti

Alessia Panizzi

Brianna Levy

Ackeera A. Campbell

17:00 – 19:00

Poster session and Party

Room 18-19, courtyard