Scientific program

The 51st AIC meeting offers a rich scientific program, including six plenary lectures, ten microsimposia, two dedicated sessions for flash presentations, and a poster session.

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All poster presenters will present their work with a flash presentation and during the poster session.

Three poster prizes will be awarded, sponsored by Oxford University Press.

Microsimposia

MS 1 – Mineralogy and Crystallography: Two Sides of a Same Coin. Ernesto Mesto, Daniela Mauro

Keywords: mineral, crystal structure, chemical and physical properties.

Invited speakers: Giovanni Ferraris, Paolo Lotti

MS 2 – Crystal Growth and Epitaxy. Elena Simone, Chiara Coppi  

Keywords: single crystals, polycristalline materials, thin films, crystallization techniques and processes, crystal growth & epitaxy process design & scale up.

Invited speakers: Rosalba Fittipaldi, Michele Baldrighi

MS 3 – Hybrid Functional Materials. Marco Taddei, Consiglia Tedesco 

Keywords: coordination polymers, framework materials, structure-property relationships.

Invited speakers: Gabriella Cavallo, Matteo Lusi

MS 4 – Integrative Structural Biology. Ilaria Silvestri, Antonio Chaves Sanjuan

Keywords: SPA cryo-EM, cryo-ET, mass spectrometry, NMR, SAXS.

Invited speakers: Riccardo Miggiano, Francesco Angelucci

MS 5 – Artificial Intelligence in Structural Biology. Nicole Balasco, Roberto Marotta

Keywords: machine learning, AlphaFold, structure determination, computational modelling, automation, multi-omics integration.

Invited speakers: Alfonso De Simone, Andrea Graziadei

MS 6 – From Mineral Structures to Advanced Materials: Innovations and New Applications. Giorgia Confalonieri, Tommaso Battiston  

Keywords: industrial minerals, synthetic compounds, functional materials, structural properties, applied crystallography.

Invited speakers: Maria Chiara Dalconi, Alberto Mario Martinelli

MS 7 – Supramolecular Chemistry in Molecular Crystals.  Luca Catalano, Riccardo Montis  

Keywords: non-covalent interactions, polymorphism, salts, cocrystals.

Invited speakers: Dritan Hasa, Michael Ruggiero

MS 8 – New Light Sources Opportunities: Innovative Approaches to Crystallographic Challenges. Jasper Plasier, Michela La Bella

Keywords: In situ and in operando, Large scale facilities, nano-focus, simultaneous multi-technical approach.

Invited speakers: James Ball, Luisa Barba

MS 9 – Challenges in Science Communication and Dissemination.  Simona Fermani, Nicola Dengo

Keywords: science outreach, science and society, crystallography communication, public engagement, social media.

Invited speakers: Linda Pastero, Ilaria Gimondi

 

MS 10 – Advances and Applications of In Silico Modeling in Structure-Based Drug Discovery. Cecilia Pozzi, Carmine Talarico  

Keywords: in silico structural biology, structure-based drug design, molecular dynamics simulation, binding site prediction, machine learning in drug discovery.

Invited speakers: Giovanni Chillemi, Maria Paola Costi