Dear Colleagues,
Please see below an announcement about Leeds’ forthcoming ‘Astbury Conversation’. We hope many of you will be able to join us in Leeds next April.
Best wishes,
Alex Breeze
The Astbury Conversation 11th –
12th April 2016
The organising committee of the Astbury Conversation is delighted to invite you to attend the symposium at the first biennial Astbury Conversation at the University of Leeds www.astburyconversation.leeds.ac.uk and
to join us for the subsequent Public Lecture and VIP dinner.
The Astbury Conversation is a new event that aims to bring together leading researchers from across the globe to discuss the most recent progress in the field of structural molecular biology. This event is inspired
by the pioneering work of Bill Astbury, FRS, a field of research continued today in the Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology (www.astbury.leeds.ac.uk).
This distinctive event will be held on the University of Leeds campus and will take place over two days: 11th – 12th April 2016.
The programme includes;
· An academic Symposium ‘Understanding Complex Macromolecular Systems from Sparse Data’ to include prestigious
talks, selected presentations and poster session,
· A Public Engagement Event,
· A Public Lecture ‘Birth and
future of multiscale modelling of macromolecules’ by Nobel Laureate Professor Michael Levitt, FRS, followed by a wine reception.
· VIP dinner hosted by Sir Alan Langlands, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds.
Monday 11 April 2pm - Tuesday 12 April 3pm 2016
Understanding Complex Macromolecular Systems from Sparse Data
Every two years the Astbury Conversation Symposium will enable the very best researchers at all career stages to discuss recent innovations, new techniques and technologies in the field of structural molecular biology.
To provide a focal point, and yet to allow for interaction across all areas of structural molecular biology, the symposium will be focused around the work of the Astbury Conversationalist, and the topic of their plenary talk. In 2016, the Conversationalist will be Professor Michael Levitt FRS, who will discuss “Birth and future of multiscale modelling of macromolecules” thus the title of the 2016 Symposium will be “Understanding Complex Macromolecular Systems from Sparse Data”.
The Astbury Conversation will become a biennial event for the field of structural molecular biology, promoting discussions of the latest innovations in the field, including the highlight plenary lecture, along with a public display of the emerging integrated technologies available for structural molecular biology research in the 21st century.
The Symposium will include:
Cost: £29 without accommodation or £95 per delegate including accommodation. Note that attendance only at the Plenary lecture is free but does require registration to obtain an entrance ticket
For further information about this event please contact symposium convenor Dr. T. Edwards (Ed), Deputy Director of the Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology: [log in to unmask],
We hope you can join us for what will be a stimulating and thought provoking conversation.