Events Workshops & Conferences
Since 2004, we at MiTeGen have sponsored and attended numerous events, meetings, workshops and conferences. These include those pertaining to Cryo-EM, Crystallography, Structural Biology and more. While we are in the business of supplying researchers with products and services supporting their work in the fields of Cryo-EM, Crystallography, Structural Biology, Material Science and beyond, we are also deeply committed to supporting our industry and the people within it through our sponsorship and attendance.
Use this page to discover upcoming industry events, meetings, workshops and conferences we are sponsoring and/or attending. For those events we are attending we would very much like to meet you in person. See listings below for how to find us at event.
This page also lists past events we have been involved in.
If you have an event, meeting, workshop or conference you would like us to sponsor, please visit our sponsorship request form to submit it for review.
Current and Future Events - Meetings - Workshops - Conferences
The Instruct Biennial Structural Biology Conference (IBSBC) showcases the latest in integrative structural biology from leading scientists across the world. The conference will explore new cutting-edge developments in structural biology, including the emerging methods and technologies that are helping scientists to decipher complex biomolecular dynamics.
This workshop is a forum for presenting, teaching and discussing results from the application of state-of-the-art experimental methods (including, but not limited to, optical spectroscopy, NMR spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography, XFELs, cryo electron microscopy and atomic-force microscopy and scattering methods), and theoretical and computational approaches to studying protein dynamics.
Erice 2022 International School of Crystallography features two courses which are Crystallography Under Extreme Conditions the Future is Bright and Very Compressed as well as Diffuse Scattering the Crystallography of Dynamics, Defects and Disorder.
The focus of this four-day class is to introduce participants to common image processing packages used to analyze cryo-EM data. This is a hands on class where participants will work with instructors to learn how to independently use common software packages (RELION, cisTEM, and cryoSPARC), in addition cryoDRGN. A key feature of the course will be the opportunity for participants to bring their own data for analysis so that they can get practical processing advice from leading experts in the field.
Grand Opening of the Cryo-Electron Microscopy Research Center & the Midwest Center for Cryo-Electron Tomography.
The ACA Summer Course in Chemical Crystallography is directed towards Single-Crystal Chemical Crystallography and Powder Diffraction techniques, as applicable to small molecule studies. The course is designed to instruct attendees in the theory and practice of these two aspects of crystallography.
IPAC is the main international event for the worldwide accelerator community and industry. Attendees will be presented with cutting-edge accelerator research and development results and gain the latest insights into accelerator facilities across the globe. Over 1,000 delegates and 70 industry exhibits are expected to attend this remarkable and noteworthy event. This is a unique opportunity to meet, interact and network with accelerator scientists, engineers, students and industrial vendors.
This will be the final symposium hosted by the NIH-funded Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) in Structural Biology. The format of this one-day symposium will be similar to previous years: morning scientific talks, afternoon break-out sessions, a poster session and vendor exhibits throughout the day.
The School teaches small-molecule single-crystal X-ray structure determination. It is ideal for young researchers in the molecular and solid state sciences for whom a knowledge of crystal structure analysis would be particularly helpful in their current research.
International Biology and Synchrotron Radiation (BSR) meetings are held every three years with the aim of presenting and discussing state of the art application in relevant research fields. BSR is a unique forum to discuss the novel possibilities of synchrotron and X-rays lasers and to promote their application to challenging biological problems.
The British Biophysical Society Biennial Meeting, From Molecular Machines to Materials, is June 29th to July 1st 2022.
The British Biophysical Society (BBS) is a vibrant community of biophysicists, biologists and chemists, celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2020.
This year, the BBS biennial meeting will be held in Ireland for the first time. Peter Crowley is organizing the meeting at NUI Galway. The main focus will be on proteins as machines, providing a basis for functional materials. One of the goals of this meeting is to increase the participation of Ireland-based researchers in the Biophysics domain, as well as to enhance international collaboration.
The 36th Annual Symposium of The Protein Society provides an opportunity to connect and share your ideas with hundreds of protein science professionals from around the globe. In addition to their dynamic program, the Symposium will feature numerous networking and career building opportunities, as well as thematic workshops.
The program of the 2022 School will be focused in X-ray crystallography of powders, small molecules and proteins, covering from the fundamentals of Diffraction to the latest developments in the fields.
It will be directed to young students: undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate and young scientists who want to learn about crystallography, either because they are working on their Master or PhD degrees, or they want to extend their knowledge in this leading and exciting scientific area.
Theoretical and practical lectures, hands-on tutorials, and laboratory practical sessions are planned. The attendees will be divided into small groups for tutorials and laboratory practical sessions, so that they can have hands-on experience. The tutorials and laboratory sessions in Macromolecular Crystallography will be off-site, around 10km away. Transportation will be provided.
The four-day Pacific Northwest Summer Crystallographic Institute aims to instruct students and their faculty research mentors (up to 20 participants) in the methods and rewards of small molecule X-ray crystallography as a tool for routine characterization. While other workshops and academic courses focus on training crystallographers, the institute is unique in having junior scholars and faculty who wish to become better informed consumers of crystallographic data as its target audience.
This Discussion is for established and early-career scientists, post-graduate students and industrial researchers interested in the expanding field of cryo-electron microscopy. Researchers in this area who based in cryo-EM facilities or research institutes, or in departments of biology, chemistry, structural biology, virology, cell biology, molecular biology or biophysics etc are all welcome. Oral and poster presentation opportunities are available to all these groups, and they invite you to submit an oral or poster abstract and join us to make your contribution alongside leaders in the field.
Structural biology is entering a new era. Not just the virus and biomedicine, not just astounding breakthroughs in prediction, but new and complimentary approaches are exploding onto the scene. It is time to imagine what could be achieved if there were no barriers to structural information, and to contemplate how we will combine our diverse strengths to overcome obstacles we always believed were insurmountable. An excellent place to start is crystallization, where the impact of any improvement would be very high, but predictive theory remains elusive. Preparation of electron microscopy grids faces a similar challenge. Each session will focus on a critical barrier in structural biology, and the goal will be formulating the best advice to newcomers to the field who will face these challenges. Where possible, test data with a clear scoring system will be defined, and friendly competition between proponents of different approaches will be encouraged. Current best practices will be described, evaluated and compared and the relative effectiveness of alternative approaches will be announced at the meeting. Open discussion is expected to uncover new insights, new approaches, new algorithms, and no doubt flaws in the tests. By the end of the meeting we will have established not only new best practices, but also improved the criteria we use to assess them.
The ACA Meeting is an annual event providing scientists from a wide variety of backgrounds the opportunity to exchange cutting edge ideas and techniques in multiple areas of research. Each meeting highlights various aspects of crystallography and demonstrates their significance to the greater scientific community. Vendors display the latest technology at the exhibit show.
Microscopy & Microanalysis 2022 will feature over 1200 platform and poster sessions, workshops, tutorials, and networking events, in addition to four days of the world’s largest Microscopy products and services commercial expo hall in the world.
The meeting of the 33rd European Crystallographic Meeting 2022 is the largest forum for crystallographers in Europe.
In connection with hosting several international workshops as satellite events of the ECM33, we expect even international flair from numerous participants from non-European countries joining us at the upcoming conference.
It therefore represents a premier arena to create genuine business opportunities, connect and engage with key decision makers within the community of crystallographers
Within the framework of the next congress of the European Crystallographic Meeting ECM33, the members of the University of Bordeaux are organizing two satellite meetings. These are:
1. Functional Materials under Pressure Satellite Meeting. The meeting will focus on the structure-property relationships of functional materials under pressure, from inorganic materials to molecular materials or active pharmaceutical ingredients. The synthesis of new pressure materials would also be discussed.
2. Chirality in Crystals Satellite Meeting. The topic will cover the different aspects of solid chirality and the contributions of crystallography to study the properties of chiral crystals.
These satellite meetings will allow international participants at the European Crystallographic Meeting to gather around specific topics and engage in sophisticated discussions with other interested parties. The meetings will provide fertile ground for collaborations between regional and international scientists working in the fields of pressure and chirality and, due to the joint nature of satellite meetings, will also provide opportunities for cross-collaboration between the two themes. The intimate setting of the conference, with meals on site and dormitories, will encourage maximum interaction between participants.
Past Events - Meetings - Workshops - Conferences
The Advanced Workshop on Cryo-Electron Tomography is designed for students, postdoctoral staff, scientists, and group leaders from academia and industry.
Hands-on training in structural biology, a tool for sustainable development in Africa. Venue is Bamako, Mali at the Malaria Research and Training Centre (MRTC).
The BCA Spring Meeting 2022 features a range of talks and sessions as well as an early-career prize session.
The program is aimed primarily at master students and other early stage researchers in physics, chemistry, materials science, engineering, and life or environmental sciences. Students will be introduced to advanced synchrotron- and laboratory-based photon science methods that probe the physical, chemical, and electronic structures of materials as well as the function and dynamics of complex material systems.
The basic and specialized lectures are given by experienced teachers who are HZB scientists or BESSY II super-users from our partner universities and research centers.
International Conference on Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation (SRI) is a unique, large and the most significant international forum held every three years in the community of synchrotron radiation (SR) and free electron laser (XFEL).
This triennial conference is the prime forum to highlight connections between synchrotron radiation instrumentation, science, and society. It also provides opportunities for discussion and collaborations among scientists and engineers around the world involved in development of new concepts, techniques, and instruments related to synchrotron radiation and free electron laser research.
Built with biopharmaceutical industry insights, this in person conference will bring together key opinion leaders to delve deep into the challenges associated with leveraging new structural data, explore emerging technologies and accelerate hit-to-lead optimization to successfully drug the next generation of GPCR targets with validated therapeutic relevance.
The 30TH Annual Meeting Of The German Crystallographic Society features speakers, workshops and more.
The 4th International Symposium on Cryo-3D Image Analysis 2022 provides a GRC-like atmosphere with a strong focus on technical aspects of algorithms for image processing in CryoEM. Participants are encouraged to discuss issues in depth, and long discussion sessions are scheduled for each talk.
The InSynX workshop will generate a strong network of early career researchers (ECRs) and leading experts from Germany and Brazil. This network will address opportunities and prospects for advanced material characterization via time-resolved in situ synchrotron techniques. Beyond the extensive scientific discussions, InSynX will actively promote and facilitate networking and collaborative opportunities for ECRs and provide training and opportunities to ensure their longevity.
More information coming soon
The Virtual Microscopy Characterisation of Organic-Inorganic Interfaces 2022 features different branches of the microscopy community (the life sciences and materials science) but also bridge two continents in a joint discussion on the challenging but increasingly important topic of studying hybrid organic–inorganic materials.
Biophysical Society Annual Meeting – BPS2022 brings together leading scientists from the all over the world who work at the interface of the life, physical, and computational sciences. The meeting is five days long and provides attendees opportunities to learn the newest emerging techniques and applications and share their latest unpublished findings.
MiTeGen is attending BPS2022 and we can be found at booth 904.
We are also sponsoring two BPS subgroups. These are:
The 9th Annual International BioXFEL Conference Features experts in structural biology, physics, biochemistry, and more discussing advances in structural biology using XFELs.
The Lorne Proteins conference features speakers, poster awards, a satellite meeting and more.
The 27th Australian Conference on Microscopy and Microanalysis is now postponed until a later date.
The DESY Photon Science Users´ Meeting will take place from 21 – 28 January 2022 in conjunction with the European XFEL Users´ Meeting 2022. The week comprises satellite meetings, online sessions on research with free-electron laser and synchrotron radiation sources, scientific poster sessions and sessions on future developments at PETRA III and FLASH including the upgrade projects PETRA IV and FLASH 2020+.
This invaluable forum for the synchrotron radiation users’ community will provide the opportunity to exchange and learn about the evolution of the machine and the beamlines. It will be also the occasion to share scientific, technical and practical issues about the synchrotron radiation use.
The SXNS16 conference will be held in Lund, Sweden. It will emphasize novel techniques for surface x-ray and neutron scattering including instrumentation and source development. Topics will include in-situ and in-operando surface studies, nanostructured surfaces and interfaces, surface and interfaces in soft matter, biological interfaces, emergent interfacial materials, and dynamics of surfaces, interfaces and nanostructures.
The Structural Biology Finland Conference 2021 highlights the official opening of the Instruct-ERIC Centre Finland, show-casing the latest scientific highlights in integrated structural cell biology and demonstrating the use of key research infrastructure available in the Instruct-ERIC and FINStruct service catalogues. Participants can present posters, flash talks and give industrial exhibitions.
With the series of annual user meetings we bring together our user community to intensify scientific exchange and stimulating new collaborations. The meetings will provide an overview of the many exciting and inspiring research results obtained at our facility in the past year. A keynote lecture, plenary talks, discussions, a public lecture and a poster session will provide vast possibilities of information and discussion.
The goal of the Asia-Pacific Cryo-EM Symposium is to showcase the latest and greatest of cryo-EM. Talks will span a broad range of fields, including virology, cell biology, biochemistry and methods development. A diverse a group of speakers, including many early-career scientists, will present state-of-the-art research. The target audience is cryo-EM practitioners and those interested in cryo-EM. This will be held through Zoom.
Cell Bio, the joint meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) and European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), is an arena to showcase a diverse global community of the brightest minds in cell biology.
The meeting focuses on cell biology as the fundamental basis of biology as well as sessions on emerging interdisciplinary topics.
The Integrative Structural Biology Meeting is organized by the Association Française de Cristallographie and the Société Française de Biophysique together. BSI 2021 is the second edition of the meeting. Our goal is to strengthen the links between the structural biology and biophysical communities.
A central theme of this workshop is highlighting the importance of lipids in MP research and how they can be preserved. Various experimental and computational tools, including novel expression and stabilisation strategies, have been developed to overcome the challenges posed by a variety of MPs. These technologies have delivered spectacular insights into membrane-protein structure, dynamics and function within the last few years. This conference will bring together researchers developing and applying these new methodologies. In addition to providing a forum to exchange the latest developments in the field, the conference provides excellent opportunities for early-career scientist in the field to learn all aspects of a variety of tools to study the structure and function of membrane proteins.
ANSTO is hosting the 2021 Users Meeting with a hybrid virtual and drop-in event from 24-26 November.
A schedule of online webinars allows scientists who have accessed any of ANSTO’s research infrastructure, and includes the beamlines of the Australian Synchrotron, neutron scattering instruments at the Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, instruments the Centre for Accelerator Science and deuterated products from the National Deuteration Facility, to showcase their work during the last year.
This year’s NEMI day, which will take place on the 23 November 2021 in Leiden and will be organized by NeCEN. The theme of this year’s meeting is ‘crossing borders’ where they aim to showcase examples of scientific research that crosses from different scientific fields into electron microscopy and vice-versa.
The meeting can be attended in person (if permitted) or followed online via live video stream.
This year’s presentations and discussion forums focus on new cryo-EM techniques to image cells. Additional new work will be featured in lightening talks and a poster session with ample time reserved for networking with colleagues. The meeting typically garners approximately 200 attendees from the Northeast region and
beyond.
The Diamond Light Source Early Career Scientists Symposium 2021 will feature a number of speakers from a very diverse range of science careers, who will discuss their experiences and share advice on finding the best job opportunities. During the Symposium, attendees will have the unique opportunity to attend a Career Management Strategy Masterclass and participate in a Q&A roundtable, providing an opportunity to discuss topics directly with the speakers.
The Third Annual CRBS Symposium will be held virtually on Monday, November 8, 2021. The day will feature three outstanding international speakers – Andrew Carter (MRC-LMB, Cambridge, UK), Ben Engel (Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany) and Susan Lea (NCI-CCR, Frederick, USA) – local speakers, oral and poster presentations from upcoming graduate students and postdocs and virtual booths from our exhibitors.
Scientific talks will cluster around the following major themes: structure and biophysics based drug design stories cryoEM in a pharmaceutical setting popular biophysics techniques, eg. HDX-MS popular drug discovery trends, eg. degraders.
The BHT meeting is an annual one day meeting for structural biologists in Southern Ontario and Western New York. The meeting is held each year in early November to discuss and learn about new and innovative techniques in X-ray crystallography and cryoEM, and to provide a venue for showcasing the achievements of our graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.
Topics for this meeting include high resolution structures and in-situ structural biology, developments in cellular tomography and sample preparation for tissues and cells, FIB-milling, correlative light microscopy, phase plate technology, instrumentation, data acquisition and processing scheme, and more.
The 6th Annual Southern California Cryo-Electron Microscopy Symposium will be held online on Friday, October 29th, 2021, bringing together electron microscopists in Southern California focused on studying the fundamental mechanisms of biological systems.
FASM and MAX IV warmly invite the MAX IV user communities and new interested persons or collectives to participate at the 33rd MAX IV User Meeting – MAX IV in Focus -.
Where are we and where do we want to go? Which developments and beamlines, emerging science areas and technologies are necessary to fulfill your needs and reach your vision for MAX IV in 2030?
The 4th Annual CryoNET Symposium will through a panel of distinguished speakers highlight the latest discoveries facilitated by cryo-EM research and new directions that are emerging. The symposium will be fully accessible as an online meeting but they will provide viewing and presentation options in Umeå to the extent that the guidelines at the time allow (more info to follow). Students and postdocs are encouraged to apply to give talks. CryoNET is a network between the Cryo-EM facilities at University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University, Stockholm University and Umeå University and is funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
Crystallization technologies are bridges between drug substances (DS) and drug products (DP) enabling consistent and robust safety and efficacy profiles for small molecule-based medicines. In effort to fully utilize existing tools and develop better methodologies for solving bottleneck problems in new drug development programs, the annual Pharmaceutical Crystallization Summit gathers leading industrial and academic experts to discuss their works related to DS crystallization R&D and manufacturing focuses on.
The Canadian Light Source Virtual Annual Users Meeting will span two days. The first day of our AUM will focus on facility updates, how the CLS has responded to changing operations in the midst of a pandemic, as well as in this time of transitions in leadership. The second day of our AUM will be a celebration of scientific excellence, with invited talks given by award winners and invited guests.
Electron Microscopy-X brings together researchers across the international community who work on electron microscopy to share knowledge, build community, foster collaboration, and break traditional disciplinary boundaries.
The Heart of Europe Bio-Crystallography Meeting (a.k.a. HEC Meeting) is an annual conference on structural biology, with an emphasis on macromolecular crystallography. Participants from Poland, Germany, Czech Republic and Austria discuss current topics in this field. Talks are mostly presented by PhD students, with the exception of the HEC lecture, which is given by an eminent scientist of the field.
Core Facilities are key-players in modern institutions. Their still emergent role inevitably entails new paradigms regarding their scope and structure. The CTLS2021 conference aims to address several of these points, contributing to shape the future of the technical and scientific landscape of life sciences in Europe.