Dear Students,

You are cordially invited to the lecture of MU Life Sciences Seminar:

„A New Era for the Elucidation of Protein Complexes in Physiology and Disease by Experimental Methods in Structural Biology”
by Prof. Savvas Savvides, groupleader at VIB Ghent, Belgium

WHEN: Thursday, March 3rd 2022 at 4 p.m.
WHERE: Seminar room 132, pavilion B11, University Campus Bohunice

The announcement is published also at

https://seminarseries.muni.cz/life-sciences/lectures/savvas-savvides​

PhD students who would like to attend a sponsored lunch with Prof. Savvides (Thursday, at 13:00 at Campus River) please register by Wednesday March 2nd, using the form at the website above.

With best regards,
Linda Nosková
MU LSS administrator
noskova@sci.muni.cz

About the lecture

We employ integrative structural biology in conjunction with molecular interaction studies and in vitro and in vivo models, to elucidate the structural and mechanistic principles underlying the assembly and activation of macromolecular complexes pivotal to immunity, inflammation, and cancer. The cornerstone of our research approach lies in a rigorous and hypothesis-driven interrogation of the proteins and complexes under study, and is well nested in collaborations with leading academic research groups in Belgium and abroad, as well as partners from the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry.

We currently focus on 5 main research topics:

• Protein complexes in immunity, inflammation, and cancer
• Cytokine-receptor interactions
• Crystallopathies and macromolecular phase transitions in physiology and disease
• Protein biochemistry and engineering
• Antagonist design, biologics, small-molecule inhibitors