The Biological Structures Group (BSG) invites you to its 2025 Winter Meeting, which will explore the theme of “New Advances and Future Directions in Structural Biology”.
The meeting will be held at the Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, University of Oxford, on Friday, 12th December 2025, from 10:30 to 18:00.
This year’s meeting will feature talks from a fantastic lineup of confirmed speakers from both academia and industry, including:
- Neil Ranson (Leeds),
- Chun-wa Chung (GSK)
- Josie Ferreira (UCL)
- Chris Hill (York)
- Yvonne Jones (Oxford)
- Christos Pliotas (Manchester)
In addition to the talks, there will be opportunities for attendees to present their own research in our poster session, with prizes for outstanding posters.
We hope you can join us for what promises to be an insightful and collaborative event.
Programme Details:
(10:30 – 11:00) Registration (inc. coffee & pastries)
(11:00 -11:05) Introductory remarks
Session 1 (11:05 – 12:55)
(11:05 -11:35) Prof. Neil Ranson (University of Leeds)
(11:35 -11:55) Poster presenter
(11:55 -12:15) Poster presenter
(12:15 – 12:45) Dr Josie Ferreira (UCL) “A unique cytoskeleton drives transmission of the malaria parasite”.
(12:45 -13:45) Lunch & Poster Session
Session 2 (13:45 – 15:25)
(13:45 – 14:15) Dr Christos Pliotas (University of Manchester) “Applications of pulsed EPR spectroscopy to understand membrane protein structure and function”.
(14:15 – 14:35) Poster Presenter
(14:55 – 15:25) Dr Chris Hill (University of York) “A new protein-dependent riboswitch activates ribosomal frameshifting”.
(15:25 -15:35) Sponsor talk
(15:35-15:55) Coffee
Session 3 (15:55 – 17:15)
(15:55 -16:25) Professor Yvonne Jones (University of Oxford)
(15:25 -16:45) Poster Presenter
(16:45 -17:15) Dr Chun-wa Chung (GSK)
(17:15 – 18:15) Drinks & Poster Session & Prizes
18:15 End of meeting
Location:
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building
Sherrington Rd, Oxford OX1 3QU
Attendees:
Jay Champaneri
Riaan Fox
