Programme
Collected abstracts
(as prepared for publication in Acta Cryst., ~ 300 Mb)
The abstracts have been published in Acta Crystallographica
See also Presentations for more information for authors and how the hybride meeting should look like.
Changes are possible. Dates and time as well as further specifications of poster sessions to be determined. Some are formally placed at the end of agenda.
Preliminary schematic time schedule
(for details, see above)
The conference programme has been prepared by the International Programme Committee (IPC) and session co-chairs.
Prize Winners
Ewald Prize Olga Kennard | |
Braggs Prize James Fraser Targeting COVID-19 Viral Enzymes in an Evolving Landscape of Publishing and Peer Review | |
Braggs Prize Jean-Philippe Julien Structure-guided design of next-generation malaria vaccine |
Plenary Lectures
Helen Berman How data have revealed the structural universe | |
David Eisenberg The structural biology of pathogenic amyloid fibrils | |
Clare Grey In situ studies of battery materials with NMR crystallography |
Keynote Lectures
Abakumov Artem Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology Moscow Russia Order and disorder in metal-ion battery materials | |
Artioli Gilberto University of Padova Padova Italy Crystallography and cultural heritage – On beauty, science and passion | |
Arulandu Arockkiasamy International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) New Delhi India Structure guided inhibitor discovery targeting a membrane receptor involved in atherosclerosis | |
Blagov Aleksandr NRC Kurchatov Institute Moscow Russia 4th generation SR and XFEL facilities: new era in crystallography and material science | |
Boscherini Federico University of Bologna Bologna Italy X-ray absorption spectroscopy and materials science: recent advances | |
Contreras-Garcia Julia Pierre and Marie Curie University Paris France Electron density, and its interplay with the energy and properties of molecules and solids | |
Fantini Marcia Instituto de Fisica Sao Paulo Brasil The contribution of crystallography to new vaccine formulations | |
Fisher Zoe European Spallation Source Lund Sweden Neutron structural biology | |
Fujita Makoto University of Tokyo Tokyo Japan Crystalline sponge, metal-organic assemblies | |
Garcia-Ruiz Juan Manuel Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra Granada Spain The crystal and the rose: On the impact of crystals and crystallography in art and mind | |
Gonen Tamir University of California Loas Angeles USA Universidad de Los Andes MicroED: conception, practice and future opportunities | |
Goodwin Andrew University of Oxford Oxford UK Structural flexibility and disorder in functional materials | |
Grey Clare University of Cambridge Cambridge UK In situ studies of battery materials with NMR crystallography | |
Grimm Uwe The Open University Milton Keynes UK State of the art understanding of diffraction from aperiodic crystals | |
Haynes Delia Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch South Africa Dithiadiazolyl radicals as building blocks for molecular materials | |
Hovmoller Sven Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University Stockholm Sweden Gjonnes medal lecture | |
Chamard Virginie Aix-Marseille Université Marseille France Novel insights on biomineralization using x-rays and optical coherent diffraction based imaging | |
Jayatilaka Dylan University of Western Australia Perth Australia Quantum Crystallography: Past, Present, and Future | |
Kolb Ute Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz Germany Gjonnes medal lectures | |
Krivovichev Sergey St. Petersburg University St. Petersburg Russia Complexity in crystals and minerals | |
Kroon-Batenburg Loes Utrecht University Utrecht Netherlands Metadata and checkCIF for raw diffraction data in realising ultimate crystallographic objectivity | |
Ma Yanming Jilin University Changchun China Record high superconductivity in sodalite-like rare-earth hydrides stabilized at high pressures | |
Macchi Piero Dep. of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano Milano Italy Quantum crystallography and spintronic materials | |
Oliva Glaucius Universidade de Sao Paulo Sao Paulo Brasil A Crystallographic Snapshot of SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Maturation Process and the Discovery of Inhibitors | |
Palatinus Lukas Institue of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences Prague Czech Republic Electron crystallography of molecular crystals | |
Pearson Arwen R. University of Hamburg Hamburg Germany Time resolved macromolecular crystallography | |
Rauch Edgar University of Grenoble Grenoble France Identification of secondary phase structure using 4D Precession Electron Diffraction | |
Reddy Malla IISER Kolkata India Mechanical properties of crystals | |
Reutzel-Edens Susan Eli-Lilly Company Indianopolis USA Crystal forms in pharmaceutical applications | |
Reusse Gwenaelle College de France Paris France In-situ and in-operando diffraction studies of Li ion battery electrodes | |
Shibayama Mitsushiro University of Tokyo Tokyo Japan Soft Matter | |
Stark Holger MPI for Biophysical Chemistry Goettingen Germany The symbiosis of cryo-EM and X-ray crystallography in structure determination of large macromolecular systems | |
Stokes Harold Brigham Young University Provo, Utah USA The science of symmetry breaking | |
Strynadka Natalie University of British Columbia Vancouver Canada Structural hybrid methods to probe membrane transport nanomachines in pathogenic bacteria | |
Thorn Andrea Institute for Nanostructure and Solid State Physics, Universität Hamburg Hamburg Germany The Coronavirus Structural Task Force | |
Yang Wei Laboratory of Molecular Biology, NIDDK Bethesda, MD USA Structural biology insights into antibody diversity through gene recombination mechanisms | |
Heinemann Udo Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin Germany Gene expression regulation | |
Dubrovinsky Leonid Bayreuth University Bayreuth Germany Stress state in a diamond anvil cell at megabar pressures at ambient and high temperatures |
List of all standard sessions with co-chairs and invited speakers
MS IDs assigned at the the time of proposal are different than session numbers in conference agenda – schedule.
MS title | Proposed | Supported by | |
Composite and incommensurate modulated crystals: structural and physical properties | CAC | ||
Structure, modeling and properties of quasicrystals | CAC | ||
Macromolecular machines and hybrid methods to crystallography | CBM | ||
New methods to fight the pandemic | Others | CBM | |
Structural biology against coronavirus/covid-1 | Others | CBM | |
Protein design and engineering | CBM | ||
Structural biology of eukaryotic immune systems | CBM | ||
Ultra-high resolution macromolecular crystallography and quantum biocrystallography | CBM | CBM CQC CSynr CommDat | |
Fragment Screening, LCP, and Automation | CBM | CQC CSynr CommDat | |
Nucleic acids and binding proteins structure and function | CBM | CBM | |
Validation of cryoEM structures and maps | CBM | CEC CommDat | |
Integrative structural biology: The next 50 years of the Protein Data Bank | CBM | CSynr CommDat | |
Structure guided drug design and antibiotic resistance targets | CBM | ||
Structural biology of enzymes, mechanism and regulation | CBM | ||
X-ray spectrometry and X-ray diffraction in art and archaeology | CCACH | CXAFS | |
Science meets art: Crystallography and cultural heritage | CCACH | CAC CMTC | |
Automation in bio-crystallography: tools, perspectives and applications | CCC | CBM | |
High troughput vs. careful planning: How to get the best data? | CCC | CSynr CommDat | |
Handling of big data in crystallography | CCC | CSynr CommDat | |
Data-driven discovery in crystallography | CCC | CCC CCM CIMS CommDat | |
Machine learning in biological and structural sciences | CCC | CBM CCT | |
Structural bioinformatics | CCC | CBM | |
The mineral/life interface – prebiotic chemistry, biomineralization, advanced biomimetic materials | CCGCM | CQC CIMS CXAFS | |
2D type crystals and their heterostructures | CCGCM | ||
Hydrogen rich compounds: design, properties & phase transitions at high pressures | CCM | ||
Topological materials | CCM | ||
Nanocrystalline materials | CCM | ||
Crystal structure prediction | CCM | CCC | |
Social media and new frontiers for spreading crystallographic | CCT | ||
Crystallography schools to promote interdisciplinarity in science | CCT | ||
CryoEM for macromolecules – from single particles to microcrystals | CEC | CBM CSynr | |
Combination of X-ray and electrons for structure characterization | CEC | CPD CSynr | |
Application of electron crystallography to functional materials | CEC | CCGCM CIMS | |
Analysis of the fine structure in electron diffraction data | CEC | CAC CommDat | |
In-situ and time resolved electron crystallography | CEC | ||
Crystal structures of pharmaceutical and organic compounds from electron diffraction | CEC | ||
Recent advances in electron crystallography techniques | CEC | ||
Texture, strain and structure in metals and ceramics | CIMS | CCM CPD | |
Organic minerals, metal-organic frameworks, and metal-oxygen clusters: the emergent interface of geochemistry and crystal engineering | CIMS | CSC | |
Modular structure of inorganic and mineral compounds | CIMS | CMTC | |
Complex structures of minerals and inorganic materials | CIMS | ||
Magnetic structures of novel and functional materials | CMS | CIMS CNS | |
Methods and software developments for magnetic-structure analysis | CMS | CAC CCC CNS | |
Molecular magnets and metal-organic frameworks including quantum crystallography approaches | CMS | CQC CSC | |
Magnetic structures at extreme conditions and in extreme samples | CMS | CHP CIMS CNS | |
Symmetry aspects of magnetic order and magnetic properties | CMS | CAC CMTC CPD | |
Frustrated magnetic order and emerging science | CMS | CCGCM CNS | |
Structural, electronic and magnetic ordering: From fundamental physics to functionality | CMS | CIMS CNS | |
Beyond pure point diffraction: Theory and application of diffuse scattering | CMTC | CAC CQC | |
Graphs, tilings and crystal structures | CMTC | CQC | |
Generalizations of crystallographic groups and their applications | CMTC | CQC | |
Polymorphism and structural transformation of organic crystals from synthesis to characterization | CNMR | CSC | |
New methods and strategies in NMR crystallography in – Honour of Francis Taulelle | CNMR | ||
Neutron scattering sources, applications | CNS | ||
Pre and post publication peer review of crystallographic data | CommDat | CAC CBM | |
In-situ and operando studies of battery materials | CPD | CNS | |
Diffraction imaging, grain mapping in materials and art | CPD | CCACH | |
Structure solution and poorly crystalline materials | CPD | ||
Total scattering | CPD | CNS | |
Phase transitions in complex materials (structure and magnetism) | CPD | ||
Perovskites | CPD | ||
Materials for energy conversion and storage | CPD | ||
Combining X-ray diffraction and spectroscopy to characterise materials | CPD | CPD | |
Quantum crystallography in materials science | CQC | CAC | |
Quantum crystallography challenges and newest accomplishments | CQC | CAC | |
Quantum crystallographic studies on intra/inter-molecular interactions | CQC | CSC | |
Large scale facilities for quantum crystallography research | CQC | ||
Solution scattering and combined techniques for biological systems, including component dynamics | CSAS | CBM CQC | |
Integrative methodologies for novel thin film structures | CSAS | CCM CPD CSC | |
Time-resolved phase evolution, interaction & crystallization in soft matter: Integrative approaches | CSAS | CQC | |
Small- and Wide-Angle Scattering for industrial materials far from equilibrium | CSAS | ||
Function and application of porous crystals | CSC | ||
New trends in pharmaceutical materials | CSC | ||
Ab initio powder structure analysis for polymorphism and phase transformation studies with pharmaceutical applications | CSC | CEC | |
Crystallographic approaches for designing new framework materials (including post-synthetic modification) | CSC | ||
Porous framework materials for gas adsorption/separation | CSC | CNMR | |
Dynamic frameworks | CSC | ||
Crystal chemistry with emerging technology | CSC | ||
Crystallization mechanisms of small molecule systems | CSC | ||
Stimuli-responsive crystalline compounds | CSC | ||
Solid state reactions and dynamics | CSC | ||
Non-covalent interactions in crystal engineering | CSC | ||
Theory and practice of supramolecular synthons in crystal engineering | CSC | ||
New applications of coherent scattering | CSynr | CBM CMS | |
Ptychography: present and near future | CSynr | CEC | |
Time-dependent phenomena in the fs to ns regime (studied using ultrashort x-ray pulses) | CSynr | CBM CSC | |
Matter at extreme conditions at SR and XFEL: complementarity of spectroscopy and diffraction | CSynr | CQC CHP CPD CXAFS | |
4th generation SR and XFEL Facilities | CSynr | CBM CXAFS | |
Catalysis: functionalized materials studied by XRD and XAFS | CXAFS | ||
XAS and crystallography allied for geomaterials and environmental problems | CXAFS | CIMS CPD | |
Advanced methods for analysis of XAFS and crystallographic data | CXAFS | CommDat | |
Disordered materials: spectroscopic and scattering techniques | CXAFS | CEC CNS CPD | |
Spectroscopy applied to electrochemistry: operando studies | CXAFS | CNMR | |
High-pressure Crystallography | CHP | CCM | |
Crystallography using large volume presses and diamond anvil cells | CHP | ||
Recent advances in instrumentation | other |
Special sessions
MS original ID, details, chairs | MS title | Proposed | Supported by |
Online crystallography: Tools, apps and web services | CCT | ||
Advances in data and model validation in biomolecular Small-Angle Scattering: Impacts on data and meta-data recording and data archiving | CBM | CommDat | |
Session in the memory of An-Pang Tsai: from quasicrystals to catalysis | CAC | ||
Exemplary practice in chemical, biological and materials database archiving | CBM | CommDat | |
Using crystallography for education during the pandemic | CCT |
Poster sessions
- Advances in instrumentation
- Combining X-Ray Diffraction and Spectroscopy to Characterise Materials
- Complex structures of minerals and inorganic materials
- Composite and Incommensurate Modulated Crystals
- Crystallography in art and archaeology
- Cryo-EM
- Crystallographic data
- Crystallography in industry and applied sciences
- Disordered: Disordered materials
- Electron crystallography
- High Pressure Crystallography
- Hot structures of biological importance
- Materials for energy conversion and storage
- Magnetic structures, magnetic materials
- Metal-organic frameworks
- Nanomaterials
- NMR crystallography
- Non-covalent interactions in crystal engineering
- Perovskites
- Phase transitions in advanced materials
- Polymorphism
- Porous materials
- Quantum crystallography
- Structural biology of enzymes
- Structural biology of receptors, membrane proteins
- Structural biology of viruses
- SAXS, SANS
- Theoretical crystallography
- Total scattering
- XAFS
- Biological crystallography
- Chemical crystallography
- Physical crystallography
- Materials
- …