Institute for Structural and Chemical Biology
Events
Upcoming events
Seminars in the Frank and Katherine May Lecture Theatre (Henry Wellcome Building)
We share updates on our research Friday lunchtimes.
We welcome external speakers Wednesday lunchtimes. PhD students and postdocs have lunch with external speakers after their seminar. Learn more about the seminars.
Research discussion forums
We get together monthly to discuss potential collaborations, ask for input into grant applications and discuss science.
Symposium: 'Inducing Protein Proximity: Looking for Glues', Wednesday 30 April 2025, Henry Wellcome Building.
A free one day symposium for researchers across academia and industry to share and generate new ideas around inducing protein proximity.
Programme: The day will include a series of invited talks and facilitated group discussion with the aim of addressing 'grand challenges' in the field through collaborative projects. Speakers include:
Ian Churcher (Janus Drug Discovery Consulting), Peter Cossar (University of Dundee), Aneika Leney (University of Birmingham), Markus Queisser (GSK), Roland Hjerpe (Sygnature Discovery), James Hodgkinson (University of Leicester) and Paulo Pitasse-Santos (University of Leicester). Funded by EPSRC, organised by Dr Richard Doveston. For more details and to sign up: https://www.dovestonlab.co.uk/home-page
LINXS PhD symposium in Lund, Sweden: 'Life in Dynamic Detail', 22-23 May 2025
Organised by the second year PGRs, as part of our LINXS collaboration
MCB LISCB PhD symposium, Friday 19 September 2025
Details TBC
International Conference on Hydrogenase and Other Redox Metalloenzymes, August 2026, Sir Bob Burgess Building
Organised by Patricia Rodriguez-Macia and Philip Ash https://le.ac.uk/chemistry/research/hydrogenase-2026
Details TBC
Past events
Research discussion forums
Many thanks to those who have hosted lively research discussion forums during the past year:
- James Hodgkinson
- Massimo Cavallero, TJ Ragan and Tim Pearce
- Helen O’Hare
- Chris Switzer
- Emma Hesketh
- Robert Mahen and Andrew Hudson
- Patricia Rodriguez-Macia
- Yolanda Markaki and Beks Jukes-Jones
- Cyril Dominguez
- Paul Cullis
Midlands Biophysics Network Meeting
The revived Midlands Biophysics Network met again in Leicester on 17 September 2024. The next meeting is planned in Nottingham.
Midlands Innovation Electron Microscopy (MI-EM) Network
The inaugural meeting was held at Leicester in April 2024.
Dynamic Crystallography Conference 2023
Organised by Peter Moody and Hanna Kwon. This meeting was funded by a BBSRC international collaboration award.
Regulation through Chromatin Conference 2022
Organised by a committee lead by Thomas Schalch. This meeting was funded by a BBSRC international collaboration award.