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 during term time.
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.
Midlands Gene Regulation and Nuclear Function Symposium 17-18 September 2026
Organised by Yolanda Markaki and her group
TR+ Conference 2026: From Statics to Dynamics – LINXS ChemLife-MAX IV event 21-23 September
In Lund, Sweden.
MCB LISCB PhD symposium, Friday 25 September
Registration details to be confirmed.
Past events
International Conference on Hydrogenase and Other Redox Metalloenzymes, 26 to 30 July 2026
LINXS PhD symposium in Lund, Sweden, 21-22 May 2026
Organised by the second year PGRs, as part of our LINXS collaboration
ECR Naive Collaborators Club, 9 October 2025
The 'Naive Collaborators Club' aims to promote grassroots collaborations between clinical(ish) and mechanistic/ chemical biology research.
Symposium: Scientific achievements through serial crystallography
22-24 September in Lund
MCB LISCB PhD symposium
Friday 19 September 2025
Midlands RNA Salon
8 September 2025
LINXS Online SAXS clinic: on sample preparation and measurements
August 2025
Cross-College Collaboration Workshop
'Biological sensing of oxidants and chemically reactive pollutants and metabolites: from biochemical mechanisms to clinical benefits' 21 and 24 July 2025
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
Symposium: 'Inducing Protein Proximity: Looking for Glues', Wednesday 30 April 2025, Henry Wellcome Building.
Researchers across academia and industry shared and generated new ideas around inducing protein proximity. Funded by EPSRC, organised by Dr Richard Doveston.
Research discussion forums
Many thanks to those who have hosted lively research discussion forums during the past year:
- Michael Tellier
- 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.