Grenoble, France, May 5 – 7, 2025
Overview
Registration deadline 15 April 2025
On behalf of the international advisory committee and the local organizing committee, we invite you to join us at the 7th International Symposium on Diffraction Structural Biology (ISDSB2025).
The term “diffraction structural biology” was originally proposed by our senior colleague, Prof. Noriyoshi Sakabe, in collaboration with the 169th Committee of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) University-Industry Cooperative Research Committee. It was coined to describe structural biology research primarily utilizing diffraction techniques such as X-ray, neutron, electron, and others. Since the 1st International Symposium on Diffraction Structural Biology held in Tsukuba in 2003 (ISDSB2003), several ISDSB events have taken place in Tokyo (2007), Paris (2010), Nagoya (2013), Knoxville (2016) and Osaka (2019). The central theme of the series of ISDSB conferences is to bring structural biologists using diffraction, and the scientists using a wide range of other technologies, closer together as well as stimulate the interface of basic research and industrial applications.
The 7th edition of the symposium (ISDSB25) will be held from 5th – 7th May, 2025 at the European Photon and Neutron Science (EPN) Campus, Grenoble, France, and will be hosted by Partnership for Structural Biology (PSB) between European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), the Institut Laue Langevin (ILL) and the Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS)
Main session topics include:
- Studies of dynamic systems, 4D structural biology
- Electron and X-ray tomography, and correlative approaches
- Microcrystal Electron Diffraction of Proteins & small molecules
- Neutron Diffraction and Scattering for biological macromolecules
- From structure-based drug discovery to clinical trials
- Integrative approaches in Structural biology
- AI in structural biology, software and databases
- EPN research institutions and facilities
SPONSORS
Symposium proceedings
The IUCr Journals have endorsed our wish for a Collection of articles arising from the ISDSB 2025 be published in Acta Cryst D and Acta Cryst F, both from the lectures and the posters from those presenters that wish to do so. Guest Editors will be Kristina Djinovic Carugo, John R Helliwell and Atsushi Nakagawa.
IUCR Webpage for submissions to the proceedings of the symposium at https://submission.iucr.org/submit/d?Qconf=isdsb2025
Confirmed Speakers
Studies of dynamic systems, 4D structural biology
Gisela Brändén, University of Gothenburg, SE
Doeke Hekstra, Harvard University, USA
Kiril Kovalev, EMBL Hamburg, DE
Allen Orville, XFEL HUB diamond, UK
Electron and X-ray tomography, and correlative approaches
Oxana Klementieva, Lund University, SE
Emmanuelle Quemin, I2BC, CNRS Gif-sur-Yvette, FR
Tim Salditt, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, DE
Microcrystal Electron Diffraction of Proteins & small molecules
Max Clabbers, Aarhus University, DK
Koji Yonekura, RIKEN/Tohoku University, JP
Xiaodong Zou, Stockholm University, SE
Neutron Diffraction and Scattering for biological macromolecules
Anne Imberty, CERMAV, Grenoble, FR
Dean Myles, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Masaaki Sugiyama, Kyoto University, JP
From structure-based drug discovery to clinical trials
Rita Berisio, Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging, IT
Taiana Maia de Oliveira, AstraZeneca, UK
Magali Matthieu, Sanofi, FR
Integrative approaches in Structural biology
Marta Carroni, Stockholm University, SE
Malene Ringkjobing Jensen, Institut de Biologie Structurale, FR
AI in structural biology, software, DB
Helen Ginn, University of Hamburg, DE
Keynote speakers
Thomas Barends, Max Planck Institute Heidelberg, DE
Ashwin Chari, Max Planck Institute Göttingen, DE
So Iwata, Kyoto University, JP
Brent Nannenga, Arizona State University, USA
Symposium Programme
Flyer
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Important Dates
Registration deadline: 15 April 2025
Call for Abstracts
Call for abstracts for posters and short talks
All participants are strongly encouraged to present their research during the symposium.
The Poster Session will take place in the afternoon of Tuesday 6th May during the coffee break. (Please put up your poster on registration on Monday 5th May and remove on Wednesday 7th May during the afternoon coffee break).
To download the List of Posters presented during the poster session, and the Abstract Booklet, please click HERE
Registration
Registration and payment
All participants have to register by filling in the Electronic Registration Form before 15 April 2025.
The number of participants is limited!
Your registration will be final after payment of the registration fee.
Access to the gala dinner upon registration (70€)
Registration is free for EPN staff (excluding the gala dinner)
Organising Committee
Members of the International Advisory Committee
Dr. Gerard Bricogne, Global Phasing Ltd., UK
Prof. Stephen Burley, Rutgers University, USA
Prof. Bridget Carragher, Chan Zuckerberg Imaging Institute, USA
Prof. Trevor Forsyth, Lund University, SE
Dr. Chwan-Deng Hsiao, Academia Sinica, Tw
Prof. Tamir Gonen, University of California Los Angeles, USA
Prof. Martin Högbom, Stockholm University, SE
Prof. John Helliwell, University of Manchester,
Prof. Jenny Martin, Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery at
Griffith University, AU
Dr. Flora Meilleur, North Carolina State University, USA
Prof. Eva Nogales, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Dr. Allen Orville, Diamond Light Source, UK
Prof. Arwen Pearson, University of Hamburg, DE
Prof. Toshiya Senda, Photon Factory, KEK, JP
Dr. Leighton Coates – ORNL, USA
Prof. Kyeong Kyu Kim – Korea University, KR
Prof. Marjorlein Thunnissen, Max IV, Lund University, SE
Prof. Leann Tilley, University of Melbourne, AU
Prof. Soichi Wakatsuki, Stanford University, USA
Dr. Masaki Yamamoto, RIKEN, JP
Prof. Atsushi Nakagawa, Univ. Osaka, JP
Prof. Masaaki Sugiyama, Kyoto University, JP
Prof. Isabel Uson, Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona, ES
Local Organization Committee
Dr. Florent Bernaudat, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Prof. Dr. Kristina Djinović Carugo, EMBL Grenoble
Dr. Frank Gabel, Insititut Laue Langevin
Dr. Andrew McCarthy, EMBL Grenoble
Dr. Antoine Royant, Institut de Biologie Structurale
Dr. Montserrat Soler Lopez, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Contact: isdsb2025@embl.fr
Venue, Accommodation, and Meals
Venue
The Venue is the IBS seminar room on the EPN Campus site.
How to get to Grenoble and to the EPN
Accommodation
Hotels and apart-hotels
The ESRF has negotiated prices with conveniently located hotels and apart-hotels in the center of Grenoble, near bus and trams stops, or near
the train station. List of hotels in Grenoble
Meals
Lunchtime meals will take at the EPN canteen on Monday 5th May and Wednesday 7th May, and a buffet lunch will be served in the IBS entrance hall on Tuesday 6th May.
The Wine and cheese reception on Monday 5th May will start at 19:15 in the EMBL foyer.
The gala dinner will be held on Tuesday 6th May at the “Château de la Commanderie” in Eybens, starting at 19:00. (A bus will leave the EPN campus at 18:30).