Molecular Mechanism of Membrane Proteins
26 - 28 April 2023
Leonardo Royal Hotel, Birmingham

Abstract & early booking deadlines: Friday 10 March 2023

LATE BREAKING ABSTRACT SUBMISSION NOW OPEN - Deadline: 20 April 2023

Submit your abstract for a poster presentation at this conference. Please visit the abstract submission page. 

Molecular Mechanism of Membrane Proteins scientific meeting will cover the topic of biological membranes.

Membrane proteins represent around 30% of most proteomes and more than 40% of drug targets, yet they remain relatively poorly understood. Membrane proteins are involved in bacterial pathogenesis, including drug resistance, and in humans they are important for signaling, detoxification of cells and uptake of nutrients. Dysfunction of these proteins result in pathogenesis including cancer or multidrug resistance. Understanding the molecular mechanism of these important biological molecules will contribute to our understanding of membrane protein function, including pharmacology.

Recently, technological advances, such as cryo-EM, have allowed to decipher the structure and molecular mechanism of important membrane proteins. This has been coupled to advances in purification and characterisation that allow a much more complete understanding of these challenging proteins. The meeting will bring together world experts on membrane protein biology with insights on their function and dynamics using different cutting-edge techniques.

This scientific meeting is linked to our 4th UK workshop on membrane proteins on 24–26 April 2023. Save £25 when you book this conference and a place on our training event. Click here to view more details.

Speakers For this scientific meeting, we are delighted to be joined by the following speakers: 

• Robert Tampe
• Doryen Bubeck
• Simon Newstead
• Edmund Kunji
• Argyris Politis
• Enrica Bordignon
• Ute Hellmich
• Radu Aricescu
• David Glück
• Bart Hoogenboom.
• Syma Khalid
• Tim Dafforn

Sponsorship opportunities are available for this meeting. For more details and to find out how you can get involved, please contact Hannah Atkins, Sponsorship & Grants Manager.

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