This session on the methodology and application of cryo-EM in life science will explore advances in the field as well as cryo-EM’s integration with AI and its role in the structural analysis of in-situ and complex biological systems.

Chairs

Wu Yi

Professor, Xi'an Jiaotong University

Zhang Qinfen

Associate professor, Sun Yat-sen University

Lei Dongsheng

Professor, Lanzhou University

Invited speakers & reports

Sun Jinpeng

Professor, Shandong University

Report: Ligand identification and recognition by GPCRs

Sun Shan

Associate researcher, Tsinghua University

Report: Structural insight into synergistic activation of human 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase

Wu Jianping

Researcher, Westlake University

Report: Structures of sperm flagellar doublet microtubules expand the genetic spectrum of male infertility

Yan Chuangye

Associate professor, Tsinghua University

Report: Structure-guided discovery of protein and glycan components in native mastigonemes

Zhang Kai

Assistant professor, Yale University

Report: Ultra-high resolution structure of respiratory chain complexes in natural membrane environments

Zhang Yixiao

Researcher, Interdisciplinary Research Center on Biology and Chemistry

Report: Mechanical activation opens a lipid-lined pore in OSCA ion channels

Zhu Li

Associate professor, Lanzhou University

Report: The structural basis of CRP’s functional adaptation in humans and major animal models

Guo Chunlong     

Shuimu BioSciences

Report: Shuimu BioSciences: AI-enhanced cryo-EM platform - Technology, services and equipment