Prof Ada Yonath, Israel delivering G.N. Ramachandran memorial Lecture
7-9, Feb 2013 Mascot Hotel, Thiruvananthapuram
SRIBS organized a 3-day National colloquium on 100 years of crystallography to commemorate Bragg’s important discovery.
Crystallography is an indispensable tool to study the chemical structures of molecules through diffraction of x-rays, neutron and electron. The first report of crystallography was in 1912 when two physicists, W.H. Bragg and W.L. Bragg, developed the famous Bragg’s equation. Since then, this method is the core of structural science, showing us the very details of DNA, how proteins are created in cells and assisting scientists in designing new and powerful drugs. As many as twenty seven scientists in different areas were awarded Nobel prizes in crystallography, reflecting its potential role in science. India has also contributed significantly in the area of biological, chemical, physical and materials crystallography. Prof.G.N.Ramachandran’s original contributions to crystallography are world-acclaimed. 2013 is also the 50th year of the famous Ramanchandran Plot.
Reputed chemists, biologists and physicists all over India participated in the National Colloquium and interacted with young researchers, senior scientists and selected Post graduate students. The inaugural opening G.N. Ramachandran commemoration lecture was delivered by Prof. Ada Yonath,
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. Prof. Ada Yonath received the Nobel Prize in 2009 for her pioneering work in the structure and function of ribosome.
Panel Discussion
List of Speakers
1. Prof Ada Yonath, Weizmann Institute, Isreael
From Collagen to Ribosomes: Structural interactions with G.N. Ramachandran
2. Prof M. Vijayan, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Structural Biology of T.B. Proteins and their Homologues
3. Prof Krishan Lal, Indian National Science Academy and
National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi
Frontiers in High Resolution X-ray Crystallography
4. Prof. T.P. Singh, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Structural Basis of the Antibiotic Action of Peptidoglycan Recognition Protein. PGRP-S of the innate of immune system.
5. Prof M. Hosur, BARC, Mumbai
Crystallography works in BARC
6. Prof K. Suguna, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Oligomeric transitions of the Diarrhea –inducing Region of the Rotavirus Enterotoxigenic Protein NSP4
7. Dr E. Bhoje Gowd, CSIR-NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram
Structural phase transitions in semicrystalline polymers investigated by Temperature-Dependent X-ray Diffraction Methods.
8. Dr Amit Sharma, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi
Structural Biology of malaria parasite proteins: Insights and Implications for inhibitor discovery
9. Prof Ashwini Nangia, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad\
From Polymorphis to Pills
10. Prof. N. Gautam, University of Madras, Chennai
DNA crystallography
11. Prof. B. Gopal, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Structural studies on staphylococcus aureus anti-microbial resistance mechanisms
12. Prof M Haridas, Kannur University, Kannur
Certain questions in ayurvedic biology and their answers through structural biology
13. Dr S Karthikeyan, CSIR- Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh
Understanding the molecular mechanism of enzymes involved in riboflavin biosynthesis pathway.
14. Dr R. Ratheesh, Centre for Materials for Electronic Technology, Thrissur
Formation and structure of La3Ti5Al15O37: A myth or reality
15. Prof C. Sudarsanankumar, School of Pure and Applied Physics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam
Structure and dynamics of an RNA duplex containing an Adenine bulge from the SL2 stem-loop of HIV-1 psiRN: Implications of dimerisation by Adenine Bulges
16. Dr C.G. Suresh, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
Role of X-ray crystallography in the discovery of protein superfamily “N-terminal nucleophile hydrolases”
17. Dr Ramanthan Natesh, IISER, Thiruvananthapuram
From the atomic resolution protein crystallography maps to single particle cryoEM blobs, going forward beyond conventional boundaries
18. Prof D. Pandey, IIT-BHU, Varanasi
Atomic level evidence for magnetoelectric coupling in Multiferroics: Role of crystallographic techniques
19. Prof S Mande, NCCS, Pune
A history of crystallography