Welcome to the Joint ESS – MAX IV Science Colloquium Webcast on Jun 10 – 'Micromanagement of amino acid transporters'

Poul Nissen, Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark, and Director of the Danish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience – DANDRITE.
Poul Nissen, Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark, and Director of the Danish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience – DANDRITE. Photo: Novo Nordisk Fonden

Time: Wednesday 10 June 2020, 15:15 –16:15 CET

Recording of the webcast can be watched here.

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Micromanagement of amino acid transporters

Biomembranes and membrane transport are fundamental components of life, establishing order in chaotic surroundings. Active transporters help compounds travel against (electro)chemical gradients to reach their goal. We study such transporters that couple uphill transport of amino acids and neurotransmitters with the downhill influx of Na+ into cells. Using serial synchrotron crystallography approaches, we have determined structures of human and bacterial amino acid transporters and are also preparing for time-resolved studies. Aiming for analysis of hydrogen-bonding networks, we explore growth of large membrane protein crystals for neutron diffraction studies

Poul Nissen, Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark

About the Joint ESS – MAX IV Science Colloquia
Co-organised by MAX IV Laboratory and ESS, the aim of these colloquia is to bring the science made possible by neutrons and synchrotron radiation into focus, and to bring people at ESS and MAX IV and the local science community together. They are held every month, with the venue alternating between MAX IV and ESS. Always on a Wednesday, always at 15:15 – and always with coffee and sweets served at 15:00. Due to the need for social distancing we are temporarily shifting the colloquia to a web-based platform, and although we will miss the face-to-face interaction we hope that this can attract a wider audience than usual!

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Save the dates for our upcoming colloquia:
The Joint ESS-MAX IV Science Colloquia will resume after the summer break.
Previous Colloquia
Apr 2019     Martin Månsson, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden     
May 2019   Ann Terry, MAX IV Laboratory
Jun 2019     Robert Feidenhans’l, European XFEL
Sep 2019    Zoë Fisher, ESS
Oct 2019     Johan Chang, University of Zürich
Nov 2019    Elizabeth Blackburn, Lund University
Dec 2019    Martin Bech, Lund University
Mar 2020    Jan Knudsen, MAX IV Laboratory
Apr 2020     Kristina Edström, Uppsala University
May 2020   Thomas Hellweg, Bielefeld University