PLENARY & KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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PLENARY SPEAKERS
Kristina Djinovic (EMBL Grenoble, FR)
Title: Towards molecular architecture of the muscle Z-disk
When: Monday, August 26
Opening lecture of ECM34
Aula Giotto
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Jonathan Wright (ESRF Grenoble, FR)
Title: Imaging single crystals in powder samples
When: Friday, August 30
Closing lecture of ECM34 and Opening of EPDIC18
Aula Giotto
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS LIST
Matthew Blakeley (ILL, FR)
Topic: Neutrons/Bio
Title: Neutron diffraction studies of proteins reveal details of protonation, hydration and H-bonding
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Helena Butkiewicz (University of Warsaw, PL)
Topic:
Title: Detecting the unseen: living with neurological disorder
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Kamil Dziubek (University of Vienna, AT)
Topic: High pressure crystallography
Title: Pressure-induced suppression of structural distortions manifested in group-subgroup relationships
Juan Manuel Garcia-Ruiz (Donostia International Physics Center, SP)
Topic: Crystallography and philosophy
Title: On the role of silica in the origin of life and primitive life detection
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Jean-Michel Gillet (Paris-Saclay University, FR)
Topic: Quantum Crystallography
Title: A quantum crystallographic journey to phase-space
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Bernd Hinrichsen (BASF, DE)
Topic: Powder diffraction
Title: Reinventing the role of synchrotron powder diffraction
Volker Kahlenberg (Innsbruck University, AT)
Topic: Mineralogy
Title: Silico-Ferrites of Calcium and Aluminium (SFCAs) – complex cation substitutions, twinning, polysomatism and polytypism
Anthony Linden (Zurich University, CH)
Topic: Software/Teaching
Title: The evolution of crystallographic software tools and their efficacy in teaching endeavours
Chiara Massera (Parma University, IT)
Topic: Chemistry
Title: Combining mechanochemistry and structural analysis for the design of nanocrystalline reticular materials
Louisa Meshi (University of the Negev, IL)
Topic: ED, Alloys
Title: Comprehensive study of complex metallic and multi-component alloys using electron crystallography methods
Pance Naumov (NYU Abu Dhabi, AE)
Topic: Material Science
Title: Structural basis of mechanical properties and effects of molecular crystals
Anders Østergaard Madsen (Copenahagen University, DK)
Topic: Materials
Title: Quantum crystallography for studying dynamics and disorder in crystals
Bjørn Panyella Pedersen (Aarhus University, DK)
Topic: Structural Biology
Title: Common themes of sugar transport from humans to plants
Heike E. Riel (IBM, CH)
Topic: AI, Quantum Computing
Giovanna Scapin (NIS, US)
Topic: Structural Biology
Title: Structural Biology in Drug Discovery through the (orange) years
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Claudia Weidenthaler (Max Planck, Mülheim, DE)
Topic: In situ diffraction
Title: In-situ diffraction: Elucidation of mechanochemical reactions of inorganic materials in a ball mill
PRIZE LIST
Perutz Prize:
Mariusz Jaskólski (Poznan, PL), A path paved with crystals
Sheldrick prize:
Marta Morana (Florence, IT), Crystals under stress: from mineral inclusions to diamond anvil cells (and back)
Bertaut prize:
Daniel Mazzone (PSI, CH), Disentangling coupled degrees of freedom in quantum materials
Riva di Sanseverino Prize:
Claire Murray (Freelance Scientific Researcher, DE), Crystallography with the People
Kalman Prize:
Piero Macchi (Politecnico di Milano, IT), Quantum computing and crystallography