7th cryoNET Symposium 2024 in Aarhus
About
Welcome to the 7th cryoNET Symposium which will take place Wednesday-Thursday the 16-17 October 2024 in the beautiful Main Hall "Aulaen" at Aarhus University, Denmark.
The symposium will highlight the latest discoveries facilitated by cryo-EM research and new directions that are emerging, through a panel of distinguished speakers. Furthermore, selected talks by participants and an interactive poster session will facilitate networking and insights to local expertises.
cryoNET is a Nordic network in cryogenic microscopy that aims to promote collaboration and knowledge sharing across national borders. A main goal is to help establish state-of-the-art cryo-electron microscopy as a strong pillar of Nordic life science research.
The core of the network is formed by the cryo-EM facilities at the University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University, Stockholm University and Umeå University. The network also reaches out to cryo-EM sites in Norway and Finland.
The cryoNET network is funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
The symposium is open to everyone interested. Registration is free of charge thanks to our highly valued funding.
Confirmed invited speakers
Keynote speakers
- Slavica Jonic, CNRS & Sorbonne University
- Angus Kirkland, University of Oxford
Invited speakers
- Valeria Kalienkova, University of Bergen
- Sofia Lövestam, University of Cambridge
- Bonnie Murphy, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics
- Florian Wilfling, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics
- Caitlyn McCafferty, University of Basel
- Andreas Engel, cryoWrite, Switzerland
- Kiarash Jamali, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
- Andriko von Kügelgen, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
- Hannah Bridges, Structura Biotechnology
- Rasmus Kjeldsen Jensen, EMBL Heidelberg
- Ulrich Lorenz, EPFL Switzerland
- Abhay Kotecha, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Posters & short talks
Talks
We strongly enourage students and postdocs to apply to give talks about their research projects, by submitting an abstract (via the registration process or by email to [email protected] by 20 Sept. 2024)
A number of abstracts will be selected for short talks. Selected speakers will be informed in early October.
Posters
Everyone participating is highly encouraged to bring a poster about their research. There will be a poster session for everyone during the symposium.
A poster prize will be awarded to the best poster.
The poster boards have the dimensions: 190 cm high, and 84 cm wide. This fits well with A0 poster format (which is 1189mm tall and 841mm wide).
Poster prize
The poster committee will select the best poster to be awarded the nice poster prize, which will be announced in the opening remarks on day 2 of the symposium. The poster prize is kindly sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Registration & dates
Registration includes two days of lectures, coffee and refreshments in the breaks, lunches both days, and a symposium dinner in downtown Aarhus on Wedneday evening the 16 October.
Registration is open and free of charge.
Registration deadlines:
- Abstract submission and registration: Friday 20 September 2024
- Normal registration: Monday 7 October 2024
Venue & transport
Venue: The Main Hall at Aarhus University (building 1412) Address: Aarhus University, Nordre Ringgade 4, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
The cryoNET Symposium will be held in the beautiful "Aula" (building 1412), which is the main hall at Aarhus University.
Breaks with catering will be held in the neighbouring "Museum of Ancient Art" (building 1414) and at the outside terasse, if the weather allows.
Public transport
To reach the symposum venue from downtown Aarhus, there is a convinient Letbane train connection:
- Take the train "L2" (towards Lisbjergskole)
- Get off at the stop called "Aarhus Universitet". This train ride will take 9 min.
- From the stop "Aarhus Universitet" it is a 5 min walk to the venue. See the route on google maps via this link
Walk
If the weather allows it, the walk from downtown Aarhus to the symposium venue is wonderful through the old university park.
If you stay at CabInn in the city center, it is approximately a 35 min walk. See route on google maps via this link
Travel tips & hotels in Aarhus
Please be aware of scam emails from [email protected] and [email protected], regarding your accomodation needs in Aarhus!! We do not cooperate with them in any way. Please do not answer their emails, and instead report them as phishing mail.
We are sorry for this inconvinience, if you have been contacted by them.
Invited speakers will be assisted only by Karen Bech-Pedersen for their hotel booking, and participants should book themselves (see hotel info and booking links with discount below here).
Local transport in Denmark
The web portal "Journey Planner" is very handy for planning the best route from A to B, during your visit in Denmark.
Access the Journey Planner via this link
Airports
There are several convenient airports in Denmark, which you can fly to, in order to reach the symposium venue:
AAR: Aarhus airport. Smaller airport, but it has several convenient connections especially to CPH and the Nordic countries.
Airport transfer time to Aarhus C is approx. 45 min with the direct AAR airport bus (no. 925X), which is timed for every flight.
See bus time table here (buy ticket in the bus)
BLL: Billund airport. Larger airport with many connections to European and Nordic countries.
Airport transfer time to Aarhus C is approx. 1½30min with the BLL airport bus (no. 912X), which departs approx. every hour.
See bus time table here (buy ticket in the bus)
CPH: Copenhagen / Kastrup airport. Large airport with many international connections.
Take the train directly from CPH to Aarhus C, which is approx. a 3½ hours journey.
See train connections and buy ticket here
(depart from "CPH Lufthavn", and arrive to "Aarhus H", and select the journey called "IC-Lyntog" which has no changes)
Hotels
There are many nice hotels in Aarhus, which you can see via this link to hotel overview by VisitAarhus.
We have arranged reduced pricing in the week of the cryoNET Symposium with a couple of hotels, which you can book via the link and info listed below here.
If you are employed at Copenhagen University, you can contact the hotel directly for booking, in order to book at the reduced governmental rates available for university enployees in Denmark)
Wakeup Aarhus M.P. Bruuns Gade 27, 8000 Aarhus C www.wakeupcopenhagen.dk/aarhus Book rooms with 10% discount via this link (available for bookings from 14-18 October): Wakeup Aarhus - Direct Booking Link
CABINN Hotel Aarhus Kannikegade 14, 8000 Aarhus C www.cabinn.com/aarhus Book rooms with 10% discount via this link, using booking code "Cabinn2024": CABINN Hotel Aarhus - Direct Booking Link
Organizers
- Joseph A. Lyons, Aarhus University
- Rasmus Kock Flygaard, Aarhus University
- Thomas Boesen, Aarhus University
- Karen Bech-Pedersen, Aarhus University
Sponsors
We cordially thank the sponsors of cryoNET in general and the extra sponsors for this 7th annual cryoNET symposium organized at Aarhus University: