Keynote speakers
Software Fayre
(Chairpersons: Angela Altomare and Santiago García Granda)
- Carmelo Giacovazzo, Istituto di Cristallografia, CNR- Bari, Italy.
- "A new phasing method: the VLD algorithm"
- Rosanna Rizzi, Istituto di Cristallografia, CNR- Bari, Italy.
- "EXPO2010: algorithms and tips for a successful powder structure solution"
- Juan Rodríguez-Carvajal, Institut Laue-Langevin, France.
- "Recent developments in the FullProf Suite"
- Alejandro Rodríguez Navarro, Universidad de Granada, Spain.
- "Use of XRD2Dscan software for the characterization of polycrystalline materials from 2D X-ray diffraction patterns"
- Rocco Caliandro, Istituto di Cristallografia, CNR- Bari, Italy.
- "IL MILIONE: a package for protein crystal structure determination"
- Isabel Uson, Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona, Spain.
- "ARCIMBOLDO Crystallographic Ab Initio protein solution far below atomic resolution"
- Piero Macchi, University of Bern, Switzerland.
- "The XD2006 Software Package For Charge Density Analysis"
- Ivan Lonardelli,University of Trento, Italy.
- "MAUD (Materials Analysis Using Diffraction)"
MS1 Crystal growth and biomineralization
(Chairpersons: Jaime Gómez Morales and Giuseppe Falini)
- Giorgio Isidoro Lesci, Università di Bologna, Italy.
- "Role of biomimetism to realize new synthetic biomaterials"
- Fermín Otálora Muñoz, CSIC-Universidad de Granada, Spain.
- "Microgravity crystal growth at LEC.Critical review and prospects."
- Alejandro Rodríguez Navarro, Universidad de Granada, Spain.
- "What hens can teach us about calcium carbonate precipitation"
- Marco Bruno,Università di Torino, Italy.
- "The role of the interfaces in twinning and mixed-crystals formation"
MS2 Structural chemistry (including crystal engeneering and supramolecular chemistry)
(Chairpersons: Marta E. G. Mosquera and Alessandra Crispini)
- Alessia Bacchi, Università degli studi di Parma, Italy.
- "Probing supramolecular synthons and molecular recognition by measuring macroscopic crystal properties"
- Gotzone Barandika, Universidad del País Vasco, Spain.
- "Using DFT calculations in further rationalization of MOFs´ structural characteristics"
- Lucia Maini, Università di Bologna, Italy.
- "Ionic co-crystal: from unexpected reactions to a new family of co-crystals"
- Guillermo Mínguez Espallargas, Universidad de Valencia, Spain.
- "Structural changes upon gas sorption of non-porous crystalline solids"
MS3 Structures of materials, nanomaterials, surfaces and minerals
(Chairpersons: Miguel Ángel García Aranda and Michele Zema)
- Monica Dapiaggi, Università degli studi di Milano, Italy.
- "Influence of local and average structure on the thermal behaviour of materials"
- Francesco D'Acapito, GILDA CRG - ESRF Synchrotron, Grenoble, France.
- "Point defects in crystals studied by EXAFS"
- José Luis García-Muñoz, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Barcelona, CSIC, Spain.
- "Phase Competition in Quasi-degenerated Oxides investigated by Synchrotron Powder Diffraction"
- Inma Peral, CELLS - ALBA Synchrotron, Barcelona, Spain.
- "Pair Distribution Function analysis of materials and nanomaterials"
MS4 Non single-crystal techniques (powder diffraction, electron diffraction, single particle imaging)
(Chairpersons: Vicente Esteve Cano and Fabia Gozzo)
- Cinzia Giannini, IC-CNR- Bari, Italy.
- "Coherent Diffractive Imaging - from nanometric down to picometric spatial resolution"
- S.Nicolopoulos, NANOMEGAS sprl, Brussels, Belgium.
- "EBSD analogue in TEM: fast orientation mapping under precessed electron diffraction mode"
- Matteo Leoni, Università degli studi di Trento, Italy.
- "Structure, microstructure and LEGO crystallography"
- Jordi Rius Palleiro, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Barcelona, CSIC, Spain.
- "S-FFT based direct methods applied to high-resolution powder diffraction data of molecular compounds."
MS5 Biologically related structures
(Chairpersons: Armando Albert de la Cruz and Michele Saviano)
- Beatriz González Pérez, Instituto de Química Física "Rocasolano", Madrid, Spain.
- "Understanding the specificity of the InsP6 synthesis: novel structural and functional features in the inositide signalling"
- Alfonso Martínez de la Cruz, CIC-BIOGUNE, Vizcaya, Spain.
- "Regulatory Mechanisms mediated by Cystathionine ß-synthase (CBS) domains"
- Luca Federici, University of Chieti, Italy
- "Insight into plant innate immunity: the interaction between fungal polygalacturonases and their plant protein inhibitors"
- Lelio Mazzarella, Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", Italy.
- "Tertiary and quaternary structural flexibility of cold-adapted hemoglobins"
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