21st Annual SER-CAT Symposium

In Honor of BC Wang’s Contributions to X-ray Structural Biology

Welcome to the 21st Annual SER-CAT Symposium hosted by the University of Georgia. The Symposium will be held at The Georgia Center for Continuing Education on April 17-18, 2024. It will include a celebration honoring Professor Bi-Cheng (B.C.) Wang for his contributions to X-ray Structural Biology over the past 55+ years.

Notably

• In 1985, B.C. fundamentally changed how protein crystal structures are determined with his development of solvent flattening and its implementation in the Iterative Single Anomalous (ISAS) phasing package.
• In 1997, B.C. founded a consortium of 25 institutions to build the Southeast Regional Collaborative Access Team (SER-CAT) as a Shared Resource that now provides dedicated synchrotron X-rays to the structural biology communities in the Southeast and beyond.
• In 2000, B.C. produced a conceptual design for remote access to the SER-CAT Beamlines at APS.
• In 2003, SER-CAT 22ID became the first beamline at the APS to provide fully functional remote access for data collection, processing, and structure determination via the web from the user’s home lab.
• Today, under B.C.’s guidance, beamline 22ID at SER-CAT has become the most productive beamline (in terms of PDB entries) for the past decade.

The Symposium program is being finalized, with invited speakers from around the world presenting talks. We would be delighted if you could join us for the celebration.

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education Hotel until March 17.

Speakers:
Brian Baker, University of Notre Dame
Ping Chen, Erasca, Inc
Xiaodong Cheng M.D., Anderson Cancer Center
Larry Delucas, Predictive Oncology
Fred Dyda, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Albert Fu, SER-CAT Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
William Furey, University of Pittsburgh
Peter Kwong, Columbia University
Zhi Jie Liu, ShanghiTech University
Alex McPherson, University of California Irvine
Joseph Ng, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Eric Ortlund, Emory University
Zihe Rao, Tsinghua University Medical School
John Rose, University of Georgia
Savvas Savvides, Ghent University
Bi-cheng Wang, University of Georgia
Steven White, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Loren Williams, Georgia Institute of Technology
Alex Wlodawer, National Cancer Institute
Chia Kuei Wu, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Jochen Zimmer, University of Virginia Medical School

Event Date:

Location:

Tentative Schedule:
04/17/2024
7:00 – 8:00 a.m. – Breakfast
8:30 – 10:00 a.m. – Morning Session I
10:00 – 10:30 a.m. – Morning Break
10:30 – 12:00 p.m. – Morning Session II
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. – Lunch
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. – Afternoon Session I
3:00 – 3:30 p.m. – Afternoon Refreshment Break
3:30 – 6:00 p.m. – Afternoon Session II
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. – Reception
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. – Dinner

04/18/2024
7:00 – 8:00 a.m. – Breakfast
8:30 – 10:00 a.m. – Morning Session I
10:00 – 10:30 a.m. – Morning Break
10:30 – 12:00 p.m. – Morning Session II
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. – Lunch
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. – Afternoon Session I
3:00 – 3:30 p.m. – Afternoon Refreshment Break
3:30 – 6:00 p.m. – Afternoon Session II

Posters:
If you plan on presenting a poster, please contact Ms. Lily Li for instructions on how to submit your abstract.

Cost:
FREE

Event Cancellation Policies:
(1) A cancellation received by 5:00 p.m. ET on or before March 21, 2024, will be refunded, minus a $35 processing fee. No refunds will be issued thereafter. (2) To change or cancel your registration, call (706) 542-7493, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET. (3) If an event is cancelled for any reason, the UGA Center for Continuing Education & Hotel will not be responsible for any charges related to travel.

Hotel Cost:
You can reserve a hotel room using room group code 4340 until March 21, 2024. After that date, please call the Georgia Center to request a hotel room with block code 4340. If a room is available, you will receive the group rate.

Please Note: reserving a hotel room does not register you for the conference. Please use the red box titled REGISTER ONLINE to register for the conference.

To change or cancel your hotel reservation, call (800) 884-1381 or (706) 542-2134.

Program Contact Information:
Program Contact:
John Rose
(706) 338-9982
jprose@uga.edu

Registration Contact:
The Georgia Center
(706) 542-7493
registration@georgiacenter.uga.edu

Special Needs:
If you require special services, contact sales@georgiacenter.uga.edu by March 21, 2024.

Dietary restrictions should be indicated during the registration process.