Plenary Speakers

Day-4,
December 8

Petra Fromme, Arizona State University, USA“Serial femtosecond crystallography: The dawn of a new era in structural Biology” #PL-1
Mohamed Eddaoudi, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia“Metal-organic frameworks from design strategies to applications” #PL-2
Kenneth Harris, Cardiff University, UK“New experimental techniques for exploring crystallization pathways and structural properties ofsolids”#PL-3
Mamannamana Vijayan, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India“Structural diversity and ligand specificity in lectins. From plants to Mycobacteria” #PL-4

Day-2,
December 6
Day-2,
December 6
Day-2,
December 6Michelle Dunstone, Monash University, Australia“Packing a giant punch: The MACPF/CDC pore forming protein superfamily” #KN-1
Sue-Lein Wang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan“Recent developments and prospects in porous inorganic framework materials” #KN-2
Michi Suga, Okayama University, Japan“Mechanism of photosynthetic water-splitting based on the atomic structure of photosystem II” #KN-3

Day-4,
December 8
Day-4,
December 8

Haitao Li, Tsinghua University, China“Mark the “readership” for transcription control” #KN-4
Parimal Bharadwaj, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India“Studies on metal organic frameworks through chemical crystallography” #KN-5

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Day-3,
December 7

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Lunch Time Meetings
Day-2,
December 6
Day-3,
December 7
Day-4,
December 8

AsCA Council Meeting (only for Council Members)
Mitchell Guss: New initiatives of IUCr Commission on Biological Macromolecules (for macromolecular
crystallography participants)
Meeting of the International Program Committee for AsCA 2016

Evening Programs
Day-1,
December 5Day-2,
December 6
Day-2,
December 6

Welcome Mixer & Cultural Program
Roger Durst (Bruker)
Dr. Ashwani Kumar (BARC, India)
Dinner (Sponsored by Bruker)

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DAY-1: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2015
Registration
09:00 – 18:00 Pre-Function Area, Main Hall
Crystallographic Software Session I
10:00 – 12:00 Main Hall
Chair:
K. Suguna, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
30 minutes
Pavel Afonine, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, USA“Structure refinement and validation tools in Phenix” #CS-1
30 minutes
Sanotsh Panjikar, Australian Synchrotron, Australia“Automated crystal structure determination using multiple data sets” #CS-2
30 minutes
Jon Agirre, CCP4, York University, UK“CCP4i2: a new graphical interface for the CCP4 suite” #CS-3
30 minutes
Thomas Terwilliger, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA“X-ray structure determination using weak anomalous data” #CS-4
Crystallographic Software Session II
10:00 – 12:00 Hall-1
Chair:
Brendan Kennedy, University of Sydney, Australia
30 minutes
Dylan Jayatilaka, University of Western Australia, Australia“CrystalExplorer and the Tonto library for quantum crystallography” #CS-5
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Benoit Guillot, Universite de Lorraine, France“The MoPro software package for electron density analysis of small compounds and biological macromolecules” #CS-6
30 minutes
Horst Pushmann, Durham University, UK“The many faces of Olex2” #CS-7
30 minutes
Max Avdeev, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Australia“Recent trends in neutron powder diffraction data analysis software” #CS-8
Lunch
12:00 – 14:00 Food Court
Opening Ceremony
14:00 – 14:30 Main Hall
Plenary Session - I
14:30 – 15:30 Main Hall
Chair:
Gautam Desiraju, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Speaker:Petra Fromme, Arizona State University, USA“Serial femtosecond crystallography: The dawn of a new era in structural biology” #PL-1
Afternoon Tea
15:30 – 16:00 Pre Function Area, Main Hall
30 minutes

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General Interest Session - Pharmaceuticals
16:00 – 18:00 Main Hall
Co-Chairs:
Ashwini Nangia, University of Hyderabad, India
Srinivasulu Aitipamula, Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences A*STAR, Singapore
30 minutes
Tong-Bu Lu, Sun Yat-Sen University, China“The improvement of unfavorable physicochemical properties of APIs via pharmaceutical cocrystals”#GIS-130 minutes
Parthasarathi Dastidar, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India“Pharmaceutical gels: A crystal engineering approach towards developing drug delivery systems” #GIS-2
30 minutes
Peter Czabotar, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia“Targeting cell death pathway proteins with small molecule therapeutics” #GIS-3
30 minutes
Colin Groom, Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, UK“Structural chemistry in drug design: Affinity, properties and solubility” #GIS-4
Welcome Mixer & Cultural Program (by Tanusree Shankar)
18:00 – 20:00 Mini Hall

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DAY-2: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2015
Plenary Session II
09:00 – 10:00 Mini Hall
Chair:
Yuji Ohashi, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Speaker:Mohamed Eddaoudi, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia“Metal-organic frameworks from design strategies to applications” #PL-2
Morning Coffee
10:00 – 10:30 Pre Function Area, Mini Hall
Microsymposium 1 – Membrane Proteins
10:30 – 12:30 Mini Hall
Co-Chairs:
Jacqui Gulbis, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia
Rajesh Ghai, University of New South Wales, Australia
30 minutes
Arun Shukla, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India“Structural insights in to GPCR-arrestin interaction” #MS1-1
30 minutes
Janesh Kumar, National Centre For Cell Science, Pune, India“The twists and turns of glutamate receptor activation and desensitization” #MS1-2
20 minutes
Alice Vrielink, University of Western Australia, Australia“Combating multidrug resistance in Neisseria: Structure of an endotoxin modifying enzyme” #MS1-3
20 minutes

Adeline Robin, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia“Direct activation and structural insights into the pro-apoptotic protein Bax” #MS1-4
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Chacko Jobichen, National University of Singapore, Singapore“Structure of AcrH-AopB chaperone-translocator complex reveals a role for membrane-hairpins in type III
secretion system translocon assembly” #MS1-5
Microsymposium 2 – Engineering of Crystalline and Non-Crystalline Solids
10:30 – 12:30 Hall-1
Co-Chairs:
Kumar Biradha, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
Peng Cheng, State Key Lab, Nankai U. China
30 minutes
Kazuki Sada, Hokkaido University, Japan“Crystal crosslinking of metal-organic frameworks as the third kind of crystalline polymerization”#MS2-130 minutes
J. Narasimha Moorthi, Indian Institute of Technology, India“De novo approaches to the development of crystalline porous materials (MOFs) and amorphous organic
light emitting diodes (OLEDs)” #MS2-2
20 minutes
Suryanarayan Cherukuvada, Indian Institute of Science, India“On the headaches of resolving a low melting combination as a definite eutectic or an elusive cocrystal”,#MS2-320 minutes
Partha Jana, Indian Institute of Technology, India“Structure determination of ?-brass related composite structures by a (3+1)-dimensional space description” #MS2-4
20 minutes
Ian Williams, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
“Resolution of SPINOL, an Important Chiral Auxilliary, by a Neutral Molecular Co-crystal” #MS2-5
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Microsymposium 3 – Diffraction Imaging and XFELS
10:30 – 12:30 Hall-2
Co-Chairs:
Yoshinori Nishino, Hokkaido University, Japan
Changyong Song, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea
30 minutes
Kensuke Tono, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, Japan“Imaging and crystallography platforms at SACLA” #MS3-1
30 minutes
Kyung Hwan Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea“Capturing the formation of chemical bond with femtosecond X-ray solution scattering” #MS3-2
20 minutes
Shin-ichi Adachi, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Japan“Visualizing bond formation in solution with femtosecond X-ray scattering” #MS3-3
20 minutes
Daewoong Nam, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea“Fixed target single-shot imaging of nanostructures using thin solid membranes at SACLA” #MS3-4
20 minutes
Yoshinori Nishino, Hokkaido University, Japan“Live cell nano-imaging free from radiation damage by using X-ray free-electron laser”, #MS3-5
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30 Food Court
Lunch Time Meeting - AsCA Council Meeting (only for Council Members)
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Microsymposium 4 – Macromolecular Complexes and Assemblies
13:30 - 15:30 Mini Hall
Co-Chairs:
Jayaraman Sivaraman, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Satoshi Murakami, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
30 minutes
Yonggui Gao, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore”Structural insight into translational GTPase in protein synthesis and its regulation” #MS4-1
30 minutes
Udo Heinemann, Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany“Structural and biochemical studies of adaptor protein binding to AAA ATPases: p97 and CDC48” #MS4-2
20 minutes
Michi Suga, Photosynthesis Research Center, Okayama University, Japan“Structural basis for energy transfer pathways in the plant PSI-LHCI supercomplex” #MS4-3
20 minutes
Kakoli Bose, ACTREC, Tata Memorial Centre, Kharghar, India“Molecular basis of DISC assembly and procaspase-8 activation in a novel adaptor-independent cell deathpathway” #MS4-4
20 minutes
Veendra Kumar, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore“Structure of ribosome bound to BipA” #MS4-5
Microsymposium 5 – Structure and Properties of Functional Materials
13:30 - 15:30 Hall-1
Co-Chairs:
Rahul Banerjee, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, India
David Turner, Monash University, Australia
30 minutes
C. Malla Reddy, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, India“Understanding mechanically reconfigurable organic single crystals” #MS5-1
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Chris Sumby, University of Adelaide, Australia“Matrix isolation in MOFs: towards catalysis by understanding reactivity” #MS5-2
20 minutes
Neeraj Sharma, University of New South Wales, Australia“Using in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction to understand the Na insertion/extraction reactions in the
Na3V2O2 x(PO4 )2F3-2x family” #MS5-3
20 minutes
Prasado Rao, National University of Singapore, Singapore“Ion migration pathway studies in lithium based compounds for rechargeable batteries” #MS5-4
20 minutes
Debrati Das, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India“Structural Adaptation of Ni4O4 units to form cubane, open Dicubane, dimeric cubane, and one-dimensional polymeric cubanes: Magnetostructural Correlation of Ni4 Clusters” #MS5-5
Microsymposium 6 – Synchrotron and Neutron Sources, Instrumentation and Application
13:30 - 15:30 Hall-2
Co-Chairs:
Richard Garrett, Australian Synchrotron, Australia
Je-Geun Park, Seoul National University, Korea
30 minutes
Di-Jing Huang, National Synchrotron Radiation Research Centre, Taiwan”Scientific opportunities of a low-emittance synchrotron light source”” #MS6-1
30 minutes
Takashi Kamiyama, J-PARC Center & Neutron Science Laboratory (KEK), Japan”Current and future of crystallography with high intensity neutron beams” #MS6-2
20 minutes
Eiji Nishibori, University of Tsukuba, Japan“Structural studies using multiple powder diffraction dataset” #MS6-3
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Suman Mandal, Shiv Nadar University, India“Scanning the resolution limit in neutron protein crystallography” #MS6-4
20 minutes
Stefan Brandstetter & Clemens Schulze-Briese, Dectris Ltd, Switzerland“Novel Hybrid Photon Counting detectors for advanced X-ray studies” #MS6-5
Afternoon Tea
15:30 - 16:00 Pre Function Area, Mini Hall
Poster Session - I
16:00 - 17:15 Poster Hall-1
Manish Kesherwani, University of Madras, India
MS1“Identification of novel natural inhibitor for NorM - A multidrug and toxic compound extrusion transporter-An in silico molecular modeling and simulation studies” #MS1-PS1
Jebastin T, Bharathiar University, India“Invitro and insilico studies on integral membrane protein complexes involved in virulence and survival ofMS1
enteric Gram negative bacterium” #MS1-PS2
Arul Amal Dass, Madurai Kamaraj University, India“Modelling and structural characterization of outer membrane adhesion protein t2544 from s. typhi”
MS1#MS1-PS3
Prabu Manoharan, Madurai Kamaraj University, India
MS1“Computational profiling of channel forming outer membrane proteins (OMPs)” #MS1-PS4
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Rajabrata Bhuyan, University of Kalyani, India“Conformational dynamics of Shaker-Type Kv1.1 ion channel in open, closed, and two mutated states”#MS1-PS5
Takashiro Akitsu, Tokyo University of Science, Japan“Linearly polarized light-induced anisotropic orientation of binuclear Ni(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II) schiff basecomplexes and methyl orange in PVA” #MS2-PS1
Suresh Kuthuru, University of Hyderabad, India“Pharmaceutical cocrystals of nitazoxanide: solubility, stability and bioavailability studies” #MS2-PS2
Avishek Dey, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India“Cocrystals and salts of pyridine-3,5-bis(1-methyl-benzimidazole-2-yl) with pyromellitic acid: aromatic
guest inclusion and separation via benzimidazole-carboxylic acid heterosynthon” #MS2-PS3
Mousumi Garai, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India“Exploration and exploitation of homologues series of bis-(acrylamido)alkanes containing pyridyl andphenyl groups: β-Sheet vs 2d-layers in solid state photo chemical [2+2] reactions” #MS2-PS4
Abhijit Garai, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India“Solid state photochemical [2+2] cycloaddition reactions and luminescence properties in coordination
polymers” #MS2-PS5
Susanta Nayak, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India“In situ cryocrystallography of low melting halogen-bonded complexes” #MS2-PS6
Kafeel Siddiqui, National Institute of Technology, Raipur, India“Metal-orotato complexes: supramolecular synthon induced structural diversity” #MS2-PS7
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Subhankar Saha, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India“Graded Ir-filters for supramolecular synthons: distinguishing different geometries of same interaction”#MS2-PS8
Jian Gong Ma, Nankai University, China“Solvent-free conversion of CO2 with a Cu cluster under ambient conditions” #MS2-PS9
Jarugu Narasimha Moorthy, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India“De novo approaches to the development of crystalline porous materials (MOFs) and amorphous organic
light emitting diodes (OLEDs)” #MS2-PS10
Akifumi Higashiura, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Japan“Approaches for coherent X-ray diffraction imaging of Paramecium bursaria chlorella virus-1” #MS3-PS1
Dileep Vasudevan, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India“Structural characterization of caseinolytic protease-associated chaperone proteins” #MS4-PS1
Carman Tse, Osaka University, Japan“Structural analysis of a newly identified polyamine synthase BpsA from Thermococcus kodakarensis”#MS4-PS2
Junso Fujita, Osaka University, Japan“Structural-change mechanism of bacterial cell division protein FtsZ from Staphylococcus aureus”#MS4-PS3
Abdul Ajees Abdul Salam, Manipal University, India“Structural and modelling studies of human As(III) S-adenosylmethionine methyltransferases” #MS4-PS4

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Shanti Swaroop Srivastava, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India“Structure-function insights into the novel cell adhesion molecules” #MS4-PS5
Ashish Kumar, Institute of life Science, India“Host nucleosomes forming a docking station for dengue virus capsid protein C - a structural analysis”#MS4-PS6
Amy McGrath, University of Wollongong, Australia“DNA sliding clamps: an emerging target for antibacterials” #MS4-PS7
Shobhana Krishnaswamy, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India“Solvatomorphism in a [2]catenane constructed from eight components using transition metal driven
self-assembly” #MS4-PS8
Hanna S. Yuan, Academia Sinica, Taiwan“Structural insights into the dimeric DEAD-box helicase CshA in RNA binding and unwinding” #MS4-PS9
Suman Nandy, University of Kalyani, India“Structural dynamics investigation of human family 1 & 2 cystatin-cathepsin L1 interaction: comparisonof binding modes” #MS4-PS10
Nikhat Saba, University of Kalyani, India“Differential interactions of cytochrome P450 3A5 and 3A4 with chemotherapeutic agent- vincristine: A
comparative molecular dynamics study” #MS4-PS11
Tapashi Ghosh Roy, University of Chittagong, India“A new alkyl and aryl substituted macrocyclic ligand and its cobalt(III) complexes: synthesis, characterization, crystal structure and biological activities” #MS4-PS12
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Ajit Kumar Singh, Institute of Life Sciences Bhubaneswar, India“Structural and functional characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana FKBP53 - a multi-domain histone
chaperone” #MS4-PS13
Saroj Hazari, BGC Trust University Bangladesh, India“Synthesis, characterization and biomedical activities of a new macocyclic ligand and its copper(II)complexes. Crystal and molecular structure of [CuLaI(ClO4 )2 ]” #MS4-PS14
Sushil Kumar, Institute of Life Sciences, India“Interaction studies of influenza a virus matrix protein M1, with host nucleosomal elements” #MS4-PS15
Sayani Sarkar, Bose Institute, India“Monomeric RING E3 RNF13 activates E2 - ubiquitin independent of interaction with additional moieties”#MS4-PS16
Pritam Naskar, Bose Institute, India“Structural insights into symbiosis receptor kinase and its gatekeeper substituents” #MS4-PS17
Ruchi Anand, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India“Search for molecular tunnels” #MS4-PS18
Vengadesan Krishnan, Regional Centre for Biotechnology, India“Successful structure solution for shaft pilin SpaA from Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG using fragmented
approach and distant homolog “structural insights into SpaCBA pilus assembly” #MS4-PS19
Adaitya Behera, Bose Institute, India“Structural analysis of RING E3 ligase ZNRF1 in complex with the ubiquitin conjugating enzyme, UBE2N”#MS4-PS20
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Mahesh Chand, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, India“Structural and functional characterization of Type ISP restriction-modification enzymes” #MS4-PS21
Jyoti Baranwal, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India“Structural studies on MglA, a small GTPase in spatial positioning of Myxococcus xanthus motility
complexes” #MS4-PS22
Nur Ahamad, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh"Fabrication of nanocomposite consists of Fe3O4 and silver nanoparticles to engineer efficient photocatalyst
and platform for photovoltaic device" #MS5-PS1
Yong-il Kim, Research Institute of Standards and Science, Korea"Joint structural refinement of X-ray and neutron powder diffraction data on lead magnesium niobate-lead titanate" #MS5-PS2
Wang hay Kan, University of Texas at Austin, USA"First Fe-based Na+-ion-cathode with two distinct types of polyanions: Fe3P5SiO19" #MS5-PS3
Moon-Gun Choi, Yonsei University, Korea"Mechanochemically induced structural transformation from [Ag(dmotz)(CF3SO3)]n to {[Ag(dmotz)](ClO4)}
involving anion-? interactions" #MS5-PS4
Chatphorn Theppitak, Naresuan University, Thailand"New family of cadmium(II) and zinc(II) compounds with N-(2'-pyridylmethylene)aniline derivatives:
stoichiometry and solvent-controlled syntheses, structures and luminescent properties" #MS5-PS5
Sajal Chandra Mazumdar, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh"Structural, magnetic and dielectric properties of BLFO-NCZFO multiferroic composites" #MS5-PS6
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Bablu Das, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh"Structural and magnetic properties of Gd substituted Ni-Cu-Zn ferrites" #MS5-PS7
Yadagiri Karampuri, Indira Ghandhi Centre for Atomic Research, India"Physical properties of DyMnO3 with isotrivalent ion (Bi 3+) substitution at Dy site" #MS5-PS8
Yun-Liang Soo, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan"Effects-of thermal-annealing-on Co local structures in (Y, Co)-codoped nanoceria probed by XAFS"#MS5-PS9
Takamitsu Yamanaka, Osaka University, Japan"Different electron-phonon interaction inducing structure transition of SrTiO3 at low temperature and highpressure" #MS5-PS10
Rajashri Urkude, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur, India“X-ray diffraction study of Bi2-X MnxSe3 topological insulators” #MS5-PS11
Karabi Nath, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India“Metal organic frameworks and coordination polymers in separation science” #MS5-PS12
Mohammed Kamrul Haque Bhuiyan, Bangladesh“Characterization of Ba1-xSrx(Fe0.5Ta0.5 )O3 perovskites as Pb free ferroelectric materials” #MS5-PS13
Kartik Maity, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India“One-dimensional water cages with repeat unit of (H2O )24 resembling pagodane in 3D-coordination
polymer: proton conducting and tunable luminescence emission by adsorption of anionic dyes”#MS5-PS14

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Manish Kumar Mishra, Indian Institute of Science, India"Designing mechanical properties of molecular crystals" #MS5-PS15
Yosuke Nishikawa, Osaka University, Japan“Updated structure of the dynein stalk region from the Mus musculus cytoplasmic dynein.” #MS5-PS16
M V Reddy, National University of Singapore, Singapore"Application of X-ray powder diffraction technique in the area of advanced energy storage functional
materials" #MS5-PS17
Uma Shankar, Indian Institute of Technology, BHU Varanasi, India"Suppression of charge ordering transition in nanocrystalline La0.5Ca0.5MnO3 -ceramics" #MS5-PS18
Guofeng Cheng, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China"Effect of lattice parameters variation on magnetization in BiFeO3 with Pr, Ba co-doping" #MS5-PS19
Nagarajan Veeraputhiran, Indian Institute of Science, India"Oxalic acid cross-linked poly(4-vinlypyridine) microgel for selective dye adsorption" #MS5-PS20
Linia Tashmim, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh"Synthesis and characterization of cobalt doped mullite type bismuth aluminate" #MS5-PS21
Pradeep Shanbogh, Poornaprajna Institute of Scientific Research, India"Local and average structure of BiREWO6 (RE = Eu and Tb) nano photocatalyst" #MS5-PS22
Prem Prakash, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India"High resolution structures of Aspergillus niger glutamate dehydrogenase, an enzyme with uniquefeatures" #MS5-PS23

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Mohammad Julhash Miah, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh"Structural, microstructural and magnetoelectric effect studies of multiferroic xBST-(1-x)BFDO solid
solution" #MS5-PS24
Champika Hettiarachchi, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka"Crystalline state thermo and photochromic reactivity of a benzospiropyran in a self-assembled 3D
honeycomb network of 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid" #MS5-PS25
Tapas Debnath Debnath, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh"New series of vanadium doped rubidium hexagonal tungsten bronze, RbxW1-yVyO3" #MS5-PS26
Takuma Sakata, Yokohama National University, Japan"Solid-state optical properties of 2,5-diamino-3,6-dicyanopyrazine dyes with small alkyl substituents on
the amino groups" #MS5-PS27
Akhilesh Kumar Singh, School of Materials Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology(Banaras Hindu University), India"Investigation of structure-property correlations in multifunctional ceramics and multiferroic composites"#MS5-PS28
Duong Huyen, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam“Effect of TiO2 size and polymorph on properties of PPy/TiO2 nanocomposites” #MS5-PS29
Emil Espes, Excillum, Sweden"Current status of the liquid-metal-jet X-ray source technology" #MS6-PS1
Ravindra Singh Solanki, Department of Physics, Tamkang University, Taiwan"Study of the correlations and dynamics of spins in an XY-like spin-glass system (Ni0.40 Mn0.60 )TiO3"#MS6-PS2
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Ono Shoki, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan"Evaluation of crystallite size from synchrotron powder diffraction data collected with a flat twodimensional X-ray detector" #MS6-PS3
Shih-Lin Chang, National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Taiwan"Single-mode hard X-ray monochromator using crystal cavity resonance" #MS6-PS4
Dae-Woong Kim, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea"Introduction of the supramolecular crystallography beamline (BL2D-SMC) at the Pohang Light Source II,
Korea" #MS6-PS5
Takashi Ida, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan"Multiple two-dimensional X-ray detecting system on a powder diffraction beamline BL5S2 at AichiSR"#MS6-PS6
Ashwani Kumar, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India"Protein crystallography beamline of indus-2: current status & future plan" #MS6-PS7
Biplab Ghosh, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, India"Recent development at the PX-BL21 (Indus-2) beamline to facilitate anomalous diffraction experiment"#MS6-PS8
Maurizio Polentarutti, Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, Italy"Xpress and XRD2: Indo-Italian scientific partnership for a dedicated high pressure diffraction and macromolecular crystallography beamlines at Elettra Trieste" #MS6-PS9
Andreas Kleine & Carsten Michaelsen, Incoatec GmbH, Germany"High-brightness-microfocus sources for chemical crystallography" #MS6-PS10
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Naohiro Matsugaki, KEK, Japan"Native SAD experiments at the photon factory BL-1A" #MS6-PS11
Tsutomu Nakamura, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan"Crystal structure and multiple crystal forms of archaeal N,Ndiacetylchitobiose deacetylase" #MS13-PS1
Yasuo Hata, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Japan"Structural studies on resorcinol-catabolic enzymes" #MS13-PS2
Subhash Chandra Bihani, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India"FrnE is a novel disulfide oxidoreductase system in prokaryotes" #MS13-PS3
Amit Das, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India"Protein kinase A catalytic subunit primed for action through time lapse X-ray crystallography of Michaelis
complex formation." #MS13-PS4
Md. Mahfuzur Rahman, University of Hyogo, Japan"Structural analysis of a periplasmic heme-binding protein in bacterial heme importer system."#MS13-PS5
Shamayeeta Ray, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India"Crystal structure of the phenol binding domain of MopR: a selective aromatic pollutant sensor"#MS13-PS6
Srinivasan Sundararaj, Monash University, Australia"Structural recognition of CD1d-restricted microbial lipid antigen by type II natural killer T cells"#MS13-PS7

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Manjula R, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, India"Discovery of novel human SIRT1 inhibitors by in silico screening" #MS13-PS8
Se Won Suh, Seoul National University, Korea,"The cell-shape determining Csd6 from Helicobacter pylori constitutes a new family of L,D-carboxypeptidase" #MS13-PS9
Vandana Gaded, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India"Structure and function determination of an uncharacterized enzyme from Mycobacterium smegmatis of
the cytidine deaminase superfamily" #MS13-PS10
Ruchika Bhujbalrao, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India"Structural and biochemical studies of ksga methyltransferase from Bacillus subtilis involved in ribosome
biogenesis" #MS13-PS11
Anitha J, Manipal Centre for Virus Research, India"Structural analysis of Influenza A(H1N1)pdm virus with N295T mutation in the catalytic site"#MS13-PS12
Vitul Jain,International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, India"Structure of prolyl-tRNA synthetase-halofuginone complex provides basis for development of novel drugs
against malaria and toxoplasmosis" #MS13-PS13
Pavithra G C, Poornaprajna Institute of Scientific Research, India"Functional insights from the structures of purine phosphoribosyltransferases of pathogenic bacteria."#MS13-PS14
Christopher Squire, University of Auckland, New Zealand"Ripping into racemic crystals; the structure of potato snakin-1" #MS13-PS15
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Hisato Hirano, The University of Tokyo, Japan“Structure-guided engineering of CRISPR-Cas9 PAM specificity” #MS13-PS16
Manish Thakur, University of Mysore/Jubilant Biosys Ltd., India“First crystal structure of a novel protein tyrosine kinase6, PTK6 at 2.3Å resolution” #MS13-PS17
Jesmita Dhar, Bose Institute, India"Identification of a novel secondary structure, topi" #MS13-PS18
Yusuke Nakamichi, Laboratory of Supramolecular Crystallography Institute for Protein Research,
Osaka University, Japan"The high-resolution X-ray crystal structure of the capping enzyme from rice dwarf virus" #MS13-PS19
Faizah AlMalki, Saudi Arabia"Structural studies on Trypanosoma brucei flap endonuclease wilde type (TbFEN-WT)" #MS13-PS20
Ishan Rathore, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India"Structural and functional studies on activation of histo-aspartic protease (HAP)" #MS13-PS21
Vandana Mishra, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India"Understanding the activation mechanism of plasmepsins from Plasmodium falciparum" #MS13-PS22
Shwu-Huey Liaw, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan"Structural basis of poly(3-hydroxylbutyrate) hydrolysis by PhaZ depolymerase from Bacillas thuringiensis" #MS13-PS23

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Shalini Suresh, Chemistry Research Centre, (Affiliated to Kuvempu University) SSMRV Degree College,
India“Crystal packing forces steering the assembly of N-salicylidineaniline derivatives into hydrogen bonded
supramolecular laces: crystal structures and Hirshfeld surface analysis” #MS14-PS1
Suzanna Ward, Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, UK"50 Years of sharing crystal structures" #MS14-PS2
Harjeet Kaur, M. D. University Rohtak, India"Points to ponder in the study of polytypism in MX2 layered compound" #MS14-PS3
Somnath Dey, University of Bayreuth, Germany"Modulation, twinning and crystal structures of Λ-Co(sepulchrate) trinitrate at low temperatures"#MS14-PS4
Ugin Inbaraj N, National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India"Intermolecular interactions in the solid state of secondary acetaminophen mannich bases" #MS14-PS5
Moshiur Rahman, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh"Metal sulfur nitrogen bonded complexes of iron and ruthenium and their X-ray crystal structures"#MS14-PS6
Kunal Jha, Shiv Nadar University, India"Five solvatomorphs of a stilbene derivative: a systematic study of solvent interactions" #MS14-PS7
Hare Ram Yadav, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, India"Can weak C-H···F hydrogen bond(s) alter the packing features in the presence of strong hydrogen bond:An experimental and computational study on fluorinated amides" #MS14-PS8
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Debika Datta, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India"Nucleated growth of bush-like peptide superstructures" #MS14-PS9
Sanjay Tailor, Sardar Patel University, India"Synthesis, Hirshfeld analysis and crystal structure of silver and copper complexes of sulfamethazine"#MS14-PS10
Sounak Sarkar, Indian Institute of Science, India"Overcrowded naphthalene: an analysis of the competition between intramolecular Cl•••Cl periinteractions and intermolecular Cl•••Cl and Cl•••π interactions" #MS14-PS11
Rajni Kant, University of Jammu, India"An insight into the crystallography of Ni - xanthate complexes" #MS14-PS12
Vaishali Sawant, Shivaji University, India"Synthesis, structure, and photoluminescence of copper(I) complexes of N-(2-{[(2E)-2-(4nitrobenzylidene) hydrazinyl]carbonyl} phenyl)benzamide and triphenylphosphine" #MS14-PS13
Martin Adam, Bruker AXS GmbH, Germany"New X-ray sources and X-ray detectors for fast and efficient in-house experiments" #MS14-PS14
Rahul Dubey, Sardar Patel University, India"Novel Silver complexes of 4-amino-N-pyridinylbenzenesulfonamide (sulfapyridine) and 4-Amino-N-(2,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-4-yl) benzenesulfonamide (sulfadimethoxine)" #MS14-PS15
Urmila H. Patel, Sardar Patel University, India"Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization and crystal structure of cadmium complexes of 1,10 - Phenanthroline" #MS14-PS16
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Alexandra Griffin, Rigaku Oxford Diffraction, UK"Ultra-fast structure determination and structure solution tools in CrysAlisPro v38" #MS14-PS17
Noor Shahina Begum, Bangalore University, India"Synthesis and crystallographic analysis of fluoro substituted arylidene derivatives of thiazolopyrimidines"#MS14-PS18
Raj Gautam, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India“Do carboximide-carboxylic acid combinations form co-crystals: role of hydroxyl substitution on theformation of co-crystals and eutectics” #MS14-PS18
Sowmya A, MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India"Crystal and molecular structure of biologically active substituted imidazo[2,1-b][1,3,4]thiadiazoles"#MS14-PS19
Lavanya Rajarajeswari G, India“Intermolecular interactions in substituted benzene-1,2-dicarboxyl- ates” #MS14-PS20
Lawrence Wong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
"Aryltartramides - a family of chiral diols for resolution" #MS14-PS21
Roksana Parvin, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh"Structural and magnetic properties of nanocrystalline LixCu0.1Co0.1 Zn0.8-2x Fe2+xO4 prepared by auto
combustion technique" #MS15-PS1
Alok Kumar Mukherjee, Jadavpur University, India"Compositional and architectural variation in human kidney stones from nucleus to periphery: an integrated powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) approach" #MS15-PS2
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Martin Schreyer, Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, Singapore"Structure solution from a single multiphase powder" #MS15-PS3
Ganggang Wang, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China“Structural insight into the reaction mechanism of CotA laccase from Bacillus subtilis” #MS15-PS4
Shamila Sarwar, Bose Institute, India"Optimization of crystal growth using ZnO nanoparticles" #MS15-PS5
Hidehiro Uekusa, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan“Hydration / dehydration mechanism of pharmaceutical crystals by ab initio structure determination frompowder diffraction data” #GIS-PS1
Sudhir Mittapalli, University of Hyderabad, India"Can we exchange water in a hydrate structure: a case study of etoricoxib" #GIS-PS2
Swapna Battini, University of Hyderabad, India"Polymorphism of aldose reductase inhibitor epalrestat" #GIS-PS3
Tanaya Chatterjee, Bose Institute, India"Interaction of protein L-isoaspartyl methyltransferase (PIMT) with antiepileptic drugs" #GIS-PS4
Dewei Joel Toh, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore"The development of subfamily selective and cell-active FTO inhibitor as anti-obesity drug" #GIS-PS5
Deepak Kumar, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India"Mycobacterium tuberculosis HisB: A potential molecular target for the design of new anti-TB agents"#GIS-PS6
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Keynote - I
17:15 - 18:00 Mini Hall
Chair:
Chacko Jobichen, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Speaker:Michelle Dunstone, Monash University, Australia“Packing a giant punch: The MACPF/CDC pore forming protein superfamily” #KN-1
Keynote - II
17:15 - 18:00 Hall-1
Chair:
Alison Edwards, Australian National Science and Technology Organization, Australia
Speaker:
Sue-Lein Wang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan“Recent developments and prospects in porous inorganic framework materials” #KN-2
Keynote - III
17:15 - 18:00 Hall-2
Chair:
Liang Tong, Columbia University, USA
Speaker:
Michi Suga, Okayama University, Japan“Mechanism of photosynthetic water-splitting based on the atomic structure of photosystem II” #KN-3
Evening Program - Talks by-Roger Durst (Bruker) & Biplab Ghosh (BARC, India)
18:15 - 19:15 Mini Hall
Conference Dinner - Sponsored by Bruker
19:15 - 20:30 Food Court
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DAY-3: MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015
Plenary Session - III
09:00 - 10:00 Mini Hall
Chair:
Se Won Suh, Seoul National University, Korea
Speaker:Kenneth Harris, Cardiff University, UK“New experimental techniques for exploring crystallization pathways and structural properties of solids” #PL-3

Morning Coffee
10:00 - 10:30 Pre Function Area, Mini Hall
Microsymposium 7 – New Tools and Methods in Structural Biology
10:30 - 12:30 Mini Hall

Co-Chairs:
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Eunice EunKyeong Kim, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
Kam Zhang, RIKEN, JapanMin YAO, Hokkaido University, Japan“Solution free crystal-mounting method for collecting high quality data using low energy X-ray” #MS7-1
Yuihui Dong, Institute of High Energy Physics, China“Phase retrieval in protein crystallography” #MS7-2
Krithika Gokulnath, University of Madras, India"Conversion of amino acid sequence in proteins to Indian classical (Carnatic) music: auditory and raga
patterns suggest insights about secondary structure" #MS7-3
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20 minutes Prashantha Karunakar, PES University, India"Towards automated determination of the number of molecules in the asymmetric unit of a protein
crystal" #MS7-4
20 minutes Yogavel Manickam, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology , India"Concurrent incorporation of two or more metals into protein crystals for SAD phasing using in-housecopper X-ray source" #MS7-5
Microsymposium 8 – Metal-Organic Frameworks and Organic: Inorganic Hybrid Materials
10:30 - 12:30 Hall-1
Co-Chairs:
Tong-bu Lu, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Christopher Sumby, University of Adelaide, Australia
30 minutes
Rahul Banerjee, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, India“Metamorphosis of metallohydrogels to crystalline metal-organic frameworks” #MS8-1
30 minutes
Peng Cheng, Nankai University, China“Lanthanide metal-organic frameworks” #MS8-2
20 minutes
Sumi Ganguly, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, India“Stimuli responsive breathing behavior in Co(II) MOFs accompanied by single-crystal to single-crystal
transformation and magnetic property changes : Experimental and theoretical study” #MS8-3
20 minutes
David Turner, Monash University, Australia“Chiral coordination polymers: interpenetration and enantioselective separations” #MS8-4

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Mithun Paul, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, India“Coordination Polymers Derived from Non-steroidal-anti-inflammatory drugs for Cell Imaging and Drug
Delivery” #MS8-5
Microsymposium 9 – Electron Microscopy and Diffraction
10:30 - 12:30 Hall-2
Co-Chairs:
Masaki Takata, Spring-8, University of Tokyo, Japan
Dominike Elmlund, Monash University, Australia
30 minutes
Xiuzhen Yu, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute Japan“Application of Lorentz TEM to crystallographic investigation of magnetic skyrmion” #MS9-1
30 minutes
Michael Landsberg, University of Queensland, Australia"The structure of a novel bacterial toxin machinery revealed at near atomic resolution by single particle
cryo-EM" #MS9-2
20 minutes
Bostjan Kobe, University of Queensland, Australia"Structural basis of higher-order assembly signaling by TIR domains in Toll-like receptor pathways"#MS9-320 minutes
Pavel Afonine, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA"Phenix tools for validated refinement of atomic models in cryo-EM maps" #MS9-4
20 minutes
Kiran Kulkarni, National Chemical Laboratory, India"A hybrid approach to generate pseudo-atomic model from single-particle electron microscopy and protein
crystallography" #MS9-5
20 minutes

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Lunch12:30 – 13:30 Food Court
Lunch Time Meeting - Mitchell Guss:
New initiatives of IUCr Commission on Biological Macromolecules (for macromolecular crystallography participants)
12:30 – 13:30 Hall-1
Microsymposium 10 – Structural Plasticity of Proteins
13:30 - 15:30 Mini Hall
Co-Chairs:
Catherine Day, University of Otago, NZ
Bostjan Kobe, University of Queensland, Australia
30 minutes
Rajan Sankaranarayanan, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India"Mechanistic plasticity in a chiral proofreading fold and its implications" #MS10-1
30 minutes
Brett Collins, University of Queensland, Australia"Molecular insights into the assembly of caveola membrane domains by cavin proteins" #MS10-2
20 minutes
Ansuman Biswas, Indian Institute of Science, India"Structural studies of different steps in the reaction pathway of Aquifex aeolicus thymidylate kinase"#MS10-3
20 minutes
Jason M Brouwer, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia“Structural insights into Bak activation and oligomerisation” #MS10-4

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Praveena Thirunavukkarasu, Monash University, Australia“The structural and molecular insights into natural killer T cell receptor (NKT) and CD1d-glycolipid
recognition” #MS10-5
Microsymposium 11 – Reactions and Dynamics in the Solid State
13:30 - 15:30 Hall-1
Co-Chairs:
Hidehiro Uekusa, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Pance Naumov, New York University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
30 minutes
Andrew Goodwin, Oxford University, UK"Function from flexibility" #MS11-1
30 minutes
Masako KATO, Department of Chemistry, Hokkaido University, Japan"Luminescent copper (I) complexes exhibiting chromic phenomena" #MS11-2
20 minutes
Manas Panda, New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates"Dynamic crystalline materials as smart molecular machinery: Insight into the mechanism of actuation"#MS11-3
20 minutes
Randika Lakmali, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka"Structure-photochromic reactivity correlation of unsubstituted and halo substituted spiropyrans in BaSO4
matrix" #MS11-4
20 minutes
R. Prasada Rao, National University of Singapore, Singapore"Ion transport studies in sodium electrodes for high energy density rechargeable batteries" #MS11-5
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Microsymposium 12 – Recent Developments in Crystal Growth
13:30 - 15:30 Hall-2
Co-Chairs:
Barnali Chaudhuri, Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, India
Chris Squire, University of Auckland, New Zealand
30 minutes
Naomi Chayen, Imperial College, UK“Enhancing the success of crystallization by design of unconventional methodologies” #MS12-1
30 minutes
Fasseli Coulibaly, Monash University, Australia"Microcrystallography of in vivo crystals" #MS12-2
20 minutes
Kwang-Hwa Lii, National Central University, Taiwan“High-temperature, high-pressure hydrothermal crystal growth” MS12-3
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Patrick Shaw Stewart, Douglas Instruments, UK"Understanding random crystal screening with microseeding-“how new strategies can improve
productivity" #MS12-4
20 minutes
Shilpa T, Manipal Institute of Technology, India"Laser induced crystallization of glycine using multi-walled-carbon-nanotubes" #MS12-5
Afternoon Tea
15:30 – 16:00 Pre Function Area, Mini Hall

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Poster Session II
16:00 – 17:15 Poster Hall-2
Sreetama Das, Indian Institute of Science, India
MS7"Incorporating dynamics information to improve cis-peptide based function annotation of proteins"#MS7-PS1
William Duax, Hauptman Woodward MRI, USA
MS7"Archaea, a recent branch on the tree of life" #MS7-PS2
HyeJin Yoon, Seoul National University, Korea
MS7"Binding modes of cholesterol bind proteins NPC1L1 and NPC1 with cholesterol: A docking study"#MS7-PS3
Akira Kinjo, Osaka University, Japan
MS7"Unified statistical model of protein multiple-sequence alignment integrating long-range correlation andinsertions" #MS7-PS4
Benazir Alam, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, India
MS7"SCCA1-mediated regulation of proteolytic activity of lysosomal cysteine proteases" #MS7-PS5
Satya Brata Routh, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, India
MS7"Chiral proofreading during translation of the genetic code: mechanistic insights and functional implications" #MS7-PS6
Md. Abu Zubair, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh
MS7"Purification of Nymphaea nouchali tuber lectin by alternative way and inhibition of tumor growth in vivoin mice by G0/G1 cell cycle arrest" #MS7-PS7
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Md. Nurujjaman, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh"Isolation and characterization of a lectin from the pulp of pomegranate (Punica granatum)" #MS7-PS8
Jimin Park, Korea"A search for antibiotics against Burkholderia pseudomallei using one step sequential assay method"#MS7-PS9
Yoonhwa Jo, Korea"Oxidative inhibition of GmhB from Burkholderia thailandensis" #MS7-PS10
Monika Antil, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, India"Cloning, expression and characterization of isocitrate lyases of Mycobacterium tuberculosis" #MS7-PS11
Syed Rashel Kabir, Bangladesh"Moringa oleifera seed lectin inhibited tumor growth by inducing apoptosis and S cell cycle arrest in Ehrlich
ascites carcinoma cells in vivo in mice" #MS7-PS12
Koushik Sarkar, Indian Association For The Cultivation of Science, India"A structure-property correlation study on rationally designed Mn(II) based coordination polymers incontext of observed meta-magnetism and heterogeneous catalysis" #MS8-PS1
Bhavinkumar Chavda, Sardar Patel University, India"Synthesis, crystal structure analysis and Hirshfeld study of cobalt and nickel complexes of sulfamerazine"#MS8-PS2
Partha Pratim Bag, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, China"Outstanding drug loading capacity by water stable microporous 2D MOF: A potential drug carrier"#MS8-PS3
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Rujuta Doshi, Indian Institute of Science, India"Measurement of specific heat and magnetocaloric effect in a dense metal organic framework, Tb(HCOO)3"#MS8-PS4
Abin Sebastian, University of Hyderabad, India"Caffeic acid derived iron nanoparticles: Synthesis, characterization, and implication for rice plant growthin calcareous soils" #MS8-PS5
Prakash Kanoo, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India"Porous functions in the nanospaces of flexible and not so flexible, metal-organic frameworks"#MS8-PS6
Savitha Govardhan, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India"Rational design and synthesis of sterically-rigidified novel organic building blocks: Diverse metal-organic
materials" #MS8-PS7
Pujari Chandrasekhar, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India"Functional metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) based on rationally designed organic linkers" #MS8-PS8
Arindam Mukhopadhyay, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India"Towards photoresponsive porous metal-organic materials based on photochromism of 2,2-diarylbenzopyrans (chromenes)" #MS8-PS9
G M Golzar Hossain, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh"Metal complexes of sulfamethazine" #MS8-PS10
Samiran Pramanik, Jadavpur University, India"Composition and morphological characterization of human gallstones using IR spectroscopy, SEM and
X-ray Rietveld analysis" #MS9-PS1
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Kimi Azad, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India"Dissecting non-enveloped capsid disassembly using flock house virus as a model system" #MS9-PS2
Saumya Bajaj, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India"Structural determinants of the membrane penetrating ability of the Flock House Virus gamma peptide
through cryoelectron microscopy and single particle reconstruction" #MS9-PS3
Mahalakshmi Ramachandran, Advanced Centre for Treatment Research and Education in Cancer,
India"Fine-specificity of domain-motif interaction and the role of structure: a case study with proteasomal
chaperones" #MS10-PS1
Henry Tang, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA"Pushing the limits in enzyme engineering with the model enzyme phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase"#MS10-PS2
Prasenjit Bhaumik, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India"Structural studies on Aspergillus niger glutamate dehydrogenase, an enzyme with unique functional
properties" #MS10-PS3
Suman Pandey, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India"High resolution structures of periplasmic glucose binding protein of Pseudomonas putida CSV86 reveals
structural insights into its substrate specificity" #MS10-PS4
Akira Yoshiasa, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Japan"Crystal structure and isosymmetric phase transition of high temperature C2/c clinoenstatite." #MS11-PS1
Ryosuke Kusu, Kumamoto University, Japan"Raman spectroscopy of metastable MgSiO3 high temperature C2/c clinoenstatite." #MS11-PS2
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Poria Kishorkumar. C., Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, India"Dissolution kinetics and reactivity at dislocation studies on naturally grown and surgically removed
kidney stones." #MS11-PS3
Takashi Ohhara, J-PARC Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan"Single crystal neutron diffraction study of a crystalline-state photoisomerization by using a new TOF-Laueneutron diffractometer SENJU at J-PARC" #MS11-PS4
Naba Kamal Nath, National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya, India"Photomechanical bending of organic molecular crystals" #MS11-PS5
Sunil Chaudhary, Maharshi Dayanand University, India"Effect of phase transitions in lead iodide crystals as radiation detectors" #MS12-PS1
Ramesh Ganduri, Indian Institute of Science, India"Multi-component adducts of pyridoxine: an evaluation of the formation of eutectics and molecular salts"#MS12-PS2
Deepali Verma, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, India"Recombinant production, biochemical characterization and crystallization of cyse from Klebsiellapneumoniae" #MS12-PS3
Richa Bhardwaj, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India"Structural properties investigation in zno nano-flower synthesized via hydrothermal route" #MS12-PS4
Venkataramanan Mahalingam, IISER Kolkata, India"Lanthanide-doped nanocrystals: Growth, luminescent properties and applications" #MS12-PS5

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Mintu Chandra, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, India"Insights into molecular switch: crystal structure analysis of wild-type and fast hydrolyzing mutant of
EhRabX3, a tandem ras superfamily GTPase from Entamoeba histolytica" #MS16-PS1
Debasish Chattopadhyay, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA"High resolution crystal structures of protein phosphatase5- inhibitor complex provide insight for
selectivity" #MS16-PS2
Shabnam Tarahi Tabrizi, Macquarie University, Australia"Crystal structure of GUN4 protein and its function in singlet oxygen production and chloroplast to nucleus
signalling" #MS16-PS3
Ashok Varma, Advanced Centre for Treatment Research and Education in Cancer, India"Structural characterization of extended N-terminal of BRCA1 BRCTs" #MS16-PS4
Ramakrishna Gowda, Govt College for Women Kolar, India"Crystal structure of 4-[5-Chloro-3-(4-chloro-phenyl) benzofuran -2-yl]-6 methyl-chromen -2-one"#MS17-PS1
Udaya Bhaskara Rao Khandavilli, University College Cork, Ireland,"Crystal engineering, a solution to solid problems of chemistry" #MS16-PS2
Mohan Bhadbhade, University of New South Wales, Australia"Synchrotron studies on inclusion behaviour of herbicides: simazine, atrazine and terbuthylazine"#MS16-PS3
Md. Amran Hossain, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan"Melt-isothermal crystallization behavior and melt viscosity of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3hydroxyhexanoate) thin films" #MS18-PS1
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Andreas Kleine, Incoatec GmbH, Germany"Upgrading SAXS setups with Incoateca´s microfocus source and/or scatterless pinholes SCATEX"#MS18-PS2
Conference Dinner - Sponsored by Rigaku
19:00 – 22:00 Swabhumi, Kolkata
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DAY-4: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2015
Keynote Session - IV
09:15 - 10:00 Mini Hall
Chair:
Peter Czabotar, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia
Speakers:
Haitao Li, Tsinghua University, China“Mark the “readership” for transcription control” #KN-4
Keynote Session - V
09:15 - 10:00 Hall-1
Chair:
Masaki Kawano, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Speakers:
Parimal Bharadwaj, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India“Studies on metal organic frameworks through chemical crystallography” #KN-5
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10:00 – 10:30 Pre Function Area, Mini Hall
Microsymposium 13 – Hot Structures in Biology
10:30 – 12:30 Mini Hall
Co-Chairs:
Rajan Sankaranarayanan, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
Ruchi Anand, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India
30 minutes
Yanli Wang, Institute of Biophysics, China"Crystal structure of the RNA-guided immune surveillance cascade complex" #MS13-1
30 minutes
Ryuichiro Ishitani, The University of Tokyo, Japan"Molecular mechanisms of membrane transporter" #MS13-2
20 minutes
Saikrishnan Kayarat, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India"Structure based mechanism of translocation coupled nucleolytic cleavage by Type ISP restriction-modification enzymes" #MS13-3
20 minutes
Julian Vivian, Monash University, Australia"Immune surveillance: Viral escape and drug hypersensitivity" #MS13-4
20 minutes
Jayaraman Sivaraman, National University of Singapore, Singapore"Neutralization mechanism of hepatitis E virus by monoclonal antibodies" #MS13-5
Microsymposium 14 – Chemical Crystallography: Hot Structures
10:30 – 12:30 Hall-1
Co-Chairs:
Jan Wikaira, University of Canterbury, NZ
Mohan Bhadbhade, University of New South Wales, Australia
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Manabu Hoshino, The University of Tokyo, Japan"Chemical crystallography using the crystalline sponge method" #MS14-1
20 minutes
Mingwen Shi, University of Western Australia, Australia"How does the electrostatic nature of 18-crown-6 affect guest molecules upon complexation in the solidstate?" #MS14-3
20 minutes
Gwilherm Nenert, PANalytical, The Netherlands"Crystal structure of hydrated fluorides MF2.4H2O (M = Zn, Ni, Co): a combined approach" #MS14-4
20 minutes
Tanusri Dey, Jadavpur University, India"Three nimesulide derivatives: ab-initio structure determination from X-ray powder diffraction andmolecular electrostatic potential analysis" #MS14-5
Microsymposium 15 – Nanocrystallography and Powder Diffraction
10:30 – 12:30 Hall-2
Co-Chairs:
Arunachalm Ramanan, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India
Parthasarathi Dastidar, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India
30 minutes
Masaki Kawano, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea“X-ray snapshots of labile species in interactive pores” #MS15-1
30 minutes
Venkataramanan Mahalingam, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, India"Lanthanide-doped nanocrystals: Growth, luminescent properties and applications" #MS15-2
20 minutes
Bob He, Bruker AXS, USA"Recent advances in two-dimensional powder XRD" #MS15-3
30 minutes

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Martin Schreyer, Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, Singapore"Structure solution from a single multiphase powder" #MS15-4
20 minutes
Brendan Kennedy, University of Sydney, Australia"Understanding the interplay between the magnetic and crystal structure in Sr2YRuO6" #MS15-5
Lunch
12:30 – 13:30 Food Court
Lunch Time Meeting - Meeting of the International Program Committee for AsCA 2016
12:30 – 13:30 Board RoomMicrosymposium 16 – Structural Biology of Signalling Pathways
13:30 – 15:30 Mini Hall
Co-Chairs:
Shwu-Huey Liaw, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
Hanna Yuan, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
30 minutes
Liang Tong, Columbia University, USA“Structure and function of cyclic-di-AMP signaling" #MS16-1
30 minutes
Shin-ichi Terawaki, Gunma University, Japan"Structural basis for regulation of cell differentiation signaling" #MS16-2
20 minutes

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Mohammad Obayed Ullah, North South University, Bangladesh"The TLR signaling adaptor TRIF/TICAM-1 has an N-terminal helical domain with structural similarity to
IFIT proteins" #MS16-3
20 minutes
Catherine Day, University of Otago, New Zealand"A new twist in the regulation of ubiquitin transfer by RING E3 ligases" #MS16-4
20 minutes
Angus Cowan, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia“Structural investigation of Bax oligomerisation" #MS16-5
Microsymposium 17 – Chemical Crystallography: General Interest
13:30 – 15:30 Hall-1
Co-Chairs:
Ian Williams, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Srinivasan Natarajan, SSCU, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
30 minutes
Ashwini Nangia, University of Hyderabad, India"Chemical crystallography and human medicine" #MS17-1
30 minutes
Alison Edwards, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Australia"Crystal structure determination - beyond least-squares refinement" #MS17-2
20 minutes
Fraser White, Rigaku Corporation, UK"Getting more from data processing with CrysAlisPro" #MS17-3
20 minutes
Swastik Mondal, Max-Planck-Institut fur Kohlenforschung, Germany"Unravelling the mysteries of boron carbide" #MS17-4
20 minutes

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Srinivasulu Aitipamula, Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, Singapore"Insights into cocrystal-excipient compatibility: griseofulvin-acesulfame cocrystal hydrate as a model
system" #MS17-5
Microsymposium 18 – Small Angle Scattering
13:30 – 15:30 Hall-2
Co-Chairs:
Sono Sasaki, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan
Yoshiyuki Amemiya, University of Tokyo, Japan
30 minutes
Yuya Shinohara, Department of Advanced Materials Science, The University of Tokyo"Anomalous small-angle X-ray scattering of rubber at sulfur K-edge" #MS18-1
30 minutes
Chun-Jen Su, National Synchrotron Radiation Research Centre, Taiwan"Competition between entropy and enthalpy in the binding of melittin with ULV vesicles of different
phosphate lipid chain lengths" #MS18-2
20 minutes
Angela Criswell, Rigaku Oxford Diffraction, USA"Biological solution scattering studies using a HyPix-3000 hybrid pixel array detector" #MS18-3
20 minutes
Jitendra Mata, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Australia"Quokka - The 40 M pinhole SANS instrument at the opal reactor", #MS18-4
20 minutes
Bhoje Gowd, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, India"Pathways of cylindrical orientations in PS-b-P4VP diblock copolymer thin films upon solvent vapor
annealing" #MS18-5
Afternoon Tea
15:30 – 16:00 Pre Function Area, Mini Hall
20 minutes

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Rising Star Session
16:00 – 17:30 Mini Hall
Chair:
Jenny Martin, University of Queensland, Australia
15 minutes
Sajesh Thomas, University of Western Australia, Australia“Insights into mechanical properties of molecular crystals from energy frameworks and quantum
crystallography” #RS-1
15 minutes
Rajesh Ghai, University of New South Wales, Australia“Molecular mechanism of ER-plasma membrane junction maintenance by integral ER membrane proteins,
ORP5/ORP8” #RS-2
15 minutes
Vidya Mangala Prasad, Purdue University, USA“Structural studies on the rubella virus capsid protein and its implications on the virion structure”, #RS-3
15 minutes
Michelle Christie, University of Queensland, Australia“Opening up to vesicle fusion: The effect of Munc18c and membrane anchoring on Syntaxin-4 function”#RS-4
15 minutes
Rahul Shukla, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, India“Crystallographic and computational investigation of intermolecular interactions involving organic
fluorine with relevance to the hybridization of the carbon atom” #RS-5
15 minutes
Suman Bhattacharya, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, India“Thermal expansion and hydrogen bonds: a case study on polymorphic systems with different hydrogenbond dimensionalities” #RS-6
Plenary Session - IV
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17:30 – 18:30 Mini Hall
Chair:
Mitchell Guss, University of Sydney, Australia
Speaker:
Mamannamana Vijayan, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India“Structural diversity and ligand specificity in lectins. From plants to Mycobacteria” #PL-4
Closing Ceremony
18:30 – 18:45 Mini Hall

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