Heart of Europe Bio-Crystallography Meeting
The Heart of Europe Bio-Crystallography Meeting ( HEC-Meeting for short ) is an international scientific conference on structural biology , especially crystallography , that has taken place annually since 1998 . Every year researchers from universities , research institutions (e.g. EMBL , GBF ) and industry from Poland , Germany , the Czech Republic and Austria meet to discuss current issues in this area. Most of the lectures are given by PhD students. An exception is the invited HEC lecture, which is given by a renowned scientist in the field. The format of the HEC meeting was adopted from the eleven years older “Rhine-Knee Regiomeeting on Structural Biology”.
History of the HEC meeting
The HEC meeting goes back to an initiative by Manfred Weiss and Rolf Hilgenfeld in 1998, who worked at the Institute for Molecular Biotechnology (IMB) in Jena and wanted to establish a conference format similar to the “Rhine-Knee Regiomeeting” in the new federal states. Both conferences are regional meetings between German scientists and scientific working groups from neighboring countries. At the first HEC meeting from October 8-10, 1998, nine groups from Germany (from the new federal states including West Berlin), Poland and the Czech Republic were represented. Later groups from Austria and the old federal states also took part in the conference.
Previous HEC meetings:
| meeting | year | place | organizer | Attendees | HEC lecture | Web link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEC-1 | 1998 | Fulling mill in Mühltal , Germany | R. Hilgenfeld, M. Weiss, IMB Jena | 41 | - | |
| HEC-2 | 1999 | Luebben , Germany | U. Heinemann, Y. Muller, MDC Berlin | 53 | V. Lamzin | |
| HEC-3 | 2000 | Poznan , Poland | M. Jaskolski, CBB Poznań | 53 | G. Sheldrick | website |
| HEC-4 | 2001 | Bedrichov, Czech Republic | J. Sedlacek, IMG Prague | 48 | Z. Otwinowski | |
| HEC-5 | 2002 | Goslar | D. Heinz, GBF Braunschweig | 68 | A. Yonath | |
| HEC-6 | 2003 | Wittenberg | S. König, M. Stubbs, MLU Halle | 113 | T. Bergfors | |
| HEC-7 | 2004 | Krzyżowa (Kreisau), Poland | M. Bochtler, IIMCB Warsaw | 101 | A. Wlodawer | |
| HEC-8 | 2005 | Karlovy Vary , Czech Republic | J. Sedlacek, IMG Prague | 101 | Z. Dauter | |
| HEC-9 | 2006 | Teistungenburg | R. Ficner, Univ. Goettingen | 128 | E. Garman | website |
| HEC-10 | 2007 | Bedlewo, Poland | M. Jaskolski, CBB Poznań | 116 | G. Dodson | website |
| HEC-11 | 2008 | Greifswald | W. Hinrichs, Univ. Greifswald | 102 | P. Nissen | |
| HEC-12 | 2009 | Třešť (Triesch), Czech Republic | P. Rezacova, IMG Prague | 107 | P. Emsley | website |
| HEC-13 | 2010 | Schöneck / Vogtl. | N. Strater, Univ. Leipzig | 107 | A. Popov | website |
| HEC-14 | 2011 | Żagań (Sagan), Poland | M. Jaskolski, CBB / PPTS Poznań | 101 | Z. Derewenda | website |
| HEC-15 | 2012 | Beilngries | Y. Muller, Univ. gain | 93 | B. Rupp | website |
| HEC-16 | 2013 | St. Georgen im Attergau , Austria | K. Djinovic-Carugo, Univ. Vienna | 114 | P. Tompa | website |
| HEC-17 | 2014 | Academy Berlin-Schmöckwitz | M. Weiss, U. Müller, HZB Berlin | 134 | G. Glue | website |
| HEC-18 | 2015 | Kutná Hora (Kuttenberg), Czech Republic | J. Dohnálek, IBT Prague | 120 | R. Read | website |
| HEC-19 | 2016 | Warberg Castle | W. Blankenfeld, A. Scrima, HZI Braunschweig | 119 | I. Schlichting | website |
| HEC-20 | 2017 | Wojanów Palace ( Schloss Schildau ), Poland | M. Bochtler, M. Nowotny, IIMCB Warsaw | 112 | Tim Clausen | website |
| HEC-21 | 2018 | Quedlinburg City Palace | M. Stubbs, Univ. Hall | Michael Rossmann | website |
Web links
- Website of the 16th HEC meeting at Attersee, Austria
- Website of the 17th HEC meeting in Berlin-Schmöckwitz, Germany
- Website of the 18th HEC meeting in Kutná Hora, Czech Republic
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rhine-Knee Regiomeeting on Structural Biology University of Basel, accessed on September 25, 2018.
- ↑ Mariusz Jaskolski and Michal M. Sikorski: 15 Years of Heart of Europe bio-Crystallography Meetings - Reminiscenses. Poznań 2013, ISBN 978-83-927740-1-3