KL1 Modulation and modularity in natural and synthetic sulfosalts
Berthold Stöger (Technical U Vienna, AT) SIG-05,14
KL2 Crystallochemistry underneath function: in situ powder diffraction at work
Simona Galli (U Insubria, Como, IT)
KL3 George Sheldrick’s SHELX: success for all
Isabel Uson (IBMB, Barcelona, ES)
9:15 - 9:45
Poster session & Coffee break
9:45 - 11:45
MS5 Structural studies in enzymology Chairs: Isabel Bento (MAX IV, Lund, SE), Matthias Bochtler (IIMCB, Warsaw, PL); Speakers: Ashwin Chari (MPI Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, DE), Richard Neutze (U Gothenburg, SE) SIG-01
MS9 The new role of experiments in the age of protein fold prediction Chairs: Charles Ballard (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab, UK), Nicholas Pearce (Linköping U, SE); Speakers: Christoph Grininger (U Graz, AT), Adam Simpkin (U Liverpool, UK) SIG-01,09
MS22 Short-range order as seen by different techniques Chairs: Giovanni Orazio Lepore (U Florence, IT), Wojciech Sławiński (U Warsaw, PL); Speakers: Marta Morana (U Florence, IT), Przemyslaw Rzepka (J Heyrovsky Institute Physical Chemistry, CAS, Prague, CZ) SIG-14
MS25 Supra- molecular inter- actions behind crystal engineering Chairs: Leonard Barbour (U Lincoln, UK), Kreso Bucar (U College London, UK), Agnieszka Janiak (Adam Mickiewicz U, Poznan, PL); Speakers: Susan Bourne (U Cape Town, ZA), Riccardo Montis (U Urbino Carlo Bo, IT) SIG-07,12,13
MS33 Nucleation and crystal growth Chairs: Filipa Castro (U Minho, Braga, PT), José Gavira (IACT-CSIC, Granada, ES); Speakers: Christian Betzel (U Hamburg, DE), Isaac Rodriguez-Ruiz (LGC-CNRS, Toulouse, FR) SIG-01,13
MS41 Total scattering and Pair Distribution Function analysis Chairs: Nicola Dengo (U Insubria, Varese, IT), Adam Sapnik (U Copenhagen, DK) Speakers: Sean Collins (U Leeds, UK), Emil Bozin (Institute of Physics Belgrade, RS) SIG-08
11:45 - 14:00
Lunch break
12:15- 13:45
Meetings (ECA, SIG’s, GIG’s); software fayre
14:00 - 16:00
MS2 Room temperature and serial crystallography and dynamics Chairs: Sebastian Günther (DESY, Hamburg, DE), Dean Lang (MAX IV, Lund, SE) Speakers: Thomas Barends (Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Hamburg, DE), Gisela Brändén (U Gothenburg, SE) SIG-01
MS10 Structure- property relationships in materials Chairs: Volodymyr Pavlyuk (Ivan Franko National U Lviv, UA), Pavlo Solokha (U Genova, IT) Speakers: HannaBoström (Stockholm U,SE), Maksym Yarema (ETH Zurich, CH) SIG-02,05,12
MS18 Novel advances in quantum crystallography Chairs: Florian Kleemiss (RWTH-Aachen, DE), Anna Krawczuk (U Göttingen, DE); Speakers: Simon Grabowsky (U Bern, CH), Anna Hoser (U Warsaw, PL) SIG-02
MS32 Designing the void: structural mastery in advanced porous materials Chairs: Volodymyr Bon (TU Dresden, DE), Felipe Gandara (ICMM- CSIC, Madrid, ES) Speakers: Valentina Colombo (U Milan, IT), Soumya Mukherjee (U Limerick, IE) SIG-07,12,13
MS34 AI in crystallography Chairs: Arnt Kern (Bruker AXS, DE), Rosanna Rizzi (IC-CNR, Bari, IT); Speakers: Detlef Hofmann (CRS4, Cagliari, IT), Anders Østergaard Madsen (U Copenhagen, DK) SIG-08,GIG-03
MS48 Potential of online courses in crystallography Chairs: Kamil Dziubek (U Vienna, AT), Gemma de la Flor Martin (KIT, Karlsruhe, DE) Speakers: Ilaria Gimondi (CCDC, Cambridge, UK), Stefano Canossa (ETH Zurich, CH) GIG-01,02,03
16:00 - 16:30
Poster session & Coffee break
16:30 - 17.15
KL4 Structural insight into the complex regulation of the Calvin-Benson cycle
Simona Fermani (U Bologna, IT)
KL5 Electron density and chemical bonding in intermetallic compounds
Juri Grin (MPI Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, DE)
KL6 Application of crystal engineering tools for the design of multiphase formulations for food and pharmaceuticals
Elena Simone (Politecnico Torino, IT) SIG-13
17:15 - 18:45
Remembering George Sheldrick (including Sheldrick Prize)
19:30 - 21:00
Concert at AMU Hall, AMU Hall (Aula UAM), Wieniawskiego 1, Poznań
21:00 - 00:00
Young Crystallographers meeting (Student's Mixer), Blue Note, Kosciuszki 79, Poznań
Wednesday 27 August 2025
8:30 - 9.15
KL7 Weak, noisy and uninteresting
Nicholas Pearce (Linköping U, SE) SIG-01,09
KL8 A journey to the nanoscale through electron diffraction
Sergi Plana-Ruiz (U Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, ES) SIG-04,14
KL9 BioStIn-E: Towards an individualized path to self-learning in integrative structural biology
Marie-Hélène Le Du (I2BC, Saclay, FR) GIG-01,03
9:15 - 9:45
Poster session & Coffee break
9:45 - 11:45
MS1 Nucleic acids, proteins – structures, interactions Chairs: Martin Hällberg (Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SE), Speakers: Marta Grzechowiak (IBCH-PAN, Poznań, PL), Jan Dohnálek (IBT-CAS, Vestec, CZ) SIG-01
MS11 Molecular structures with material properties Chairs: Marlena Gryl (Jagiellonian U, Krakow, PL), Rebecca Scatena (Diamond LS, Didcot, UK); Speakers: Michelle Ernst (U Zurich, CH), Konrad Szaciłowski (AGH U Krakow, PL) SIG-02
MS17 Crystallo- graphic methods to rescue natural and cultural heritage Chairs: Klaudia Hradil (TU Vienna, AT), Alicja Rafalska-Lasocha (Jagiellonian U, Krakow, PL) Speakers: Koen Janssens (U Antwerp, BE), Simona Ranieri (U Florence, IT) SIG-15
MS27 Insight into the crystal: crystal forms, isostructurality, symmetry, chirality Chairs: Petra Bombicz (TTK-MTA, Budapest, HU), Leopoldo Suescun (U Republica, Montevideo, UY); Speakers: Amy Hall (Durham U, UK), Szymon Sobczak (Adam Mickiewicz U, Poznan, PL) SIG-07,13
MS35 Challenges of light sources, neutrons and XFEL Chairs: Alke Meents (DESY, Hamburg, DE) Speakers: Ramona Duman (Diamond LS, Didcot, UK), Maciej Kozak (Adam Mickiewicz U, Poznan, PL) SIG-01,06
MS42 Quantum mechanics and computational chemistry-based methods of crystallography Chairs: Anna Hoser (U Warsaw, PL), Horst Puschmann (Durham U, UK) Speakers: Anna Krawczuk (U Göttingen, DE), Florian Kleemiss (RWTH-Aachen, DE) SIG-02,09
11:45 - 14:00
Lunch break
12:15- 13:45
Meetings (ECA, SIG’s, GIG’s); software fayre
14:00 - 16:00
MS4 Infectious and neglected diseases Chairs: Nicholas Furnham (LSHTHM, London, UK), Matthias Wilmanns (EMBL Hamburg, DE) Speakers: Giedrė Tamulaitienė (Vilnius U, LT), Daren Fearon (Diamond LS, Didcot, UK) SIG-01
MS12 Materials for energy storage and conversion Chairs: Laure Monconduit (U Montpellier, FR), Ihor Zavaliy (Physico-Mechanical Institute NASU, Lviv, UA); Speakers: Gaël Minart (CIC energiGUNE, Minano, ES), Valérie Paul-Boncour (ICMPE, Paris, FR) SIG-12
MS20 Aperiodic order and complex superstructures Chairs: Somnath Dey (FZU-CAS, Prague, CZ), Julia Dshemuchadse (Cornell U, New York, US), Eteri Svanidze (MPI Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, DE); Speakers: Gwladys Steciuk (U Lorraine, Metz, FR), Wolfgang Hornfeck (FZU Prague, CZ) SIG-03
MS28 Molecular structure and chemical bonding Chairs: Christian Lehmann (MPI- Mülheim, DE), Teresa Duarte (U Lisbon, PT) Speakers: Florian Meurer (U Regensburg, DE), Consiglia Tedesco (U Salerno, IT) SIG-02,04,07
MS36 In situ and operando diffraction; time- resolved techniques Chairs: Mattia Gaboardi (U Rome Tor Vergata, IT), Boby Joseph (Elettra, Trieste, IT) Speakers: Mariam Maisuradze (U Bologna, IT), Umbertoluca Ranieri (MPC, San Sebastian, ES) SIG-06
MS43 Simulating and predicting structure Chairs: Lily Hunnisett (CCDC, Cambridge, UK), Jacco van de Streek (Avant-garde Materials Simulation, DE) Speakers: Sarah Price (U College London, UK), Dzmitry Firaha (Avant-garde Materials Simulation, Merzhausen, DE) SIG-07,09,13
16:00 - 16:30
Poster session & Coffee break
16:30 - 17.15
KL10 Toward understanding the molecular architecture of a glycogen- committed PP1/PTG holoenzyme: a putative target for Lafora disease
Paola Storici (Elettra, Trieste, IT) SIG-06
KL11 Crystals under pressure: their compression and intermolecular forces
Andrzej Katrusiak (Adam Mickiewicz U, Poznań, PL)
KL12 ATP Synthase at the intersection of crystallography, energetics, and biophysical chemistry
Chérif Matta (Mount Saint Vincent U, Halifax, CA
KL13 Experimental Charge Density Investigations: Data and Model Quality
Regine Herbst-Irmer (U Göttingen, DE) SIG-02
KL14 Breaking Boundaries, Creating Connections: The Cambridge Structural Database at 60
Suzanna Ward (CCDC, Cambridge, UK) GIG-02
9:15 - 9:45
Poster session & Coffee break
9:45 - 11:45
MS3 Software developments in MX and Cryo-EM including AI / Machine Learning Chairs: Maria Fando (STFC-UKRI, Oxford, UK), Isabel Uson (IBMB-CSIC, Barcelona, ES); Speakers: Lucrezia Catapano (MRC-LMB, Cambridge, UK), Sergei Grudinin (U Grenoble-Alpes, FR) SIG-01,06
MS13 Intermetallic compounds and derivatives Chairs: Vitaliy Romaka (TU Dresden, DE), Yaroslav Tokaychuk (Ivan Franko National U Lviv, UA) Speakers: Serena De Negri (U Genova, IT), Viktor Hlukhyy (Technical U Munich, DE)
MS21 Surfaces, interfaces and ultrathin films Chairs: Julian Ledieu (U Lorraine, Nancy, FR), Hem Raj Sharma (U Liverpool, UK) Speakers: Yvonne Grunder (U Liverpool, UK), Georg Held (Diamond LS, Didcot, UK) SIG-03
MS29 Impact of non-covalent interactions on dynamics in molecular crystals Chairs: Amy Hall (Durham U, UK), Izabela Madura (Warsaw U Technology, PL) Speakers: Doris Braun (U Innsbruck, AT), Iain Oswald (U Strathclyde, UK) SIG-07,12,13
MS37 Advanced and new techniques to study inorganic materials Chairs: Mariana Klementova (FZU-CAS, Prague, CZ), Andrew Stewart (U College London, UK) Speakers: Peter Nellist (Oxford U, UK), Daniel Chaney (ESRF, Grenoble, FR) SIG-04,05
MS44 Comparing crystal structures in massive datasets Chairs: Nicholas Francia (CCDC, Cambridge, UK), Martin Lutz (Utrecht U, NL); Speakers: Petra Bombicz (TTK-MTA, Budapest, HU), Erin Johnson (Dalhousie U, Halifax, CA) SIG-09
11:45 - 14:00
Lunch break
12:15- 13:45
Meetings (ECA, SIG’s, GIG’s); software fayre
14:00 - 16:00
MS6 Fragment screening and structural based drug discovery Chairs: Daren Fearon (Diamond LS, Didcot, UK), Tobias Krojer (MAX IV, Lund, SE) Speakers: Manfred Weiss (Helmholtz- Zentrum Berlin, DE) SIG-01
MS14 From crystal structure to magnetic structure Chairs: Françoise Damay (LLB-CEA, Paris, FR), Khrystyna Miliyanchuk (Ivan Franko National U Lviv, UA) Speakers: Izabela Sosnowska (U Warsaw, PL), Margarida Henriques (FZU, Prague, CZ)
MS19 Quantum mechanical models for disorder, dynamics, and diffuse scattering Chairs: Johnathan Bulled (ESRF, Grenoble, FR), Anders Østergaard Madsen (U Copenhagen, DK); Speakers: Ella Schmidt (U Bremen, DE), Matthias Gutmann (ISIS Facility, Didcot, UK) SIG-02,14
MS30 Poly- morphism and phase transitions Chairs: Alessia Bacchi (U Parma, IT), Szymon Sobczak (Adam Mickiewicz U, Poznan, PL); Speakers: Michael Probert (Newcastle U, UK), Ivana Brekalo (Ruder Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, HR) SIG-05,07,13
MS38 Powder diffraction on organic compounds Chairs: Federica Bravetti (U Frankfurt, DE), Maria Spiliopoulou (UKE, Hamburg, DE) Speakers: Angela Altomare (IC-CNR, Bari, IT), Mathilde Reinle-Schmitt (PSI Villigen, CH) SIG-08
MS45 How to… successfully apply for funding Chairs: Matic Lozinšek (JSI, Liubliana, SI), Marta Morana (U Florence, IT); Speakers: Anna Krawczuk (U Göttingen, DE), Mattia Gaboardi (U Rome Tor Vergata, IT) GIG-01,02,03
16:00 - 16:30
Poster session & Coffee break
16:30 - 17.15
KL15 Complementing powder diffraction with inelastic information - iron oxide nanoparticles as an example
Mirijam Zobel (RWTH Aachen U, DE) SIG-08
KL16 Journey into the fascinating world of aperiodic crystals
Marc de Boissieu (SIMaP-CNRS, Grenoble, FR) SIG-03,14
KL17 Crystallography beyond independent atom mode
Krzysztof Woźniak (U Warsaw, PL) SIG-02
KL18 Bridging the gap. Serial crystallography at 4th generation synchrotrons: current status and future goals
Daniele de Sanctis (ESRF, Grenoble, FR) SIG-06
KL19 Single crystals and beyond - research and study in Kharkiv amid explosions and air alarms
Valentyn Chebanov (Karazin Kharkiv U, UA) GIG-03
9:15 - 9:45
Poster session & Coffee break
9:45 - 11:45
MS7 Electron diffraction of macromolecules Chairs: David Owen (Diamond LS, Didcot, UK), Xiaodong Zou (Stockholm U, SE) Speakers: Max Clabbers (Aarhus U, DK), Laura Pacoste (Stockholm U, SE) SIG-01,04
MS15 Inorganic crystal structure investigation using electron diffraction Chairs: Stéphanie Kodjikian (Institut Néel, Grenoble, FR), Louisa Meshi (Ben-Gurion U Negev, Beersheba, IL); Speakers: Yevgeny Rakita (Ben-Gurion U Negev, Beersheba, IL), Christophe Lepoittevin (Institut Néel, Grenoble, FR) SIG-04
MS23 Dynamics and disorder in complex systems and/or under extreme conditions Chairs: Daniel Chaney (ESRF, Grenoble, FR), Ella Schmidt (U Bremen, DE); Speakers: Björn Wehinger (ESRF, Grenoble, FR), Bryce Mullens (Stoney Brook U, New York, US) SIG-11,14
MS31 Crystallo- graphy in the world of mechano- chemistry Chairs: Dritan Hasa (U Trieste, IT), Adam Michalchuk (U Birmingham, UK); Speakers: Mihails Arhangelskis (U Warsaw, PL), Deborah Crawford (U Birmingham, UK) SIG-07,13
MS39 High-pressure crystallography Chairs: Anna Makal (U Warsaw, PL), Andrzej Katrusiak (Adam Mickiewicz U, Poznan, PL) Speakers: Karen Friese (Forschungszentrum Jülich, DE), Tomasz Poręba (EPFL, Lausanne, CH) SIG-02,11
MS47 Exploiting crystallographic databases in solving, refining, and validating crystal structures Chairs: Michael Probert (Newcastle U, UK), Suzanna Ward (CCDC, Cambridge, UK); Speakers: Natalie Johnson (CCDC, Cambridge, UK), Arie van der Lee (U Montpellier, FR) GIG-01,02,03
11:45 - 14:00
Lunch break
12:15- 13:45
Meetings (ECA, SIG’s, GIG’s); software fayre
14:00 - 16:00
MS8 Cross-method structural studies Chairs: Eilis Bragginton (Diamond LS, Didcot, UK), Giorgia Fiorini (PSI, Villigen, CH); Speakers: Dvir Gur (Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, IL), Catherine Tooke (U Bath, UK) SIG-01
MS16 Crystallo- graphy of minerals in the Universe Chairs: Tiziana Boffa-Ballaran (Uni-Bayreuth, DE), Przemyslav Dera (U Hawai, Honolulu, US); Speakers: Anna Pakhomova (ESRF, Grenoble, FR) SIG-05
MS24 Disordered and defective molecular systems, effect on chemical properties Chairs: Hanna Boström (Stockholm U, SE), Stefano Canossa (ETH Zurich, CH) Speakers: Emily Meekel (Kyoto U, JP), Martin Schmidt (Frankfurt U, DE) SIG-13,14
MS26 The complex world of multicomponent crystals Chairs: Consiglia Tedesco (U Salerno, IT), Kateryna Terebilenko (Kyiv National U, UA) Speakers: Maura Malinska (U Warsaw, PL), Mattia Lopresti (U Eastern Piedmont, IT) SIG-07,13
MS40 New developments in electron diffraction Chairs: Paul Klar (U Bremen, DE), Ute Kolb (U Mainz, DE) Speakers: Paulina Dominiak (Warsaw U, PL), Sergi Plana Ruiz (U Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, ES) SIG-04
MS46 Publishing crystallography Chairs: Bill Clegg (Newcastle U, UK), Chiara Massera (U Parma, IT) Speakers: Louise Jones (IUCr, Chester, UK), Manfred Weiss (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, DE) GIG-01,02,03
16:00 - 16:30
Poster session & Cofee break
16:30 - 17.15
PL2 AI/ML in crystallography: what can it do for us, what can we do with it?
Simon Billinge (Columbia U, New York, US)