Introduction to Protein Structure Analysis and AlphaFold

11-12 June 2025

Julia Santiago, Prof., UNIL
Pedro Jímenez-Sandoval, Dr., UNIL

Julia Santiago, Prof., UNIL
Pedro Jímenez-Sandoval, Dr., UNIL

This two-day training session will provide the basics of protein structure determination and how this information is stored in databases and how you can download them and visualize it. We will use AlphaFold to predict protein structures and compare them with real structures. We will also investigate how to find homologous structures via 3D searches, and to design mutants.

The second half of the course will be dedicated to use these tools to your own research question, that you might want to address via structural predictions.

Required skills: Students will need their own laptop with enough memory left to install and operate the softwares.

Software demonstrated:
AlphaFold
COOT
PyMOL

> The course will not be targeted for Plant Biologists, even if we use plant proteins as an example. That would be applicable to any person that wants to do protein analysis.

More Information will follow

University of Lausanne, Room TBA

This course is organized in collaboration with the CUSO doctoral programs in Microbial Sciences and StarOmics

Reimbursements for CUSO Students:
Train ticket, 2°class, half-fare from your institution to the place of the activity.

Reimbursement of your travel tickets can be asked online through your MyCUSO. 
See HERE for the procedure.

CUSO MPD Students: for any question concerning reimbursement please contact the CUSO MPS coordinator Debora Zoia
Other CUSO Students: please contact the coordinator of your Program

REGISTRATION IS CLOSE

Deadline for registration: TBA

12 places available for CUSO students (4 for each participating program)

For cancellations after the Deadline of registration or no show: 50 CHF administrative fees

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