This workshop by Biosyntiya Solutions, in collaboration with BioNEST BHU and PractiCloud, is your gateway into the transformative world of structural biology.
We begin where every great journey does: the fundamentals. From the principles of structural biology to the classical techniques of X-ray crystallography and NMR spectroscopy, you’ll build a strong conceptual foundation that makes everything that follows not just learnable, but intuitive.
From there, we step into the modern era of Cryo-EM — one of the most powerful and rapidly evolving tools in the life sciences. You’ll explore the complete workflow: sample preparation and vitrification, cryo-TEM data collection and microscope handling, single particle analysis (SPA), and the basics of cryo-electron tomography (Cryo-ET). These are the very techniques at the heart of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry — and now, they’re within your reach.
The workshop culminates in the computational side of the field: image processing, particle picking, 3D reconstruction, structure modelling, and validation — giving you a truly end-to-end understanding of how molecular structures are determined and interpreted across disciplines. Participants will also benefit from live software demonstrations, including demo sessions on industry-standard tools such as nextPYP and RELION.
Guiding you through this journey is an exceptional scientific team drawn from leading institutions across India and the USA:

• Dr. Venkata Prasad Dandey — University of Connecticut Health, USA
• Dr. Arnab Chatterjee — IISc Bangalore, India
• Dr. Ravi Koripella — Emory University, USA
• Mr. Wyatt Peele — Johns Hopkins University, USA
• Ms. Ananya Chatterjee — IISc Bangalore, India
• Dr. Badrinath Dubey — IIT Dharwad, India
• Dr. Vinay Kumar Golla — University of Virginia, USA
• Dr. Rajesh Sonti — NIPER Hyderabad, India

Whether you’re a student, researcher, or biotech enthusiast, you’ll leave not just informed — but equipped.