The Integrative Structural Biology meets Drug Discovery Workshop is promoted by the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials - CNPEM, EU-OPENSCREEN, Instruct-ERIC and CEBEM.

The workshop will be held at CNPEM, Campinas-SP Brazil, from May 19th to 23rd, 2025.  

In the first three days of the workshop, the participants (up to 60) will attend theoretical classes by experts in Drug Discovery, Structural Biology (crystallography, cryo-EM, NMR) and in silico approaches, which are aimed to level all the participants in this multidisciplinary workshop. 

The last two days (May 22nd-23rd) are dedicated to practical sessions, which will be exclusive for 20 selected participants. 

Discussions will cover the theoretical basis of each topic, followed by real life examples applied to Drug Discovery projects. Each topic will be addressed in 30-minute lectures, organised in 1.5h thematic sessions, which will be followed by Q&A sessions.  

The hands-on part includes instructions and Q&A followed by real life experiments in HTS, crystallography and cryo-EM at CNPEM. 

This meeting represents a training and information exchange opportunity for current and future researchers in drug discovery and structural biology. The workshop intends to foster collaboration among the groups working in these areas in Latin America and Europe. The instructors will be from Brazil, Latin America, Europe and UK, covering the different disciplines and visions of structural biology and drug discovery. 

Up to 20 fellowships will be provided to cover the costs of traveling and/or accommodation of participants, which will depend on available budget. The selection criteria will follow: 

• Familiarity to one or more topics to be covered in the workshop; 

• Importance of the workshop for the current research of the participant; 

• Opportunities to spread knowledge by the participants once returning to their home institutions; 

• Regionality, aiming to cover different regions in Brazil and different countries in Latin America; 

• Gender balance