Ice-binding proteins (IBPs), a unifying name for antifreeze proteins, recrystallization inhibition proteins, and ice nucleating proteins, are found in organisms living in cold ecosystems where ice can be present. Organisms from many branches of the tree of life use IBPs to avoid the harmful consequences of freezing by several strategies such as preventing freezing or tolerating it. IBPs and other materials that interact with ice are the focus of the seminar series that will bring together the scientific community for discourse on the latest findings in scientific and technological aspects addressing IBPs and related materials, their mechanism of operation, and their use in cryobiology, food, medical, and other applications in which ice growth control is desirable. The seminars are an opportunity to create research collaborations and share ideas between groups all over the world who have interests in different aspects of IBPs and related materials.
Further seminars will be announced in the email list.
The next IBP conference will take place
on September 1 -5, 2025 in Milano,
The seminars will be held through Zoom. The link to the zoom will be distributed through an email list.
Join the email list to the IBP seminar series by emailing ido.braslavsky@mail.huji.ac.il
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The recordings of the seminars are available on an unlisted link that is available to those who are on the email list.
Previous seminars:
IBP 10th seminar: Friday, 6 of May 2022, at 8:00 AM, Japan time. (5th of May, 7:00 PM, East Coast USA)
By: Dr. Tatsuya Arai and Dr. Akari Yamauchi
Dr. Tatsuya Arai seminar title: "Cell-adsorption and -protection of ice-binding protein at non-freezing temperature"
Dr. Akari Yamauchi seminar title: "The structure-function relationship of ice-binding proteins from cold-adapted organisms"
IBP 9th seminar: March 23, 2022, at 10 am East Coast Time
By: Dr. Ran Drori
Title: Inhibition and acceleration of crystal growth by biomolecular and supramolecular agents.
IBP 8th seminar: February 23, 2022, 9 AM Central Europe
By Prof. Ilja Voets
Title: Ice-binding proteins through the looking glass
IBP 7th seminar: January 27, 2022, at 7 pm US East time
By Prof. Virginia Walker
Title: What happens when fields get frosty? Cold acclimation, antifreeze proteins, ice-nucleating pathogens, and hopes for future cold-resilient crops
IBP 6th seminar: November 24, 2021 at 4 pm Beijing time. (UK 8:00 am, 9:00 am CET)
By Prof. Wang Jianjun
Title: IBP inspired materials for cryopreservation
IBP 5th seminar: October 28, 2021, at 4 pm California time.
By Dr. Corey A. Stevens
Title: Developing new materials to control ice growth
IBP 4th seminar: September 29, 2021, at 07:00 am California time.
By Prof.Valeria Molinero
Title: Ice binding molecules: from antifreeze to ice nucleating
IBP 3rd seminar: August 25, 2021, at 9:00 am CEST.
By Prof. Konrad Meister
Title: Aggregation of Ice-Binding Proteins Enables Biological Ice Nucleation
IBP 2nd seminar: July 28, 2021, at 4 pm California time.
By Prof. Tsuda Sakae
Title: Discovery of hyperactive AFP from a Japanese stag beetle
IBP 1st seminar: June 24, 2021, at 07:00 am California time.
By Prof. Peter Davies
Title: Ice-nucleating and ice-binding proteins appear to share the same mechanism of action
Dr. Maddalena Bayer
Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics, and Natural Sciences
Hamburg University, Germany
maddalena.bayer@uni-hamburg.de
Dr. Ido Braslavsky
The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture Food, and Environment
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
ido.braslavsky@mail.huji.ac.il
Dr. Peter Davies
Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences
Queen’s University, Canada
Dr. Ran Drori
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Yeshiva University, USA
Dr. EonSeon Jin
Department of life science
Hanyang University, Korea
esjin@hanyang.ac.kr
Dr. Valeria Molinero
Department of Chemistry
University of Utah, USA
valeria.molinero@utah.edu
Dr. Sakae Tsuda
Structural Biology Group
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
s.tsuda@aist.go.jp