Educational resources

Training School

IDP2Biomed will organize 3 training schools with the focus on filling critical gaps in know-how at ELTE and key areas of IDP research. 1st Training School in University of Cambridge Title: Computational and Experimental Methods for characterizing the conformational properties of IDPs Venue: Todd-Hamied room, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge; Lensfield Road Cambridge, CB2 1EW Date: 10-13 June 2025.

Expert Seminar Series 1

Experienced researchers from IDP2Biomed leading Partners (2 from each Partner, altogether 6 visits) will be invited for extended stays (2-3 days) at ELTE to give seminars and discuss ongoing projects and explore new research avenues and methodologies. The goal is to foster an interdisciplinary atmosphere for collaborative research on IDPs related to diseases. The Expert Seminar Series 1 will be held in two parts. The first part will take place this autumn at ELTE, as part of the autumn PhD course.

Expert Seminar Series 2

Seminars of six ELTE researchers selected to visit IDP2Biomed Partner institutions. Seminars will be open to the scientific community of the host institutions. Visits will also be used for informal training on theoretical and experimental aspects of IDPs in biomedical applications.

1. The first ESS2 trip took place in Göttingen in February 2025. The senior researchers who traveled were: Andrea Gyöngyvér Bodor and Mihály Kovács. You can see the first ESS2 trip program below:
   • Andrea Bodor: "Characterization of IDPs: 1Ha detected approaches, the cis/trans proline equilibrium, assessment of structural propensities"
   • Mihály Kovács: "Emerging roles of dynamic condensation by single-stranded DNA binding (SSB) proteins in bacterial and eukaryotic stress response".
   • Christian Pantoja: Sample preparation for NMR measurements on intrinsically disordered proteins
   • Christian Griesinger: Internal dynamics in the disordered regions of aggregation-prone proteins
   • Markus Zweckstetter: Molecular tools to inhibit pathological protein aggregation
   • Elisa Oberbeckmann: Mechanisms of action of chromatin remodelling proteins
   • Stefan Jakobs: Methods for ultrastructural investigation of mitochondria and other organelles
   • Loren Andreas: NMR approaches to study protein complexes
   • Oleksiy Kovtun: Biophysical measurements on intrinsically disordered proteins
2. The second ESS2 visit took place at the University of Cambridge in June 2025, during which the following lectures were given by our leading researchers from ELTE:
   • Zsuzsanna Dosztányi: From Short Linear Motifs to Higher-Order Assemblies: LC8 Interactions in Centrosomal IDPs
   • Andrea Gyöngyvér Bodor: IDPs: structural features by the DR and SPIT statistics, disorder-to-order transitions for p53
   • Mihály Kovács: Emerging roles of nucleic acid-dependent and redox-dependent dynamic condensation by single-stranded DNA binding (SSB) proteins in bacterial and eukaryotic stress response
3. The third ESS2 trip will be held on 7 November in the University of Padova. The senior researchers traveling from ELTE will Andrea Bodor and Mihály Kovács.

IDP2Biomed Conferences and Meetings

Kick off Meeting in Budapest 11-14 November 2024. A key milestone of the project was the Kick off Meeting with the lead researchers of the partner laboratories, which took place in Budapest in November 2024. In addition to presentations featuring novel content, the kick off conference included discussions on upcoming project-related tasks, the scheduling of courses and conferences, as well as details of the strategy aimed at establishing industrial collaborations. All of these elements play a crucial role in the successful implementation of the project objectives and the effective exploitation of its results. 2nd Yearly Meeting in the University of Padova 10-13 November 2025. ESR group establishment.