Molecular Life Sciences


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Molecular Life Sciences 

(Biostructure, Biopolymers and their Conjugates, Medicinal Chemistry, Biocatalysis and Biomaterials, Impact of Analytical Chemistry in Life/Bio Sciences)      

  

Plenary Speaker: Barbara Imperiali (USA)
  Fluorescent Tools for Chemical Biology
   
       
       
Biostructure, Biopolymers and their Conjugates

Convener: Juan Fontecilla-Camps (FR)
   
Invited Speakers: Rolf Thauer (DE)
  The Structure of the Nickel Enzyme that Catalyzes the Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane in Archaea
  Dino Moras (FR)
  Allosteric Control of Dimerisation in Nuclear Receptors of Hormones
  Eric Westhof (FR)
  RNA Modules and the Assembly of RNA Architecture
  Rebecca Wade (DE)
  Simulation and Design of Dynamic Tunnels in Enzymes
  Péter Tompa (HU)
  Intrinsically Disordered Proteins in Cellular Function and Disease
  Yoshihito Watanabe (JP)
  Design of Organometallo-Enzymes
      
  

Medicinal Chemistry          exclusively sponsored by    

Convener: Roberto Pellicciari (IT)
   
Invited Speakers: Maria Flocco (UK)
  Biophysical Methods in Medicinal Chemistry Design
  Tudor I. Oprea (USA)
  The Art of Mapping Drug-Target Interactions
  Gisbert Schneider (DE)
  Molecular Design Patterns
  Maurizio Botta (IT)
  Design and Synthesis of HIV-1 Inhibitors
  Rasmus Clausen (DK)
  Development of Specific Glutamate Receptor Ligands
  Timothy M. Willson (USA)
  Open Access Chemical Probes

      
 

Biocatalysis and Biomaterials     

Convener: Manfred Reetz (DE)
   
Invited Speakers: Alan Berry (UK)
  Novel Enzymes Based on an Aldolase Scaffold
  Uwe T. Bornscheuer (DE)
  Protein Engineering Tools for Enantioselective Biocatalysis
  Donald Hilvert (CH)
  Designer Enzymes
  Dick B. Janssen (NL)
  Engineered Dehalogenases in Enantioselective Biocatalysis
  José Vicente Sinisterra Gago (ES)
  Industrial Biotransformations in Green Solvents
  Pierre Monsan (FR)
  Molecular Engineering of a Transglucosidase for the Catalysis of Specific Synthesis

       

Impact of Analytical Chemistry in Life/Bio Sciences

Convener: Jeremy Nicholson (UK)
   
Invited Speakers: R. Graham Cooks (USA)
  Applications of Desorption Electrospray Ionisation
  Paul Thomas (UK)
  Breath Analysis for Disease Diagnosis
  Frank Breitling (DE)
  Applications of High Density Peptide Arrays in Cancer Studies
  Fred Regnier (USA)
  Protein Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress
  Jeremy Nicholson (UK)
  Statistical Spectroscopic Approaches in Systems Biology and Medicine