Program overview
Schedule of P&P 2018 conference will be available soon.
Schedule of 2016 conference
| 9:00 – 9:10 | Mouad Lamrani, Marielle Mentek and Shuguang Zhang Opening remarks, the organizers |
Session Chair: Mouad Lamrani
| 9:10 – 9:50 | Uwe Sleytr, BOKU, Vienna, Austria S-layer 2D crystal lattice in nanobiotechnology and uncommon Arts |
| 9:50 – 10:30 | Alan Fersht, University of Cambridge, UK Reactivation of mutant p53 in cancer cells |
| 10:30 – 11:10 | Pierre Yves Dietrich, University of Geneva Cancer Immunotherapy: past, present and future |
| 11:10 – 11:30 | Coffee break |
Session Chair: Reiko Kuroda
| 11:30 – 12:10 | Tom Blundell, University of Cambridge, UK Targeting peptide-binding sites on proteins: new chemical tools and selective therapeutics |
| 12:10 – 12:50 | David Lane, p53 Laboratory, A*STAR, Singapore Constrained peptides as therapeutics |
| 12:50 – 13:10 | Madiha Derouazi, AMAL Therapeutics, Geneva Cell-penetrating peptides and TLR peptide agonist—the Swiss Army knife of cancer vaccines |
| 13:10 – 14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30 – 19:45 | Self-assembly |
Session Chair: Howard Riezman, University of Geneva
| 20:00 – 20:40 | Maria Masucci, Karolinska Institute, Sweden Molecular mechanism of viral oncogenesis |
| 20:40 – 21:20 | Daniela Rhodes, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Molecular telomerase structure and recruitment |
| 21:20 – 22:00 | Nathan Nelson, Tel Aviv University Crystal structure of plant, cyanobacteria and virus-like photosystems: towards sustainable photosynthetic energy production |
Session Chair: Astrid Gräslund, Stockholm University, Sweden
| 9:00 – 9:40 | The Alexander Rich Lecture Ada Yonath, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel Structure and function of ribosome |
| 9:40 – 10:20 | The Alexander Rich Lecture Jean-Marie Lehn, University Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, France Towards Adaptive Chemistry |
| 10:20 – 11:00 | Ed Boyden, The Media Lab, MIT New tools for mapping and engineering the brain: optogenetics and expansion microscopy |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 – 12:10 | Horst Vogel, EPFL-Lausanne, Switzerland Imaging and manipulating biochemical networks: From single cells to single molecules |
| 12:10 – 12:50 | Reiko Kuroda, Tokyo University of Science Mechnogenetics: external mechanical force determines chiralty of snail shells formation |
| 12:50 – 13:20 | Marta Rodriguez-Aller, GlaxoSmithKline, Switzerland Opportunities behind characterization and modification of therapeutic proteins and peptides |
| 13:20 – 13:30 | Familly picture at Gourgas Park |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30 – 20:00 | Self-assembly |
Session Chair: Marc Rioult, 3-D Matrix
| 20:00 – 20:40 | Ehud Gazit, Tel Aviv University Self-assembly of di-Phenylalanine: structure, function and unusual material properties |
| 20:40 – 21:10 | Nicolas Winssinger, University of Geneva Peptide nucleic acid-programmed self-assemblies in chemical biology |
| 21:10 – 21:40 | Robbie Loewith, University of Geneva Using reverse chemical genetics to probe target of rapamycin signaling |
| 21:40 – 22:10 | Iftach Yacoby, Tel Aviv University Hydrogen production in air grown micro-algae |
Session Chair: Anders Liljas, Lund University
| 9:00 – 9:40 | Robert Langer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Chemical principles of sustained release of peptides and proteins |
| 9:40 – 10:20 | Astrid Gräslund, Stockholm University, Sweden Amyloid beta peptide in Alzheimer´s disease: molecular interactions, secondary structure conversions and aggregation |
| 10:20 – 11:00 | Andrew Marshall, Nature Biotechnology Recent trends in molecular and biotechnology |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | Coffee Break |
| 11:20 – 12:00 | Ingemar Ernberg, Karolinska Institute, Sweden Cancer cells representing illegitimate cell type attractors in a state-space landscape |
| 12:00 – 12:40 | Martin Egli, Vanderbilt University, USA Evoking picomolar affinity for protein targets in RNA by a single phosphorodithioate linkage |
| 12:40 – 12:55 | Leila Motiei, Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science Communicating with Fluorescent Molecular Sensors in Biological Environments |
| 12:55 – 13:10 | Shai Rahimipour, Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University Targeting the Toxic Oligomers of Amyloidogenic Proteins by Self-assembled Cyclic D,L-α-Peptides: Potential Application for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases |
| 13:10 – 14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30 – 17:30 | Self-assembly |
| 18:00 – 00:00 | Aviv Foundation Banquet Hosted by Jack and Florence Aviv Château d’Avully, France |
Latest methods for structure and function studies
Session Chair : Karl-Heinz Krause, University of Geneva
| 9:00 – 9:40 | Matt Auton, Mayo Clinic, USA Protein folding and misfolding thermodynamics |
| 9:40 – 10:20 | Yogeshvar Kalia, University of Geneva Moving proteins across biological barriers: Effect of physicochemical properties on controlled non-invasive iontophoretic delivery |
| 10:20 – 10:50 | Yusuke Nagai, Menicon, Japan PanaceaGel, a self-assembling peptide hydrogel for three-dimensional cell culture |
| 10:50 – 11:10 | Coffee Break |
Session Chair : Yogeshvar Kalia, University of Geneva
| 11:10 – 11:40 | Karl-Heinz Krause, University of Geneva Stem cell based in vitro models to investigate bioactive proteins and peptides |
| 11:40 – 12:10 | Shuguang Zhang, Center for Bits and Atoms, MIT QTY Code: a simple tool for membrane protein engineering |
| 12:10 – 12:40 | Aurélien Roux, University of Geneva Buckling the cell membrane |
| 12:40 – 12:55 | Lihi Adler-Abramovich, Tel Aviv University Controlling the Physical Properties of Peptide Nanotube by Supramolecular Polymer Co-assembly |
| 12:55 – 13:10 | François-Xavier Ogi, NanoTemper Technologies |
| Meeting adjourn |
Distinguished guests: Jack Aviv, The Aviv Family Foundation
