Program overview
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Welcome coffee |
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Mouad Lamrani, Marielle Mentek and Shuguang Zhang Opening remarks, the organizers |
Session Chair: Shuguang Zhang
| 9:15 – 9:55 | Tom Knight, Gingko Bioworks, USA Synthetic Biology |
| 9:55 – 10:35 | Tom Blundell, University of Cambridge, UK Targeting peptide-binding sites on proteins: new chemical tools and selective therapeutics |
| 10:35 – 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 11:40 | Ada Yonath, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel Next generation eco-friendly antibiotics and thoughts about the origin of life |
| 11:40 – 12:20 | Hidenori Yokoi, Menicon Co. Ltd. R&D division, Japan The potential application of self-assembling peptide nanofiber hydrogels |
| 12:20 – 13:50 | Lunch and self-assembly |
14:00 – 17:00 Session Chair: Mouad Lamrani
| 14:00 – 14:40 | Fadia El Bitar Dual Activity of PAC: Neurotrophicity and Neuroprotection against Beta amyloid peptides causing Alzheimer’s disease |
| 14:40 – 15:20 | Karl-Heinz Krause, University of Geneva Stem cell based in vitro models to investigate bioactive proteins and peptides |
| 15:20 – 16:00 | Yogeshvar Kalia, University of Geneva Needleless delivery of peptides and proteins into and across the skin: Creating new therapeutic opportunities |
| 16:00 – 16:20 | Coffee break |
| 16:20 – 17:00 | Uwe Sleytr, BOKU, Vienna, Austria Passion for science of S-layer protein and Arts |
| 17:00 – 17:40 | Ehud Gazit, Tel Aviv University Self-assembly of metabolites and ultrashort peptides: From cat-eye reflectors to peptide semiconductors |
| 17:40 – 20:30 | POSTER SESSION |
| 18:00 – 20:00 | Welcome Cocktail, CMU terrace |
| 8:00 – 8:30 | Welcome coffee |
Session Chair: Reiko Kuroda
| 8:30 – 9:10 | Jean-Marie Lehn, University Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, France Towards Adaptive Chemistry |
| 9:10 – 9:50 | Robert Langer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Chemical principles of sustained release of peptides and proteins |
| 9:50 – 10:30 | Ed Boyden, The Media Lab, MIT Molecular Tools for the Analysis and Repair of the Brain |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Coffee break |
| 10:50 – 11:30 | Charles Fracchia, BioBright, Boston, USA Improving biomedical research through man-machine symbiosis |
| 11:30 – 12:10 | Lihi Adler-Abramovich, Tel Aviv University Controlling the Physical Properties of Peptide Nanotube |
| 12:10 – 13:50 | Lunch and self-assembly |
14:00 – 16:00 Session Chair: Ehud Gazit
| 14:00 – 14:40 | Nathan Nelson, Tel Aviv University, Israel Crystal structure of plant, cyanobacteria and virus-like photosystems: towards sustainable photosynthetic energy production |
| 14:40 – 15:20 | Iftach Yacoby, Tel Aviv University, Israel Hydrogen production in air grown micro-algae |
| 15:20 – 16:00 | Anna Mitraki, University of Crete, Greece Design of self-assembling amyloid building blocks as scaffolds for novel biomaterials |
| 16:00 – 16:20 | Coffee break |
16:20 – 17:40 Session Chair: Shuguang Zhang
| 16:20 – 17:00 | Fabrizio Gelain, Institute for Stem-cell Biology, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, Milan, Italy Self-assembling peptide scaffold for spinal cord repair |
| 17:00 – 17:40 | Bowen Zhao, Quantihealth, Beijing, China Human Microbiome |
| 17:40 – 22:00 | Self-assembly |
| 8:00 – 8:30 | Welcome coffee |
Session Chair: Yogeshvar N. Kalia
| 8:30 – 9:10 | Reiko Kuroda, Tokyo University of Science, Japan Mechanogenetics: external mechanical force determines chirality of snail shells formation |
| 9:10 – 9:50 | Andrew Marshall, Nature Biotechnology Recent trends in molecular and biotechnology |
| 9:50 – 10:30 | Carleton Gajdusek Lecture Ingemar Ernberg, Karolinska Institute, Sweden What is Life? One of the Three Big Questions |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Coffee break |
| 10:50 – 11:30 | Don Hilvert, ETH-Zürich Design, evolution and application of protein cages |
| 11:30 – 12:10 | Kyoichi Tanaka Lecture Troy Littleton, The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, MIT, USA Imaging Synaptic Transmission In Vivo |
| 12:10 – 12:30 | Group Photo in Parc des Chaumettes |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch and Self-assembly |
| 14:15 – 16:30 | Patek Philippe Museum Visit or free afternoon |
| 18:00 – 23:00 | Medieval Banquet, hosted by Menicon Gala, Château d’Avully, France |
| 8:00 – 8:30 | Welcome coffee |
Session Chair: Marc Rioult
| 8:30 – 9:10 | Tiago Outeiro, University of Göttingen, Germany Protein misfolding and aggregation in neurological diseases |
| 9:10 – 9:50 | Horst Vogel, EPFL-Lausanne, Switzerland Imaging and manipulating biochemical networks: From single cells to single molecules |
| 9:50 – 10:30 | Martin Egli, Vanderbilt University, USA Re-engineering RNA Molecules Into Therapeutic Agents: Chemical Modification, Protein Interactions and Basic Insights into Phosphorothioates |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Coffee break |
| 10:50 – 11:30 | Remo Perozzo, University of Geneva, Switzerland From compound to crystal structure: The P. falciparum calcium-dependent protein kinase 2 (PfCDPK2) story |
| 11:30 – 12:10 | Eun Seok Gil, 3DMatrix RADA16 self-assembled peptide hydrogel enhanced by altering the pH level and salt ionic strength |
| 12:10 – 12:50 | Alexander Rich Lecture Shuguang Zhang, Center for Bits and Atoms, MIT, USA QTY Code: a simple tool for designs of membrane proteins |
| 12:50 – 13:00 | Meeting adjourn, end remarks |
