Keynote and Plenary Speakers

Uwe T. Bornscheuer (Greifswald, Germany)

Sylwester Gogolewski (Davos, Switzerland)

Tadeusz A. Holak (Martinsried, Germany)

Neil Hunter (Sheffield, United Kingdom)

Ernst-Walter Knapp (Berlin, Germany)

Henryk Kozłowski(Wrocław, Poland)

Alexander Krasnovsky(Moscow, Russian Federation)

Jurgen Popp (Jena, Germany)

Hugo Scheer (München, Germany)

Per E. M. Siegbahn (Stockholm, Sweden)

Roland Sigel (Zürich, Switzerland)

Gianni Valensin (Siena, Italy)

Alexander Wlodawer (Frederick, United States)


Scientific Programme

Saturday, September 9th

Morning session

Afternoon session

Biological energy conversion

Chairperson: Per Siegbahn
9:00-9:45 O-1   C. Neil Hunter
Bacterial photosynthesis: from membranes and complexes to crystals and structures
9:45-10:05 O-2   Paula Braun
The aromatic residue, phenylalanine, drives binding of carotenoid in model light harvesting complex
10:05-10:35 Coffee break
Chairperson: Grażyna Stochel
10:35-11:20 O-3   Hugo Scheer
Rendering linear tetrapyrroles functional antenna pigments: Chromophore attachment, non-covalent interactions and folding of biliproteins
11:20-11:50 O-4   Konrad Szaciłowski
Bioinspired devices based on semiconducting nanosystems
11:50-12:20 O-5   Leszek Fiedor
Solution structure of bacteriochlorophyll molecule
12:20-13:00 Free time for discussions
13:00-14:30 Lunch break

Biocatalysis

Chairperson: Paolo Tortora
14:30-15:15 O-6   Uwe T. Bornscheuer
Enzymes in organic synthesis - successful examples and current trends
15:15-15:45 O-7   Ewa Żymańczyk-Duda
Application of biocatalysis for the preparation of optically active hydroxyphosphonates
15:45-16:05 O-8   Magdalena Bielak
Structural studies of allosteric inhibiton of N10formyltetrahydrofolate synthetase
16:05-16:35 Cofee break
Chairperson: Uwe T. Bornschaeuer
16:35-17:20 O-9   Paolo Tortora
Effects of pressure and temperature on the kinetic behaviour of Sulfolobus solfataricus carboxypeptidase highlight the role of non-covalent interactions in enzyme catalysis
17:20-17:40 O-10   Maciej Szaleniec
Ethylbenzene Dehydrogenase - Anaerobic hydroxylation of alkilaromatic and alkylheterocyclic compounds
17:40-18:00 O-11   Ewa Luchter-Wasylewska
Regulation of human prostatic acid phosphatase activity
18:00-18:20 O-12   Małgorzata Brzezińska-Rodak
Enantioselectivity of the prochiral carbonyl compound - acetophenone bioreduction as an example of the possibility of stereocontrol of the process
19:00 Dinner


Sunday, September 10th

Morning session

Afternoon session

Modelling

Chairperson: Marta Pasenkiewicz-Gierula
9:00-9:45 O-13   Per E. M. Siegbahn
O-O bond formation In the S4-state of oxygen evolving complex in photosystem II
9:45-10:15 O-14   Kristine Pierloot
High-level ab initio calculations of the energetics of low-lying spin states of biologically relevant iron complexes
10:15-10:35 O-15   Mariusz Radoń
Peculiarities of the electronic structure of cytochrome P450 active site (Compound I) - DFT and CASPT2 modeling
10:35-10:55 O-16   Tadeusz Andruniów
The computer design and characterization of a photomodulable peptide
11:00-11:30 coffee break
Chairperson: Ewa Brocławik
11:30-12:15 O-17   Ernst-Walter Knapp
Energetics of electron events in photosynthetic reaction centers
12:15-12:45 O-18   Marta Pasenkiewicz-Gierula
Short distance interactions engaged in the protein binding to a lipid bilayer
12:45-13:05 O-19   Irena Roterman-Konieczna
Simulation of protein holding process
13:05-13:25 O-20   Sanja Tomić
Molecular modelling - help in an experiment on proteins design
13.30-14.30 Lunch break

New materials in medicine

Chairperson: Katarzyna Stadnicka
14:30-15:15 O-21   Stanislaw Slomkowski
Polymer-inorganic hybrids for medical applications
15:15-15:35 O-22   Júlia Galandová
Application of polymers at the development of DNA biosensors
15:35-15:55 O-23   Adriana Ferancová
Chemical information for biology based on electrochemical biosensors
15:55-16:25 O-24   Wojciech Macyk
The dark side of Titania
16:25-16:50 Coffee break
Chairperson: Stanisław Błażewicz
16:50-17:35 O-25   Sylwester Gogolewski
New bioresorbable polymers for tissue repair and regeneration
17:35-17:55 O-26   Martin Hrubý
Biodegradable thermoresponsive polymers for biomedicinal uses
17:55-18:15 O-27   Katarzyna Kulig
Lipophilicity as an important parameter in property based drug design
18:30-19:30 Dinner
20:00-22:00 Poster session


Monday, September 11th

Morning session

Afternoon session

Bioinorganic chemistry

Chairperson: Henryk Kozłowski
9:00-9:45 O-28   Roland Sigel
The catalytic core of group II intron ribozymes: A sink for metal ions
9:45-10:05 O-29   E. Gumienna-Kontecka
New oxime- and hydroxamate-containing ligands to mimic the bimetallic active sites of enzymes
10:05-10:25 O-30   Daniela Valensin
Copper binding sites in peptides related to neurodegeneration proteins: NMR and other spectroscopic studies
10:25-10:45 O-31   Małgorzata Brindell
Ru(II)-chloro-dmso complexes - metal-based phototherapeutic agents
10:45-11:15 Coffee break
Chairperson: Roland Sigel
11:15-11:35 O-33   Patrick J. Bednarski
Towards photoactivatable Pt(IV) complexes as antitumor agents
11:35-11:55 O-34   Eva Freisinger
Plant metallothioneins - a new variety of an old acquaintance
11:55-12:40 O-35   Henryk Kozłowski
Metallochemistry of neurodegeneration
13:00-14:30 Lunch break

Biospectroscopy

Chairperson: Leonard M. Proniewicz
14:30-15:15 O-36   Jürgen Popp
Raman spectroscopy - a prospective tool in life sciences
15:15-16:00 O-37   Alexander A. Krasnovsky
Biophotonics of singlet molecular oxygen
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
Chairperson: Alexander A. Krasnovsky
16:30-17:15 O-38   Gianni Valensin
A potent application of biological NMR: the study of intermolecular interactions
17:15-18:00 O-39   Tad A. Holak
Monitoring the antagonist-protein and protein-protein interactions with NMR spectroscopy
18:00-18:20 O-44   Małgorzata Barańska
Application of Raman spectroscopy for in situ analysis of plant secondary metabolites
18:30 Departure for excursion and conference dinner


Tuesday, September 12th

Morning session

Structural biology

Chairperson: Barbara J. Oleksyn
9:30-10:15 O-40   Alexander Wlodawer
Crystal structure of the antiviral protein griffithsin and its carbohydrate complexes
10:15-10:35 O-41   Zoltán Gáspári
The peptide-like C-terminus of Drosophila dUTPase: characterization by residual dipolar couplings and molecular simulations
10:35-11:05 Coffee break
Chairperson: Krzysztof Lewiński
11:05-11:50 O-42   Mariusz Jaskólski
Hydrolysis at the side chain of asparagine
11:50-12:10 O-43   Justyna Kalinowska-Tłuścik
Why designed sweeteners can be bitter?
12:10-12:20 Closing remarks
12:30 Lunch and check off