Symposium dedicated to Prof. Luis Moroder in Honour of his Doctorate Honoris Causa
October 5, 2011 (13:00–18:30)
13:00-14:00: Registration and Opening Session
14:00-14:20: Welcome and Introduction
14:20-15:10: - Robert Huber (Nobel Laureate 1988, MPI für Biochemie, Martinsried)
The structures of proteins and their ligands, a basis for new therapeutic strategies
15:10-15:45: - Jean Martinez (University of Montpellier)
Genome as a Source for the Discovery of New Peptides. Synthesis and Pharmacological Characterization of New Active Peptides
15:45-16:20: - Annette Beck-Sickinger (University of Leipzig)
Peptide Drugs – State of the art and innovative applications
16:20-16:40: - Coffee break
16:40-17:15: - Claudio Toniolo (University of Padova)
Peptide Secondary Structures as Molecular Switches
17:15-17:50: - Anna Maria D’Ursi (University of Salerno)
Antiviral and antifungal peptides: biophysical investigation in membrane mimicking media
17:50-18:25: - Vincent Dive (CEA, Saclay)
20 years of phosphinic peptide chemistry: Achievements and Perspectives
18:25-19:00: - Paolo Rovero (University of Florence)
Peptide-based diagnostics: the long pathway from research to market
October 6, 2011 (09:00–13:00)
09:00-09:35: - Solange Lavielle (University Pierre et Marie Curie – ENS, Paris)
To constrain or not, if needed, don't forget the "old-fashion" strategies!
09 :35-10 :10: - Njidelko Budisa (University of Berlin)
In vivo synthesis of peptides, proteins, and proteome congeners
10:10-10:30: Coffee Break
10:35-11:10: - Wolfgang Zinth (Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Münich)
Light switchable peptides - a new tool to study ultrafast conformational dynamics in folding
11:10-11:45: - Renato Gennaro (University of Trieste)
Proline-rich antimicrobial peptides: converging to a non-lytic mechanism of action
11:45: Conference Closing
