Born out of the biologist’s and chemist’s common interest in chemical strategies to investigate biological questions, the interdisciplinary field of Chemical Biology has emerged to become an important and central discipline by itself. Researchers in Chemical Biology find themselves at home in both classical disciplines and make use of experimental tools that both have to offer. Accordingly, this conference is aiming to represent Chemical Biology in an appropriate way. Therefore, careful consideration is given to a balanced program with some of the most renowned experts in the field.
The conference on ‘Chemical Biology 2008’ intends to give an overview on the current status of the field, to highlight the latest advances, and to provide an outlook to where the field is heading. It will encompass various innovative experimental concepts and tools and their application to biological questions. The conference will provide a unique opportunity for scientists using diverse research approaches and methods to come together. It is as attractive for chemists interested in applying their science to biology as for biologists and biochemists looking for novel solutions to their most urgent questions.
Topics
The conference will cover a broad section of approaches and methods used in Chemical Biology including molecular imaging and switching tools, computational and structural approaches, screening methods, molecular engineering, and novel synthetic methods as applied to biological questions.
Confirmed Speakers
Wynne Aherne, Institute of Cancer Research, United Kingdom
Tamas Balla, NIH Bethesda, USA
Karl-Heinz Baringhaus, Sanofi-Aventis, Germany
Hagan Bayley, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Thomas Carell, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
Benjamin Cravatt, Scripps Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
Gabriele Cruciani, University of Perugia, Italy
Michael Famulok, University of Bonn, Germany
Julie Frearson, University of Dundee, United Kingdom
Athanassios Giannis, University of Leipzig, Germany
Philip Gribbon, European Screening Port, Germany
Kai Johnsson, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Gerard Marriott, University of Wisconsin, USA
Barry Potter, University of Bath, United Kingdom
Glenn Prestwich, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, USA
George Reid, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
Carsten Schultz, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
Peter Seeberger, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Oliver Seitz, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
Alykham Shamji, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge MA, USA
Malcom Walkinshaw, Edinburgh University, United Kingdom
Keynote Speakers
Tobias Meyer, Stanford University, USA
Tom Muir, Rockefeller University, New York, USA
Vern Schramm, Yeshiva University, NewYork , USA
Gregory Verdine, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Herbert Waldmann, Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany
Chi-Huey Wong, Scripps Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA