9:00          

Welcome

Prof. Alex Schier, Director Biozentrum, University of Basel

9:05    

Dr. Ad Bax, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
"Observing NMR-invisible states by rapid jumps in hydrostatic pressure"

9:25 

Dr. Martin Blackledge, Institut de Biologie Structurale, Grenoble, France
"Reflections on the unparalleled ability of NMR spectroscopy to reveal complex biomolecular function"

9:45 

Prof. Oliver Hartley, University of Geneva
"Chemokine Receptors: From Molecular Curiosity to Translational Direction"

10:05 

Dr. Wolfgang Jahnke, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)
"EnABLing drug discovery by NMR"

Coffee break

10:55   

Prof. Michael Sattler, Technical University of Munich (TUM)
"Dissecting mechanisms of dynamics biomolecular interactions in regulating biological function" 

11:15 

Prof. Henning Stahlberg, EPFL
"Investigating neurodegeneration in alpha-synucleinopathies with cryo-EM"

11:35 

Prof. Gebhard Schertler, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)
"From structural studies of GPCRs to application: Engineering OptoGPCRs as scientific tools and for optogenetic applications" 

11:55 

Prof. Robert Tycko, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
"Effects of Nanopore Confinement on the Properties of an Aggregation-Prone FG-Repeat Peptide" 

12:15 

12:30

Lunch break

13:40

Prof. Pernille Jensen & Prof. Sebastian Meier, Technical University of Denmark, DTU 
"Love hides in molecular s…ystems: from structural biology to cells and sustainable chemistry"

14:05 

Prof. Andrew Dingley, Forschungszentrum Jülich
"Structural insights into WW domain–peptide recognition and small-molecule screening of E. coli PBP transpeptidase by NMR"

14:20 

Dr. Martin Gentner, Syngenta
"How to become a champion"

14:30 

Dr. Anne Grahl, Pureos Bioventures
"From Science to Venture"

14:40 

Dr. Polina Isaikina, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)
"From Light to Sight: Illuminating the Molecular Basis of Human Cone Opsins"

14:55

Prof. Maciej Wiktor, University of Wrocław
"Proteins involved in glycosylation in human cells"

15:05

Dr. Giovanna Musco, S. Raffaele Scientific Institute
"The fuzzy logic of HMGB1: how disorder drives its interaction with chemokine CXCL12"

15:15

Coffee break

15:45

Prof. Thomas Kiefhaber, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
"Foldon - A Trimeric Protein Uniting Three Labs of the Biozentrum"

16:00

Prof. Vittorio Limongelli, Università della Svizzera italiana
"Unveiling the Functional Dynamics of G Protein-Coupled Receptors through Advanced Calculations"

16:15

Prof. Frédéric Allain, ETH Zurich
"LLPS of RNA and RNP as studied by NMR spectroscopy"

16:30

Prof. Roland Riek, ETH Zurich
"Two sides of the coin: easy and sophisticated NMR"

16:45

Prof. Lucia Banci, University of Florence
"The unique contribution of in-cell NMR to drug discovery"

17:00

Prof. Harald Schwalbe, Goethe University Frankfurt
"2 or 3 SHORT stories on H-bonds in DNA and RNA"

17:15

Prof. Geoffrey Bodenhausen, Ecole normale supérieure, Paris
"Is the gap between bio-NMR and spin gymnastics growing or narrowing?"

17:30

Prof. Daniel Häussinger, University of Basel
"Nuclear spins gone astray or how to crack tough nuts"

17:45

Break

18:00

Closing Remarks

Prof. Stephan Grzesiek
"The joy, privilege, and complacency of being a natural scientist"