Program Overview

Feb 11 Feb 12 Feb 13 Feb 14 Feb 15
Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
  Welcome
Opening lectures
Biomolecular
NMR II
The Applications of NMR to Small Molecules Polymorphism and Solid-state NMR
  Residual Dipolar Couplings
Arrival Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch

Registration

Residual Dipolar Couplings

Fast and Novel Methods

Social program

Meeting of the Scientific Committee of MMCE 2011
Pre-conference lectures Biomolecular
NMR I
Hardware and Software News
Dinner and mixer Dinner Dinner Dinner Departure
  Poster session Poster session    

 

Program

MMCE 2009 - program (40 KB)

Wednesday, 11.02.2009

16.00-21.00
  Arrival
Registration

17.30-18.00


18.00-19.00
  Pre-conference lectures
AGO SAMOSON (National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Tallinn, Estonia)
NMR Fringe Phenomena
MARC BALDUS (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
Studying Protein Function and Disease by High-Resolution Solid-State NMR
19.30-20.00   Reception at Otočec Castle
20.00-22.00   Dinner
     
Thursday, 12.02.2009
9.00 - 9.30   Opening
JANEZ PLAVEC
GREGOR GOLOBIČ, minister (Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology)
JANKO JAMNIK, director (National Institute of Chemistry)
9.30-10.30   IVANO BERTINI (University of Florence, Italy)
Mechanistic Systems Biology by NMR: Cellular Copper as an Example
10.30-11.00   Coffee break
11.00-12.00  

HARALD SCHWALBE (Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany)
Biomolecular Dynamics Characterized by NMR: From Fast Local Motions
to Slow Global Folding

Chair: Tibor Liptaj
Residual Dipolar Couplings
12.00-13.00   DUŠAN UHRIN (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Residual Dipolar Coupling Constants In NMR Structure Elucidation
13.00-14.30   Lunch
14.30-15.00   PERTTU PERMI (University of Helsinki, Finland)
NMR Methods for Studying Protein Structure by Residual Dipolar Couplings
15.00-15.30   CHRISTINA M. THIELE (Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany):
The Use of RDCs in the Structure Determination of Organic Compounds
15.30-15.50   GEORG KONTAXIS (University of Vienna, Austria):
Residual Dipolar Couplings in Protein Structure Determination
15.50-16.10   NICHOLLE G.A. BELL (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom):
Measurement of Proton-Carbon Residual Dipolar Coupling Constants Using Carbon Detection
16.10-16.40   Coffee break
     
Chair: Robert Konrat
Biomolecular NMR I
16.40-17.40   BERNHARD BRUTSCHER (Institute of Structural Biology, Grenoble, France)
New Tools for Parallel Screening of Protein Constructs, Fast NMR Resonance Assignment, and Real-Time Studies of Molecular Kinetics
17.40-18.10   IGOR ZHUKOV (National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Three-dimensional Structure of CsPin Protein from Archaeon C. symbiosum as Determined by NMR Spectroscopy
18.10-18.40   ANDRÁS PERCZEL (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary):
Calcium-Induced Tripartite Binding of Intrinsically Disordered Calpastatin to Its Cognate Enzyme, Calpain
18.40-19.00   KLAUS ZANGGER (University of Graz, Austria):
Structural Studies on Peptides and Proteins by Relaxation Enhancements Induced by an Inert and Soluble Paramagnetic Agent
19.00-20.30   Dinner
20.30-   Poster session, drinks, courtesy of ARMAR AG
     
Friday, 13.02.2009
Chair: András Perczel
Biomolecular NMR II
9.00-10.00   OSCAR MILLET (CIC bioGUNE, Derio, Spain)
Structural Basis for the Aminoacid Composition of Proteins from Halophilic Archea
10.00-10.30   SIMONA GOLIČ GRDADOLNIK (National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Conformational Preferences of Unfolded Polypeptide Chain – Protein Folding Problem
10.30-10.50   ZOLTÁN GÁSPÁRI (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary):
Assessing the Comlpiance of  Protein Structural Ensembles with Experimental NMR Data
10.50-11.10   MILOŠ HRICOVÍNI (Institute of Chemistry, Bratislava, Slovakia)
Explorations of Heparin-Oligosaccahrides-Proteins Interactions by NMR
11.10-11.40   Coffee break
11.40-12.10   CLAUDIO DALVIT (Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland)
A Comparison of Different NMR Techniques Applied to Fragment Based Screening
12.10-12.40   MIRKO CEVEC (National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Investigation of 3D Structure of let-7 miRNA:lin-41 mRNA Constructs
12.40-13.00   SABINE SCHULTES (University of Vienna and Medical University of Vienna, Austria):
NMR Studies of the Leader Protesase of the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus
13.00-14.30   Lunch
Chair: Janez Dolinšek
Fast and Novel Methods
14.30-15.30   LUCIO FRYDMAN (Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel)
Principles and Applications of “Ultrafast” Multidimensional NMR
15.30-16.00   KRZYSZTOF KAZIMIERCZUK (University of Warsaw, Poland):
Narrow Peaks and High Dimensionalities: Exploiting the Advantages of Random Sampling
16.00-16.30   MARTIN BILLETER (University of Gothenburg, Sweden):
"Fast" NMR: Protein Characterization Using Projection Spectroscopy
16.30-17.00   WIKTOR KOŹMIŃSKI (University of Warsaw, Poland)
Multidimensional NMR Spectroscopy Beyond Sampling Limitations
17.00-17.30   Coffee break
Chair: Gregor Mali
Hardware and Software News
17.30-18.00   PÉTER SÁNDOR (Varian Deutschland GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany):
The OneNMR Probe: A Unique Probe for the NMR of Small Molecules
18.00-18.30   VADIM E. ZORIN (Varian Ltd, Oxford, United Kingdom):
Probes for Solid-State NMR
18.30-18.50   VRATISLAV BLECHTA (Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals of the ASCR, Prague, Czech Republic):
Decoupling During Gradient Pulses?
18.50-19.10   STANISLAV SYKORA (Extra Byte, Italy):
Peak Shapes in NMR Spectroscopy
19.10-21.00   Dinner at Struga Castle
21.00-   Poster session, drinks, courtesy of ARMAR AG
     
Saturday, 14.02.2009
Chair: Jan Schraml
The Applications of NMR to Small Molecules
9.00-10.00   VLADIMÍR SYCHROVSKÝ (Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Prague, The Czech Republic):
Theoretical Methods for Reliable Interpretation of NMR Spectroscopy Parameters
10.00-10.30   PREDRAG NOVAK (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Ribosome-Macrolide Interactions Monitored by NMR
10.30-11.00   CSABA SZÁNTAY (Gedeon Richter, Budapest, Hungary):
On the ”Philosophy” of Small-Molecule Structure Elucidation by NMR: the Human Factor
11.00-11.20   MARTA BUGAJ (Institute of Organic Chemistry, Warsaw, Poland):
Carbon-Carbon Spin-Spin Couplings nJ(CC) (n = 1-3) and 13C CP MAS Spectra of Enaminoketones with a Steric Hindrance
11.20-11.50   Coffee break
11.50-12.20   GÁBOR TÁRKÁNYI (Chemical Research Center, Budapest, Hungary):
The Story of an Intriguing Molecular Self-Recognition Phenomenon in Bifunctional Organocatalysis
12.20-12.40   AGNIESZKA SADLEJ (Institute of Organic Chemistry, Warsaw, Poland):
Diamines as Ligands in Adducts of Dimeric Rhodium(Ii) Salts: NMR Investigation in Solid State and Liquid Phase
12.40-13.00   ZOLTÁN SZAKÁCS (Gedeon Richter, Budapest, Hungary):
Is NMR-Based Small-Molecule Structure Elucidation Becoming “Routine”? Tales of the Unexpected!
13.00-13.20   MICHAL STRAKA (Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Prague, Czech Republic):
What Can Relativistic Effects in 1H NMR Tell Us About Structure of Polyalcohole Amine Complexes
13.20-13.30   Announcement of the best poster award (short presentation)
13.30-15.00   Lunch
15.30-   Social program:

• Excursion to Pleterje and Kostanjevica
or
• Visit to wellness centre

followed by St. Valentine’s dinner
     
Sunday, 15.02.2009
Chair: Csaba Szántay
Polymorphism and Solid-state NMR
9.00-10.00   ROBIN K. HARRIS (University of Durham, United Kingdom)
NMR Crystallography & Polymorphism
10.00-10.30   ÁDÁM DEMETER (Gedeon Richter, Budapest, Hungary):
Solid-State NMR from a Pharmaceutical Perspective
10.30-10.50   JIRI BRUS (Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Prague, Czech Republic):
Poly(a)morphism of Pharmaceutical Solids: Simavastatins vs. Atorvastatin
10.50-11.20   Coffee break
11.20-11.50   GÁBOR SZALONTAI (University of Pannonia, Hungary):
ssNMR: The Effect of Rotor Size on Resolution, Sensitivity and Choise of Method. Benefits of High Speed Rotation. Practical Aspects, Applications.
11.50-12.10   NONAPPA (University of Jyväskylä, Finland):
Solid-state NMR Studies On Low Molecular Mass Organogelators: Insights Into the Gelation, Formation of Inclusion Complexes and Solvates
12.10-12.30   ZVONKO TRONTELJ (Institute of Mathematics, Physics and Mechanics, Ljubljana, Slovenia):
Study of Polymorphism in Some Pharmaceutically Interesting Materials by Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance (NQR)
12.30-14.00   Lunch
14.00-15.00   Meeting of the Scientific Committee of MMCE 2011
    Departure