National Institute of Chemistry, Thurday, October 3
13.00-15.00 | Registration and Refreshments |
15.00-16.00 | Welcome and opening |
Janez Plavec, head of Slovenian NMR Centre | |
Franci Demšar, director, Slovenian Research Agency | |
Carlo Rizzuto, president, Elettra Laboratory, Sincrotrone Trieste, Italy | |
Matjaž Polak, director, EN-FIST Centre of Excellence, Slovenia | |
Research at SLONMR | |
16.00-16.20 | Primož Šket: Research of biologically important molecules at SLONMR: From small to large. |
16.20-16.40 | Simona Golič Grdadolnik: NMR assisted studies of non-covalent interactions: From protein folding to drug design |
16.40-17.00 | Gregor Mali: High-resolution solid-state NMR spectroscopy in Ljubljana: From catalysts and energy storage materials to pharmaceuticals |
17.00-18.00 | Official inauguration of the new 600 MHz NMR spectrometer |
19.00 | Dinner |
Hotel Lev, Friday, October 4
Morning session I (Chair: Simona Golič Grdadolnik) | |
9.00-9.30 | Robert Kaptein: Lac repressor-DNA interactions: Structure, dynamics allostery |
9.30-10.00 | Rolf Boelens: Structure and dynamics in gene regulation and DNA repair |
10.00-10.30 | Lucia Banci: NMR in cellular structural biology: From single molecules to pathways |
10.30-11.00 | Horst Kessler: The secret of Arachne: Structure and function of the folded C-and N-terminal domains of the spider silk protein by NMR spectroscopy |
11.00-11.30 | Posters and Coffee Break |
Morning session II(Chair: Predrag Novak) | |
11.30-12.00 | Zhen Xi: Quantitative structural insights into human Variegate Porphyria disease |
12.00-12.30 | Vladimír Sklenář: Ordering in disorder-Towards ultimate resolution in NMR studies of intrinsically disordered proteins |
12.30-13.00 | Kavita Dorai: Fluorine NMR and the 19F tensor: Useful probes of structure determination |
13.00-14.30 | Lunch |
Afternoon session I(Chair: Vilko Smrečki) | |
14.30-15.00 | Jyoti Chattopadhyaya: Can we control the phosphate degradation in nucleic acids by harnessing the relative hydration? |
15.00-15.30 | Naoki Sugimoto: How do non-canonical structures in template DNA affect transcription? |
15.30-16.00 | Mateus Webba da Silva: Programmed Quadruplex DNA folding |
16.00-16.30 | Posters and Coffee Break |
Afternoon session II(Chair: Primož Šket) | |
16.30-17.00 | Antonio Randazzo: Targeting G-quadruplexes, knowing G-triplex |
17.00-17.30 | Viktor Viglasky: Comparison of alternative structural motifs occurring in DNA: structure, function and biological impact |
17.30-18.00 | Rakesh N. Veedu: Novel nucleic acids for targeted therapy of solid tumors and Alzheimer’s disease |
18.00-19.00 | Poster Session |
19.00 | Closing remarks |
Conference dinner |
Saturday, October 5
9.00 | Networking activities, individual discussions, future collaboration planning |
13.00 | Lunch |