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Nobel Workshop
1st day
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Date:
Topic:
Chairs:
Venue:
08:35-08:40
08:40-08:45
08:45-09:25
09:25-10:05
10.05-10:35
10:35-11:15
11:15-11:55
11:55-12:55
12:55-13:35
13:35-14:15
14:15-14:55
14:55-15:25
15:25-16:05
16:05-16:45
16:45-17:45
Monday May 4th, 2015
Molecules in Biology
Professor Jens Nielsen and NN (Andrew Ewing?)
RunAn Conference Hall, Chalmers University of Technology,
Chalmersplatsen 1, SE-412 58 Göteborg, Sweden
Welcome note: Prof Karin Markides, President of Chalmers
Opening note: Prof Jens Nielsen, Director Life Science Engineering at Chalmers
Prof DAVID LILLEY, University of Dundee, United Kingdom: How does RNA act like an
enzyme
Prof PETER von HIPPEL, University of Oregon, United States: Mapping structural and
dynamic interactions of regulatory proteins with DNA at single nucleotide resolution
Coffee/Tea
Nobel Prize laureate ADA YONATH, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel: The
Ribosome: Life’s Vital Bonding Machinery
Nobel Prize laureate ANDREW FIRE, Stanford University, United States: Taming
opportunistic RNAs
Lunch break
Nobel Prize laureate ARIEH WARSHEL, University of Southern California, United
States: Evaluating and using free energy landscapes for biological functions
Nobel Prize laureate MICHAEL LEVITT, Stanford University, United States: Solving
Large & Difficult Structures with Less Experimental Data
Assoc. Prof. DINA PETRANOVIC, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden:
Molecular mechanisms of aging
Coffee/Tea
Prof RICHARD LERNER, The Scripps Research Institute, United States: Selecting
Antibodies from Combinatorial Libraries for the Treatment of Cancer
Prof ANDREW McCAMMON, University of California, San Diego, United States:
Molecular Dynamics and Drug discovery
Panel discussion: Challenges and concerns in Life Science Research (Moderators:
Jens Nielsen and NN?)
Nobel Workshop
2nd day
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Date:
Topic:
Chairs:
Venue:
08:30-09:10
09:10-09:50
09:50-10:20
10:20-11.00
11:00-11:40
11:40-12:20
12:20-13:20
13:20-14:00
14:00-14:40
14:40-15:10
15:10-15:50
15:50-16:30
16:30-17:10
Tuesday May 5th, 2015
Molecules in Materials and Energy
Aleksandar Matic and Anders Ådahl
RunAn Conference Hall, Chalmers University of Technology,
Chalmersplatsen 1, SE-412 58 Göteborg, Sweden
Prof HARRY GRAY, California Institute of Technology, United States: The Currents of
Life: Electron Flow through Proteins
Nobel Prize laureate RUDOLPH MARCUS, California Institute of Technology, United
States: Electron transfer
Coffee/Tea
Nobel Prize laureate ROGER KORNBERG, Stanford University, United States: Metal
nanoparticles: atomic structures and applications in cryo-electron microscopy
Prof REIKO KURODA, University of Tokyo, Japan: A twisting story: how a single gene
twists a snail
Prof WAYNE HENDRICKSON, Columbia University, United States: Understanding the
biochemical action of macromolecules
Lunch break
Prof ROBERT LANGER, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States:
Advances in biomaterials and drug delivery
Nobel Prize laureate JEAN-MARIE LEHN, University of Strasbourg, France: Towards
adaptive chemistry
Coffee/Tea
Nobel Prize laureate BARRY SHARPLESS, The Scripps Research Institute, United
States: Exploring the Sulfate World
Prof JOSEF MICHL, University of Colorado at Boulder, United States, and institute of
Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry ASCR, Prague, Czech Republic: Unconventional
solar energy – singlet fission
Prof SIR JOHN THOMAS, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom: Tomorrow's
Catalysts: Actual and Desired
Nobel Workshop
3rd day
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Date:
Topic:
Wednesday May 6th, 2015
Molecules in Nanotechnology
Venue:
RunAn Conference Hall, Chalmers University of Technology,
Chalmersplatsen 1, SE-412 58 Göteborg, Sweden
Chair:
08:30-09:10
09:10-09:50
09:50-10:20
10:20-11:00
11:00-11:40
11:40-12:20
12:20-13:20
13:20-14:00
14:00-14:40
14:40-15:20
15:20-15:50
15:50-16:30
16:30-17:15
Bo Albinsson and Fredrik Höök
Nobel Prize laureate STEFAN HELL, University of Göttingen, Germany: Nanoscopy
with focused light
Nobel Prize laureate WILLIAM MOERNER, University of Stanford, United States:
Single molecule spectroscopy
Coffee/Tea
Prof DAVID BUCKINGHAM, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom: Chiral
discrimination in NMR spectroscopy
Prof TOM BROWN, University of Oxford, United Kingdom: Chemical synthesis of DNA
– Real-world applications
Assoc. Prof YAHLI LORCH, Stanford University, United States: Chromatin remodeling
Lunch break
Prof JAMES BARBER, Imperial College of London, United Kingdom: From natural to
artificial photosynthesis for renewable fuels
Prof PAUL ALIVISATOS, University of California, United States: Nanoscience and the
Future of the Carbon Cycle
Prof TOSHIO YANAGIDA, Osaka University, Japan: Title missing
Coffee/Tea
Dr RICHARD HENDERSON, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, United Kingdom:
Structure of membrane proteins involved in signal transduction
Panel discussion
Frontiers of Molecular Sciences
1st Day
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Date:
Venue:
Chair:
08:30-08:45
08:45-09:25
09:25-10:05
10:05-10:35
10:35-11:15
11:15-11:55
11:55-12:55
12:55-13:35
13:35-14:15
14:15-14:55
14:55-15:25
15:25-16:25
16:25-16:40
Thursday May 7th, 2015
RunAn Conference Hall, Chalmers University of Technology,
Chalmersplatsen 1, SE-412 58 Göteborg, Sweden
TBD
Welcome note: Prof Bengt Nordén, Chairman of the MFF
Nobel Prize laureate AHMED ZEWAIL: Seeing with Electrons in Four Dimensions
Prof GEORGE WHITESIDES, Harvard University, United States: Origin of life, and cellsurface biochemistry
Coffee/Tea
Nobel Prize laureate ARVID CARLSSON, Gothenburg University, Sweden: Small
molecules for signaling molecules in the brain
Prof JACQUELINE BARTON, California Institute of Technology, United States: DNA
mediated signaling
Lunch break
Nobel Prize laureate ROGER TSIEN, University of California, United States: Molecules
against cancer and for long-term memory
Prof PETER DERVAN, California Institute of Technology, United States: Transcription
Factor Antagonists: From Discovery to Oncology
Prof SUSAN LINDQUIST, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States:
Lamarck was right: better living through chemistry.
Coffee/Tea
Youth Forum (Moderator TBD)
Molecular Frontiers Inquiry Prize announcements (Moderator TBD)
Frontiers of Molecular Sciences
2nd Day
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Date:
Venue:
Chair:
08:30-09:10
09:10-09:50
09:50-10:20
10:20-11:00
11:00-11:40
11:40-12:40
12:40-13:20
13:20-14:00
14:00-14:30
14:30-15.10
15:10-16:00
May 8th, 2015
RunAn Conference Hall, Chalmers University of Technology,
Chalmers platsen 1, SE-412 58 Göteborg, Sweden
TBD
Prof FRANCES ARNOLD, California Institute of Technology, United States: Evolution
to expand the enzyme universe
Prof CHRIS DOBSON, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom: Mechanisms of
misfolding proteins
Coffee/Tea
Prof RICHARD ZARE, Stanford University, United States: Understanding chemical
reactions at the molecular level
Dr DINSHAW PATEL, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States:
Cutting-edge RNA slicers
Lunch break
Nobel Prize laureate SHUJI NAKAMURA, University of California, Santa Barbara,
United States: Invention of Blue LED, Laser and Solid State Light
Coffee/Tea
Panel discussion (all speakers) (Moderator TBD)
Conclusions and closure: BARBARA CANNON, President of the KVA