Programme > Plenary & Keynote speakers

PLENARY SPEAKERS

• William F. MARTIN, University of Düsseldorf
  "Transition metals, hydrothermal vents, and the origin of life"

• Franc MEYER, University Göttingen
  "Bioinspired small molecule activation for energy-related catalysis"
  

• Janet MORROW, University Buffalo
  "Applications for the selective interaction of metal complexes with nucleic acids"

• Takashi HAYASHI, Osaka University
  "Modification of Metalloproteins to Generate New Biocatalysts"
  
  
• Vince PECORARO, University Michigan,
  "New lanthanide luminescent agents based on the metallacrown topology"
  
  
• Svetlana LUTSENKO, John Hopkins University
  "Copper trafficking pathways in neuronal development and lipid balance"
  
  
• Gérard JAOUEN, IPCM Paris
  "Organometallic antitumor compounds: multitargeting of ferrocifen derivatives, mechanisms of action and in vivo behavior"
  

• Sandra SIGNORELLA, Institut of chemistry Rosario
  "Rationally Designed Mimics of Manganoenzymes: Small Molecules Activation and Applications in Catalysis"

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

• Kazuya KIKUCHI, Osaka University
  “Tunable in vivo imaging probes with functional metal complex switches”
  

• Andrea ERXLEBEN, University of Galway,
  “Dual-threat Pt(IV) anticancer drugs”
  

• Eszter BORBAS, Uppsala University,
  “Multiplex imaging with luminescent lanthanides”
  

• Claudia BLINDAUER, Warwick University,
  “A critical look at the merits of metalloproteomic approaches”
  

• Erwin REISNER, University of Cambridge,
  “Wiring Metalloenzymes for Semi-artificial Photosynthesis”
  

• Elzbieta GUMIENNA-KONTIEKA, University of Wroclaw,
  “Artificial siderophores: how can we exploit them?”
  

• Rosanna SQUITTI, Fatebenefratelli Fundation,
  “Abberant copper homeostasis in Alzheimer’s disease”
  

• Clotilde POLICAR, ENS Paris,
  “Inorganic complexes for Application in Biology”
  

• Vincent BALTER, ENS Lyon,
  “Cancer-driven isotopic fractionation”
  

• Liliana QUINTANAR, Mexico
  “Copper and protein aggregation: from amyloids in diabetes to non-amyloids in cataracts disease”
  

• Riszard LOBINSKI, University of Pau
  “Advances in mass spectrometry for trace level biological metals speciation analysis”
  

• Maria JOAO ROMAO, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
  “Structure and function of mammalian Aldehyde Oxidases and their role in the metabolism of drugs and xenobiotics”