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DRA symposium

Programme:

14:00-14:05 Welcome
14:05-14:50 Expanding the genetic code - chemistry in living systems
Kathrin Lang, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
14:50-15:35 Insertion of synthetic peptides into proteins
Stephan Pless, University of Copenhagen
15:35-15:55 Coffee break
15.55-16.40 Histone Glycation as a New Chapter of the Histone Code
Yael David, Sloan Kettering Institute, USA
16:40-17:25 The chemical origin of nucleic acids
Thomas Carell, LMU Munich, Germany



The symposium is organised on behalf of the graduate programme in pharmaceutical sciences, Drug Research Academy, by  Prof. Kristian Strømgaard, Prof. John Nielsen and Prof. Stephan Pless, Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

The DRA symposium is free of charge and open for attendance by all interested parties. No registration is required.