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DRA symposium

Chemical biology, the manipulation of biological systems using the products of synthetic chemistry, is a fast moving, constantly expanding field. Drug discovery has been particularly influenced by progress in chemical biology. We have attracted highly recognized speakers for an exciting symposium on the topic of chemical biology and drug discovery. Dek Woolfon, is an expert in protein design, a modality that is growing in importance for discovery of tools and future drugs. Dorothea Fiedler and Edward Lemke are using chemical biology to understand the function and dysfunction of the cell. Akane Kawamura, who is developing the use of cyclic peptides in modulating biology.

Programme

14:00 Welcome
14:05 From peptides to proteins to new functions by design
Dek Woolfson, University of Bristol, UK
14:50

Uncommon Phosphorylation Modes: Protein Pyrophosphorylation and Oligophosphorylation in Human Cells
Dorothea Fiedler, Berlin, Germany
15:35 

Coffee break
15:55 

Decoding Molecular Plasticity in the Dark Proteome
Ed Lemke, Mainz, Germany
16:40 

Chemical Biology applications of cyclic peptides to interrogate biology
Akane Kawamura, Newcastle, UK
17:25

Closing of the DRA symposium

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

The symposium is free of charge and open for attendance by all interested parties. It is not necessary to pre-register.