Jubilee symposium "70 years of IOCB Prague and beyond"
The jubilee symposium celebrated 70 years of science and research performed at IOCB Prague. The one-day scientific program was designed to cover historically important IOCB research fields and combine them with the contemporary top-class science done at IOCB and with distinguished guest lectures from abroad.
Program
Opening by the IOCB director Jan Konvalinka
Michal Lebl (IOCB Prague, UCT Prague & Spyder Institute Praha): Peptide chemistry in IOCB – Successes and missed opportunities
Peter Štrop (ALX Oncology, South San Francisco, CA, USA): Recollection of early beginnings of structural biology at IOCB and IMG
Marcela Krečmerová (IOCB Prague): Nucleoside chemistry at the IOCB – Looking back on history
Pavel Kočovský (IOCB Prague & Charles University Prague): 70+ Years of steroid chemistry at IOCB: A personal account and new vistas
Josef Cvačka & Martin Dračínský (IOCB Prague): History of MS and NMR spectroscopy at IOCB
Irena Valterová (IOCB Prague): Natural products – Source of pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals
Tony Holý Lecture – Tomáš Cihlář (Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, CA, USA): Treatment and prevention of HIV: We came a long way, but are not there yet [Event detail]
Invited Lecture – Marek Basler (University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland): Spatial and temporal regulation of Type 6 Secretion System dynamics during interactions with bacterial and eukaryotic cells
Hana Cahová (IOCB Prague): Non-canonical RNA caps – From their discovery to their role
Milan Vrábel (IOCB Prague): From flasks to humans – Organic reactions beyond chemical glassware
Tomáš Slanina (IOCB Prague): Bright concepts of colorful chemistry
Miloslav Polášek (IOCB Prague): Beyond organic - From rare earth elements to rare opportunities
Invited Lecture – Petra Schwille (Max Planck Institute, Martinsried, Germany): Towards artificial cell division