The conference will be held from July 12th until July 16th, 2026. It will start on Sunday evening (welcome reception, plenary lectures) and will last until Thursday night ending with the Gala Dinner at the Coendersborg. The conference will comprise:
9 plenary lecturers and EUROBIC medal lecture
Three/four parallel sessions with keynote lectures (30 min), invited lectures (20 min) and oral communications (15 min),
[PL1] Bio-Inspired Catalyst Design for Small Molecule Activation in Multi-Electron Reduction Processes
Carole Duboc - University Grenoble Alpes
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Reception
Day 2 Monday, 13 July 2026
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Plenary Chair (Dennis Hetterschied)
Metal-Modified Nucleic Acids – From Characterization to Application
Main Lecture Hall - FGB
[PL2] Metal-Modified Nucleic Acids – From Characterization to Application
Jens Müller - Universität Münster
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Keynote
Main Lecture Hall - FGB
[KN1] Unveiling an atlas of the structural and functional space of multiheme cytochromes c
Ricardo O Louro - Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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[KN2] Abiotic Reactions Catalyzed by Hemoproteins Reconstituted with Artificial Metal Porphyrinoids
Takashi Hayashi - The University of Osaka
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[KN3] Novel developments in the field of albumin-binding therapeutics
Petra Heffeter - Medical University of Vienna
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Invited and oral lectures
Main Lecture Hall - FGB
NMR Studies of Multidomain Snail Metallothioneins: Metalation, Metal Selectivity and High Pressure Studies
Oliver Zerbe - University of Zurich
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Peroxidase Activity of a Hemin-Protein Complex Based Upon the LmrR Scaffold
Kathryn Splan - Macalester College
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Supramolecular recognition of DNA and RNA junction structures
Michael Hannon - University of Birmingham
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[O1] Active site bound hydrogen species in hydrogenases studied by sensitivity-enhanced NMR
Lukas Kaltschnee - Technische Universität Darmstadt
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[O2] Redox tuning of engineered heme protein active sites and catalytic implications
Michelle Mahler - University of Bonn
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[O3] Silver(I) metallodrugs of antibiotics as therapeutic hydrogels for contact lenses
Christina Banti - University of Ioannina
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Invited and Oral lectures
Main Lecture Hall - FGB
Processing tRNAs and Metal Ions at the Core of Recoding Gut Bacteriophages - Theta Ribozymes, a New Subfamily of HDV-like Ribozymes
Roland K.O. Sigel - University of Zurich
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Nickel chaperones in Helicobacter pylori: the case of UreE and HypA
Stefano Ciurli - University of Bologna
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Beyond Cisplatin to Next-Generation Metallotherapeutics: Mechanism-Driven Design of Hybrid Metallodrugs Targeting Breast Cancer Cells Proliferation
Sotiris Hadjikakou - Univeristy of Ioannina Greece
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Main Lecture Hall - FGB
[O4] Paramagnetic Cu2+ Probes Reveal Higher-Order G-Quadruplex Architectures: A Multi-Scale EPR Approach to DNA Structural Biology
Yury Kutin - TU Dortmund University
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[O5] Structure, Function, Spectroscopy, and Biosynthesis of Histidine-Coordinated [2Fe-2S] Proteins
Antonio J. Pierik - RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany
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[O6] Preferential Mitochondrial DNA Targeting by an Antitumor NHC-Re(I) Complex Enables Chemotherapy
Amlanjyoti Dutta - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, MUMBAI
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Main Lecture Hall - FGB
[O7] Systematic disruption of Tyr/Trp pathways amplifies the ROS formation 25-fold in multicopper oxidase: RRDE electrochemical studies
Patrycja Kielb - University of Bonn
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[O8] Inter-Protein Electron Transport Between Metal Sites in Respiratory and Photosynthetic Complexes
Pau Gorostiza - Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia
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[O9] The ruthenium complex BOLD-100 rewires nucleotide and one-carbon metabolism leading to accumulation of the metabolite S-adenosyl methionine
Theresa Mendrina - University of Vienna
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Poster session and Lunch
Poster Session
Atrium Feringa building
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Keynote
Main Lecture Hall - FGB
[KN4] Serial femtosecond crystallography of high-valent metal sites and protein radicals
Martin Högbom - Stockholm University
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[KN5] Terpyridine-Based Metal Complexes as Multifunctional Platforms for Chemo- and Photocatalytic Cancer Therapy
M. Concepción Gimeno - CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza
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[KN6] On the path to mimicking Rieske Dioxygenases. Cis-dihydroxylation of arenes with small molecule iron complexes
Miquel Costas - Universitat de Girona
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Invited and oral lectures
Main Lecture Hall - FGB
Mapping the gas channel of [FeFe] hydrogenases
Ingrid Span - Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
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Exploiting Metal-to-Metal Electron Transfer in a Ru(II) Polypyridine–Deferasirox Conjugate for Hypoxic Photodynamic Therapy
Johannes Karges - Ruhr University Bochum
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Intramolecular Electron Transfer in Metalloradical Catalysis
Bas de Bruin - University of Amsterdam, UvA (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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Main Lecture Hall - FGB
[O10] A New Dimension for [FeFe]-hydrogenases: Novel Insight Revealed Through Two Dimensional Infrared Spectroscopy
James Birrell - University of Essex
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[O11] Novel pyridyl-benzimidazol Ir(III) Complexes Exhibit Mechanistically Divergent Phototoxicity in Cancer Cells: From Singlet Oxygen PDT to Intracellular Photocatalysis
Marta Goicuría - Universidad de Murcia, Spain
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[O12] Efficient Molecular Electrocatalyst Design for CO2 Reduction: Exploring the Effect of Impulse Dynamics Over Selectivity
Arnab Ghatak - Université Paris-Saclay
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Main Lecture Hall - FGB
[O13] Coupled Catalysis Powers Carbon Conversion
Sven Timo Stripp - University of Potsdam
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[O14] Breaking the Platinum Barrier: Manganese(II) and Nickel(II) Complexes as Emerging Phototherapeutic Agents
Tukki Sarkar - CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India
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[O15] De novo designed beta-hairpin peptides as LPMO mimics
Luisa Ciano - University of Nottingham
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Keynotes
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[KN7] Unraveling Nitrogenase Cofactors: From Atomic Structure to Catalytic Control
Johannes G Rebelein - Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf
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[KN8] From Cell Monolayers to Orthotopic Xenografts: Assessing Ru(II) Polypyridyl Photosensitizers in Pancreatic Cancer
Patrick Gamez - Universitat de Barcelona / ICREA
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[KN9] Pushing Metal-Oxo Reactivity Beyond Hydrogen Atom Transfer: Toward Selective C–H Hydroxylation and Amination
Jana Roithová - Radboud University Nijmegen, RU (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
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Invited and oral lectures
Main Lecture Hall - FGB
Discovery of novel CODHs beyond the current sequence space
Henrik Land - Uppsala University
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Ru(II)-peptide conjugates for photoactivated chemotherapy
Irene Regeni - Strasbourg University
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Redox Events in Tungsten and Molybdenum Mimics for Acetylene Hydratase
Nadia C. Mösch-Zanetti - University of Graz
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Main Lecture Hall - FGB
FeS clusters in FeFe-hydrogenases: Insights into electron transfer and catalytic regulation
Repurposing Cupin Protein as Artificial Non-heme Metalloenzymes
Nobutaka Fujieda - Osaka Metropolitan University
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[O34] Structure and function of a P450 peroxidase and flavin oxidase chimeric enzyme (CYP-SOX)
Francesco Giaretto - University of Turin
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Main Lecture Hall - FGB
[O35] Ru(II)-Based Photoantibiotics: Light-Driven Eradication of Bacterial Biofilm and Rapid Healing of Infective Wounds in Wistar Rat
Arif Ali Mandal - Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi
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[O36] Direct and quantitative evaluation of cyclic electron flow activity
Angeliki Chatziathanasiou - Imperial College London
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[O37] Rewiring electron transfer in natural and artificial heme enzymes
Jack Rowbotham - University of Manchester
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[O38] Rational Design of Iron(III) metallodrugs: Ligand Tuning drives Ferroptosis in triple negative breast cancer cells
Astrid Bernkop-Schnürch - University of Innsbruck
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[O39] Spectroscopic and Photoacoustic Calorimetry Studies of the O2-sensing FixL protein from S. meliloti Reveal New Intermediates in the Signal Transduction Mechanism
Mark F Reynolds - Saint Joseph's University
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[O40] Beyond the Active Site: Non-heme iron complex based artificial metalloenzyme
Namita Sharma - Wageningen University and Research Centre, WUR (Wageningen, Netherlands)
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Invited and oral lectures
Main Lecture Hall - FGB
Uncaging [3+2+1] iridium(III) complexes for combined photodynamic and photoactivated chemotherapy (PDT/PACT)
[O50] Silver(I) Complexes with Amino Acids and Their Derivatives: Structural Insights and Biological Potential
Zuzana Vargová - Pavol Jozef Šafarik University in Košice
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[O51] Mechanistic insights into the non-classical peroxidase YhjA from Escherichia coli
Ricardo Oliveira - NOVA School of Science and Technology - NOVA University of Lisbon
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[O52] Mechanism of coproheme decarboxylases
Stefan Hofbauer - BOKU University
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[O53] Covalent Cross-Linking Stabilizes and Enhances Lanthanide Binding in Metallo-Coiled Coils
Kate A. Hadley - University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, United Kingdom
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[O54] Novel Mn(I) and Re(I) antiparasitic compounds with bioactive azoles and polypyridines as ligands: omics approaches to unravel mechanism of action
Carolina Del Marmol Soto - Universidad de la República
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Main Lecture Hall - FGB
[PL5] Metal Complexes for Medicinal Applications
Gilles Gasser - PSL University
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Day 4 Wednesday, 15 July 2026
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Metallomics Plenary lecture
Main Lecture Hall - FGB
[PL6] Multimodal and multivariate approaches to studying metals in biological systems
Elizabeth New - The University of Sydney
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Keynote
ChemComm Emerging Investigator Lectureship 2025
Main Lecture Hall - FGB
[KN17] Unlocking New Possibilities of Biocatalytic Transition Metal Catalysis
Xiongyi Huang - Johns Hopkins University
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[KN18] Redox catalysis of copper- and iron-complexes with cellular reducing agents and dioxygen
Peter Faller - University of Strasbourg / CNRS
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[KN19] HuHf: A Trojan Horse for Gold(I)-Based Chemotherapy
Paola Turano - University of Florence
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[KN20] Conclusive mechanistic picture of the oxygenase/oxidase reaction cycle catalyzed by the coupled bicupric active site of tyrosinase
Lubomír Rulíšek - Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences
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Invited and oral lectures
Main Lecture Hall - FGB
Kinetic and Structural Investigation of Switchable Artificial Metalloenzymes
Anne Kathrin Duhme-Klair - University of York
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Copper transport across cell membranes by calix[4]arene-based Cu(I) ionophores disrupt copper homeostasis leading to potent biological activity
Aurélien Deniaud - Laboratory of Chemistry and Biology of Metals
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Rh(III) and Ir(III) Half-sandwich Complexes for Bioorthogonal Applications
Ana Pizarro - IMDEA Nanociencia
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Characterization of ligands for high-valent iron-oxo oxidants
Bratislav Dačević - University of Groningen, UG (Groningen, Netherlands)
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[O56] Metal-dependent enzymatic transformation of phenazine antibiotics in the rhizosphere
Inês B. Trindade - Caltech
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[O57] Metal ion binding strengths of novel ambidentate chelators derived from thioether bearing amino acids
Ahmed Jalil Al-Safi - Debrecen
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[O58] Protein Matrix Effects on Iron-Sulfur Clusters in Photosystem I
Shalini Yadav - Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
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Invited and oral lectures
Main Lecture Hall - FGB
From Artificial Light Harvesting to Biomaterials: Engineered Hexameric Hemoproteins with Synthetic Cofactors
Koji Oohora - The University of Osaka
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Keystone species in O2 activation by biologically relevant Cu-complexes: the “in between” state of Amyloid-β peptide and beyond
Enrico Falcone - CNRS
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Harnessing Hydroxamic Acids, an Important Class of Bioligands, in the Strategic Advancement of Metallodrugs Targeting Cancer Drug Resistance
Celine Marmion - RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Towards Predictive Modeling of Reactivity in Confined Spaces using a Cu–Calixarene Catalyst
Maren Podewitz - TU Wien
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From Flask to Cell: Synthetic Reactions in Living Cells
María Tomás Gamasa - University of Santiago de Compostela
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[O59] Glutathione is a component of the cytosolic buffer for thiophilic metals in Escherichia coli
Peter T Chivers - Durham University
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In-vivo efficacy of a catalytic drug for cyanide poisoning treatment
Sigridur Suman - University of Iceland
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Metallocofactor Plasticity in Biological Water Oxidation
Dimitrios Pantazis - Max Planck Society
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[O60] From Natural to Artificial Metalloenzymes: Mechanistic Blueprints for Artificial Metalloenzyme Design
Patricia Rodríguez Maciá - University of Leicester
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[O61] Metals and thiols in bacterial defense and survival
Hans Petter Hersleth - University of Oslo
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[O62] Unlocking the Specificity of the Plectin–Plecstatin-1 Interaction
Matthew Paul Sullivan - University of Auckland
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[O63] How Do Cu2+ Ions Get Reduced During Catalysis? The Puzzle of Bacterial Laccases Acting on Recalcitrant Substrates Seen Through Density Functional Theory
Luca Bertini - University of Milano-Bicocca
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Plenary - Chemistry Europe Lecture
Main Lecture Hall - FGB
[PL7] Artificial and Repurposed Metalloenzymes for in vivo New-to-Nature Catalysis: Challenges and Opportunities
Thomas Ward - University of Basel
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Lunch and Excursions/activities
Day 5 Thursday, 16 July 2026
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Plenaries
Main Lecture Hall - FGB
[PL8] Nanoplasmonics at the Biointerface: Advanced Biosensors for Real-Time Biology and Precision Diagnostics
Laura M. Lechuga - Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2)
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Keynote
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[KN21] The assessment of trace metal mobility in soils with diffusive gradient in thin film (DGT): recent applications in intact, unsaturated soils
Erik Thomas Smolders - Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, KU Leuven
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[KN22] Antiviral Metal Complexes against Coronaviruses
Ingo Ott - Technische Universität Braunschweig
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[KN23] Extending the Reach of Pulse EPR in Bioinorganic Chemistry: Superconducting Microresonators for Characterization of Metal Centres in Thin Films
Maxie Magdalena Roessler - Imperial College London
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Main Lecture Hall - FGB
State of the art of hazard-based environmental risk assessment of metallic advanced materials
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg - Leiden University, LEI (leiden, Netherlands)
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Mechanistic Studies on Au(III) Prodrug Activation and Gold-Based Theranostics
Nils Metzler-Nolte - Ruhr University Bochum
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Organomercury-Labelled Dimeric Aptamers for LA-ICP-MS Imaging
Tuomas Lönnberg - University of Turku
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Nanoscale coordination polymers: old materials new tricks in therapy and diagnosis
Fernando Novio - Autonomous University of Barcelona
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Advances in Mass Spectrometry Empower Reactive Metallodrug Discovery
Samuel Meier-Menches - University of Vienna
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Zinc detection using responsive MRI contrast agents: from rational design to in vivo applications
Célia Bonnet - CNRS
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Main Lecture Hall - FGB
Stimuli-responsive nanoparticles for localized therapies
Zoe Pikramenou - University of Birmingham
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Proteomics studies reveal the mode of action of selected anticancer gold drugs in A2780 ovarian cancer cells, highlighting mechanistic differences
Luigi Messori - University of Florence
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Luminescent Lanthanide(III) Bioprobes for Cell Microscopy Imaging
Olivier Seneque - Univ. Grenoble Alpes
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[O64] What happens in solution? tracking metallodrug stability for more reliable preclinical testing
Luca Famlonga - University of Pisa
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[O65] Biphenyl gold(III) with NHC-pyridine ligands: relevance of the pyridine coordination for the anticancer properties
Benoit Bertrand - Sorbonne Université
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[O66] Design of Triarylformazan Chelators for Photoacoustic Imaging and Cancer Therapy
Ren-Hua Jeff Jheng - Universität Wien
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[O67] Human serum albumin binding of half-sandwich Ru(II) and Rh(III) complexes with various bidentate ligands: trends and correlations
Orsolya Dömötör - University of Szeged
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[O68] Development of Pt-PROTACs as Probes to Identify Cancer-Related Pt(II) Protein Targets
Darren M. Griffith - Royal College Of Surgeons In Ireland
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[O69] Sulfur and phosphorus derivatives of the o-aminophenoltriacetate (APTRA) ligand: Enhancing the selectivity for Zn2+ and Mg2+
J. A. Gareth Williams - Durham University
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Keynote
Main Lecture Hall - FGB
[KN24] Spectroscopy of Copper Monooxygenases
George Cutsail - Ludwig-Maximilians-Univeristät München
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[KN25] Catalysis beyond the static structure: The role of conformational dynamics in enzymatic and bioinspired metal catalysts
Sílvia Osuna - ICREA & Universitat de Girona
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[KN26] Metallophores as microbiological arsenal of tools for metal ions assimilation. How to exploit them in medicinal chemistry?
Elżbieta Gumienna-Kontecka - University of Wroclaw
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Main Lecture Hall - FGB
From Sequence to Cluster: Metalation Pathways in Microbial Metallothioneins
Eva Freisinger - University of Zurich
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Expanding the genetic code with histidine-like non-canonical amino acids
Alexandria Deliz Liang - University of Zurich
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Multifunctional Ru(II) organometallic compounds active against infective trypanosomes: redesign by bioisosteric replacement of sulfur by oxygen
Dinorah Gambino - Universidad de la República
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[O70] Insights into Copper Nitrite Reductase from Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Cytc2 Links Nitrite Reduction and Peroxide Detoxification
Sofia Pauleta - UCIBIO, i4HB, NOVA FCT, Caparica, Portugal
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[O71] Enantioselective Photoinduced Imine Reduction Catalyzed by a Ru Complex and a Designer Enzyme with a Genetically Encoded Thiophenol Residue
Ryusei Kano - The University of Osaka
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[O72] Disrupting Leishmania Redox and Mitochondrial Homeostasis with a Cyclometalated Platinum(II) Complex
Camilla Abbehausen - University of Campinas
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Invited lectures
Main Lecture Hall - FGB
Photocatalysis by Mn-Mabiq complexes with multiple photoacessible redox states
Corinna R. Hess - University of Regensburg
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Metal Complexes as Chemical Tools for Biological Applications
Jeannine Hess - King's College London
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Photogeneration of Reactive Oxygen and Iodine Species by Metalloporphyrinoids: From Molecular Mechanisms to Advanced Models in Photodynamic Therapy
Janusz M. Dabrowski - Jagiellonian University in Krakow
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Unraveling the Electron Transfer Mechanism in the Reduction of Tyrosinase Model Complexes
Sonja Herres-Pawlis - RWTH Aachen University
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How to Make, Characterize and Evaluate >2000 Iridium Cyclopentadienyl Complexes as Antimicrobial Agents.
Angelo Frei - University of York
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Gold(III)-Glycoconjugates as Antiviral Agents against Coronaviruses
Luca Ronconi - University of Galway
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EuroBIC award lecture
Main Lecture Hall - FGB
[PL9] Twisting the Toolbox: Coiled-Coil Ligands for MRI Contrast Agents and Beyond
