INPEC

AUSTRALIA

Elizabeth Gillam, University of Queensland: Directed and natural evolution of enzymes for biocatalysis

Colin Jackson, Australian National University

Bostjan Kobe, University of Queensland: Structure and function of proteins involved in infection and immunity.

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AUSTRIA

Andreas Kungl, Karl-Franzens-University Graz: Interaction of complex (proteo)glycans with proteins such as chemokines.

Frans Mulder, University of Aarhus: Biochemical and biological systems and processes, focusing on proteins.

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BELGIUM

Peter Tompa, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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BRAZIL

Richard Charles Garrat, University of São Paulo

Beatriz Guimarães, Instituto Carlos Chagas

Maria Cristina Nonato, University of São Paulo

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CANADA

Jean-Francois Couture, University of Ottawa: Structural biology of epigenetics

Martin Schmeing, McGill University: Structural and chemical biology of nonribosomal peptide synthetases.

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DENMARK

Kenneth Jensen, Novozymes A/S: Enzymes for industrial use

Daniel Otzen, University of Aarhus

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FINLAND

Adrian Goldman, University of Helsinki: Mechanism and function of membrane proteins

Lari Lehtiö, University of Oulu: Structural biology of ADP-ribosylation and related inhibitors and chemical tools

Tiina Salminen, Åbo Akademi

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FRANCE

Thomas Haertlé, Institut national de la recherche agronomique

Human Rezaei, Institut national de la recherche agronomique

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GERMANY

Reinhard Sterner, Universität Regensburg: Enzyme engineering and evolution

Birte Höcker, Universität Bayreuth

Yves Muller, Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg

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GREECE

Michael Kokkinidis, University of Crete

 

INDIA

Karthe Ponnuraj, University of Madras

R. Mahalakshmi, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal: Human mitochondrial outer membrane proteins in health and neurodegeneration

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ISRAEL

Gideon Schreiber, Weizmann Institute: Transient protein-protein interactions and their binding activity

Joel Sussman, Weizmann Institute

Julia Shifman, Hebrew University

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ITALY

Adele Di Matteo, Istituto di Biologia e Patologia Molecolari

Giuseppe Manco, Istituto di Biochimica e Biologia Cellulare: Structure-function relationship in enzymes for the environment and human health

JAPAN

Ichio Shimada, University of Tokyo: Protein-protein interactions; dynamics of membrane proteins; NMR

Yutaka Ito, Tokyo Metropolitan University

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KOREA

Hak-Sung Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST): High specificity and affinity protein binders

Seung-Goo Lee, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)

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NETHERLANDS

Marco Fraaije, University of Groningen: Discovery, engineering and applying redox enzymes: insights from detailed enzymological studies are used to tune enzymes for biotechnological applications

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NORWAY

Vincent Eijsink, Norwegian University of Life Sciences: Innovative (redox) enzyme technology for biomass processing

Nathalie Reuter, University of Bergen

Bjørn Olav Brandsdal, University of Tromsø

 

 

RUSSIA

Vladimir I. Tishkov, Moscow State University

Vytas Svedas, Moscow State University

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SINGAPORE

Song Jianxing, National University of Singapore: Protein biophysics; from fundamental principles to structural and dynamic mechanisms for diseases and drug actions.

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SPAIN

Aitziber Cortajarena, CIC biomaGUNE-BRTA, San Sebastian: Engineering biomolecule-based functional nanostructures and bioinspired materials for biotechnology and biomedicine. 

Alberto Marina, Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia: Signaling and communication mechanisms in the microbiological world

Javier Sancho, University of Zaragoza: Protein stability by wet and computational approaches. 

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SWEDEN

Bengt Mannervik, Stockholm University

Ylva Ivarsson, Uppsala University

Per-Olof Syren, Royal Institute of Technology

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SWITZERLAND

Andreas Plückthun, University of Zurich: Creation of new proteins and protein variants

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TAIWAN

Shang-Te Danny Hsu, Academia Sinica: Structures and properties of proteins and G-rich oligonucleotides

Rita P.-Y. Chen, Academia Sinica

Yu-Chih Grace Lo, National Cheng Kung University

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UNITED KINGDOM

Dafydd Jones, Cardiff University: Molecular basis of protein plasticity in terms of structure, function and folding

Drew Thomson, University of Glasgow: Computational design tools and peptide chemistry

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URUGUAY

Alejandro Buschiazzo, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo: How microorganisms sense and transmit signaling information leading to cellular homeostasis