18 Protein.DTU Workshop

Networking for Young Researchers in Protein Science

30 May, 2018

Kemitorvet
Building 208, Lecture hall 53
2800 Kgs. Lyngby

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08:30-09:00
Arrival & Breakfast 
09:00-09:10
Welcome  
Bjarke Bak Christensen (Head of Department, DTU Bioengineering)
Chair: Birte Svensson (Professor, DTU Bioengineering)

09:10-09:40

Structural basis for immune modulation with nanobodies  
Gregers Rom Andersen (Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University)
Chair: Pernille Harris (Associate Professor, DTU Chemistry)
09:40-10:10
Electrochemical communication between bacteria and electrodes
Lo Gorton (Professor, Department of Biochemistry, LU)  
Chair: Maher Abou Hachem (Professor, DTU Bioengineering)
10:10-10:40 Probing the structures of native and pathological a-synuclein species by hydrogen/deuterium exchange mass spectrometry 
Thomas J. D. Jørgensen (Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SDU)  
Chair: Flemming Jessen (Senior Scientist, DTU Food)
10:40-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-12:20
FLASH PRESENTATIONS - 4 min each
Chairs: Maher Abou Hachem (Professor, DTU Bioengineering)
Peter Heegaard (Professor, DTU Bioengineering)
Pernille Harris (Associate Professor, DTU Chemistry)
12:40-13:30
Lunch and poster viewing
13:30-14:00
The E3 ubiquitin ligases, inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs), regulate T cell differentiation and effector functions  
John Rizk (PhD student, DTU Vet)  
Chair: Peter Heegaard (Professor, DTU Bioengineering)
14:00-14:30
Discovering the role of anti-DNA antibodies in human autoimmunity
Kira Astakhova (Associate Professor, DTU Chemistry)
Chair: Günther Peters (Associate Professor, DTU Chemistry)
14:30-15:00
Fungal laccases: Substrate binding models, reaction trajectories, and reactions on lignin
Anne S. Meyer (Professor, DTU Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering)
Chair: Kristoffer Almdal (Professor, DTU Nanotech)
15:00-16:30

POSTER SESSION, coffee and “time for a beer” *
Chairs: Kristoffer Almdal (Professor, DTU Nanotech)
Flemming Jessen (Senior Scientist, DTU Food)
Ole Lund (Professor, DTU Bioinformatics)