Titles and Chairs of Past Symposia

Year Title Speaker
1967 Chemistry and Biosynthesis of Antibiotics CH Hassall
1968 Biologically Active Nitrogen Heterocycles CH Hassall
1969 Chemistry and Biosynthesis of Terpenes and Steroids T Walker
1970 Peptides and Related Compounds GW Kenner
1971 Metal Complexes in Biological Systems K Heusler
1972 Chemistry of Enzyme-mediated Processes AR Battersby
1973 Microbiological Chemistry WB Whalley
1974 Biological Systems and their Models D Arigoni
1975 Biosynthesis and Biotransformation Sir John Cornforth
1976 Tenth Annual Meeting AH Jackson
1977 Chemistry of Communication and Defence Mechanisms A Brossi
1978 Microbial Cell Walls and Membranes Sir James Baddiley
1979 Stereospecificity in Chemistry and Biochemistry I Crombie
1980 Conformational Studies of Bioactive Compounds J Mathieu
1981 Pigments of Life AW Johnson
1982 Bi-organic Chemistry of Plants P Doyle
1983 Key enzymes: Targets for Drug Action HCS Wood
1984 Molecular Recognition P Potier
1985 Nucleosides and Nucleotides in Nature RF Newton
1986 Dioxygen in Chemistry and Biology JE Baldwin
1987 Chemistry and Biochemistry of Amino Acids DHG Crout
1988 Chemistry and Biochemistry of Carbohydrates A Vasella
1989 Non-Covalent Interactions in Biology DH Williams
1990 Biosynthetic Enzymes and their Inhibition DA Evans
1991 Molecular Interactions for Biological Regulation CH Hassall
1992 Molecular Studies Related to Cell Proliferation BT Golding
1993 Chemistry and Mechanisms of Cellular Signalling R Baker
1994 Radical Chemistry in Biological Processes A Marquet
1995 Molecular Aspects of Infection and Immunity BW Bycroft
1996 Chemistry and the Origin of Life D Arigoni
1997 Transition State in Biological Chemistry GM Blackburn
1998 Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology A Bacher
1999 Biological Approaches to Synthesis J Staunton
2000 Chemistry and Chemical Biology of Oligonucleotides B Kräutler
2001 Structure and Function of Membrane Embedded Proteins J L Castro
2002 Chemical Biology of Cell Signalling and Localization H Waldmann
2003 The Evolution of Catalysis A Plückthun & D Hilvert
2004 Protein-Protein and Protein-peptide Interactions JA Robinson
2005 Role and Control of Metals, Ions and Water in Biology K Müller
2006 Natural Products and their Cellular Targets P Leadlay
2007 Chemical Biology meets Drug Discovery D Rees & J Kihlberg
2008 Motor Proteins – New Therapeutic Targets P Shoolingin-Jordan
2009 Vitamins and Cofactors T McDonald
2010 Highlights in Biological and Organic Chemistry R Allemann & H Hailes
2011 The Chemistry and Function of Nucleic Acids S Balasubramanian
2012 Chemistry and Biology of Antibiotics T Bugg
2013 Chemical Probes for Cellular Processes K Johnsson
2014 Biological Applications of Supramolecular Chemistry JL Mascareñas
2015 Design and Engineering of Novel Biocatalysts N Turner
2016 A Celebration of Biological and Organic Chemistry C Abell
2017 Chemical Synthetic Biology: Self-assembly, Encapsulation & Delivery D Woolfson
2018 Life and Death of Nucleic Acids T Carell
2019 Chemistry and Biology of Glycoconjugates S Flitsch
2021 New Frontiers in Chemistry & Biology S O’Connor
2022 The Chemical Biology of Molecules & Materials R Field
2023 Chemical Biology in Europe B Vauzeilles
2024 Chemical Biology in Europe H Hailes
2025 Chemical Biology in Europe O Vázquez