The 52nd ESBOC Symposium will take place at Gregynog (nr. Newtown, Wales) on 18th-20th May 2018, starting at 3.00 pm on Friday 18th May.
The Chair is Prof. Thomas Carell (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München).
Confirmed plenary speakers include:
- Chuan He (University of Chicago)
DNA methylation in biological regulation - Shankar Balasubramanian (University of Cambridge)
The chemistry, structure and function of the human genome - Mélanie Etheve-Quelquejeu (Université Paris Descartes)
Synthesis of tRNA analogies for the study of bacterial targets - Tom Brown (University of Oxford)
Artificial DNA backbones, biocompatibility of and potential applications - Ashraf Brik (Technion-Israel Institute of Technology)
Organic chemistry applied to proteins: The case of ubiquitination and deubiquitination - Ronald Micura (University of Innsbruck)
On the mechanism of ribozymes – and a short note on cellular RNA dynamics (TUC-seq) - Stefanie Kellner (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
Nucleic acid isotope labeling coupled mass spectrometry (NAIL-MS) reveals new insights into RNA modification dynamics - Michal Hoček (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic)
Base-modified DNA for sensing, cross-linking or regulating of DNA-protein binding - Tim Bugg (University of Warwick)
Oxidative mechanisms for bacterial lignin-degrading enzymes - Rebecca Goss (University of St Andrews)
Pacidamycin: a uridyl peptide antibiotic - Ali Tavassoli (University of Southampton)
Purine biosynthesis in hypoxia