Szeged 2009

Foldamers: building blocks, structure and function

September 24-26, 2009 2^nd MC meeting and conference, Szeged (HU)

Host institution: University of Szeged,  Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Venue: Academy House, Szeged (Somogyi u. 7.)

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Programme:

24th September (Thursday)

12:00- Arrival (direct bus and/or taxi transfer will be organized from the airport)

Registration

17:00-19:00 MC meeting

19:00- Dinner for the MC members

25th September (Friday)

09.00-09.05 Ferenc Fülöp: Opening remarks for the conference

09.05-09.15 David Aitken: Introduction to session WG1

09.15-09.35 Steve Bull: Methodology for the asymmetric synthesis of β-amino acids

09.35-09.55 Santos Fustero: β-amino acids and related homologues

09.55-10.15 Enikő Forró: Lipase-catalysed direct strategies for the preparation of enantiopure β-amino acids

10.15-10.45 Coffee break and networking

10.45-11.05 Norbert De Kimpe: Synthesis of carbocyclic and heterocyclic β-amino acid derivatives

11.05-11.25 Oliver Reiser: Conformationally restricted β-amino acids as constituents in foldamers: Synthesis and application as organocatalysts and as ligands for Neuropeptide Y

11.25-11.45 Antonio Guarna: New constrained bicyclic α, β, and γ/δ amino acids: synthesis and molecular recognition properties

11.45-12.05 Valerie Declerck: 4-Membered ring β-amino acids: synthesis of building building blocks and some insight into the folding of their oligomers

12.05-14.00 Lunch and Poster session for all the WGs

14.00-14.10 Rosa Ortuño: Introduction to session WG2

14.10-14.35 Gregory Upert: Effects of substituted proline residues and terminal functional groups on the stability of the polyproline II structure

14.35-15.00 Knud Jensen: Carboproteins: carbohydrate-templated designer proteins

15.00-15.25 Jonathan Clayden: Conformational communication through helical peptide foldamers

15.25-15.50 Eric Da Silva: Structure and self-assembling of chiral cyclobutane β-peptides

15.50-16.15 Gilles Guichard: Folding and self-assembling with urea-based oligomers

16.15-16.40 András Perczel: Foldamer stability in Trp cage miniproteins

18:00-  Transfer to the restaurant and conference dinner

26th September (Saturday)

09.00-09.10 Andy Wilson: Introduction to Session WG3

09.10-09.40 Fred Denonne: FOLDAPPI: validating foldamers as new drug entities

09.40-10.10 Claudia Tomasini: Oxazolidin-2-ones based foldamers

10.10-10.30 Alison Edwards: A fresh perspective on sugar amino acids: structure, disorder and application

10.30-11.00 Coffee break and networking

11.00-11.20 Martin Smith: Positive cooperativity in folded asymmetric catalysts

11.20-11.40 Yann Ferrand: Helically folded capsules based on aromatic oligoamide foldamers

11.40-12.10 Alex Heckel: DNA-binding polyamides in nanoarchitectures

12.10-12.20 Closing remarks

12:20- Lunch

Departure (bus transfer to Budapest or to the Airport)