In September 2018, the 3rd European Conference on Natural Products will again feature recent advances in secondary metabolite research. With a special emphasis on networking opportunities, the posters exhibition, and the interaction of academic and industrial research, the programme will span a wide range of topics:
- Structural Biology
- Targets and MoA of Natural Products
- Organic Syntheses
- Biosyntheses & Synthetic Biology
- Chemical Communication
- Methods (from bioinformatics to screening)
Keynote speakers
- Ikuro Abe, The University of Tokyo/JP
Engineered Biosynthesis of Medicinal Natural Products
- John Robinson, University of Zurich/CH
Peptidomimetic Antibiotics: Inspired by Nature, and a return to Nature
- Richmond Sarpong, University of Berkeley, CA/USA
Strategies and Methods for Chemical Synthesis Inspired by Complex Natural Products
- Martin Schmeing, McGill University, Montreal/CND
Structures and functions of nonribosomal peptide synthetases, macromolecular antibiotic factories
- Frank C. Schroeder, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY/USA
Uncovering the “Dark Matter” of the Chemistry of Life
Exhibition and Sponsoring Information
VAAM-Workshop
The Workshop "Biology of natural product producing microorganisms" will be held from 31.08.-02.09.2018 at at Campus Riedberg, Frankfurt/Main.
For master students, who will also participate in the VAAM Workshop (31 August - 2 September, University Frankfurt), we offer 50 € reduction of the participation fee. Please contact the conference office directly.
