Advances in Chemical Biology

The organising committee cordially invites you to submit abstracts of last minute posters. 
Deadline for submission is 16 December 2024.

Please prepare an abstract with 1-2 pages (incl. figures, max. size 1 MB, max. 2 pages).
The abstract should explicitly mention objectives, new results and conclusions or significance of the work.

1. Please use the Template to correctly format your contribution and upload it as PDF file.
2. Enter the author list (author and all co-author/s) and affiliations in the same order as in your abstract.
3. DECHEMA will not make any adjustments regarding the author information. The information will be published as given, so please double-check.

SUBMIT YOUR Poster ABSTRACT HERE 

The poster authors will have the opportunity to present their posters in a short lecture session.
Accepted abstracts will be published for all conference participants in a book of abstracts (PDF file).
The congress language is English.

Registration fees

¹⁾ Personal DECHEMA Members, ²⁾ Proof of status requested

Mixed VAT: registration fee includes Business Package with 19% VAT., no VAT for scientific conferences according to § 4.22 UstG

How to become a member?

The registration fee includes a conference ticket, a book of abstracts (PDF), a list of participants as well as food & beverages during all coffee and lunch breaks and the poster party. A programme at a glance will be available as print version. The full conference programme will be available in the DECHEMA event App.

Online-Registration

Register here

The DECHEMA terms and conditions for conferences apply. Please note that the following information are exerpts and supplements to the general terms and conditions.

Registration is possible up to the beginning of the conference (subject to capacity in the lecture rooms). You will receive an email with a booking confirmation as well as hyperlinks to download your invoice and payment confirmation as PDF files.

Editorial deadline for list of participants is 13 January 2025.

Payment

Payment of participation fees is by credit card (Master-Card, Visa, Amex or Diners) or direct debit.

Cancellation and Refunds

Cancellations will only be accepted in written form (i.e. by post or e-mail).

In case of no-show or cancellation of participation, the full participation fee must be paid. Details on cancellation deadlines and fees can be found in the conference terms and conditions.

The lecture and poster programme is available as online version:

LECTURE PROGRAMME

POSTER PROGRAMME

The conference programme is also available as PDF file:

Programme at a glance

We are delighted to announce the following keynotes:

Keynote 1

Prof. Dr. Jutta Eichler / Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Title: Structure-based design of antiviral peptides

Keynote 2

Anna Hirsch / HIPS/HZI Saarbrücken
Title:

Keynote 3

Maja Köhn / University of Bonn (GBM Lecture)
Title: Interdisciplinary approaches to study protein phosphatases

Keynote 4

Pierre Stallforth / HKI Jena  
Title: Natural Products From Interacting Microorganisms and Ancient Microbiomes

KEynote 5

Radka Snajdrova, Novartis AG, Basel/CH
Title: Applications of enzymes in drug discovery & development at Novartis

Keynote 6

Recipient of the Richard Willstätter Prize will also present a keynote lecture.

Tuesday, 21 January 2025, from 9:00 - 12:00 am

Referent: Dr. Kurt Ritter (University of Tübingen*)

Title: Prodrugs

The number of participants is restricted to 30 on a first-come, first-served basis.
Registered participants will receive a print-out of the tutorial.

*Kurt Ritter has spent over 30 years in pharmaceutical industry in Germany and USA and is currently lecturer for medicinal chemistry at the University of Tübingen after his retirement from industry.

Richard Willstätter Prize for Chemical Biology

The Richard Willstätter Prize for Chemical Biology honours outstanding long-time achievements of an established scientist, whose interdisciplinary work decisively contributed to a deeper understanding of chemical-biological processes.
Outstanding contributions and personal commitment to the field, e.g. the design of curricula and courses, widely used text books and media, promotion of young scientists, service on advisory boards and committees in Germany, and editorial services for scientific journals, are further indicators. The prize can also be awarded for technical developments, i.e. devices, methods, and processes, essential to obtain fundamental knowledge.

The Richard Willstätter Prize for Chemical Biology was founded by the DECHEMA Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, the German Pharmaceutical Society (DPhG), the Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM), and the German Chemical Society (GDCh) which equally contribute to the prize money.

It comprises a certificate, the invitation to a plenary lecture and a sum EUR 6,000.

The prize will be awarded during the conference. The jury consists of the board members of the Joint Working Group Chemical Biology of DECHEMA, DPhG, GBM and GDCh.

Please submit your nomination or application – including a CV, list of publications (highlighting the top5 papers), and a brief cover letter (English or German, max. 3000 letters) – by 20 November 2024 via dechema.de/en/rwp

We offer the following opportunity for your company to participate as an exhibitor:

Exhibition Package                                         1,900.00 EUR plus VAT   

• Exhibition space 6 sqm
• Basic equipment: 1 table, 2 chairs, power supply, wifi
• 1 full conference ticket included 
• Logo and company discription on the conference website with link
• Logo display in the conference programme
• Logo projected at the speakers’ podium in the conference hall before and after lecture sessions and during poster session (slide show with logos of all sponsors)
• Option to book 1 additional conference participation for a reduced fee of 650 EUR plus VAT

 Book here: 1.900 EUR excl. VAT

For questions about sponsorship opportunities, please contact our conference office. 

Information for Authors

Registration

Dear lecture and poster authors, please note: Registration fee cannot be waived for authors.
Please use the online registration.
If you are unable to present your lecture for any reason, please let us know as soon as possible.

Conference Language

The official language of the conference is English. Simultaneous translation will be not available.

Technical Information

The ideal format for the presentation is 16:9.
A notebook (MS Office 2010, Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.3) and a wireless presenter will be provided.
Please bring your presentation slides as PowerPoint or PDF-File on a USB stick. Nevertheless we kindly ask you to bring your own laptop computer as a backup.

In case that you need internet / special software for your presentation or if you have videos included into your file, please notify the conference secretariat in advance.

Abstract Preparation / Abstract Submission

The abstract (incl. figures) should be typed single-spaced (12 pt Arial font, 2.5 cm margins, page size DIN A4) and should include the title, all authors, their affiliations plus city and country. Please upload your abstract as PDF file. (abstract template)

Lectures/Oral Presentations

The duration of the oral presentations are planned as follows: 
Keynote Lectures:  35 minutes + 5 minutes for discussion
Lectures:  15 minutes + 5 minutes for discussion
Postdoc Lectures:  10 minutes + 5 minutes for discussion
Poster presentations:  4 minutes 

Strict timekeeping will be essential for the smooth running of the conference.
We suggest to use a minimum font size of 24 pt for your presentation slides.

Preparation of a Poster

As a major guideline it is proposed to make the poster intelligible in itself, even in the absence of the author. It is suggested to divide the content of each poster into introduction, results and conclusion, with a summary listing the pertinent results and conclusion.

The poster should be legible from a distance of 2-3 meters. Standard size for posters is 0.85 x 1.2 m (DIN A0 German Standard) vertically oriented. Therefore, please find the following specifications:

• the minimum size should be 20 cm for graphs,
• 3 cm for the paper’s title and the names/adresses of the authors in the heading lable,
• 1,5 cm for sections headings such as introduction, results, labelling of figures and tables,
• 0,8 cm characters in height for further text,
• line spacing: 1,1 cm at minimum; 10 of such lines correspond to one figure.
• please use colours, symbols and schemes for improved clarity.

The posters will be shown throughout the whole conference.

In addition, a limited number of poster authors will be given the opportunity to present their poster in a short poster presentation of 4 minutes.

VENUE

DECHEMA - Haus
Theodor-Heuss-Allee 25
60486 Frankfurt am Main/Germany

How to get to DECHEMA

ACCOMMODATION

In the following you can find a selection of hotels, we can recommend you.
Please book a room by yourself. When using the booking code you will get a special rate.

Maritim Hotel Frankfurt (5 min walking distance)
Theodor-Heuss-Allee 3
60486 Frankfurt am Main
Phone: +49 69 75 78-1130
E-Mail: 

Single room: 119 EUR (incl. breakfast and wifi) via the "call-off contingent", which is available until 08 December 2024. You can book your rooms directly with the booking code "ChemBio25".

Mercure Hotel & Residence Frankfurt Messe (10 min walking distance)
Voltastraße 29
60486 Frankfurt am Main
Phone: +49 69 75 78-1130
E-Mail:

Single room: appr. 117 EUR* (incl. breakfast and wifi) via the "call-off contingent", which is available until 22 December 2024. You can book your rooms directly with the booking code "ChemBio25".
*Hotel rate of 2024 as a guideline for your information. There may be an adjusted hotel rate for 2025.

Motel One Frankfurt-Messe
Europa-Allee 25
60327 Frankfurt

Tel: 49 69 6612453-0
E-Mail:  

booking code: DECHEMA Events

Single   99 €* + 16,50 € breakfast incl. WLAN
Double 119 €* + 16,50 € breakfast incl. WLAN

*Hotel rate of 2024 as a guideline for your information. There may be an adjusted hotel rate for 2025.

TRAVELLING BY TRAIN

Are you planning to travel to Frankfurt by train? Use the joint offer from Deutsche Bahn (DB) and DECHEMA and travel to our conference at a reduced fare starting from 49,50 € (one way).

Further information at http://www.dechema.de/en/train.html.