WORKSHOPS
Workshop June 13, 2025 – Enzymes in natural products biosynthesis.
09:30 – 09:50 Welcome and introduction by Chin-Soon Phan.
09:50 – 10:40 A Dual-Enzyme Dance: Radical SAM and Oxygenase Unite for Triceptide Formation by Yvain Nicolet, University Grenoble Alpes.
10:40 – 11:10 Coffee break.
11:00 – 12:00 Enzymatic tailoring and bioengineering of aromatic polyketides by Robin Teufel, University of Basel.
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch.
13:30 – 14:20 Bacteria as tunable drug production factories by Joleen Masschelein, KU Leuven.
14:20 – 14:50 Coffee break.
14:50 – 15:40 Expanding the prenylated ribosomal peptide diversity by Florian Hubrich, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland.
15:40 – 16:15 Closing remarks by Stefano Donadio.
Workshop Oct 30, 2024 – Bioinformatics and evolutionary study in microbial natural products research
09:30 – 09:50 Welcome and introduction by Chin-Soon Phan.
09:50 – 10:40 The molecular treasure hunt – mining genomic data for novel bioactives by Tilmann Weber, Technical University of Denmark.
10:40 – 11:10 Coffee break.
11:00 – 12:00 Computational omics to predict natural product structures and functions by Marnix H. Medema, Wageningen University.
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch.
13:30 – 14:20 Discovery and biosynthesis of non-canonical natural products by Lena Barra, University of Konstanz.
14:20 – 14:50 Coffee break.
14:50 – 15:40 Gene conversion drives natural product diversification in soil bacteria by Aleks Nivina, University of Zurich.
15:40 – 16:15 Closing remarks by Stefano Donadio.
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