Geneva Chemistry and Biochemistry Days

January 16th

Session 1 - Thursday 16th Morning

Place: Auditoire A150, Sciences II 

Senior chair : Prof. E. Bakker
Junior chair : Dr. Leforestier

  • 8h30 - Prof. N. Winssinger Welcome and introduction remarks
  • 8h35 - Prof. E. Bakker Introduction of the senior speaker
  • 8h40 - Prof. M. Merkx Engineering molecular switches for glow-in-the-dark diagnostics (Abstract)
  • 9h20 - Aurélien Chignac Synthesis and Properties of New Cationic [6]Helicenes (Abstract)
  • 9h35 - Sophie Webb Mesoporous electrodes enhance the electrocatalytic performance of [FeFe]-hydrogenase during H2 production (Abstract)
  • 9h50 - Olivier Viudes all-Heteroatoms Carbon Stereocenters: Synthesis, Stability and Resolution (Abstract)

10h05-10h25 - Coffee Break

  • 10h25 - Daniel Ratcliff Breaking symmetry: A path towards understanding cooperativity in nitrogenase (Abstract)
  • 10h40 - Christina Elsner Unveiling the molecular details of inhibition of proapoptotic proteins at the membrane (Abstract)
  • 10h55 - Felix Bayard Peripheral Engineering of Flipper Probes (Abstract)
  • 11h10 - Gabriel Junquetti Mattos Introducing Voltammetric Ion Transfer Microscopy: Advancing Chemical Imaging Through Dynamic Electrochemistry (Abstract)
  • 11h25 - Anwar Sadat Microtubule surface properties affect surface sensing and transport behaviour of Kinesin-1 (Abstract)
  • 11h40 - Michael Cognet Dynamic Covalent Bioconjugation for Traceless Thiol-Mediated Uptake (Abstract)

11h55 - End of session 1

11h55-12h10 - Group picture (senior speakers, junior speakers, session chairs)

LUNCH - THURSDAY 16TH 

12h15-13h45
Guests: Junior speakers and Seniors speakers
Place: Café du MEG, 65 boulevard Carl-Vogt

Session 2 - Thursday 16th afternoon

Senior Chair 1: Prof. T. Wesolowski
Senior Chair 2: Prof. C. Mazet
Junior Chair: Dr. Babel

  • 14h - Prof. T. Wesolowski Introduction of the senior speaker
  • 14h05 - Prof. P. Gill Minimal-basis Hartree-Fock calculations using the HILO approximation (abstract)
  • 14h45 - Nikolai Tiuftiakov Limitations and Advantages of Reference Electrodes based on Organic Electrolytes (abstract)
  • 15h - Millicent Dockerill Supramolecular Anticoagulants with On-Demand Reversibility (abstract)
  • 15h15 - Anne-Laure Boinet Two-step tuning of clathrin assembly regulates the endocytic coat architecture (abstract)

15h30-15h50 - Coffee Break

  • 15h50 - Robin Nussbaum Coulometric Readout of pH Glass Electrodes for Increased Sensitivity (abstract)
  • 16h05 - Quentin Pasquer Development of a genetic screening approach for mechanism-of-action studies of small molecule inhibitors of ciliary signalling (abstract)
  • 16h20 - Liza Briant Encapsulated, water-shielded fluorophores for brighter fluorescence imaging (abstract)
  • 16h35 - Prof. C. Mazet Introduction of senior speaker 
  • 16h40 - Prof. T. Ritter Late-Stage Functionalizations (abstract)

17h20 - End of session 2 

SOCIAL EVENT - THURSDAY 16TH EVENing

Guests: all participants
Starting at 17:30
Place : Hall Science III

Dinner - THURSDAY 16TH 

Guests: seniors speakers, senior and junior chairpersons, department heads, vice-president, president
Time: 19h00
Place: Café des commerçants

Section de chimie et biochimie
Sciences II
Quai Ernest-Ansermet 30
1211 Genève 4

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