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A one-day colloquium is organized in memory of our esteemed colleague and one of the NCBR and CEITEC fathers, Professor Jaroslav Koča, who unexpectedly passed away on July 2, 2021. Jaroslav was the President of the Czech Science Foundation (GAČR), the Emeritus Scientific Director of the CEITEC Consortium, and the Director of the National Centre for Biomolecular Research at the Faculty of Science of Masaryk University. Lectures and contributions by invited speakers will bring back memories of Jaroslav’s tenure and will present the latest scientific findings in structural and computational biology.
WHEN: Tuesday, November 30, 2021
WHERE: Hotel Continental Brno
Organizers: Vladimír Sklenář, Michaela Wimmerová
Main contacts: Veronika Papoušková, Šárka Fajtlová
Programme
| 9:30–10:00 | Registration, small refreshment |
| 10:00–11:00 |
Ceremonial Section: |
| 11:00–11:10 | Break |
| 11:10–12:25 | Serge Perez: Cicadas Will Continue to Sing for Jarek Søren Engelsen: The CICADA’s are singing for Jarek Anne Imberty: The Brno-Grenoble Journey in Bacterial Lectin Structures and Dynamics Frederique Lisacek: The Contribution of Structural Bioinformatics to Glycoinformatics |
| 12:25–13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30–15:00 | Stanislav Kozmon: What We Have Learned on the Carbohydrate – Receptor Interactions Igor Tvaroška: Glycosyltransferases as targets for therapeutic Intervention in Cancer and Inflammation: Molecular Modeling Insights - CANCELLED Jiří Šponer: The Fascinating World of Nucleic Acids Richard Štefl: Integrative Structural Biology of RNA Polymerase II Condensates Lukáš Trantírek: Nucleic Acids in-cell NMR: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities |
| 15:00–15:20 | Break |
| 15:20–16:50 | Sameer Velenkar: PDBe Knowledge Base - Making Structural Data Accessible Radka Svobodová: Visualization of Protein Structures in 3D, 2D and 1D Karel Berka: In Silico Drug Design, Metabolism and Delivery under the Influence of Prof. Koča Luděk Matyska: Czech National Data Infrastructure Michal Čajan: From QM calculations to sugar production: what I gained from LCC |
| 16:50–17:10 | Break |
| 17:10–18:40 | Petr Kulhánek: Mechanical Properties of Canonical and Mismatched DNAs and Their Impact on Mismatch Discrimination Robert Vácha: How to Transport Amphiphilic Molecules in Cells – Taking Advantage of Transmembrane Proteins Johan Åqvist: Computer Simulations of the Temperature Dependence of Enzyme Reactions - CANCELLED Robert Woods: The Role of Spike Protein Glycosylation in Modulating SARS-CoV-2 Antigenicity and Adhesion Ruben Abagyan: Designing Molecules with a Target Profile |
| 19:00 | Gala Dinner |
