5th International Caparica Christmas Conference on Translational Chemistry 2024

08th – 12th December 2024 | Caparica | Portugal

Oral Speakers

Andreia Filipa Peixoto, PhD

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Porto (Portugal)

Marine waste biorefinery: bioactive platforms and biobased materials for catalytic applications

Luís Carvalho, PhD

NOVA University Lisbon – FCT UNL (Portugal)

Ai-driven precision medicine in bladder cancer

Aleksandra Orzechowska, PhD

AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków (Poland)

The thermal language of plants: innovative non-invasive insights.

Alejandro Cuevas Villegas, PhD

Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de La Frontera (Chile)

Immunomodulatory Effects Of Prodigiosin On Atherosclerosis: Potential For Plaque Stability Enhancement

Giovanna Baron, PhD

DISFARM, University of Milan (Italy)

Development of an accurate double isotopic standard LC-MS/MS method for hyaluronic acid quantification in biological matrices

Greta R. Patzke, PhD

University of Zurich (Switzerland)

Design and Structural Dynamics of Economic Water Splitting Catalysts

Frederik Theisen, PhD

University of Copenhagen (Denmark)

Proline Isomerization as a Selective Factor in Protein Interactions

Sabine Müller, PhD

University of Greifswald (Germany)

Stimuli-Responsive Boronate Formation to Control Nucleic Acid-Based Architectures

Brian Reed, PhD

Quantum SI (USA)

Beyond the Genome: Unlocking Proteomic Discoveries with Quantum-Si’s Next-Generation Protein Sequencing Technology

Maurizio Benaglia, PhD

Università degli Studi di Milano (Italy)

Continuous Flow Photochemical and Electrochemical Reactions

Christophe Jean Poully, PhD

GANIL (France)

Direct effects of ionizing radiation on DNA strands: studies at the molecular scale using mass spectrometry

Didier Boturyn, PhD

University Grenoble Alpes – CNRS (France)

Design of CD20-functionalized surfaces for Rituximab recognition: impact of antigen density

Gabriel Lemcoff, PhD

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Israel)

Latency for All: Enabling Latency of Hoveyda–Grubbs Second-Generation Catalysts by Adding Phosphite Ligands ( or How to put Hoveyda to sleep with phosphites)

Supavadee Kiatisevi, PhD

Mahidol University (Thailand)

Triazole-Functionalized BODIPY Dyes

Hideyuki Kawasoko, PhD

Tokyo Metropolitan University (Japan)

Reversible switching of electrical resistivity via thermally reentrant crystalline phase change in perovskite-derivative nickelate

Mariana Derzsi, PhD

Researcher (Slovakia)

The first silver chlorides with rare Ag6 clusters from ab initio

Hiroto Satoru, PhD

Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University (Japan)

Toward low-band gap helical π-conjugated molecules: Synthesis and properties

Mikell Paige, PhD

George Mason University (USA)

Enzyme Activation Mechanism of Leukotriene A4 Hydrolase Aminopeptidase for Pulmonary Inflammation

Clemens Richert, PhD

University of Stuttgart (Germany)

Tetraaryladamantanes as Crystallization Chaperones

Elsa Vieira, PhD

Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Instituto Politécnico do Porto (Portugal)

Converting Chestnut Shells Waste into Eco-Friendly and Functional Packaging Solutions

Fernanda Spada, PhD

University of São Paulo (Brazil)

From research to practice: new perspectives on volatile compounds and phenolic biofortification in fruits and agro-industrial residues

Gabrielle Mandl, PhD

Concordia University (Canada)

On the Development of Praseodymium-Doped Radioluminescent Nanoparticles and Their Use In X-Ray Mediated Photodynamic Therapy Of Glioblastoma Cells

Rosa Maria Montes, PhD

Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

Analytical tools to monitor intravenous drugs use in Spain

Masayuki Tera, PhD

Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (Japan)

Target Directing Water-Soluble Cyclooctadiynes (WS-CODYs) and Their Application to Bio-Molecules

Analía Bortolozzi, PhD

IIBB-CSIC (Spain)

Ligand-oligonucleotide conjugates as therapeutic tools for brain disorders associated with dysfunction of midbrain monoamine systems

Eider Nuñez, PhD

UPV/EHU (Spain)

Trigger Factor Chaperone Demonstrates Multifaceted Interactions with 70S Ribosomes

Alvaro Villaroel, PhD

CISIC Institute of Biofisika (Spain)

Redox Modulation of KV7 Potassium Channels: Critical Role of EF-hand 3 of Calmodulin

Arantza Muguruza Montero, PhD

University of the Basque Country (Spain)

 

Raquel Sánchez-Perez, PhD

CEBAS-CSIC (Spain)

A Leu to Phe substitution in a bHLH transcription factor allowed almond domestication

Suchanda Sahu, PhD

Additional Professor, Biochemistry, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar (India)

Collation of urinary biomarkers to improve the diagnostic efficacy of diabetic nephropathy

Jun Yang, PhD

The University of Hong Kong (China)

Computational chemistry approach to reveal on-water reactivity

Evangelos Miliordos, PhD

Auburn University (United States of America)

Theoretical prediction of a novel class of electrides for applications in redox catalysis and quantum computing

Ivana Miletto, PhD

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Eastern Piedmont (Italy)

Photodynamic Therapy triggered by upconversion: the case of Verteporfin coupled to red upconverter nanocrystals

Teresa Rodriguez-Blas, PhD

Universidade da Coruña (Spain)

Engaging Approaches to Introduce Chemistry to Secondary School Students: From FYPE (“Find Your Personal Elements) to FitHE (Find the Hidden Elements)

Aviran Amir, PhD

Sigma-Aldrich Israel (Israel)

Water soluble polyene antifungals: Potency, stability and toxicity

Diogo S. Lüdtke, PhD

Universidade Federal de Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)

Molecular Rearrangements Triggered by Stabilized Vinyl Cations

Pavel Kielkowski, PhD

LMU Munich, Department of Chemistry (Germany)

Protein post-translational modification mimics in chemical biology.

Jehan Waeytens, PhD

ULB (Belgium)

Infrared nanospectroscopy: an emerging tool to study protein aggregation

Aína García García, PhD

Complutense University of Madrid (Spain)

Phage-displayed Fab libraries derived from celiac donors: A strategy for guiding the selection of gliadin-specific probes

David Magri, PhD

University of Malta (Malta)

Molecular Logic Gates Derived from Fluorescent Natural Products

Sam F. Y. Li, PhD

National University of Singapore (Singapore)

Metabolomic investigation of association of coronary heart disease risk with the dynamic balance between trimethylamine-N-oxide, betaine, and choline

Shinichiro Nomura, PhD

TOHOKU University (Japan)

Molecular Cybernetics: Study of Molecular Information Transmission Devices Between Artificial Molecular Systems

Olga Vasalatiy, PhD

NIH/NHLBI/CSC (United States of America)

DOTA derivatives as chelators for Zr-labeling

Alesia Tietze, PhD

University of Gothenburg (Sweden)

Peptidomimetics as Pan-Sortase A Inhibitors to Treat Antibiotic Resistant Bacterial Infections

Catarina Esteves, PhD

NOVA University Lisbon – FCT UNL (Portugal)

Biosurfactants such as biorhamnolipid based ionic liquids for antimicrobial materials

Fátima Lucio Martínez, PhD

Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Química, Campus Vida, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

H4OCTAPA based ligands for Bi(III) complexation in water and their applications in targeted alfa therapy

Silvia Nuti, PhD

NOVA FCT – NOVA University Lisbon (Portugal)

Versatile Synthesis of Branched Au, AuPd, and AuPt Nanoparticles for Tunable Optical and Catalytic Applications