Plenary Speakers
Fundamental and applied biochemistry
Aivar Lõokene
Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Mechanisms of endothelial lipolysis
Emilio Parisini
Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Latvia
Engineering PETases for enzymatic plastic degradation
Rolandas Meškys
Institute of Biochemistry, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Lithuania
From field to fork: does a functional screening still seem a reasonable approach to identify and develop novel enzymes?
Biochemistry of infectious disease
Vyacheslav Yurchenko
University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
RNA editing in Trypanosomatidae: lessons from the “obscure” species
Environmental and plant biochemistry
Ykä Helariutta
Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
On a two-way street between Arabidopsis and tree research
Nils Rostoks
Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Latvia, Latvia
New Genomic Techniques for sustainable agriculture in the EU
Gene editing
Guillermo Montoya
Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, University of Copenhagen,
Denmark
cryoEM reveals that Retron-Eco1 assembles NAD + -hydrolyzing filaments providing immunity against bacteriophages
Drug discovery and therapy approaches
Maija Dambrova
Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis & Riga Stradins University, Latvia
Fatty Acid-derived Energy Metabolites Acylcarnitines: Going with the Flow?
Jānis Kloviņš
University of Latvia, Latvia
Decoding the molecular landscape of acute and Long COVID through metabolomic
and transcriptomic analysis.
Jukka Westermarck
Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku & Åbo Akademi University, Finland
PP2A inhibitor protein CIP2A is a prime target for TNBC therapy
3D cellular models
Karen Biebak
Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immunology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Germany
Experimental Cell Therapy and Advanced Cellular Models to Replace Animal Testing
Omics and Systems biology
Marko Vendelin
Laboratory of Systems Biology, Department of Cybernetics, Tallinn University of
Technology, Estonia
Decoding molecular properties from seemingly chaotic fluorescence intensity
traces using FITSA
Education and Science policy
Liudvika Leišytė
Center of Higher Education, TU Dortmund, Germany
Conditions fostering and impeding academic freedom in Lithuanian academia
Gintaras Valinčius
Research Council of Lithuania