Speakers

Distinguished scientists from Italy and abroad will join ItaBIC26 to discuss the latest developments in bioinorganic chemistry, from artificial metalloenzymes and bioinspired catalysis to metallodrugs and molecular bioinorganic systems.

Plenary Speakers

Plenary Lecture

Thomas R. Ward

University of Basel and National Center of Competence in Research “Molecular Systems Engineering”, Switzerland

Lecture

Artificial and Repurposed Metalloenzymes for in vivo New-to-Nature Catalysis: Challenges and Opportunities

Plenary Lecture

Franc Meyer

Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany

Lecture

Bioinspired Dicopper/Dioxygen Chemistry: New Intermediates, Electronic Structures, and Reactivities

Plenary Lecture

Gilles Gasser

Chimie ParisTech, PSL University, CNRS Institute of Chemistry for Life and Health Sciences (i-CLeHS), France

Lecture

Metal Complexes for Medicinal Applications

Keynote Speakers

Keynote Lecture

Anabella Ivancich

‘Bioenergetics and Protein Engineering’, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France

Lecture

De novo designed alpha-helical heme proteins as structural/functional models of bi-functional KatGs and cyt P450 peroxygenases

Keynote Lecture

Fabio Carniato

Dipartimento di Scienze ed Innovazione Tecnologica, Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale, Italy

Lecture

Novel Mn(II)- and Fe(III)-based probes as alternatives to conventional Gd(III) MRI contrast agents

Keynote Lecture

Gianantonio Battistuzzi

Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy

Lecture

Reduction thermodynamics to unravel the molecular factors influencing the E°’ of redox metalloproteins

Keynote Lecture

Ulf Hanefeld

Biokatalyse, Afdeling Biotechnologie, Technische Universiteit Delft, The Netherlands

Lecture

Versatility and Surprises with Manganese in Biocatalysis

Keynote Lecture

Emilia Sicilia

Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università della Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Italy

Lecture

Computational insights on the anticancer activity of redox-activated Pt(IV) complexes

First Conference of the Italian Bioinorganic Chemistry Group