Program
May 30 - 31, 2005
Mauno Koivisto Center, Turku

Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4

Session 1: Synthetic chemistry & Structure
Chairs: Jorma Hermonen & Jari Hovinen

9:00-9:15 Opening words Jorma Hermonen
Harri Lönnberg
9:15-10:00
University of Turku Peptide conjugates for drug discovery and diagnostics

Pasi Virta
10:00-10:20

University of Turku Solid phase synthesis of lactam bridged peptides
Anne Leppänen
10:20-10:50
University of Helsinki Chemoenzymatic synthesis of glycosulfopeptides: towards understanding the molecular basis of glycan-protein interactions in leukocyte trafficking
10:50-11:10 Coffee brake  
Juha Rouvinen
11:10-11:40
University of Joensuu Three-dimensional structure of hydrophobin, an amphiphilic protein

Pasi Soininen
11:40-12:00

University of Kuopio Characterization of ligand binding with NMR
12:00-13:00 Lunch  

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Session 2 Analytical chemistry: Bioinformatics, Proteomics, Arrays, Libraries
Chairs: Ale Närvänen & Hilkka Lankinen

Olli
Pentikäinen

13:00-13:45
Åbo Akademi
University
Structural basis for molecular recognition in ionotropic glutamate receptors
Luke Jeffery
13:45-14:15
University of Helsinki GoCore: Pattern extraction and visualization tools for 2-dimensional protein sequence alignments
Marc Baumann
14:15-14:45
University of Helsinki Bioinformatics in proteomics
Hilkka Lankinen
14:45-15:10
University of Helsinki Protein interaction analytics and peptide arrays
15:10-15:30 Coffee brake  

Ale Närvänen
15:30-16:00

University of Kuopio MSMS analysis of the peptide libraries
Petri Kouvonen
16:00-16:30
Turku Centre for Biotechnology, Proteomics and Mass
Spectrometry Unit
Mass spectrometers for different proteomic projects

Manna Kaartinen
16:30-16:50

Mannionic Oy iTRAQ™ in proteomics
16:50-17:30 Peptide division/Board meeting  
18:00-> Dinner  

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Session 3: Bioactive peptides, De Novo Peptides & Biological Systems  
Chairs: Mirja Salkinoja-Salonen & Per Saris

Siegfried Wurster
9:00-9:30
Juvantia Superagonism and desensitization on peptide receptor
Jukka Jolkkonen
9:30-10:00
University of Kuopio Beta-amyloid accumulation in the rat brain following stroke
Per Saris
10:00-10:30
University of Helsinki Detection and quantification of nisin, a peptide
used as a food additive
10:30-10:50 Coffee brake  
Jouni Jokela
10:50-11:20
University of Helsinki Discovery of rare and highly toxic microcystins from lichen-associated cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. strain IO-102-I.
Mirja Salkinoja-Salonen
11:20-11:40
University of Helsinki Why is the cyclic peptide cereulide but not
valinomycin and emetic toxin – both are potassium ionophores
Maija Vihinen-Ranta
11:40-12:00
University of Jyväskylä Internalization of TAT-Streptavidin fusion Proteins into Mammalian Cells
12:00-13:00 Lunch  

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Session 4: Pharmaceutical peptides & imaging
Chairs:
Marc Baumann & Erkki Koivunen

Erkki Koivunen
13:00-13:30
University of Helsinki Peptide-mediated delivery of therapeutic and imaging agents into mammalian cells
Pirjo Laakkonen
13:30-14:00
University of Helsinki Peptides in cancer
Kalevi Kairemo
14:00-14:30
CTT Cancer Targeting Technologies Oy In vivo imaging by phage display peptides targeting activated leucocytes
14:30-14:50 Coffee brake  
Aki Koivistoinen
14:50-15:20
Karyon´s targeting agents Characterization of Thx-1, a non-small cell lung cancer targeting peptide
Can Hekim
15:20-15:50
University of Helsinki Development of peptides to prostatic proteases with phage display
Kalle Saksela
15:50-16:30
University of Helsinki

Mapping of cellular protein interaction networks via phage-display of the human SH3 proteome

16:30 Closing of symposium and announcements Ale Närvänen