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Wednesday, December 7
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| 15:00 - 16:00 |
REGISTRATIONS
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| 16:00 - 16:15 |
Opening Ceremony
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| 16:15 - 17:15 |
OPENING LECTURES
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| 16:15 - 16:45 |
Conus venom peptides: retrospective insights and prospective possibilities
University of Utah, USA |
| 16:45 - 17:15 |
Peptides from cone snail venoms as rich source of new medicines - lessons learned in the development of these potential drugs
Airmid Inc., USA |
| 17:15 - 18:00 |
"Healing Venoms" avant-première |
| 18:00 - 18:20 |
MINI BREAK |
| 18:20 - 19:40 |
INVITED KEYNOTES
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| 18:20 - 18:40 |
Folding cysteine rich miniproteins
University of Queensland, Australia
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| 18:40 - 19:00 |
Adventures with cone snails from the Americas: Seeking the discovery of conotoxin structures and their functional implications
Florida Atlantic University, USA |
| 19:00 - 19:20 |
Turrid and crassispirid peptides and genes superfamilies: Extending the snail venom neuropharmacology resource
University of the Philippines, Philippines
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| 19:20 - 19:40 |
Direct in vitro and in vivo screening of synthetic alpha-conotoxin mixture-based combinatorial libraries: The discovery of novel research tools and drug leads for studying tobacco addiction and chronic pain
Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, USA |
| 19:40 - 20:30 |
APERITIVE |
| 20:30 - ... |
FREE EVENING |
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Thursday, December 8
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| 08:30 - 10:10 |
INVITED KEYNOTES |
| 08:30 - 08:50 |
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| 08:50 - 09:10 |
Alpha-conotoxins identify alpha6beta4 nicotinic receptors in dorsal root ganglion neurons
University of Utah, USA
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| 09:10 - 09:30 |
The exciting features of K+-channel targeting conopeptides
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Germany
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| 09:30 - 09:50 |
Mu-conopeptides as analgesics
University of Utah, USA
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| 09:50 - 10:10 |
Conotoxins targeting voltage-gated sodium channels: Designing new analgesics
Monash University, Australia
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| 10:10 - 10:30 |
ConoServer: An annotated database and discovery tool for conopeptides
University of Queensland, Australia |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:00 - 12:00 |
CONCO KEYNOTES |
| 11:00 - 11:20 |
Prof. Dietrich MEBS
Venomics - understanding the venomous function
Toxinomics Foundation & University of Frankfurt, Switzerland & Germany |
| 11:20 - 11:40 |
Dr Reto STÖCKLIN
CONCO - the cone snail genome project for health
Atheris Laboratories, Switzerland |
| 11:40 - 12:00 |
Dr Nicolas PUILLANDRE
Biodiversity & evolution of Conoidea
Atheris Laboratories & National Museum of Natural History, Switzerland & France |
| 12:00 - 16:00 |
FREE AFTERNOON |
| 16:00 - 17:00 |
CONCO KEYNOTES
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| 16:00 - 16:20 |
Dr Frédéric DUCANCEL
Conus consors transcriptomes
CEA of Saclay, France |
| 16:20 - 16:40 |
Dr Philippe FAVREAU
Cone snail venom proteomes, peptidomes & natural libraries
Atheris Laboratories, Switzerland |
| 16:40 - 17:00 |
Prof. Oliver HARTLEY
Synthetic conopeptide libraries
University of Geneva, Switzerland |
| 17:00 - 17:20 |
HOT-SPOT SESSION (5 minutes each) |
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Prof. Manuel JIMENEZ TENORIO
Cone radular anatomy as a proxy for phylogeny and for conotoxin diversity
University of Cadiz, Spain |
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Dr Aude VIOLETTE
Conohyal-Cn1: Hyaluronidase form Conus consors venom is the first mollusc hyaluronidase sequenced
Atheris Laboratories, Switzerland
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Dr Henry HOCKING
Modeling of the interaction between mu-CnIIIC and Nav1.4 channel
Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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| 17:20 - 17:50 |
COFFEE BREAK
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| 17:50 - 18:45 |
CONCO KEYNOTES
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| 17:50 - 18:05 |
Dr Dalia GORDON
Structure-function relationship in conkunitzin-like toxins from cone snails
Tel-Aviv University, Israel
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| 18:05 - 18:20 |
Dr Denis SERVENT
Identification of peptide toxins interacting with GPCRs
CEA of Saclay, France
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| 20:00 - ... |
CONFERENCE DINNER
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Friday, December 9
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| 08:30 - 09:30 |
CONCO KEYNOTES |
| 08:30 - 08:50 |
Prof. Stefan H. HEINEMANN
XEP-018: Structure-function studies
Friedrich Schiller University of Jena & Jena University Hospital, Germany |
| 08:50 - 09:10 |
Prof. Rolf BOELENS
NMR structure of CcTx, a glycosylated excitotoxin from Conus consors
Utrecht University, The Netherlands |
| 09:10 - 09:30 |
Dr Dennis J. CHURCH
Update on CONCO peptide partnering and development
Toxinomics Foundation & Vector Lifesciences, Switzerland |
| 09:30 - 10:00 |
COFFEE BREAK |
| 10:00 - 11:20 |
CONCO KEYNOTES |
| 10:00 - 10:20 |
Prof. Maido REMM
Databases and bioinformatics
Estonian Biocentre, Estonia |
| 10:20 - 10:40 |
Dr Dusan KORDIS
Genome-wide insights into the unique evolutionary adaptations and innovations of Conus consors
Jozeph Stefan Institute, Slovenia
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| 10:40 - 11:20 |
TRAINING
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| 10:40 - 11:00 |
Dr Emmanuel JELSCH
Biotech patenting in Europe, emphasis on biologics
Katzarov, Switzerland
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| 11:00 - 11:20 |
Ms Sarah STEINER
EU-Framework programmes: Opportunities & treats (the voices of biomedical SMEs)
Eurelations AG, Switzerland |
| 11:20 - ... |
AWARD CEREMONY
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