Program

The program includes 11 plenary and 8 invited speakers, as well as 15 selected speakers that were chosen based on submitted abstracts.

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Thu, 26 June 2025
   
13:00 - 15:00 Registration
15:00 - 15:15 Opening
15:15 - 16:45 Chair: Xiongyi Huang
15:15 PlenaryLaboratory Chemistry in a Protein…within a Cell…for Artificial Biosynthesis
John F. Hartwig, University of California, Berkeley, USA   Abstract
15:55 InvitedDe Novo Lanthanide Enzymes for Photoredox Catalysis
Cathleen Zeymer, Technical University of Munich, DE   Abstract
16:25 SelectedArtificial Enzymes Featuring Genetically Encoded Thiophenolate-Based Non-Canonical Amino Acids for Catalysis
Gerard Roelfes, University of Groningen, NL   Abstract
16:45 - 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 - 18:30 Chair: Marc Fontecave
17:00 InvitedDesign and Directed Evolution of Artificial Metalloenzymes for Selective Catalysis
Jared C. Lewis, Indiana University, USA   Abstract
17:30 SelectedBiocatalytic Transformations via Abiological Metal Hydrides
Dongping Chen, University of Basel, CH   Abstract
17:50 PlenaryDesigning Artificial Metalloenzymes
Yi Lu, University of Texas at Austin, USA   Abstract
18:30 Poster session 1Apéro
Fri, 27 June 2025
   
09:00 - 10:30 Chair: Woon Ju Song
09:00 PlenaryArtificial CO2 Reductases: Failures and Successes
Marc Fontecave, Collège de France, FR   Abstract
09:40 InvitedTwisting the Reactivity of Cofactor-Dependent Enzymes for New-to-Nature Chemical Transformations
Rudi Fasan, University of Texas at Dallas, USA   Abstract
10:10 SelectedNew Catalytic Reactions by Enzyme Engineering
Stephan Hammer, Bielefeld University, DE   Abstract
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30 Chair: Thomas R. Ward
11:00 PlenaryInnovation by Evolution: Bringing New Chemistry to Life
Frances H. Arnold, California Institute of Technology, USA   Abstract
11:40 InvitedBiocatalytic Atom Transfer Radical Polymerizations And Cyclizations
Nico Bruns, Technical University of Darmstadt, DE   Abstract
12:10 SelectedAccurate Structure Prediction with AlphaFold 3
Zachary Wu, Google DeepMind, UK   Abstract
12:30 - 14:00 Poster session 1Lunch
14:00 - 15:40 Chair: Todd Hyster
14:00 PlenaryDesigning a Model Metalloenzyme: From Active Site Geometry to Global Protein Dynamics
Hannah S. Shafaat, University of California, Los Angeles, USA   Abstract
14:40 SelectedPhotoenzymatic Hydroaminations and Hydroarylations via an Emergent Mechanistic Pathway
Felix Raps, Princeton University, USA   Abstract
15:00 SelectedProtein-Scaffold-Diverse Artificial Photoenzymes Powered by a Reversibly Binding BpAD Cofactor
Hui-Jie Pan, Nanjing University, CN   Abstract
15:20 SelectedDevelopment of Biocatalytic Cobalt-Mediated Hydrogen Atom Transfer Chemistry
Andrew R. Buller, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA   Abstract
15:40 - 16:10 Coffee break
16:10 - 18:30 Chair: Yi Lu
16:10 PlenaryRational Design of Artificial Enzymes with Unnatural Entities
Yuzhou Wu, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, CN   Abstract
16:50 InvitedEngineering Functional Metal Binding Sites into De Novo-Designed Protein Scaffolds
Angela Lombardi, University of Naples Federico II, IT   Abstract
17:20 SelectedInvestigation of Flavin-Dependent Desaturases for Asymmetric Synthesis
Zhen Liu, National Institute of Biological Sciences, CN   Abstract
17:40 Break
17:55 PlenaryMerging Photocatalysis, Biocatalysis, and Organocatalysis for Stereoselective Radical Transformations
Paolo Melchiorre, University of Bologna, IT   Abstract
18:35 Poster session 2Apéro
Sat, 28 June 2025
   
09:00 - 10:30 Chair: Hannah S. Shafaat
09:00 PlenaryBuilding Enzymes with New Function
Anthony Green, University of Manchester, UK   Abstract
09:40 InvitedIron-Dependent Enzymes for C–C Bond Formation, Cleavage, and Rotation
Alison Narayan, University of Michigan, USA   Abstract
10:10 SelectedCreating Photovoltaic Enzymes by Design and Evolution
Adrian Bunzel, ETH Zurich, CH   Abstract
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:40 Chair: Yuzhou Wu
11:00 PlenaryReimagining Protein Scaffolds: How to Construct First Coordination Spheres for New Functions
Woon Ju Song, Seoul National University, KR   Abstract
11:40 SelectedArtificial Non-Heme Copper Enzymes that Catalyze Stereoselective Inverse Electron-Demand Hetero-Diels-Alder Reactions
Nobutaka Fujieda, Osaka Metropolitan University, JP   Abstract
12:00 SelectedRepurposing Thiamine-Dependent Enzymes Using Radicals
Xiaoqiang Huang, Nanjing University, CN   Abstract
12:20 SelectedUnlocking New-to-Nature Enzymatic Transformations Through Precision Confinement
Marc Garcia-Borràs, University of Girona, ES   Abstract
12:40 - 14:10 Poster session 2Lunch
14:10 - 15:40 Chair: John F. Hartwig
14:10 PlenaryUnlocking New-to-Nature Transition Metal Catalysis in Nonheme Enzymes
Xiongyi Huang, Johns Hopkins University, USA   Abstract
14:50 InvitedMutation-Free Expansion of Substrate Scope in Cytochrome P450BM3 via Decoy Molecule Strategy
Osami Shoji, Nagoya University, JP   Abstract
15:20 SelectedHarnessing Glycyl Radical Enzymes for Asymmetric Catalysis
Mary C. Andorfer, Michigan State University, USA   Abstract
15:40 - 16:10 Coffee break
16:10 - 18:15 Chair: Paolo Melchiorre
16:10 SelectedRepurposing Old Yellow Enzymes to Desaturases and Michaelases
Yuxuan Ye, Westlake University, CN   Abstract
16:30 SelectedUltrahigh-Throughput Evolution of Enzymes Toward Abiotic Substrates Using Chemogenetic Platforms
Jeffrey D. Martell, University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA   Abstract
16:50 InvitedHarnessing Repurposed Enzymes with New-to-Nature Reactivity for Small Molecule Synthesis
Huimin Zhao, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA   Abstract
17:20 Break
17:35 PlenaryPhotoenzymatic Catalysis — Using Light to Reveal New Enzyme Functions
Todd Hyster, Princeton University, USA   Abstract
18:15 - 18:30 Closing
19:30 Optional: Only if booked separately!Conference dinner
Restaurant Krafft, Rheingasse 12, 4058 Basel
Sun, 29 June 2025
   
11:00 - 13:30 Optional: Only if booked separately!Conference networking tour: "Brunch on the River Rhine"
Rhystärn, Schifflände 4, 4051 Basel