Invited Speakers

Structural biologist. Managing Director of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Adjunct Professor at Technical University Dortmund and Honorary Professor at University of Duisburg-Essen. His group combines biochemical reconstitution, cryo-EM and cryo-ET to study macromolecular complexes involved in muscle contraction, cytoskeletal dynamics and bacterial infection.
Author of over 140 papers and more than 200 invited lectures worldwide; member of the Max Planck Society, the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts, the Leopoldina and EMBO. 

Professor of Molecular Biochemistry at the University of Münster, following seven years as Group Leader at the Chemical Genomics Centre of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology in Dortmund. 

The ‘t Hart lab investigates RNA-binding proteins involved in mRNA regulation using peptide inhibitors.

Coordinates the Drug Discovery Division at the National Laboratory of Biosciences (LNBio/CNPEM, Campinas, SP). She holds a degree in Biological Sciences (2003), a Master's in Biotechnology (2006), and a PhD in Biomolecular Physical Sciences (2010), all from Brazilian universities (UFSC and USP), with postdoctoral work at UNICAMP, Scripps (USA), and the University of Nottingham (England). Her research focuses on discovering bioactive natural products and allosteric modulators of pharmaceutical proteins, and she develops new tools for their characterization and production in drug discovery projects with Academia and Industry.

Co-directs the Immunovirology Lab and the Protein Biophysics Unit as Senior Associate Investigator at the IPMon. Martín also holds a position as an Adjunct Professor in the Academic Unit of Immunology at the Faculty of Medicine, UdelaR. Combining a solid background in structural biology of proteins and virology, Dr. Fló major research areas are mainly focused on studying bovine leukemia virus and Kunitz proteins. He also contributed to the development of a rapid serological assay to determine neutralizing activity against different variants of SARS-CoV-2, addressing animal and human health challenges.

Senior associate technician and Co-Head of the Immunovirology Lab and the Protein Biophysics Unit (IPMon). Federico has expertise in applying biophysics to the study of the interactions of macromolecules in solutions. His prominent works are related to the structural and immunological study of bovine leukemia virus, the humoral response against SARS-CoV-2 in natural infection and vaccination and the soluble sGP protein of the Ebola virus.