Lecture: Peptide nucleic acid (PNA): A pseudopeptide with sequence information. Applications and implications in chemistry, biology and medicine
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 15:00 in the Benzon Auditorium
The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 2, 2100 Copenhagen
Professor Peter E. Nielsen
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Health Science Faculty and Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Faculty, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Peter E. Nielsen has received the Novo Nordisk Prize, Lundbeck Foundation Nordic Research Prize, as well as Institute Curie Jeanne Loubaresse award. He is a member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO), and The Danish Academy of Technical Sciences, and is a member of several scientific evaluation committees. He is also editor of a novel journal: Artificial DNA: PNA & XNA, co-editor of Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening and on the editorial board of for example Chemistry and Biology, ChemBioChem, Systems Chemistry BBA and Bioconjugate Chemistry. Finally, he has co-founded biotech companies PNA Diagnostics A/S, and Pantheco A/S (now Santaris A/S), is co-author of more than 375 papers, has been editor of four books and is co-inventor of more than 20 patents and patent applications.
Practical information:
Organized on behalf of the Drug Research Academy, PHARMA by Kristian Strømgaard, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, e-mail: krst(at)farma.ku.dk
The participation is free of charge and is open for attendance by all interested parties. Registration is not required beforehand.
