14:00

Time-resolved XFEL crystallography of ultrafast light-driven DNA repair by photolyases
Dr. Yoshitaka Bessho, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 679-5148 Japan

14:30

Enzyme active sites: variation, modularity and evolution
Dr. Ioannis Riziotis, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK, Current address: Crick-GSK Biomedical LinkLabs, GSK, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK

15:00

Promiscuity guided evolution of a decarboxylative aldolase for synthesis of chiral tertiary alcohols
Prof. Dr. Andrew Buller, Department of Biochemistry and Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin−Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA

15:30

Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions of Substrate Pieces: Theory, Scope and Potential Applications
Prof. Dr. John P. Richard, Department of Chemistry, SUNY, Buffalo, New York, 14260, USA