ACS Central Science Innovation Summit: Chemistry for Life

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Hear 2022 and 2018 Chemistry Nobel Laureates Professors Carolyn R. Bertozzi and Frances H. Arnold discuss their lives, careers, and latest ground-breaking research, alongside six other elite scientists working at the cutting-edge of the interface between chemistry and biology.

The event featured eight outstanding scholars, showcasing the latest groundbreaking and emerging research focused on topics including:

Click Chemistry and Bioorthogonal Chemistry
Directed Protein Evolution and Synthetic Biology
Chemical Glycobiology and Protein Chemistry
Molecular Probes and Chemical Genetics

This event took place on February 25, 2023, online and onsite at Peking University, China.

Keynote Speakers

Prof. Carolyn R. Bertozzi

Stanford University

Bioorthogonal Chemistry: From Basic Science to Clinical Translation

Prof. Frances H. Arnold

California Institute of Technology

Innovation by Evolution: New Chemistry with Enzymes

Invited Speakers

Prof. Yingjin Yuan

Tianjin University

Prof. Xing Chen

Peking University

Prof. Junying Yuan

Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, CAS

Prof. Lei Liu

Tsinghua University

Prof. Dan Yang

Westlake University

Prof. Benjamin G. Davis

University of Oxford

Agenda (All times listed in Beijing time)

Prof. Xing Chen (Peking University) and Dr. Sarah Tegan (ACS Publications) - Opening Remarks
Prof. Carolyn Bertozzi - Bioorthogonal Chemistry: From Basic Science to Clinical Translation
Prof. Frances H. Arnold - Innovation by Evolution: New Chemistry with Enzymes
Prof. Yingjin Yuan - Synthetic Yeast and its Applications
Prof. Xing Chen - Deciphering the Brain Glycocode
Prof. Junying Yuan - Discovery of RIPK1 kinase and necroptosis by chemical biology
Prof. Lei Liu - Bottom-up synthetic biology through de novo chemical protein synthesis
Dr. Amy Lam (ACS Publications) - Closing remarks

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