On October 16, 2015, the Lorentz Center of Leiden University and the Faculty of Science organize a symposium on the future of protein research. Three renowned speakers will give their vision on urgent questions in the protein research field and the technical advances expected for the coming decade. This symposium is part of the festivities around the second centenary of the faculty.

Program
Chair: Professor Claudio Luchinat (Florence University)

• 9:00 – 9:30 Welcome and coffee
• 9:30 – 9:45 Opening by the Chair
• 9:45 – 10:30 Professor Christopher Dobson (Cambridge University) The proliferation of amyloid disorders – A challenge for modern protein science
• 10:30 – 11:15 Professor Jan Hoeijmakers (Erasmus Univ. Medical Center) From DNA repair proteins to aging and cancer
• 11:15 – 11:45 Break
• 11:45 – 12:30 Professor Wilfred van Gunsteren (ETH, Zürich) Bio-molecular simulation: 1976, 2013, 2050
• 12:30 – 13:00 Panel Discussion
• 13:00 – 14:00 Walking lunch

Free registration (required for lunch) here.