We are honoured to celebrate 12 years of our CRC 1078 - Protonation Dynamics in Protein Function with ten scientific talks by outstanding, high-profile and international researchers in our field.

These will be complemented by overview talks of the scientific achievements in each of the studied protein systems (cytochrome oxidase, photosystem, rhodopsin, phytochrome, and viralporins) and the theoretical studies.

You can download the abstract booklet here.

Last update: 28/08/2024 3pm

Sunday, 1.9.2024 * Festive Opening Evening at the Humboldt Forum *

17:30		Admission to the Humboldt Forum
18:00		Welcoming by the Speakers of the CRC 1078: Joachim Heberle, Freie Universität Berlin, GER and Maria Andrea Mroginski, Technische Universität Berlin, GER
18:20		Résumé Graduate School CRC 1078 by Holger Dau,  Freie Universität Berlin, GER
18:30	see email	Menachem Gutman and Esther Nachliel, Biochemistry, Tel Aviv University, ISR
		Tracing a proton at three-time domains
19:30 - 21:00		Evening reception

Monday, 2.9.2024 * Begin Conference at the Harnack-Haus *

From 08:00	Planck-Lobby	Registration
09:00 - 09:40	Goethe Saal	Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Princeton University, USA
		Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Enzymes and Photoreceptor Proteins
09:45 - 10:10	Goethe Saal	Inez Weidinger, TU Dresden, GER
		Electron driven protonation in cytochrome c oxidase (CRC 1078)
10:10 - 10:30	Planck-Lobby	Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:10	Goethe Saal	Junko Yano, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
		Water Oxidation Reaction in Natural Photosynthesis
11:15 - 11:55	Goethe Saal	Leonardo Guidoni, Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, ITA
		Protons and electrons movements along intermediate states of oxygenic photosynthesis
12:00 - 13:30	Laue Saal	Lunch Break
13:30 - 14:10	Goethe Saal	Ilme Schlichting, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, GER
		Mechanism and dynamics of fatty acid photodecarboxylase
14:15 - 14:40	Goethe Saal	Holger Dau, Freie Universität Berlin, GER
		Tracking the events in photosystem-II water oxidation by time-resolved spectroscopy and atomic-resolution structural biology (CRC 1078)
14:40 - 15:00	Planck-Lobby	Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:40	Goethe Saal	Steven Boxer, Stanford University, USA
		Evolving understanding of electric fields and enzyme catalysis
15:45 - 16:25	Goethe Saal	Shy Arkin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, ISR
		Viral ion channels: from biophysical models to drug targets
16:30 - 16:55	Goethe Saal	Jacek Kozuch presented by Joachim Heberle, Freie Universität Berlin, GER
		Proton/Ion Channels in Viruses – Understanding the Protonation-Dependent Structure and Function of Viroporins (CRC 1078)
17:00 - 18:30		Break for activities - E.g. guided tours
18:30 - 20:00	Laue Saal	Conference Dinner
20:00 - 20:45	Meitner Saal	Poster session Odd
20:45 - 21:30	Meitner Saal	Poster session Even
21:30 - open end	Einstein-Lounge	Social get together

Tuesday, 3.9.2024

09:00 - 09:40	Goethe Saal	Hideki Kandori, Nagoya Institute of Technology, JPN
		FTIR spectroscopy of rhodopsins
09:45 - 10:25	Goethe Saal	Massimo Olivucci, Università degli Studi di Siena, ITA
		From color-tuning to optogenetics: relationship between red-light absorption and fluorescence intensity in an archaerhodopsin model
10:30 - 11:00	Planck-Lobby	Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:25	Goethe Saal	Joachim Heberle, Freie Universität Berlin, GER
		Proton-coupled ion transfer in channelrhodopsins and related rhodopsins (CRC 1078)
11:30 - 12:10	Goethe Saal	John Kennis, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL
		Reaction dynamics and mechanisms of newly discovered bistable microbial rhodopsins
12:10 - 13:30	Laue Saal	Lunch Break
13:30 - 13:55	Goethe Saal	Karsten Heyne, Freie Universität Berlin, GER
		Phytochromes - Structure, hydrogen bonds, and function (CRC 1078)
14:00 - 14:40	Goethe Saal	Janne Ihalainen, University of Jyväskylä, FIN
		Ultrafast Protein Response on Biliverdin Excitation in a Bacteriophytochrome
14:40 - 15:00	Planck-Lobby	Coffee Break
15:00 - 15:25	Goethe Saal	Maria Andrea Mroginski, Technische Universität Berlin, GER
		Unraveling Protonation Dynamics in Proteins: Theoretical Insights and Contributions (CRC 1078)
15:30 - 16:00	Goethe Saal	Closing remarks