The Linderstrøm-Lang Centre for Protein Research symposium 2025 will take place 14 November at the Copenhagen Biocenter, University of Copenhagen.
Protein science is advancing rapidly, driven by powerful new technologies, increasing computational capacity, and improved algorithms. At the same time, new methods for determining how proteins interact and function in living cells are advancing rapidly. The symposium "Protein Chemistry in a Cellular Context" brings together a diverse group of protein scientists from fields ranging from cell biology and chemistry to computational approaches, with applications extending to biomedicine and sustainability. We hope that you will join us for this fantastic event. See and download the preliminary program for 2025 here.
The 2025 Symposium features talks by the following speakers:
- Laura Itzhaki (University of Cambridge, UK) working on tandem-repeat proteins. Her work intersects with pharmacology and drug development. These proteins have highly distinctive architectures, allowing them to be rationally redesigned for stability, folding, and binding functions.
- Gunnar von Heijne (Stockholm University, SE) has specialized in understanding the folding process of both membrane and soluble proteins during translation. Using elegant techniques, he has investigated how small protein domains can fold inside the ribosome and how membrane proteins attain the correct topology in the membrane.
- Joris Messens (Free University of Brussels, NL) is an expert in redox enzymes. He has taken a biochemical approach to understanding how these enzymes and other protein factors are important for redox signaling and homeostasis in cells, particularly focusing on new sensors for intracellular redox metabolites.
- Lea Klingenberg Barfod (University of Copenhagen, DK) is a newly appointed Professor at the Department of Immunology and Microbiology. She is interested in antigen-antibody interactions in malaria and how novel antigen mimics can be developed to provide better protection.
- Emmanuel Levy (University of Geneva, CH) combines computational and experimental methods in genomics, proteomics, structural biology, cellular biology, and systems biology to determine how proteins interact, self-assemble, and compartmentalize in cells, aiming to provide an atlas of protein homo-oligomerization across domains of life.
- Kelli Hvorecny (University of Washington) investigates the structure-function mechanisms in proteins that underlie disease and generate species-specific biological traits across the domains of life. She works at the interface of cell biology and structural biology, probing enzyme assemblies and complexes to define fundamental principles in the physical organization of metabolism within the cell. In January of 2026, she will start her independent research group at the University of Copenhagen.
We are looking for sponsors for the 2025 Linderstrøm-Lang meeting. If you would like to support the event please contact caspar.christensen@bio.ku.dk.