Highlighting Organic Chemistry in Switzerland

10.00 am – 10.05 am Introduction – Christof Sparr (University of Basel)

10.05 am – 10.35 am Christian Bochet (President Swiss Chemical Society, University of Fribourg)

“Organic chemistry in Switzerland: shining some light!”

10.35 am – 11.05 am Donald Hilvert (ETH Zurich)

“Evolving virus-like assemblies in the lab”

11.05 am – 11.35 am Francesca Paradisi (University of Bern)

“Enzymes in hybrid catalytic systems”

11.35 am – 12.05 am Peter Štacko (University of Zurich)

“Light in a Heartbeat: From Synthesis to Controlling Cardiomyocytes“

12.05 am – 12.35 am Dennis Gillingham (University of Basel)

“Induced proximity as an enabling concept in chemistry”

12.35 am – 13.05 pm Michel Rickhaus (University of Geneva)

“Shape matters! How bending molecules leads to extraordinary order”

13.05 pm – 13.35 pm Nicolai Cramer (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL)

“Engineering Chiral Cyclopentadienyl Metal Catalysts for Enantioselective
C-H Functionalizations”

13.35 pm Closing Remarks – Adri Minnaard, EuChemS Division of Organic Chemistry