Eschenmoser Symposium 2025
Organic Chemistry Frontiers: A Celebration of Albert Eschenmoser's 100th Birthday
Albert Eschenmoser (1925-2023) shaped organic chemistry as did few others. A brilliant mind gave rise to masterpieces of total synthesis – Vitamin B12 as a particular landmark – hand in hand with the development of synthetic methods, the unraveling of fundamental mechanistic problems in biosynthesis and organic chemistry, and forays into prebiotic chemistry. To celebrate Albert Eschenmoser's 100th birthday, the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry hosts a one-day symposium on June 6, 2025.
SYMPOSIUM INFO
JUNE 6, 2025 | 09:30 - 17:30 | Lecture Hall HCI G3
ETH Zürich | Campus Hönggerberg
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PROGRAM
09:30-09:45
Opening by Prof. Helma Wennemers
09:45-10:35
Prof. Alois Fürstner
Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim, Germany
«Rather not too much about Natural Product Chemistry today…»
10:35-11:25
Prof. Véronique Gouverneur
University of Oxford, UK
«Fluorine Chemistry with Global Challenges in Mind»
11:25-11:55
coffee break
11:55-12:45
Prof. Stefan Matile
University of Geneva, Switzerland
«The Eschenmoser-Dunitz-Baldwin Rules at High Voltage»
12:45-13:45
lunch break
13:45-14:35
Prof. Yamuna Krishna
University of Chicago, USA
«Intracellular Electrophysiology»
14:35-15:25
Prof. Philipp Holliger
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
«Synthetic genetics: beyond DNA and RNA»
15:25-15:55
coffee break
15:55-16:45
Prof. Jack Szostak
University of Chicago, USA
«Potentially Primordial Genetic Alphabets»
16:45-17:00
Reflections by Prof. Andreas Pfaltz and Prof. Scott Denmark
17:00-17:15
Presentation of Albert Eschenmoser's autobiography
17:15-18:15
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