„FREE RADICALS IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY” - program

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
on
„FREE RADICALS IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY”

11 SEPTEMBER 2012

Venue: Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
The Centre of Nuclear Chemistry and Radiochemistry Seminar Room

PROGRAM

9:00 WELCOME ADDRESS
Professor Andrzej G. Chmielewski (Director of the INCT)

I SESSION
Chairman: Andrzej G. Chmielewski

9:05
Silvina BARTESAGHI, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay
MECHANISMS OF TYROSINE OXIDATION IN HYDROPHOBIC BIOSTRUCTURES: THE ROLE OF LIPID-DERIVED RADICALS
9:50
Chantal HOUÉE-LEVIN, University Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
ON THE REDOX POTENTIAL OF METHIONINE
10:35
Krzysztof BOBROWSKI, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Warsaw, Poland
RADIATION-INDUCED FREE RADICAL PROCESSES IN ENKEPHALINS

COFFEE BREAK
11:20 – 11:35

II SESSION
Chairman: Marcin Kruszewski

11:35
Janusz RAK, Gdansk University, Gdansk, Poland
BROMONUCLEOSIDES – POTENTIAL DNA SENSITIZERS: EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES
12:20
Marian WOLSZCZAK, Lodz Technical University, Lodz, Poland
SOME ASPECTS OF FREE RADICAL PROCESSES WITHIN DNA OR HSA: EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES

LUNCH BREAK
13:05 – 14:05

III SESSION
Chairman: Jacek Michalik

14:05
Rafael RADI, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay
ADVANCES ON THE BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY OF PEROXYNITRITE
14:50
Tadeusz SARNA, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
HOW MELANIN PROTECTS PIGMENTED CELLS AGAINST OXIDATIVE STRESS?
15:35
Marcin KRUSZEWSKI, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Warsaw, Poland
TOXICITY OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES: IN VITRO AND IN VIVO STUDY
16:20
Grzegorz BARTOSZ/Anna LEWINSKA, Lodz University, Lodz, Poland
WHAT IS THE PHYSIOLOGICAL ROLE OF FLAVOHEMOGLOBIN IN THE YEAST?
17:05
Krzysztof Bobrowski
FINAL REMARKS

17:10 END OF THE WORKSHOP