Scientific Program

One-day symposium dedicated to 80th anniversary of Prof. Antonin Holy

Invited speakers:

Prof. Dennis C. Liotta (Emory, USA)
TBA - A. Holy Memorial Lecture

Prof. Frank Seela (Center for Nanotechnology, University of Munster, DE)
Click Reactions and Silver-Mediated Base Pairs in Modified DNA

Prof. Piet Herdewijn (Rega institute, KU Leuven)
In vivo transliteration of artificial nucleic acids

Prof. Chung K. Chu (University of Georgia)
FMCA as a Novel Anti-HBV Agent

Prof. Victor E. Marquez (Chemical Biology Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, NIH)
Following the Steps of a Leader (Tony Holy,  1936 - 2012): The Story of N-Methanocarbathymidine from Basic Concepts to an IND

The program will be complemented by 4-5 short lectures of young scientists from IOCB on antiviral/anticancer nucleoside/nucleotide analogues.