The B&B symposium was created to facilitate a forum of discussion and exchange of ideas for researchers interested in the latest advances in bioorthogonal and bioresponsive strategies. B&B2025 will be held in Edinburgh on the 5th and 6th of June 2025. The event will take 1.5 days and the programme will showcase the state-of-the-art of these emerging fields with leading international experts.
Programme
Thursday 5th June
14:00 Welcoming address
14:15 Plenary 1: Kanji Pu, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore
Next-generation optical imaging for early diagnosis and precision medicine
15:00 O1: Martijn Verdoes, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands
Ubi-tagged dendritic cell targeted vaccines induce potent T cell activation
15:15 O2: Katerina Gavriel, Radboud University, Netherlands
pH-guided triazine-thiol exchange for programmable site-selective cysteine modifications
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 Plenary 2: Gonçalo Bernardes, University of Cambridge, UK – sponsored by RSC Awards
2024 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prize for Chemistry
Translational chemical biology
16:45 Flash presentations (10 × 2 min each)
17:10 Poster session and social event – sponsored by RSC CBBG
Friday 6th June
09:20 Opening Day 2
09:30 Plenary 3: Neal Devaraj, University of California San Diego, USA
Tetrazine ligations: past, present, and future
10:15 Plenary 4: Tanja Weil, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany
Bioorthogonal molecular switches to form synthetic nanostructures in living systems
11:00 Coffee break
11:30 O3: Saulius Klimašauskas, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Bioorthogonal methabolic pathways to study DNA methylomes
11:45 O4: Romen Carrillo, IPNA-CSIC, Spain
Control of tetrazine bioorthogonal reactivity by rotaxanation
12:00 O5: David Montoto, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Bond-forming reactions driven by bacteria redox metabolism
12:15 O6: William Tipping, University of Strathclyde, UK
Multicolour cellular imaging and sensing using stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) microscopy and multivariate analysis
12:30 Lunch break
14:00 Plenary 5: Carmen Galan, University of Bristol, UK
Controlling G4 DNA topology with small molecules: towards the development of novel therapeutics
14:45 Plenary 6: Thanh T. K. Nguyen, University College London, UK
Plasmonic and magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical application
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 O7: Kenward Vong, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China
Development of gold-catalyzed dissociative bioorthogonal reactions for biological applications
16:15 O8: Stefano Fedeli, University of Milan, Italy
Self-assembled peptide-based nanocatalysts for bioorthogonal applications
16:30 O9: Xin-Yue Gao, University of Edinburgh, UK
Engineering selective palladium-binding proteins for catalytic transformations
16:45 O10: Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo, City University of Hong Kong, China
Leveraging bioorthogonal chemistry for the design of photofunctional transition metal complexes as activatable phototheranostics
17:00 Best Flash and Best Poster Award ceremony – sponsored by RSC CBBG
17:10 Closing remarks
Call for Poster Abstracts
B&B2025 will also include a poster session to give an opportunity for the delegates to share and discuss their recent research advances. Abstracts are welcomed from academics, postdocs and PhD students. Please use the template provided to submit your abstract including your registration number before the poster abstract deadline. Selected contributions will be invited to give a flash presentation (2 min each) prior to the poster session.
Registration Fees
Early Bird (before 16th May 2025):
£100 for students
£175 for RSC Members
£200 for Non-Members
Standard (from 17th May until 4th June 2025):
£200 for RSC Members
£225 for Non-Members
Sponsorship Opportunities
If you are interested in sponsoring this event, please contact the secretariat ([email protected]) for further information.
Programme
Thursday 5th June
14:00 Welcoming address
14:15 Plenary 1: Kanji Pu, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore
Next-generation optical imaging for early diagnosis and precision medicine
15:00 O1: Martijn Verdoes, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands
Ubi-tagged dendritic cell targeted vaccines induce potent T cell activation
15:15 O2: Katerina Gavriel, Radboud University, Netherlands
pH-guided triazine-thiol exchange for programmable site-selective cysteine modifications
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 Plenary 2: Gonçalo Bernardes, University of Cambridge, UK – sponsored by RSC Awards
2024 Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prize for Chemistry
Translational chemical biology
16:45 Flash presentations (10 × 2 min each)
17:10 Poster session and social event – sponsored by RSC CBBG
Friday 6th June
09:20 Opening Day 2
09:30 Plenary 3: Neal Devaraj, University of California San Diego, USA
Tetrazine ligations: past, present, and future
10:15 Plenary 4: Tanja Weil, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany
Bioorthogonal molecular switches to form synthetic nanostructures in living systems
11:00 Coffee break
11:30 O3: Saulius Klimašauskas, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Bioorthogonal methabolic pathways to study DNA methylomes
11:45 O4: Romen Carrillo, IPNA-CSIC, Spain
Control of tetrazine bioorthogonal reactivity by rotaxanation
12:00 O5: David Montoto, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Bond-forming reactions driven by bacteria redox metabolism
12:15 O6: William Tipping, University of Strathclyde, UK
Multicolour cellular imaging and sensing using stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) microscopy and multivariate analysis
12:30 Lunch break
14:00 Plenary 5: Carmen Galan, University of Bristol, UK
Controlling G4 DNA topology with small molecules: towards the development of novel therapeutics
14:45 Plenary 6: Thanh T. K. Nguyen, University College London, UK
Plasmonic and magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical application
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 O7: Kenward Vong, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China
Development of gold-catalyzed dissociative bioorthogonal reactions for biological applications
16:15 O8: Stefano Fedeli, University of Milan, Italy
Self-assembled peptide-based nanocatalysts for bioorthogonal applications
16:30 O9: Xin-Yue Gao, University of Edinburgh, UK
Engineering selective palladium-binding proteins for catalytic transformations
16:45 O10: Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo, City University of Hong Kong, China
Leveraging bioorthogonal chemistry for the design of photofunctional transition metal complexes as activatable phototheranostics
17:00 Best Flash and Best Poster Award ceremony – sponsored by RSC CBBG
17:10 Closing remarks
Call for Poster Abstracts
B&B2025 will also include a poster session to give an opportunity for the delegates to share and discuss their recent research advances. Abstracts are welcomed from academics, postdocs and PhD students. Please use the template provided to submit your abstract including your registration number before the poster abstract deadline. Selected contributions will be invited to give a flash presentation (2 min each) prior to the poster session.
Registration Fees
Early Bird (before 16th May 2025):
£100 for students
£175 for RSC Members
£200 for Non-Members
Standard (from 17th May until 4th June 2025):
£200 for RSC Members
£225 for Non-Members
Sponsorship Opportunities
If you are interested in sponsoring this event, please contact the secretariat ([email protected]) for further information.
