Leopoldina Symposium

	Tuesday: 25.05.2010
08.00 - 09.00	Registration
09.00 - 09.15	The rector of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum Elmar E. Weiler: Welcome address
09.15 - 09.25	Representative, Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, National Academy of Sciences, Germany:Welcome address
Session I
09.25 - 10.15	Dominik Marx:THz Spectroscopy of Water and Aqueous Solutions from First Principles
10.15 - 11.05	Helmut Grubmüller: Molecular polarizability and THz spectra
11.05 - 11.25	Coffee break
11.25 - 12.15	Torsten Fiebig: Ultrafast structural dynamics in biomolecules. From basic research to advanced medical applications
12.15 - 13.05	Zaida Luthey-Schulten: Role of solvation on tRNA dynamics and migration in translation
13.15 - 14.00	Lunch break
Session II
14.00 - 14.50	Peter Wolynes: Water mediated Interactions in Protein Folding & Structure Prediction
14.50 - 15.40	Hiroshi Kihara: Alpha-helix-rich intermediate on the protein folding pathway studied by cryo-stopped-flow method
15.40 - 16.00	Coffee break
16.00 - 16.50	Susan Marqusee: Pulling Along a Protein's Energy Landscape
16.50 - 17.40	Andrea Markelz: Size dependence of water-polypeptide interactions: The peptide dynamical transition
17.40 - 18.20	Short talks
18.20 - 20.00	Poster session

	Wednesday: 26.05.2010
Session III
09.00 - 09.50	Martina Havenith: The THz dance of the water with the protein
09.50 - 10.40	Irit Sagi: Protein conformational transitions and solvation dynamics are synchronized during enzyme turnover
10.40 - 11.00	Coffee break
11.00 - 11.50	Mikio Kataoka: Effect of hydration on protein dynamics
11.50 - 12.40	Martin Gruebele: Protein folding in vivo: the living solvation environment
12.40 - 13.10	Short talks
13.10 - 14.30	Lunch break
14.30 - 15.20	Claus Seidel: Biomolecular structure and dynamics studied by multiparameter fluorescence spectroscopy
15.20 - 16.20	Short talks
16.30	Excursion to Zeche Zollverein in Essen: Guided tour through the UNESCO World Heritage Zeche Zollverein
19.30	Conference Dinner at Zeche Zollverein

	Thursday: 27.05.2010
Session IV
09.00 - 09.45	Three Short talks
09.45 - 10.35	David Leitner: Water-mediated structure and energy transport across a protein-protein interface
10.35 - 11.00	Coffee break
11.00 - 11.50	Thomas Kiefhaber: Protein dynamics on the picoseconds to microsconds time scale measured by fast triplet transfer
11.50 - 12.30	Closing remarks