Frithjof Küpper, Scottish Association of Marine Science, UK Accessing and assessing marine biodiversity Ute Hentschel, University of Würzburg, Germany, Single-cell genomics, metagenomics and cultivation-based approaches towards natural products discovery from marine sponge-associated microbiota Phil Crews, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA Inspirational structures of bioactive marine natural products Peter Sadler, University of Warwick, UK Metal Speciation: the crucial role of ligands in biological activity Marc Diederich, Laboratoire de Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire du Cancer, Luxembourg Marine compounds as inhibitors of pro-inflammatory, proliferative and anti-apoptotic mechanisms Steve Winwood, Martek, USA Omega-3 DHA suitable for use in infant formula by controlled fermentation of marine algae Jan Buch Andersen, Biotec Marine Biochemicals, Norway Industrial enzymes from cold-adapted organisms Simon Munt, Pharmamar, Spain Taking marine-derived compounds into the clinic – the Yondelis story. Dan Morse, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA (Plenary) From silica skeletons of sponges to dynamically tunable photonics in squid: bio-inspired materials open new horizons for marine biodiscovery
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