Program
The symposium will run from 09:30 to 18:00 (BST) on 19th June 2025
09:30 - 09:50: Registration and Coffee
09:50 - 10:00: Welcome and Opening Statement
10:00 - 10:45: Prof. Kim Jelfs - Remembering the Lab in Computational Molecular Materials Discovery
10:45 - 12:00: Session One
10:45 - 11:10: Natasha Sanjrani - Benchmarking 3D Structure-based Molecule Generators
11:10 - 11:35: Matteo Degiacomi - The Effect of Hydration and Dynamics on the Mass Density of Single Proteins
11:35 - 12:00: Michael Nicolaou - Determination of Vibrational Modes of Aromatic VOCs Using DFT Methods and Bayesian Inference
12:00 - 13:00: Lunch
13:00 - 14:40: Session Two
13:00 - 13:25: Daniel Storm - Mechanistic Insights from DFT: Alkane Activation at an Iridium PONOP Complex in the Solid State
13:25 - 13:50: Dr Ieuan D. Seymour - Solid-state Paramagnetic NMR Calculations of Next-generation Battery Materials
13:50 - 14:15: Karina Kubiak-Ossowska - Interaction of Fluorescent Dye Rhodamine 6G with Silica Nanoparticles
14:15 - 14:40: Emma King-Smith - Little Big Data: Machine Learning Strategies for Experimental Data
14:40 - 14:55: Break
14:55 - 15:50: Session Three
14:55 - 15:20: Frederick Powell - In Search of Enzyme Activation: A Computational Workflow for Evaluating Allosteric Drug Candidates
15:20 - 15:45: Carlos Martín-Fernández - Halogen Bonding in Catalysis: New Pathways for Oxidative Addition?
15:45 - 17:00: Posters and Networking
17:00 - 18:00: Prizes and Closing Remark