Inauguration of DynaMo Center of Excellence

The Danish National Research Foundation Center for Dynamic Molecular Interactions

You are cordially invited to the opening of our new research center linking cellular and organismal biology. The aim of the Center is to uncover the molecular interactions facilitating dynamic biological processes in a multi-cellular organism through synergistic research activities. Ultimately, our goal is to discover universal principles underlying the higher order of structure in biology which enables a multicellular organism to function and to sense and respond to the environment.

DynaMo was established on 1 January 2012 with a six-year grant from the Danish National Research Foundation amounting to DKK 49 million.  
The center is initiated by Professor Barbara Ann Halkier (Head of
Center), Professor Alexander Schulz and Associate Professor Meike Burow, all from University of Copenhagen, and Professor Daniel Kliebenstein, UC Davis. The center is affiliated with the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen.

The speakers at the inauguration ceremony are the four members of
DynaMo’s Scientific Advisory Board.

Kindly,
Barbara Ann Halkier
Head of Center

Programme

12:30
Arrival of guests

12:35
String Quartet Amors Buer
Sibelius: Andante Festivo

12:40
Welcome by Professor John Williams Mundy, Vice-Dean for Research, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen

12:45
Inauguration of DynaMo by Chairman Klaus Bock, Danish National Research Foundation

13:00
Presentation of DynaMo by Head of Center Professor Barbara Ann Halkier

13:20
Professor Jesper Velgaard Olsen, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen
- introduced by Barbara Ann Halkier

Professor Karl Oparka, Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh
- introduced by Alexander Schulz

14:10
Coffee, cake and more

15:00
Director Professor Henrik Vibe Scheller, Cell Wall Biosynthesis, Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), Berkeley
- introduced by Meike Burow

Professor Jonathan Gershenzon, Department of Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena
- introduced by Daniel Kliebenstein

16:00
Chris MacDonald
Surprice talk

17:00
Snacks and wine