Programme

Programme

All sessions will take place in auditorium R5 (map to the auditorium) in Realfagbygget NTNU (The Science Building)

 

Thursday June 25, 2026

09:30-10:00 Registration
Session Chair: Elisabeth Jacobsen
10:00 - 10:30

Opening of the Conference

Words of welcome:

Chair of Conference, Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Jacobsen,  NTNU, Trondheim, Norway 

Chiral Drugs for Cardiovascular Diseases 2020-2026
10:30 - 11:15

Honorary Opening Lecture

Thermophilic Genomes and Metagenomes as a source of novel enzymes for Industrial Biocatalysis
Prof. Dr. Jennifer Littlechild, The Henry Wellcome Building for Biocatalysis, Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
11:15 - 11:45 Pyrrolopyrimidines And Purines As Csf1r Inhibitors
Prof. Dr. Eirik Sundby, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
11:45 - 12:15 Coffee break-R5 area
12:15 - 12:45 Heterogeneous catalysis and selective Programming of Polysaccharides
Prof. Dr. Armando Cordova, Mittuniversitetet, Sundsvall, Sweden
12:45 - 13:15 New Psychoactive Substances: Chemistry, Synthesis, and 
Societal Impact
Senior Director R&D Dr. Huiling Liu, Chiron AS, Trondheim, Norway
13:15 - 14:15 Lunch break-Element Cantina- 1 floor up
Session Chair: Ivar Skogvik
14:15 - 14:45 Discovery and Development of Proximity Inducing Agents: Aurigene Oncology´s Contribution to Neo-PPI Driven Pharmacology
CSO Dr. Susanta Samajdar Aurigene Oncology, Indore, India
14:45 - 15:15 High-Pressure Processing: A Gentle Strategy for Tailoring Polymer Functionality and Extracting Sensitive Bioactives
Prof. Dr. Marcelo Cristianini, State University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
15:15 - 15:45 Scalable Synthesis Method for Drug Encapsulation in Polymer Nanoparticles
Prof. Dr. Sulalit Bandyopadyhay, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

 

 

Friday June 26, 2026

Session Chair: Mathilde Aanerud
09:00 - 09:45 Precision Dearomatisation with Arene – π- Tribromide Complex and Visible Light Catalysis
Prof. Dr. Debayan Sarkar, IIT, Indore, India
09:45 - 10:15 Sustainable Drug Synthesis – an overview
Prof. Dr. Roland Wohlgemuth, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland
10:15 - 10:45 CEO Dr. Wei Zhu, Syncozymes, Co. LTD, Shanghai, China
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee break- R5 area
11:15 - 11:45 From OpenSPIM to FlowSPIM: Enhancing The Versatility of a Light Sheet Microscope Through an Iterative Design Process
Dr. Joachim Mossige.  University of Oslo
11:45 - 12:15 Flavin-Based Photodynamic Inactivation as a Sustainable Approach for Extending the Post-Harvest Shelf Life of Fresh Produce in India
Dr. Niladri Sekhar Roy, IIT, Indore, India
12:15 - 12:45

A Computational Dynamic Model For Drug Resistance and Treatmend Selection in Enzyme Inhibition Treatment 

Prof. Dr. Astrid Silva De Wijn, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
12:45 - 13:45 Lunch break-Element Cantina- 1 floor up
Session Chair: Christina Pettersen
13:45 - 14:05 Chemoenzymatic Synthesis for Chiral Pharmaceutical Intermediates and Biologically Active Lipid Derivatives
Truls Rossbach Hammer NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
14:05 - 14:35 Visible Light-induced Crossed [2+2] Cycloaddition of Aryl Terminal Olefins via Energy Transfer Catalysis
Dr. Subarna Roy, IIT, Indore, India
14:35 - 14:55 Lipase Catalyzed Synthesis Of Enantiopure Precursors And Derivatives For B-Blockers Practolol, Pindolol And Carteolol
MSc. Morten André Gundersen, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
14:55 - 15:15 Chemo-Enzymatic Synthesis of Building Block for Tramadol And Enzymatic Reversibility Analysis
MSc. Ivar Skogvik, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
15:30 - Dinner Meeting room D3-114 Onsager

 

 

Saturday June 27, 2026

Session Chair: Jennifer Littlechild
09:30 - 10:00 Flavin-Photocatalyzed Benzylic Functionalization, Spirocyclization, and Spiroepoxidation of Phenols
Dr. Majid Ahmad Ganie, IIT, Indore
10:00 - 10:20 Chemo-Enzymatic Synthesis of Enantiopure Betablocker (+)-Nebivolol 
MSc. Fredrik Bjørnes, Norway
10:20 - 11:00

Superbugs vs. Super Tech: How AI and Genomics Are Reshaping the Battle Against Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance.  
Prof. Dr. Rafi Ahmad, University of Inland, Hamar, and UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø,  Norway
11:00 - 11:20 Chemo-Enzymatic Synthesis of Enantiopure Building Blocks for (S)-Verapamil and Derivatives
MSC. Christina Glenna Pettersen, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
11:20 - 12:05

Special Honorary Concluding Lecture

Chemo-Enzymatic Synthesis of Pharmaceuticals: Examples From a Forty Years Research Activity
Prof. Dr. Sergio Riva, Scitec-CNR, Milano, Italy