1st CONSENSE Week

The first CONSENSE Week was hosted by WI in Rehovot, Israel, from 24-29 April 2022. Due to prevailing travel restrictions, the even was again organised in a hybrid format to ensure that all ESRs and PIs could join. Be sure to read our ESRs’ report on the event.

Programme

As with the Introduction Days, the 1st CONSENSE Week is dedicated to scientific and transferable skills training, but also includes a social programme for the ESRs.

Day 1

Time

Session

09:00

Welcome & Introduction
Menno Prins (TU/e)

09:30

Reliable computational optimisation of enzymes and binders
Sarel Fleishman (WI)

09:50

Semisynthetic sensor proteins
Kai Johnsson (MPI)

10:50

Assays for quantification of small molecules
Kurt Gothelf (AU)

11:30

Don’t perish, publish! How to effectively disseminate your work to the sensor scientific community
Maarten Merkx (TU/e)

13:00

ESR presentations – Part 1

Day 2

Time

Session

09:00

ESR presentations – Part 2

10:50

Management Board meeting 
Menno Prins (TU/e)

11:20

Company talk: Future Diagnostics
Ernst Lindhout (FD)

11:40

Company talk: Acute Care Therapies
M. Jangelind (Getinge)

12:00

Science communication workshop
Emily Ciscato & Jacqueline Strehler (accelCH)

Day 3

Time

Session

09:00

AlphaFold2 and PROSS/FuncLib workshop
Marc Scherer (WI)