Invited Lectures


––––––– 2020  –––––––

0x.12 CHAINS 2020, Veldhoven, Netherlands

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 0x.08 WATOC 2020, Vancouver, Canada

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09.01 Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands

          Hydrogen Bonding from a Kohn-Sham Molecular Orbital Perspective

––––––– 2019  –––––––

18.11 Symposium: Chemical concepts and quantum chemistry, Heidelberg, Germany

          Hydrogen bonding explained: the synergistic power of Energy Decomposition Analysis and Molecular Orbital theory

15.08 ICBIC-19, Interlaken, Switserland

          Interactions in G-Quadruplexes: Quantifying the Interaction of Cations with the Internal Channel Site

04.06 European Meeting on Physical Organic Chemistry, Spala, Poland

          Secondary Electrostatic Interaction Model and Pauli repulsion: Understanding Hydrogen Bonding from a KS-MO Perspective

––––––– 2018  –––––––

20.09 University of BelgradeSerbia

          Attractive and repulsive orbital interactions in hydrogen bonding and aurophilic interactions

04.09  2nd European Symposium on Chemical Bonding (ESCB2), Oviedo, Spain

          Insights from Theory into Structure and Stability of Guanine Quadruplexes

17.07 ESPA-2018 (11th Congress on Electronic Structure Principles and Applications), Toledo, Spain

          Hydrogen Bonding from a Kohn-Sham Molecular Orbital Perspective

25.06  VALBO 2018, Marseille, France

          Insights from Theory into Structure and Stability of Guanine Quadruplexes

16.05  6th Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting, Setúbal, Portugal

          Attractive and repulsive orbital interactions in hydrogen bonding and aurophilic interactions


––––––– 2017  –––––––

13.09  XXIInd Horizons in Hydrogen Bond Research (HBOND2017), Jyväskylä, Finland

           Resonance-Assisted Hydrogen Bonds: about the irrelevance of aromaticity and the relevance of steric repulsion

05.09 11th European Conference on Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Barcelona, Spain

           Explaining Chemistry with repulsive Frontier Orbitals

03.09  Chemical Bonds at the 21st century, Aachen, Germany

           Explaining Chemistry with repulsive Frontier Orbitals

07.07  Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, University of Lorraine, Nancy, France

           Insights from Theory into Structure and Stability of Guanine Quadruplexes

29.03  Forum for Young Scientists, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

           How to become university professor in the 21st century

02.03  PAC-symposium, Utrecht, The Netherlands

           Explaining Chemistry with repulsive Frontier Orbitals

22.02  Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi, Universitat de Girona, Spain

           The Role of Alkali Metal Cations in the Stabilization of Guanine Quadruplexes: Why K+ is the best


––––––– 2016  –––––––

27.11  Grupo de Estructura Molecular y Reactividad Química, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain

           Resonance-Assisted Hydrogen Bonding from a Kohn-Sham Molecular Orbital Perspective

21.11   XLICongress of Theoretical Chemists of Latin Expression (Quitel 2016), Montevideo, Uruguay

           Resonance-Assisted Hydrogen Bonding from a Kohn-Sham Molecular Orbital Perspective

04.11  Centro de Química e Bioquímica, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

           Molecular recognition in DNA: the Role of Aromaticity, Hybridization, Electrostatics and Covalence

02.11  Departamento de Química, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

           Insights from Theory into Structure and Stability of Guanine Quadruplexes

25.09  Current Topics in Theoretical Chemistry, Trujillo, Peru

           Insights from Theory into Structure and Stability of Guanine Quadruplexes

21.09  The Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, UK

           Insights from Theory into Structure and Stability of Guanine Quadruplexes: Hydrogen Bonding and Cation Affinity

15.07  International Conference on Chemical Bonding (ICCB-2016), Kauai, Hawaii, USA

           Molecular recognition in DNA: the Role of Aromaticity, Hybridization, Electrostatics and Covalency

11.07  Center for Computational Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, USA

           Molecular recognition in DNA: the Role of Aromaticity, Hybridization, Electrostatics and Covalency

08.06  Central European School on Physical Organic Chemistry: Movement in Chemistry, Przesieka, Poland

           Molecular Recognition in DNA

28.04  3rd International Symposium on Functional Metal Complexes that Bind to Biomolecules, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

           The Role of Alkali Metal Cations in the Stabilization of Guanine Quadruplexes: Why K+ is the best

26.04  Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona, Spain

           Understanding Guanine Quadruplex Structures from a Kohn-Sham Molecular Orbital Perspective

25.04  Departament de Química Orgànica, University of Barcelona, Spain

           The Role of Aromaticity, Hybridization, Electrostatics and Covalency in Resonance-Assisted Hydrogen Bonds


––––––– 2015  –––––––

27.11  2015 NVBMB Fall symposium. Computation and modeling in quantitative biology, Amsterdam, Netherlands

           Quantum Molecular Biology: Insight into Structure and Stability of DNA

24.11  XVIII – Brazilian Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry, Pirenópolis, Brazil

           Covalence, not Resonance-Assistance, behind Cooperative Hydrogen and Halogen bonds in Quadruplexes

17.11-20.11  II Escola de Química Computational, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

                     - Advanced Features of ADF

                     - Resonance Assisted Hydrogen Bonds in DNA

                     - DNA Replication

                     - Nanoswitches based on DNA base pairs

05.10  Cost Action CM1105 Meeting: Emerging nucleic acid targets (beyond the double helix), Lisbon, Portugal

           Ion Selectivity at the Internal Cavity Site of G-Quadruplexes: a Quantum Chemical Approach     

18.09  Modeling Interaction in Biomolecules VII, Prague, Czec Republic 

           Covalence, not Resonance-Assistance, behind Cooperative Hydrogen and Halogen bonds

14.09  21st International Conference on Horizons in Hydrogen Bond Research, Wroclaw, Poland

           Covalence, not Resonance-Assistance, behind Cooperative Hydrogen and Halogen bonds

16.06  Department of Organic Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain

           Covalence, not Resonance-Assistance, behind Cooperative Hydrogen and Halogen bonds in Quadruplexes

12.06  Albany 2015: Conversation 19, Albany, USA

           Covalence, not Resonance-Assistance, behind Cooperative Hydrogen and Halogen bonds in Quadruplexes

08.06  Department of Chemsitry, University of Bufalo, USA

           The Role of cooperativity in the self-assembly of Guanine and Xanthine into Ribbons on surfaces

12.05  Corso di Dottorato in Scienze Molecolari, Padova, Italy

           Structure and stability of B-DNA and G-DNA. Exploration and insight from quantum chemistry

23.03  Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden

           Structure and stability of B-DNA and G-DNA. Exploration and insight from quantum chemistry

11.03   MCBIM-minisymposium “Biomimetic Redox Reactions of the CuII µ-Thiolate Complex”, Leiden, Netherlands

           The Role of Aromaticity, Hybridization, Electrostatics and Covalency in Resonance-Assisted Hydrogen Bonds

08.02. CMST COST Action CM1005, Supramolecular chmeistry in water, Final Scientific meeting, Prague, Czech Republic

           The Role of Hydrogen Bonding, π-π Interactions, Twist-Angle and Solvation in the Stability of B-DNA

05.02   Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

            Resonance-Assisted Hydrogen and Halogen Bonds in natural and N-Halo-Guanine Quartets

14.01   National Center for Biomolecular Research, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

            Supramolecular chemistry based on halogen bonding    


––––––– 2014  –––––––

21.11. 4th Lustrum Symposium of the Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry, Amsterdam, Netherlands

           Resonance-assisted hydrogen and halogen bonding

09.10  10th Congress of the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists, Santiago, Chile

           Resonance-Assisted Halogen Bonds in N-Halo-Guanine Quartets

28.08  12th European Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference, Zürich, Switserland

           Alkali metal controlled DNA nanoswitch

03.07  XI GIRONA SEMINAR on Carbon, Metal, and Carbon-Metal Clusters: From Theory to Applications, Girona, Spain

           Resonance-Assisted Halogen Bonds in N-Halo-Guanine and Xanthine Quartets

27.05  Central European School on Physical Organic Chemistry, Przesieka,  Poland

           Supramolecular chemistry based on hydrogen bonding

13.03  Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Szeged, Hungary

           Role of Aromaticity and sp2 hybridisation in Resonance-Assisted Hydrogen Bonding    


––––––– 2013  –––––––

10.09  2nd International Symposium on Functional Metal Complexes that Bind to Biomolecules, Barcelona, Spain

          Telomere Structure and Stability: Covalency in Hydrogen Bonds,Not Resonance Assistance, Causes Cooperativity in Guanine

          Quartets

10.06  AIMMS Seminar, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

           Selectivity in the DNA replication

06.06  Polish Chemical Society, Warsaw, Poland

           Structure and stability of B-DNA and G-DNA. Exploration and insight from quantum chemistry

03.06-07.06   Center for Advanced Studies, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

                      Understanding Hydrogen Bonds in DNA Base Pairs and Quartets with the Amsterdam Density Functional Program

                      - The nature of the hydrogen bond in DNA base pairs

                      - DNA replication

                      - Nanoswitches based on DNA base pairs

                      - Understanding cooperativity in hydrogen bonds of guanine quartets

28.05  Central European School on Physical Organic Chemistry, Przesieka, Poland

           The Role of Hydrogen Bonding, π-π Interactions, Twist-Angle and Solvation in the Stability of B-DNA

07.03   PAC-symposium, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

           Telomere Structure and Stability: Covalency in Hydrogen Bonds, Not Resonance Assistance, Causes Cooperativity in 

           Guanine Quartets    

25.02   Quantum Chemistry Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

           Telomere Structure and Stability: Covalency in Hydrogen Bonds, Not Resonance Assistance, Causes Cooperativity in 

           Guanine Quartets    


––––––– 2012  –––––––

 05.07  X GIRONA SEMINAR on Theoretical and Computational Chemistry for the Modeling of Biochemical Systems: From Theory 

            to Applications, Girona, Spain

           Telomere Structure and Stability: Covalency in Hydrogen Bonds Causes Cooperativity in Guanine Quartets

25.06   HPC Europa Transnational Access Meeting 2012 Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

           Telomere Structure and Stability: Covalency in Hydrogen Bonds Causes Cooperativity in Guanine Quartets

10.05   Central European School on Physical Organic Chemistry, Poland

           Telomere Structure and Stability: Covalency in Hydrogen Bonds, Not Resonance Assistance, Causes Cooperativity in 

           Guanine Quartets    


––––––– 2011  –––––––

06.06   AIMMS Seminar, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

            Hydrogen Bonds in telomeres

03.05   Institut de Química Computacional i Catàlisi, Universitat de Girona, Girona, Catalonia, Spain

            Covalency in Hydrogen Bonds Causes Cooperativity in Guanine Quartets


––––––– 2010  –––––––

20.10 & 21.10   International Research Training Group "Generation of Supramolecular Functional Cavities - Container Molecules,

            Macrocycles and Related Compounds”, Münster, Germany

            Understanding Hydrogen Bonds in DNA Base Pairs and Quartets with the Amsterdam Density Functional Program

               The Nature of the Hydrogen Bond in DNA Base Pairs

               - DNA replication: Hydrogen Bonds or Spatial Fit

               - Nanoswitches based on DNA base pairs

               - Understanding cooperativity in hydrogen bonds of guanine quartets


––––––– 2009  –––––––

02.12  ACMM-Symposium, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

           Ditopic Ion-Pair Receptor Based on Stacked Nucleobase Quartets: Role of G4 as Stacking Assistant   




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