Confirmed Speakers

Robert Huber, Martinsried, Germany
Proteases and their regulation, from structures to mechanisms, and application in medicine

Charles S. Craik, San Francisco, USA
Defining the specificity and function of proteases in complex biological systems

Judith A. Clements, Brisbane, Australia
Unraveling the role of the KLK peptidases in prostate and ovarian cancer

Eleftherios P. Diamandis, Toronto, Canada
Clinical relevance of kallikrein-related peptidases in cancer

Hans Lilja, New York, USA
Significance of prostate-specific antigen and related kallikrein-related peptidase measurements in body fluids to predict risk and outcome of prostate cancer

Julie Chao, Charleston, USA
Tissue kallikrein in cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and renal diseases

Michael Bader, Berlin, Germany
Genetically altered animal models in the kallkrein-kinin system

Georgia Sotiropoulou, Patras, Greece
KLK proteolytic cascade pathways in normal physiology and cancer

Wolfram Bode, Martinsried, Germany
The structural basis for Zn²⁺-inhibition of kallikrein-related peptidases

Luiz Juliano, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Substrates and inhibitors of kallikrein-related peptidases

Jonathan M. Harris, Brisbane, Australia
Scaffold-based design of kallikrein inhibitors

Shigetaka Yoshida, Asahikawa, Japan
KLK8, a multifunctional protease in the brain and skin: analyses of knockout mice

Maria Brattsand, Umeå, Sweden
Kallikrein-related peptidases and inhibitors in the skin

François Ahenc-Gelas, Paris, France
Role of tissue kallikrein in cardiovascular and renal diseases, and in diabetes

Paolo Madeddu, Bristol, UK
Essential role of human tissue kallikrein in angiogenesis and vasculogenesis

E.K. Frey - E. Werle Awardees

E.K. Frey - E. Werle Commemorative Gold Medal
Michael Blaber, Tallahassee, USA
Structural biology and enzymology of the human kallikrein-related peptidases

E.K. Frey - E. Werle Promotion Prize
Andreas Scorilas, Athens, Greece
Promising tumor biomarkers within the human tissue kallikrein gene locus on chromosome 19q13.3-q13.4

E.K. Frey - E. Werle Young Investigator Award
Katerina Oikonomopoulou, Toronto, Canada
Kallikrein-related peptidases: proteolysis and signaling in cancer, the new frontier