Author Archives: kristaps

On June 13, 2019 we lost our colleague Edvards Liepiņš, an outstanding scientist, NMR spectroscopist, teacher and mentor. The journal Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds has published our In Memoriam in his honour.

On February 16, 2018 the Latvian Academy of Sciences (LZA) and the Science Foundation held the award ceremony of the most significant science achievements in Latvia in 2017. One of the prizes was awarded to Kristaps Jaudzems and Martins Otikovs … Continue reading →

Latvian Academy of Sciences has announced 12 most important achievements of 2017 in Latvian science. Among them is our study on the determination of the molecular mechanism of spider silk formation and assessment of the degree of biomimicry of artificial … Continue reading →

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in collaboration with Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs de Lyon Lecturers: Dr. Guido Pintacuda Dr. Sachin Chaudhari Dr. Jan Stanek Dr. Diane Cala REGISTER HERE 11th-14th July 2016, Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis Monday, 11th July Practicals at … Continue reading →

22nd September 2015, Conference Hall, Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis 9.45-10.00 Registration and coffee 10.00-10.05 Welcome remarks 10.05-10.50 NMR studies of protein ligand interactions 10.50-11.35 Structure based drug design 11.35-12.00 Coffee break 12.00-12.45 Isotope labeling of proteins by expression in … Continue reading →

Back Cover: Diversified Structural Basis of a Conserved Molecular Mechanism for pH-Dependent Dimerization in Spider Silk N-Terminal Domains (ChemBioChem 12/2015) Link to article

REGISTER HERE 5th June 2015, Conference Hall, Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis 9.45-10.00 Registration and coffee 10.00-10.05 Welcome remarks 10.05-10.50 Amedeo Caflisch (University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland) Molecular dynamics in drug design 10.50-11.35 Christoph Rademacher (Max Planck Institute of Colloids … Continue reading →

REGISTER HERE 21st April 2015, Conference Hall, Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis 9.45-10.00 Registration and coffee 10.00-10.05 Welcome remarks 10.05-10.50 Combination of cell-free synthesis and NMR spectroscopy for the structure determination of membrane proteins 10.50-11.35 In-cell NMR studies for the … Continue reading →

Official ribbon cutting by the Institute’s director prof. Ivars Kalviņš with assistance from prof. Jānis Stradiņš, founder of the Laboratory of Physical Organic Chemistry Speakers of the Inauguration Symposium: (from left) Guido Pintacuda, Martin Billeter, Gottfried Otting, Edvards Liepiņš, Kristaps … Continue reading →