PhD Summer School – Intrinsically Disordered Proteins in Health and Disease

Dates: May 19–24, 2025
Location: University of Copenhagen, Mærsk Tower, Copenhagen N, Denmark
Organizers: IDPro, ISBUC, and REPIN
Max Participants: 32


Program Schedule

Monday, May 19
  • 16:00–17:00 – Arrival and registration
  • 17:00–17:30 – Welcome by Stefani Gianni, Birthe B. Kragelund, and Kristian Strømgaard
  • 17:30–18:30 – Plenary Lecture 1: Tanja Mittag – “Keeping up with the IDPs”
  • 18:30–21:00 – Pizza and get-together
Tuesday, May 20 – High Throughput Technologies for Studying IDPs
  • 09:00–10:00 – Lecture 1: Michael Wehr – Advanced barcoding technologies and next-generation disease modeling
  • 10:00–10:30 – Coffee and croissants
  • 10:30–12:30 – Lecture 2 + Hands-on: Ylva Ivarsson – High-throughput screening using phage display
  • 12:30–14:30 – Lunch + Journal club (new groups)
  • 14:30–16:00 – Plenary Lecture 2 + Hands-on: Kresten Lindorff-Larsen – Structure prediction and simulation of IDPs
  • 16:00–18:00 – Poster session (Group 1) with refreshments
  • 20:15–21:45 – Social Event: Boulefun @ Boulebar
Wednesday, May 21 – IDPs in Disease
  • 09:00–10:30 – Lecture 3 + Hands-on: Zsuzsanna Dosztányi – Sequence-function-disease relationships
  • 10:30–11:00 – Coffee and croissants
  • 11:00–12:30 – Lecture 4 + Hands-on: Kristian Strømgaard – Chemical biology tools for IDP interactions
  • 12:30–13:30 – Lunch
  • 13:30–15:00 – Mentoring session with Jane Clarke, Sonja Kuhn, and Norman Davey
  • 15:00–17:00 – Poster session (Group 2)
  • 17:00–18:30 – Plenary Lecture 3: Alleyn Plowright – Industry insights
  • 18:30 onward – Dinner in pre-defined groups
Thursday, May 22 – Quantitative Understanding of IDP Interactions
  • 09:00–10:30 – Lecture 5 + Hands-on: Stefano Gianni – Kinetic methods to analyze IDP systems
  • 10:30–11:00 – Coffee and croissants
  • 11:00–12:30 – Lecture 6: Malene Ringkjøbing Jensen – IDP scaffolds in signaling pathways
  • 12:30–13:00 – Lunch (sandwiches to go)
  • 13:00–18:00 – Excursion to Novo Nordisk with Franziska Zosel
  • Evening – Free time
Friday, May 23 – Advanced Methods for Studying IDPs
  • 09:00–10:30 – Lecture 7 + Hands-on: Benjamin Schuler – Single-molecule spectroscopy
  • 10:30–11:00 – Coffee and croissants
  • 11:00–12:30 – Lecture 8 + Hands-on: Alfonso De Simone – NMR, solid-state methods, and molecular simulations
  • 12:30–13:30 – Lunch
  • 13:30–15:00 – Hands-on NMR Tutorial with Birthe B. Kragelund
  • 15:00–16:30 – Lecture 9: Philip Ball – “Science Communication – Why or Why Not?”
  • 16:30–18:00 – Panel discussion with Kristian Strømgaard and Benjamin Schuler
  • 19:00–23:00 – Farewell Dinner @ BAR MORO / BÆST
Saturday, May 24
  • Departure

The summer school provides an in-depth exploration of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs), from their biological roles to experimental and computational approaches. Through hands-on training, lectures by leading scientists, mentoring, poster sessions, and social events, participants will gain comprehensive insights into IDPs in health and disease.