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96th Harden Conference – MoTEC 2027: Molybdenum & Tungsten Enzymes
A satellite to ICBIC, York, 25-30 july 2027
2027 sees the 30th Anniversary of ‘MoTEC: The Molybdenum & Tungsten Enzymes Conference’, and to mark the occasion the meeting has been adopted as the 96th Harden Conference supported by The Biochemical Society. This is a multi-disciplinary meeting that brings together chemists, microbiologists, enzymologists and much more – including translational and applied researchers. The dates have been finalised as Monday 19th July 2027 – Thursday 22nd July 2027.
The 2027 event will be held at the Glasgow Westerwood Hotel. This will be an entirely residential conference where the registration fee covers accommodation for three nights (Monday 19th, Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st July) and all meals Monday-Thursday. In Harden Conference style, the meeting is due to start at lunchtime on the Monday and conclude at around 3PM on the Thursday. Super early bird registration is open until 19th April 2027 where you will find the best deals, especially for PhD students.
For those of you who wish to book extra nights at the venue, this will be possible. To do this, please (1) register for the conference, then (2) contact the hotel directly for accommodation on Sunday 18th July or Thursday 22nd July 2027. You can book on-line or contact them on reservations@
The confirmed invited keynote speakers are:
Kylie Allen, Blacksburg VA, USA
Oliver Einsle, Freiburg, Germany
Chris Greening, Melbourne, Australia
Eunsuk Kim, Providence RI, USA
Marty Kirk, Albuquerque NM, USA
Axel Magalon, Marseille, France
Ines Pereira, Lisbon, Portugal
Johannes Rebelein, Duesseldorf, Germany
Barbara Schoepp-Cothenet, Marseille, France
Carola Schulzke, Greifswald, Germany
Daan Speth, Vienna, Austria
The majority of the remaining speaker slots will be selected from the abstracts. Please submit an abstract through the on-line portal and we will endeavour to give you as quick a confirmation as possible.
Travel to Scotland
For those arriving by air into Scotland, the venue is roughly equidistant from Glasgow Airport (Glasgow Airport | Go For It | Glasgow Airport) and Edinburgh Airport (Edinburgh Airport – Where Scotland Meets The World | Edinburgh Airport). These are Scotland’s main, busy airports. If you are travelling from North America there will be flights direct from Boston, Toronto, Montreal, Philadelphia, Newark, Chicago, New York, Atlanta, for example. If you are travelling from Australia, Japan, India, China, there are flights direct from Dubai, Doha, Abu Dhabi into Scotland, which have (until recently) been good places to connect from. There are also lots of connections to the big European hubs like London Heathrow, Dublin, Paris CDG, Amsterdam and Frankfurt. For those of you with shorter journeys, there are a large number of budget airlines that serve Glasgow and Edinburgh from all over Europe. Further information is available here: Getting to Scotland – VisitScotland Travel Trade .
On behalf of the Organising Committee:
Frank Sargent, Newcastle University
Partha Basu, Indiana University Indianapolis
Anne-Kathrin Duhme-Klair, University of York
Ulrike Kappler, University of Queensland