The Symposium is organized by the Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences in collaboration with Slovak Chemical Society and Slovak Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology under the auspices of His Excellency Ivan Gašparovič, President of Slovak Republic, Ľubo Roman, Chairman of Self-Governing Region of Bratislava, Andrej Ďurkovský, Mayor of Bratislava, capital of Slovakia and Štefan Luby, President of the Slovak Academy of Sciences.