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November 1990 and will run until 1997.
The programme is intended to strengthen the interaction of bioinorganic
chemists and to facilitate collaborations between European scientists
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Robert R Crichton, Universite Catholique de Louvain (B)
Sture Forsen, University of Lund (S)
C David Garner, Chairman, University of Manchester (UK)
Carlos Gomez-Moreno, University of Zaragoza (SP)
Francisco Gonzalez-Vilchez, University of Sevilla (SP)
Helmut Sigel, University of Basel (CH)
Imre Sovago, Kossuth University, Debrecen (H)
Alfred Trautwein, Medical University of Luebeck (FRG)
Jens Ulstrup, Vice-Chairman, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby
(DK)
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SBIC is an international society and, following its launch at ICBIC 7 in
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JBIC/SBIC Development
President C D Garner (Manchester University, UK)
President-Elect E C Theil (NCSU, USA)
Secretary E Nordlander (Lund University, Sweden)
Council Members (Elected)
K Raymond (University of California, USA)
J Sanders-Loehr (Oregon Graduate Institute, USA)
A G Wedd (University of Melbourne, Australia)
K Wieghardt (MPI fur Strahlenchemie, Germany)
A V Xavier (University Oeiras, Portugal)
O Yamauchi (Nagoya University, Japan
Council Members (Co-opted)
I Bertini (Universite de Firenze, Italy)
Chief Editor, JBIC
R N F Thorneley (UEA, UK)
Chairman of SBIC Publications Committee
In addition 2 further Council Members will be elected for ICBIC 8 in Japan and 2 other Council Members can be co-opted.
JBIC/SBIC Developments
(a) We will strengthen the Editorial Board of JBIC. Scientists who, as a
principal author, have published 2 full papers in JBIC during any 12
month period are eligible to become members of the Editorial Board.
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promote the aims of SBIC and increase the awareness of JBIC.
Selected individuals will be approached by our secretary Dr Ebbe
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coordination of national research on a European level.
Participation in COST enables you to:
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* * * P R O S P E C T I V E M E E T I N G S * * *
Professor Ken Raymond - University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Hydroxypyridonate Ligands - From Siderophores to Toxic metal
Sequestration.
Professor Robert Crichton
New perspectives in iron homeostasis
Student presentations
EUROBIC Medal Lecture
Professor Claudio Luchinat, University of Bologna, Italy.
Title to be announced.
Reception and Festive Buffet/Poster session
* * * Session 2 - Mimicks in Medicine * * *
Professor David Fenton, Sheffield University, UK.
Are small molecule models for metallobiosites relevant?
Dr Rob Deeth, Warwick University, UK.
Xanthine oxidase: Mechanistic insights from computer modelling
Student presentations
* * * Session 3 - Nitric Oxide in Medicine * * *
Professor Martin Hughes, King's College, London, UK.
Nitric oxide: myths and misconceptions
Dr P Moore, King's College, London, UK.
NOS isoforms and inhibitors.
Dr Simon Fricker, Vancouver, Canada.
Ruthenium complexes as nitric oxide scavengers.
Presentation of Young Scientist Awards
Further details can be obtained from the Chairman;
Professor R R Crichton
Tel: +32 1047 2794
Fax: +32 1047 2796
E-mail: crichton@bioc.ac.be
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The scientific programme comprising lectures and posters will include
contributions from prominent international researchers. Themes will
include metal-containing drugs, radio-pharmaceuticals, toxicology,
biologically active chelates and macrocycles, metallo-proteins and
enzymes, biominerals and new materials, biotechnology and
environmental applications. The programme also incorporates the
Carmen National Physical Chemistry Conference
The contact address is: Fourth ISABC
Conference Secretariat
Medical Research Council
PO Box 19070
Tygerberg 7505
SOUTH AFRICA
or
Professor Peter W Linder
Department of Chemistry
University of Cape Town
Rondebosch, 7700
SOUTH AFRICA
Fax: +27 21 650 3788
While contributions on all aspects of the biochemistry or molecular
genetics of enzymes depending on the pterin molybdenum cofactors
would be welcome, as well as model compound chemistry relevant to
their reaction mechanisms, it is proposed to concentrate principally on
aspects of the structure and function of these enzymes.
Invited speakers (an asterisk indicates those who have already agreed
to speak):
Susan Bailey* Thressa Stadtman*
* * * Main Lecturers * * *
B Ludwig (Frankfurt) C Anthony (Southampton)
* * * IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE NATO/ESF WORKSHOP IN TOMAR,
THERE WILL BE THE 3RD EUROPEAN RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON
BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY * * *
7-11 May 1997. Tomar, Portugal.
The scientific programme will take the Gordon Conference Format, with
an opening plenary lecture on the evening of May 7th, with morning
and evening sessions on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and afternoons
are free for poster browsing and informal discussions. The scientific
programme will comprise 18 invited lectures (45 min) and 18
contributed talks (20 min) which will be selected from abstracts
submitted with the completed registration form. full details of the
invited lecture programme will be available in early November, topics
to be covered will include manganese, iron sulfur and molybdenum
biomimetic complexes and cofactors, free radical enzymes, haem
enzymes and iron storage proteins. The final day of the meeting
Saturday May 10th is being organised by Prof Peter Sadler on topics in
the area of Metals in Medicine which will complement the preceding
programme.
The meeting is preceded by a NATO workshop on Biological Electron
Transfer, May 3rd to 7th, organised by Prof Gerard Canters (Leiden)
which will be held at the same Hotel in Tomar. This workshop is by
invitation only but a few places may be available on request to
Prof Canters. It is hoped that a number of participants at the
NATO workshop will remain for the SBIC/ESF meeting.
If you would like to receive full details of the TOMAR meeting and a
registration form in early November, please contact Dr Roger Thorneley
by mail, fax or e-mail. Those who have already contacted Roger when it
was planned to hold the meeting in Albufeira, will be sent details for
the new venue in TOMAR.
Contact: Dr Roger N F Thorneley
Tel: +44 (0)1603 456 900 ext.2739
Amino acid-derived quinones and radicals act as cofactors in a diverse
range of enzymes. These enzymes require a metal for radical/quinone
generation and/or f catalysis. The subject area is in an exciting phase of
development and the conference offers an opportunity to learn about
the current state of the field in the context of contributions by all
participants. There will be sessions on oxygenases; oxidases;
peroxidases; reductases; dehydrogenases; enzymes involved in
rearrangements; medical and biological roles of quinones and radicals;
biogenesis of cofactors; model systems.
It is expected that all participants will present a poster. A summary of
the poster content should be sent to Peter Knowles NOT LATER THAN
JANUARY 1st 1997. The content of posters relevant to a session will be
summarised by the Discussion Leader and selected posters will be
chosen for oral presentation. There will be separate poster discussion
sessions.
Some assistance with travel and registration my be possible for younger
participants depending on the success of pending funding applications.
Application forms and further information on Gordon Conferences can
be obtained from the Gordon Conference Center, University of Rhode
Island, PO Box 984, Rhode Island 02892. Fax 401 783 7644. E-mail
GRC@GRCMAIL.URI.EDU.
I look forward to seeing old and new friends in Pisa.
Peter Knowles (Department of Biochemistry/Molecular Biology,
University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT. Fax +44 (0)113 233 2593, e-mail
P.F.Knowles@leeds.ac.uk.
Organisers: R R Crichton and C Veeger
Lecture and practical course including introductory lectures,
spectroscopic techniques, examples of specific metalloproteins and
specific metals in biological systems and practicals in groups of
6-7 students. Maximum number of participants 40, who will be selected
on basis of CV and publications. Applications and information should
be addressed to: Professor R R Crichton
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
Plenary Speakers
The Conference organisers would like to encourage all participants to
present posters. However, so that there may be enough space for all,
each participant will be limited to one poster.
For further announcements and information please contact:
Prof Masanobu Hidai BR>
ORGANISING COMMITTEE:
1. Oxymolybdenum and oxotungsten enzymes
Please direct enquiries to:
Dr A K Powell
School of Chemical Sciences
UEA
Norwich NR4 7TJ
A.Powell@uea.ac.uk
(
The goal of the symposium is to bring together polymer chemists and
technologists, synthetic chemists, coordination chemists and
analytical/physical chemists. It is hoped that such a mix of investigators
will lead to lively discussions and important cross-fertilization between
fields.
Scientific Programme
The scientific programme will be centred around a number of
fundamental and applied topics, such as :
* Synthetic routes and analytical methods for structural
characterisation
Contact: Mrs Y Snellenberg
Conference Secretary MMC-7
Leiden Institute of Chemistry
2300 RA Leiden
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel: +31 71 527 4459
Fax: +31 71 527 4451
Email: snellenb@chem.leidenuniv.nl
http://wwwchem.leidenuniv.nl
The chemistry section of the symposium will concentrate on the
chemistry of vanadium that has possible relevance to vanadium
biochemistry or therapeutic applications. The biochemistry section will
cover topics from the essentiality of vanadium to vanadium-dependent
haloperoxidases to vanadium bioactivity in cell cultures. The
therapeutic section will predominantly address the insulin-mimetic
properties of vanadium.
The vanadium symposium will include 3 half day oral sessions and a
poster session. The invited speakers and preliminary titles for their
talks are listed below. In addition, there will be contributed talks
selected form Poster submissions. All persons planning on attending
the symposium are encouraged to present a poster.
Information circulars will soon be distributed . I will provide a list of
persons who desire further information to the distribution centre of the
Congress.
Send an e-mail message to Alan Tracey at tracey@sfu.ca
(
21-26 August, 1997; Marriott Hotel (tentative) and Moscone Center
San Francisco, CA, USA
The Conference will be a satellite meeting of the 17th International
Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. The purpose of the
meeting is to bring together scientists from around
the world to discuss approaches to the prediction of the metabolism of
drugs and other xenobiotics by cytochrome P450 and to advance our
understanding of the relationship between P450 structure and
function.
Topics and Workshops
P450 Structure: X-Ray and Computational Approaches
Role of the Heme and Protein in P450 Catalysis
Chemical and Biological Modification of P450s
Heme-Thiolate Proteins other than P450
Mechanisms of P450 Gene Expression
P450 Bioengineering
Regulatory Proteins and Receptors
Chemical and Biochemical P450 Models
Workshop on the Crystallization of Membrane Proteins
Workshop on the Elusive Active Oxygen Intermediate(s)
Contact: Professor John H. Dawson
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
Tel: +803-777-7234
Fax: +803-777-9521
Email: Dawson@psc.sc.edu
A range of techniques, including scanning and transmission electron
microscopy, atomic force microscopy and electron microprobelanalysis,
will be applied to the elucidation of the microstructural and
ultrastructural architecture of the biocomposites as well as their
crystallochemistry. Prospective candidates should, preferably, have
experience of one or more of these techniques and the accompanying
methodology of specimen preparation.
Part-time registration for a higher degree is possible. Further details
can be seen at http://www.soton.ac.uk/~pw.abg/posts. Applicants
should send their CVs and the names of tow referees to Dr Paul Wyeth
by 15 th October 1996; preliminary, informal enquiries are welcome (e-
mail: pw@soton.ac.uk)
The University of Southampton is an equal opportunities.
Dr Paul Wyeth
Applied Biocomposites Group
Department of Chemistry
University of Southampton
Southampton SO!7 1BJ
Tel: +44 (0)1703 592 186
Fax: +44 (0)1703 593 781
URL: http://www.soton.ac.uk/~guid/
email: pw@mail.soton.ac.uk
Applicants must have a PhD. Please send curriculum vitae and the
names of two referees to:
Dr Jean-Jacques Girerd
Laboratoire de Chimie Inorganique
Universite Paris-Sud
91 405 Orsay Cedex FRANCE
Tel: +33 1 69 41 78 90
Fax: +33 1 69 85 55 36
Email: jjgirerd@icmo.u-psud.fr"
The laboratory has a long-term experience on the characterization of
paramagnetic metalloproteins through NMR spectroscopy and several
other spectroscopic techniques. We have been strongly involved in the
development of new methodologies and experiments for the
advancement of the application of NMR spectroscopy to systems
containing paramagnetic centers.
We have recently solved the first solution structures through NMR of
paramagnetic metalloprotein. Potential projects include the NMR
characterization of large proteins such as peroxidases and the
determination of the solution structure and the dynamical properties of
several paramagnetic metalloproteins such as cytochromes from
different sources and with different properties and number of heme
rings.
Our laboratory is well equipped for research with advanced
instrumentation for NMR spectroscopy, including a 600 MHz Bruker
AMX, 500 MHZ Bruker DRX, 200 MHz Bruker MSL, a non-commercial
relaxometer working between 0.01 and 50 MHz and a variable field,
variable lock instrument for T1, T2 and off-resonance saturation
experiments in the 10-90 MHz range. It also has the
equipments for performing low-temperature EPR experiments, CD and
electronic spectroscopy, molecular biology and protein chemistry. The
laboratory has advanced computing with a parallel computer and
several data and graphics stations.
The position is for one year, renewable, and is available immediately.
Experience in magnetic resonance spectroscopy is appreciated; however
the most important qualifications are simply talent and drive.
Contact: Prof Lucia Banci
Department of Chemistry
University of Florence
Via Gino Capponi 7, 50121 Florence, ITALY.
Tel: 39 55 2757550
Fax: 39 55 2757555
Email: lucia@riscl.lrm.fi.cnr.it
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(II) CHEMISTRY OF METALS IN MEDICINE
European Cooperation in Scientific Research and Technology
* develop synergy in research activities
* establish an effective critical mass
* avoid duplication of work
* rapidly disseminate information
* contribute to elaboration of the bottom-up strategy for fundamental
research in Europe
* contribute to coordination of scientific policies
* optimise intra-European mobility
Applications are invited for the formation of COST D8 Working Groups
* requires partners from at least 3 different member states (optimum
5-6
research groups)
* application forms available from your national COST D8
representative
* proposals can be submitted at any time
* Management Committee meets at least 2 times a year to assess
proposals on the basis of referees' reports - proposals submitted by
15th November 1996 will be assessed on 28th January 1997 (15th
May by 18th July 1997).
* assessment is on basis of : relevance to D8 objectives, scientific
quality, degree of benefit from concerntration, innovative nature of
research and feasibility of group.
Membership of a COST Working Group may allow you to:
* finance meetings of Working Groups short-term scientific missions,
workshops, conferences, study contracts and publications.
COST D8 Topics include
1. Metallo drugs in clinical use
2. Radiopharmaceuticals and Imaging agents
3. Metallo-proteins, enzymes and prosthetic groups
4. Speciation
5. Design and Synthesis
For further information contact:
Professor Peter J Sadler (D8 Chairman), Department of Chemistry,
University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JJ. Fax: +44
(0)131 650 6452.
or
Dr Sylvie Benefice-Malouet, COST Secretariat Chemistry, CCE, DG
XII/B/1, 200 Rue de la Loi, B 68 5/38, 1049 Brussels. Fax +32 2 296 42
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(III) ALUMINIUM INTERNATIONAL NETWORK
Aluminium, besides being the most abundant element in the Earth's
crust, is a well established neurotoxic element and it is implicated in
some pathologies related to the dialysis treatment of uremic subjects. In
addition, aluminium is potentially involved as a cofactor in the etiology
of Alzheimer's Disease. We have recently started to build up an
ALUMINUM INTERNATIONAL NETWORK with the aim to collect and
exchange information on this neurotoxic element. Colleagues interested
in this topic can peruse our Internet pages using the following web
number:
http://www.bio.unipd.it/~zatta/aluminium.html
or looking at the Altavista-search combining zatta and aluminum.
We look forward to receiving suggestions and comments.
Professor Paolo Zatta
Department of Biology
University of Padova
Via Trieste 75
35121 Padova
Italy
Fax: +39 49 827 6330
E-mail: zatta@civ.bio.unipd.it
(2) * * * C O N F E R E N C E N E W S * * *
'Conference News' (ca. 1 page in length) may be provided by organisers
or their scientific secretaries. For Meetings and Workshops supported
by ESF the submission of such a report is obligatory. To facilitate the
distribution of this information, please forward these reports to
Dave Garner via E-mail.(i) IBDG XMAS MEETING
METALS, MIMICKS, MEDICINE
16th-17th December 1996. King's College, London, UK.
* * * Session 1 - Metals in Medicine * * *ii) FOURTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON APPLIED
BIOINORGANIC CHEMISTRY including THE CARMEN NATIONAL
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CONFERENCE
1st - 4th April 1997, Cape Town, South Africa(iii) MOLYBDENUM ENZYMES MEETING
12-15 April 1997, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
In recent months there have been dramatic advances in our
understanding of molybdenum enzymes depending on pterin cofactors.
Such enzymes play varied and important roles in organisms from
primitive bacteria to higher plants and animals, including man. Genetic
deficiencies related to human enzymes of this class are associated with
severe clinical abnormalities, making the enzymes of biomedical
importance. In addition, these enzymes frequently catalyse critical steps
in the biological and environmental cycling of elemental nitrogen and
sulphur, making them of considerable agricultural and environmental
importance. Although these enzymes have been extensively studied by
a variety of methods, in some cases for very many years, until recent
months no structures from x-ray crystallography have been available.
This situation has now changed dramatically, with the structures of
three molybdenum-containing enzymes of different types published or
about to appear. For one of these enzymes, the structure has been
determined in three different laboratories.
Wilbur Campbell* Robert Huber
Graham George* Douglas Rees
K.V. Rajagopalan* Rudolph Thauer
Further information from:
R. C Bray Russ Hille
School of Chemistry Department of Medical Biochemistry
and Molecular Sciences The Ohio State University
University of Sussex
Brighton Fax: +1 614 292 4118
BN1 9QJ
UK
Tel: +44 (0)1273 678 398
Fax: +44 (0) 1273 677 196
Email: r.c.bray@sussex.ac.uk
(iv) NATO/ESF WORKSHOP ON "BIOLOGICAL ELECTRON TRANSFER
CHAINS"
- Genetics, Composition and Mode of Operation
3rd-7th May 1997. Tomar, Portugal.
Objective: Biological electron transfer is an area where international
research is pursued very actively at the moment. Enough information is
now available at the molecular level to justify a start of the study of
biological electron transfer at the level of the complete electron transfer
chain. There is an urgent need for scientists in this area of research to
meet.
M E Lidstrom (Caltech) J LeGall (Seattle)
P L Dutton (Philadelphia) J J Regan (Caltech)
J A Duine (Delft) I Pecht (Weizmann Institute)
S J Ferguson (Oxford) W G Zumft (Karlsruhe)
T Vanngard (Goteborg) R Huber (Martinsried)
F S Mathews (St Louis) A V Xavier (Lisbon)
I Bertini (Florence) M Saraste (Heidelberg)
M Wikstrom (Helsinki) H Michel (Frankfurt)
M Brunori (Rome)
Contact: Prof G W Canters, Director
dr. E Vijgenboom, Secretary
BIOMAC Research School, Leiden Institute of Chemistry
Gorlaeus Laboratories
Leiden University
P O Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden
The Netherlands
Tel: + 31 71 527 4256/527 4670
Fax: + 31 71 527 4349(v) 3RD EUROPEAN RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY OF METALS IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
Organised by the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry
and The European Science Foundation
The above meeting was originally planned to be held in Albufeira but
for logistical reasons will now take place in the beautiful old town of
Tomar, which is situated in delightful countryside ca. 100 km north
east of Lisbon. The conference will take place in a first class resort hotel
with coach transport provided from Lisbon airport on Wednesday May
7th, returning on Sunday May 11th. The registration fee will be £50 for
SBIC members, £100 for non-members, accommodation including all
meals except the conference dinner will be £85 per day in a single
room, £55 per day sharing a twin or double room. The conference
dinner on Saturday May 10th which will feature local speciality dishes
and wines will cost £20 per person. There will be 30 subsidised places
for post-docs/students (£120 fee to include registration, accommodation
in shard rooms and conference dinner) provided the application is
accompanied by at least one full paying registrant.
Nitrogen Fixation Laboratory
John Innes Centre
Colney Lane
Norwich NR4 7UH
UK
Fax: +44 (0)1603 454 970
Email: roger.thorneley@bbsrc.ac.uk(vi) GORDON CONFERENCE ON "QUINONES, RADICALS AND REDOX
COFACTORS
4th - 9th May 1997. Pisa, Italy.
Chair: Peter Knowles (University of Leeds, UK)
Vice Chair: Joanne Stubbe (MIT)(vii) EU/ESF ADVANCED COURSE
CHEMISTRY OF METALS IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
10-20 May 1997. Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Unite de Biochimie
Universite Catholique de Louvain
Place Louis Pasteur 1
B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Belgium
Tel: +32 10 47 27 94
Fax: +32 10 47 27 96
Email: crichton@bioc.ucl.ac.be(viii) 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIOINORGANIC CHEMISTRY
(ICBIC 8)
27th July-1st August, 1997; Yokohama, Japan.
Tentative topics include:
Metal recognition, storage and transport
Structure and functions of metalloenzyme active sites
Industrial applications of bioinorganic chemistry
Electron transfer
Nitrogen and nitric oxide biochemistry
Metals in medicine
Metals and nucleic acids
Environmental bioinorganic
chemistry.......and more.
Jacqueline K Barton (California Institute of Technology, USA)
Rober Huber (Max-Planck-Institut fur Biochemie, Germany)
Kenneth D Karlin (The John Hopkins University, USA)
Teizo Kitagawa (Institute for Molecular Science, Japan)
Peter J Sadler (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Poster Session
The Conference will continue the tradition of poster sessions to
disseminate original and significant research in progress. There will be
ample time for poster presentation because we plan to divide the
poster session into two groups, both with two days for exhibition.
Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology
Faculty of Engineering
University of Tokyo
Hongo 7-3-1 Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113 Japan
Tel: +81 3 3812 2111 (Ext: 7261)
Tax: +81 3 5800 6945(ix) THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY, DALTON DIVISION
DALTON DISCUSSION NO. 2
BIOINORGANIC CHEMISTRY
University of East Anglia/Nitrogen Fixation Laboratory
Norwich, 2-5 September 1997
Dr A K Powell Dr R N F Thorneley
Professor G R Moore Professor C D Garner
Professor A J Thomson Professor P J Sadler
Following on from the first Dalton Discussion on Metal Clusters held in
Southampton in 1995, the second Discussion to be held in Norwich
covers the topic of bioinorganic chemistry. The role of inorganic
chemistry in the processes of life has been acknowledged as both
fundamental and fascinating. The science involved is wide-ranging,
including inorganic synthesis, reaction kinetics and catalysis, protein
engineering, structural and spectroscopic studies, and (macro)molecular
modelling and mechanics calculations. The aim of this meeting is to
focus on the more inorganic aspects of the area. The meeting will be
held around five discussion sessions led by the members of the
organising committee and will include a poster session.
2. Metals in medicine
3. Mixed-valence metal clusters in biology
4. Biomineralisation
5. Small molecule activation by metalloproteins
Each session will include oral contributions from two key note speakers
plus selected submitted papers. The aim is to promote lively debate of
current important research and this will be a major criterion in the
selection of contributions by the organising committee. Contributions
accepted for oral presentation will be published as full papers in a
special issue of Dalton Transactions and preprints will be available to
attendees prior to the meeting. The first circular with a call for
contributions and further details will b available form 1st November
1996. The closing date for prospective contributions will be 1st April
1997.x) 7TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MACROMOLECULE
COMPLEXES
6-10 October 1997.
Leeuwenhorst Congress Center, Noordwijkerhout, the
Netherlands.
Scope of the Symposium
The symposium will be focussed on the role of metal ions, complexes
and clusters in macromolecular systems. The polymeric materials can be
either natural, or synthetic organic, or synthetic inorganic.
During recent years the scope of this field has widened significantly into
the direction of supramolecular organic and inorganic chemistry. new
insights have been developed in the role of catalysis, non-linear optics,
electron transfer. Also many new synthetic methods have been developed
while the possibilities for characterisation of such polymers have grown
tremendously.
* Kinetics and thermodynamics of macromolecular metal complex
formation; use in sensors.
* (New) materials based on macromolecule-metal complexes, clusters
and salts, such as ionomers, functionalized polymers.
* Electron transfer reactions in metal-containing polymers.
* Non-linear optical properties; conduction and photoconduction;
magnetic properties; mesogenes.
* Photo-induced processes.
* Medical and Environmental applications (in relation to
macromolecular metal interactions; ion exchange; biopolymers).
* Structure and function of natural macromolecular metal complexes.
* Binding and activation of small molecules (catalytic activity of
macromolecules).
* Dendrimeric and hyperbranched metal complexes.
* Nano-organised systems with new polymers.
* Metal-containing macromolecular systems based on supramolecular
interactions.
The symposium will consist of about 30 invited lecturers and of contributed poster presentations.
(xi) FIFTH CHEMICAL CONGRESS OF NORTH AMERICA
11-15 November 1997.
Cancun, Mexico
Symposium: Chemistry, Biochemistry and Therapeutic Applications of
Vanadium.
Symposium Organisers: Debbie C Crans crans@lamar.Colostate.edu
Alan S Tracey tracey@sfu.ca
These Chemical Congresses are sponsored by the Chemical Societies of
Mexico, the USA and Canada and each Congress includes numerous
symposia covering various topics in Chemistry, Biochemistry and related
areas.xii) TENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CYTOCHROME P450:
Biochemistry,
Biophysics and Molecular Biology(3) * * * P O S I T I O N S A V A I L A B L E * * *
In this section openings for Ph.D. students or Post-docs may be
advertised.
A d e a d l i n e for the submission of applications should always be
given.
(i) RESEARCH ASSISTANT IN BIOCERAMIC CHARACTERISATION
University of Southampton, UK.
Applications are invited for the post of Research Assistant (grade 1B,
salary pounds 14317) within the Applied Biocomposties Group, to work
as part of a small team on the characterisation of robust bioceramics.
Funds from the EPSRC Nanotechnology programme are available for two
years commencing 1st January 1997.(ii) POSTDOCTORAL POSITION UNIVERSITE DE PARIS-SUD
Manganese complexes and photosynthesis
A position is available to study coordination chemistry of manganese
with the objective to prepare tetranuclear complexes, functional models
of the Oxygen Evolving Center of plants. The project includes synthetic,
spectroscopic and electrochemical aspects. The position is an European
Community one related to the TMR Network "Artificial photosynthesis
and energy production".(iii) POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH POSITION UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE
An opening for a postdoctoral position is available at the Magnetic
Resonance Laboratory of the Department of Chemistry, University of
Florence, funded by the European Union.(4) * * * P O S I T I O N S S O U G H T * * *
In this section Ph.D. students or Post-docs may seek a position by
providing their address plus one or two sentences describing their
interests.
(i) MASSIMO MARCACCIO
I am looking for a Post-Doctoral research position in the field of
molecular electrochemistry.
I have recently completed my Ph.D. at the University of Bologna (Italy)
under the supervision of Prof. S. Roffia .
The subject of my Ph.D. thesis has concerned the investigation of the
electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical (UV/Vis/NIR) behaviour of
supramolecular systems constituted by polynuclear transition metal
complexes. More specifically, I have studied some Ruthenium mono-
and polynuclear coordination compounds with various different diimine
ligands and some functionalized fullerene species that can be used as
ligands for transition metals. In addition, I also investigated the
electrochemical behaviour of some Rhenium complexes with carbonyl
and diimine ligands (bpy and phen).The purpose of such research is the
determination and characterization of redox sites of supermolecules
aimed at the realization of molecular devices capable of accomplishing
specific functions such as the conversion of light into chemical and/or
electrical energy. Moreover, the electrochemical
investigation has been also devoted to the study of the electrode
kinetics of the irreversible processes, in order to obtain the mechanism
and the kinetic and thermodynamic parameters of its various steps.
During my Ph.D. I gathered experience in d.c. and pulsed voltammetric
techniques, electrochemical simulation of the experimental results,
organic and inorganic synthesis and high vacuum techniques.
If anybody has any information or any suitable project coming up, for
which I might be considered, please contact me by e-mail or by fax
(+39 51 259456).
Dr Massimo Marcaccio
Dept. of Chemistry
University of Bologna
via Selmi, 2
I-40126 BOLOGNA
Fax: +39 51 259456
Email: maxchem@ciam01.ciam.unibo.it
mmarc@delfino.igm.bo.cnr.it
(ii) CHRIS TANNER
I am a final year postgraduate student studying the active site
structure and function of the non-haem iron enzyme Soybean
Lipoxygenase-1 with Dr S. Navaratnam at NEWI in Wrexham.
My interests include fast reaction kinetics using the
Pulse-radiolysis facility at Christies Hospital in Manchester and
computer-based simulation of active site structure (I also have a
limited EXAFS knowledge obtained at the Synchrotron Facility at
Daresbury.
I am looking for a Post-doctoral position in the bioinorganic field
so that I may continue to pursue this line of work in the future.
I would appreciate greatly any details of Bioinorganic Post-docs
available for late 1996/early 1997 start (as I expect to obtain my
PhD around this time), preferably based in the UK.
Snail mail to: Chris Tanner
MRIC NEWI
Mold Road Wrexham
Clywd LL11 2AW Wales UK
Email: Tannercp@newi.ac.uk
(iii) DARYL KENNEDY
I have just completed my PhD thesis inorganic chemistry under the
supervision of Dr Ken Glass and the direction of Prof. David Brown and
Prof A.R. Manning. My thesis was largely based on co-ordination
chemistry of N,S and O containing ligands and subsequent detailed
IR,NMR,MS analysis of the same.
I wish to get involved in a biomedical/bioinorganic research field
and progress within that area, ultimately leading to a management
role in a medical/industrial research environment.
E-mail: dkennedy@ollamh.ucd.ie
(5) * * * C O N T A C T S R E Q U E S T E D * * *
This is an electronic bulletin board where individuals or groups can
declare research interest and seek collaborations and/or further
information.
(6) CALENDAR OF FORTH COMING MEETING
AND CONFERENCES OF POTENTIAL
INTEREST TO BIOINORGANIC CHEMISTS
1 9 9 6
FIFTH EURASIA CONFERENCE ON CHEMICAL SCIENCES
10-14 December, 1996; Guangzhou, China
Contact: Professor Liang-Nian Ji
Biotechnology Research Centre
Zhongshan (Sun Yatsen) University
Guangzhou, Canton 510275 CHINA
Tel: +86 (20) 418 5461
Fax: +86 (20) 418 9173
Email: leiy@bepc2.ihep.ac.cn
IBDG XMAS MEETING
METALS, MIMICKS, MEDICINE
16-17 December 1996. King's College, London, UK.
Contact: Professor R R Crichton
Tel: +32 1047 2794
Fax: +32 1047 2796
Email: Crichton@bioc.ac.be
INORGANIC MECHANISMS DISCUSSION GROUP ANNUAL CONFERENCE
19-21 December 1996, University of York, UK.
Contact: Professor M B Davies
Head of School of Applied Sciences
Anglia Polytechnic University
East Road
Cambridge CB1 1PT
UK
Phone: +44 (0)1223 363 271
Fax. +44 (0)1223 567 157
email mdavies@bridge.anglia.ac.uk
1 9 9 7
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL THERMODYNAMICS
5-8 January 1997. Amritsar, India.
Contact: Professor D V S Jain
Department of Chemistry
Panjab University
Chandigarh 160014
INDIA
Tel: +91 172 541 435
Fax: +91 172 541 409
Email: dvs-jain@imtech.ernet.in
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
MICROBIAL RESPONSE TO STRESS: WHAT'S NEW AND HOW IT CAN BE
APPLIED
15-18 March 1997, Sesimbra, Portugal.
Contact: Prof Isabel Sa-Correia
Seccao Biotecnologia
Instituto Superior Tecnio
Av Rovisco Pais
P-1096 Lisboa Codex
PORTUGAL
Tel: + 351 1 841 72 33
Fax: + 351 1 848 00 72
Email: qisc@beta.ist.utl.pt or
qviegas@beta.ist.utl.pt
NATO ADVANCED WORKSHOP
`Molecular modeling and dynamics of biological molecules containing
metal ions'
15-21 March 1997, San Miniato, Pisa, Italy.
Director: Lucia Banci, University of Florence, Italy
Co-Director: Katalin Varnagy, Lajos Kossuth University, Hungary.
The topics discussed during the meeting will be
- Determination of force field parameters for metal ions
- Molecular modelling
- Computer simulation for the prediction of the mechanism of
biological functions.
- Advanced computational tools for simulation.
- Structure prediction and refinement.
- Electrostatic calculations in biological molecules.
For further information, please contact:
Professor Lucia Banci, University of Florence, Via Gino Capponi 7, 50121
Florence, Italy.
Phone: +39 55 275 7550
Fax: +39 55 275 7555
e-mail: lucia@risc1.lrm.fi.cnr.it
4TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON APPLIED BIOINORGANIC
CHEMISTRY
1-4 April, 1997. Capetown, South Africa.
Contact: Professor Peter W Linder
Department of Chemistry
University of Cape Town
Rondebosch, 7700
SOUTH AFRICA
Fax: +27 21 650 3788
30TH ANNUAL MEETING: ESR SPECTROSCOPY OF RADICALS IN ORGANIC AND BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AND 5TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SPIN TRAPPING: APPLICATIONS IN CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
6-10 April 1997. Lancaster, UK.
Contact: Dr C C Rowlands
Department of Chemistry
University of Wales, Cardiff
P O Box 912
Cardiff CF1 3TB
UK
213TH AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY NATIONAL MEETING
13-17 April, 1997; San Francisco, California, USA
Contact: American Chemical Society, Meetings
PO Box 18598, 20th St Station
Washington DC 20036-8598 USA
5TH ACS, EPA AND DELAWARE WORKSHOP ON METAL SPECIATION
Spring, 1997; Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA
Contact: Dr A.W. Garrison
U.S.E.P.A. Environmental Research Laboratory
College Station Road
Athens Georgia 30613-7799 USA
3RD INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF METAL TOXICITY AND
CARCINOGENICITY
Spring 1997; Sardinia, Italy
Contact: Professor Max Costa
Institute of Environmental Medicine
Long Meadow Road
Tuxedo New York 10987 USA
BIOLOGICAL ELECTRON-TRANSFER CHAINS
GENETICS, COMPOSITION AND MODE OF OPERATION
3-7 May 1997. Tomar, Portugal.
Contact: Professor G W Canters
BIOMAC Research School
Leiden Institute of Chemistry
Gorlaeus Laboratories
Leiden University
PO Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel: +31 71 527 4256
Fax: +31 71 527 4349
CHEMISTRY OF METAL IONS IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
7-11 May, 1997; Tomar (previously Albufeira), Portugal
Chairman: R N F Thorneley (Sussex, UK)
Vice Chairman: M Fontecave (Grenoble, France)
Contact: R N F Thorneley
Nitrogen Fixation Unit
University of Sussex Falmer
Brighton Sussex BN1 9RQ UK
Tel: +44 161 0273 678130
Fax: +44 161 0273 678133
Email: Roger.Thorneley@BBSRC.AC.UK
EU/ESF ADVANCED COURSE
CHEMISTRY OF METALS IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
10-20 May 1997. Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Contact: Professor R R Crichton
Unite de Biochimie
Universite Catholique de Louvain
Place Louis Pasteur 1
B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Belgium
Tel: +32 10 47 27 94
Fax: +32 10 47 27 96
Email: crichton@bioc.ucl.ac.be
SIXTEENTH CONFERENCE ON COORDINATION CHEMISTRY
9-13 June 1997. Smolenice, Slovakia.
Contact: Professor Gregor Ondrejovic
Department of Inorganic Chemistry
Slovak Technical University
Radlinskeho 9
812 37 Bratislava
Slovakia
Tel: +42 7 495 257
Fax: +42 7 493 198
Email: sirota@cvtstu.cvt.stuba.sk
congres.ism97@ich.unine.ch
13TH INTERNATIONAL MEETING NMR SPECTROSCOPY
6-11 July, 1997; University of Exeter, UK
Contact: Dr J F Gibson
The Royal Society of Chemistry
Burlington House LONDON W1V 0BN UK
Tel: +44 (0)171 437 8656
Fax: +44 (0)171 734 1227
8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIOINORGANIC CHEMISTRY (ICBIC 8)
27 July-1 August, 1997; Yokohama, Japan.
Contact: Prof Masanobu Hidai
Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology
Faculty of Engineering
University of Tokyo
Hongo 7-3-1 Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113 Japan
Tel: +81 3 3812 2111 (Ext: 7261)
Fax: +81 3 5800 6945
INTERNATIONAL BIOMETALS SYMPOSIUM
10-14 August, 1997, The University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Contact: Margaret-Anne Stroh
The University of Calgary
Conference Management Services
Olympic Volunteer Centre
1833 Crowchild Trail N.W.
Calgary, Alberta T2M 4S7
CANADA
Tel: + 403 220 6229
Fax: + 403 284 4184
IRIS VIII THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INORGANIC RING SYSTEMS
10-15 August, 1997; Loughborough University, UK
Contact: Professor J Derek Wollins
Loughborough University
Department of Chemistry
Loughborough Leics LE11 3TU UK
Tel: +44 1509 222565 (Secretary: +44 1509 222566)
Fax: +44 1509 233163
36TH IUPAC CONGRESS
Organised by the New Swiss Chemical Society
17-22 August 1997, Geneva, Switzerland.
Contact: IUPAC '97
c/o AKM Congress Service
PO Box 37
CH-1218 Le Grand-Saconnex/GE
SWITZERLAND
Phone: +41 22 761 1661
Fax; +41 22 761 1662
TENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CYTOCHROME P450: Biochemistry,
Biophysics and Molecular Biology
21-26 August 1997; Marriott Hotel (tentative) and Moscone Center
San Francisco, CA, USA
Contact: Professor John H. Dawson
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
Tel: +803-777-7234
Fax: +803-777-9521
Email: Dawson@psc.sc.edu
17TH EUROPEAN CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC MEETING
24-28 August, 1997; Instituto Superior Tecnico in Lisboa, Portugal
Contact: Maria Joao Romao
Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologica
Rua da Quinta Grande 6, Apartado 127
2780 OEIRAS PORTUGAL
Tel: (351-1) 442-6246 Ext. 237/341
Fax: (351-1) 442-8766
Email: romao@itqb.unl.pt
17TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR
BIOLOGY (IUBMB)
24-29 August, 1997; San Francisco, California, USA
THE 32ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COORDINATION CHEMISTRY
24-29 August, Convention Center 'Diego Portales', Santiago, Chile.
Contact: Mrs Victoria Nieto
Manager, Conference Agent
Santa Maria Eventos
Monjitas 251
Santiago, CHILE
Internet site: http://www.scc.um.es/gi/gqo
RSC AUTUMN MEETING
September, 1997; University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Contact: Dr J F Gibson
The Royal Society of Chemistry
Burlington House LONDON W1V 0BN UK
Tel: +44 (0)171 437 8656
Fax: +44 (0)171 734 1227
2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE CHEMISTRY OF ALKALI
AND ALKALINE EARTH METALS
September 1997. Erlangen, Germany
Contact: Professor P von Rague Schleyer
Institut fur Organische Chemie der
Friedrich Alexander Universitat
Erlangen, Nurnberg
Henkestrasse 42
D-91059 Erlangen
GERMANY
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY, DALTON DIVISION
DALTON DISCUSSION NO. 2 - BIOINORGANIC CHEMISTRY
2-5 September 1997. University of East Anglia/Nitrogen Fixation Laboratory, UK.
Contact: Dr A K Powell
School of Chemical Sciences
University of East Anglia
Norwich NR4 7tJ
UK
Email: A.Powell@uea.ac.uk
214TH AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY NATIONAL MEETING
7-11 September, 1997; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Contact: American Chemical Society, Meetings
PO Box 18598, 20th St Station
Washington DC 20036-8598 USA
7TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON THE SPECTROSCOPY OF BIOLOGICAL
MOLECULES-ECSBM 97
7-12 September, 1997; San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid, Spain
Contact: Dr P Carmona
ECSBM'97 Chairman
Instituto de Estructura de la Materia (CSIC)
Serrano 121
28006 Madrid SPAIN
3RD INTERNATIONAL SYPOSIUM ON 'SPECIATION OF ELEMENTS IN
BIOLOGICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES'
15-19 September, 1997; The Torresian Resort Port Douglas, Queensland,
Australia
Contact: Third speciation symposium
c/o Dr J P Matousek
Department of Analytical Chemistry
The University of New South Wales
Sydney NSW 2052
AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61 2 3854713/+61 2 4512322 (home)
Fax: +61 2 3856141
Email: J.Matousek@unsw.edu.au
6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CIRCULAR DICHROSIM
21-24 September, 1997; Pisa, Italy
Contact: CD '97
c/o Dott. Graziella Fatti
Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale
Universita di Pisa
Via Risorgimento 35
I-56126 Pisa ITALY
Tel: +39 50 918203
Fax: +39 50 918260
Email: fatti@dcci.unipi.it
7TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MACROMOLECULE-METAL
COMPLEXES
6-10 October 1997, Leeuwenhorst Congress Center, Noordwijkerhout,
the Netherlands
2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIORADICALS AND 5TH
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON ESR (EPR) IMAGING AND IN VIVO ESR
SPECTROSCOPY
12-16 October 1997, Yamagata, Japan
Contact: Dr Hiroaki Ohya-Nishiguchi
Institute for Life Support Technology
Yamagata Technopolis Foundation
2-2-21 Matsuei
Yamagata 990
JAPAN
Phone: +81 236 47 3134
Fax: +81 236 47 3149
email: ohya@ymgt-techno.or.jp
1 9 9 8
SPRING ACS MEETING
29 March-2 April 1998. Dallas, USA.
Contact: ACS Meetings
1155-16th Street N.W.
Washington DC 20036
USA
Tel: +1 202 872 4397
Fax: +1 202 872 6128
Email: natlmtgs@acs.org
XXIII INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MACROCYCLIC CHEMISTRY
7-12 June 1998. Turtle Bay, USA.
Contact: Jonathan L Sessler
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
The University of Texas
Austin, Texas 78712-1167
USA
Fax: +1 512 471 8696
Email: sessler@mail.utexas.edu
or
Eiichi Kimura
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Hiroshima University
School of Medicine
Kasumi, Minami-ku
JAPAN
Fax: +81 82 257 5324
Email: ekimura@ve.ipc.hiroshima-u.ac.jp
26TH NATIONAL MEDICAL CHEMISTRY SYMPOSIUM
13-19 June 1998. Richmond, USA
Contact: Dr D J Abraham
Virginia Commonwealth University
Department of Medicinal Chemistry
410 North 12th Street
PO Box 581
Richmond, Va 23298
USA
Tel: +1 804 828 8483
Fax: +1 804 828 7436
9TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON 'RELATIONS BETWEEN
HOMOGENEOUS AND HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS'
20-24 July, 1998; University of Southampton, UK
Contact: Dr J F Gibson
9th SHHC
The Royal Society of Chemistry
Burlington House LONDON W1V 0BN UK
Tel: +44 (0)171 437 8656
Fax: +44 (0)171 734 1227
FOURTH EUROPEAN BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY CONFERENCE
20-25 July 1998, Seville, Spain
Contact: Professor F Gonzalez-Vilchez
Departamento de Quimica Inorganica
Facultad de Quimica
Aptdo. Correos 553
41080 Sevilla
SPAIN
Phone: +34 5 455 7159
Fax: +34 5 415 0881
Email: f.gonzalez.V@cica.es
33RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COORDINATION CHEMISTRY
The Chemistry of Metal Ions in Everyday Life
30th August to 4th September 1998, Florence, Italy.
For further information, please contact 33rd ICCC Secretariat at the
address below:
Department of Chemistry
University of Florence
Via Gino Capponi 7
50121 Florence
ITALY
Chairman: Professor Ivano Bertini
Phone: +39 55 275 7549
Fax: +39 55 275 7555
Secretary: Dr Maurizio Peruzzini
Phone: +39 55 245 990
Fax: +39 55 247 8366
email: ICCC@risc1.lrm.fi.cnr.it
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End of Newsletter No. 34 (13th August, 1996).
C DAVID GARNER