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NEWS LET TER 36 of the Programme CHEMISTRY OF METALS IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS of the European Science Foundation (Strasbourg)

P L E A S E N O T E:

This is YOUR Newsletter! Contributions are invited.

All material intended for the next Newsletter should be submitted to:

Professor C David Garner (University of Manchester) via Email: Dave.Garner@Manchester.ac.uk

Newsletters are scheduled for the end of January, March, May, July, September and November.

The deadline for material to be included in the next Newsletter is 15 January, 1997.

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This programme was initiated by the European Science Foundation in November 1990 and will run until 1997. The programme is intended to strengthen the interaction of biological inorganic chemists and to facilitate collaborations between European scientists involved in this field.

I M P O R T A N T N O T E:

ANYONE WHO WISHES ESF SUPPORT FOR A W O R K S H O P TO BE ORGANISED IN 1997 SHOULD SUBMIT A FORMAL PROPOSAL (FOR DETAILS SEE BELOW) BEFORE 12 MARCH 1997 TO DR A WIKLUND (WITH A COPY TO PROFESSOR DAVID GARNER).

***WE ARE ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN TOPICS NOT COVERED BY PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS AND/OR INNOVATIVE VENTURES FOR THIS, THE LAST YEAR, OF OUR PROGRAMME.***

A proposal should contain the following information:

- name(s) of the organizer(s) - topic of the workshop - probable place (town/country) and proposed date of the event - names of possible speakers; however, these should NOT be contacted yet, because there is no guarantee that a submitted proposal will be funded! It should also be kept in mind a maximum of 50 (mainly young) participants are usually allowed - approximate budget, indicating how much is requested from the ESF and how much will be obtained from other sources.

At present organisations from the following countries are members of the European Science Foundation located in Strasbourg:

AUSTRIA BELGIUM DENMARK FINLAND FRANCE GERMANY GREECE HUNGARY ICELAND IRELAND ITALY NETHERLANDS NORWAY POLAND PORTUGAL SLOVENIA SPAIN SWEDEN SWITZERLAND TURKEY UNITED KINGDOM

The 'Steering Committee' of the programme has the following members:

K K Anderson, University of Oslo (N) Ivano Bertini, University of Florence (I) 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) Cees Veeger, Agricultural University of Wageningen (NL) Raymond Weiss, Universite Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg (F) Antonio Xavier, Centro de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologica, Oeiras (P)

Responsible ESF-Secretary:

Dr Annette Wiklund European Science Foundation 1 Quai Lezay-Marnesia F-67080 Strasbourg France Tel: +33 88 767 100 Fax: +33 88 370 532

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Summaries of recent research news and/or relevant comments (of up to 1 page) which will be of general interest our community of biological inorganic chemists, may be submitted by any colleague. Please send your contributions via E-mail to Dave Garner (details on the front sheet).

(I) SOCIETY OF BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY (SBIC)

FUTURE PLANS FOR SBIC

(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.

(b) Especially notable papers will have priority for rapid (ca. 4 months) publication. Authors should request this treatment if they consider their manuscript to have special merit; such requests will be considered by the Chief Editor and the referees of the papers.

(c) We are seeking "activators" for a country/region of the world to promote the aims of SBIC and increase the awareness of JBIC. Selected individuals will be approached by our secretary Dr Ebbe Nordlander; HOWEVER, VOLUNTEERS ARE WELCOMED.

(d) We offer FREE MEMBERSHIP of SBIC for 1997 to any member who RECRUITS 3, NEW, FULL MEMBERS, during the period June -December 1996; in this respect, the new member should declare on their application form the SBIC member by whom

they were recruited.

MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL CAMPAIGN 1997

We are pleased to report that 45% of our members have already renewed their membership of SBIC. If you have not already done so, or if you would like to join the society, please fill in the form below.

SBIC MEMBERSHIP/MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL FORM

Title:....................

Name:.............................................

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Address:...............................................

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I wish to join SBIC/renew my membership as a

Member* £65 (£48 retired) Student Member * £48 Student Associate* £10

I UNDERSTAND THAT MEMBERSHIP OF SBIC ENTITLES ME TO RECEIVE JBIC PERSONALLY AT NO EXTRA CHARGE.

Alternatively, if you wish to subscribe to a personal copy of JBIC at £65 (pounds sterling) or £48 (pounds sterling), if a student or retired, please contact Professor Garner for the appropriate application form.

IF YOU JOIN SBIC FOR 1997 (I.E. YOU WERE NOT A MEMBER IN 1996) AND WISH TO RECEIVE THE 1996 ISSUES OF JBIC THE COST IS £100 (£80 IF A STUDENT OR RETIRED).OFFER ENDS 31ST MARCH 1997.

I declare that while a Member/Associate* of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, I will endeavour to promote the interests and welfare of the Society and will observe the provisions of its Memorandum and Articles of Association and, to the best of my ability, maintain the dignity of the Society for as long as I shall continue to be a member thereof.

Signature: ...............................................................

Date:

Note: Admission is subject to the final decision of the SBIC Council.

1. Debit my Visa/Mastercard* with the sum of £ ....

Card number:

Valid from date: Expiry date:

Name on credit card: .............................................

Address: ......................................................

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Signature: ............................................................

or, 2.* I attach a cheque for £65/£48* (£100/£80*) made payable to The University of Manchester (SBIC Account).

or, 3.* I attach a bankers draft for £65/£48* (£100/£80*) made payable to The University of Manchester (SBIC Account).

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Please direct to : The Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry c/o Professor C D Garner Chemistry Department University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL: UNITED KINGDOM

Tel: +44 (0)161 275 4653 Fax: +44 (0) 161 275 4616 E-mail: Dave.Garner@man.ac.uk

JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

JBIC is your Journal. It should be publishing your science!

JBIC merits the support of the Biological Inorganic Chemistry Community. We are not asking for all your papers - just some of the better ones!

You will be in good company - many members of our distinguished Editorial Board are already publishing some of their best work in JBIC.

We aim to have a citation index comparable with the best biochemistry/chemistry Journals. High quality accurate text, colour plates and rapid publication are features.

Rapid papers, mini-reviews and commentaries are also welcome in JBIC.

The Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC) owns the Journal, Springer publish under contract to us. Journal profits support only SBIC which promotes Biological Inorganic Chemistry through sponsorship of conferences and workshops and by lobbying agenicies such as the ESF, EU and NSF to provide more funds for your kind of science.

So how about it? Why not send your next paper to JBIC?

Thank you

Roger N F Thorneley Chairman, SBIC Publications Committee

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS FOR MANUSCRIPTS FOR JBIC ARE AVAILABLE ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB.

http://science.springer.de

CLICK: "ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTS TO PRINTED JOURNALS"

(II) CHEMISTRY OF METALS IN MEDICINE European Cooperation in Scientific Research and Technology

COST is a framework for scientific and technical cooperation allowing coordination of national research on a European level.

Participation in COST enables you to:

* work as a European team * 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:

* gain priority funding for your research in you own country * 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.

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 89

(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

(IV) OTHER WEBSITES

(i) A WORLD WIDE COMMUNITY FOR CHEMISTS ChemWeb.Com

List members may wish to sample ChemWeb.com, another forum for discussion and interchange. ChemWeb.com provides single point access to discussion groups and electronic meeting rooms, a rich library of journals and other data sources, a job exchange, and a shopping mall, all aimed at the global chemical community. Titles in the library include new journals and new content will be continuously added, including the Available Chemicals Directory from MDL. Many other publishers are expected to add their journals and databases to the Library over the coming months.

Anyone with a focus on biological or medical issues may be familiar with the BioMedNet site (http://BioMedNet.com). ChemWeb.Com (http:ChemWeb.com/) is closely modelled on BioMedNet.

Membership in the ChemWeb.com Community is open to all at no charge. Members will be able to search the site through text and chemical structure. Currently, during a special introductory period, all articles are free. So it's a great time to take a look around!

(ii) DIVISION OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY ON THE WWW

The URL for the Bioinorganic WWW server for the Division of Inorganic Chemistry of the American Chemical Society has changed to:

http://www.chem.sunysb.edu/koch/biic.html

This site lists news of interest to the bioinorganic community; including upcoming conferences, advertisements for postdoctoral positions, copies of ESF newsletters, an email list of bioinorganic chemists and bioinorganic homepages. Please send new listings to Stephen Koch, Department of Chemistry, SUNY Stony Brook, New York, USA 11794- 3400. E-mail: Koch@sbchem.sunysb.edu

(iii) EURESCO HOME PAGE

http://www.esf.org/euresco

(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.

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(i) IBDG XMAS MEETING METALS, MIMICKS, MEDICINE 16th-17th December 1996. King's College, London, UK.

* * * Session 1 - Metals in Medicine * * *

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

(ii) ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY - WARWICK CATALYSIS MEETING

A one day meeting to be held at the University of Warwick, Wednesday 8th January 1997.

Invited speakers include Prof Walter Kaminsky (Hamburg), Dr John Brown (Oxford) and Prof Eric Jacobsen (Harvard). The meeting will consist of two sessions: Session 1 is entitled 'Transition Metal Catalysts for Controlled Polymerisations' and Session 2 is called 'Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis'.

Enquiries to Dr Paul C Taylor, Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1203 524 375 E-mail: P.C.Taylor@Warwick.ac.uk

(iii) COST Group D8: Workshop The Chemistry of Metals in Medicine - The Industrial Perspective

This workshop will be held in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, on Wednesday 22nd January to Friday 25th January 1997.

The Speakers will be from leading industries and the Chairpersons and Discussion Leaders will be academics.

Topics to be covered include: imaging, diagnostics, radiopharmaceuticals, viral and cancer therapy, infectious diseases, metalloenzymes as drug targets, drug delivery, arthritus, cardovascular disease and neurological conditions.

A report will be written.

Members of the D8 Management Committee will be invited and there is a very limited number of other places available.

If you are interested in attending please contact myself (P.j.sadler@ed.ac.uk) or Professor Bob Crichton (Crichton@biol.ucl.ac.be) as soon as possible.

Peter Sadler Chairman, COST D8

(iv) FOURTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON APPLIED BIOINORGANIC CHEMISTRY including THE CARMEN NATIONAL PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CONFERENCE 1st - 4th April 1997, Cape Town, South Africa

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

(v) 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.

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* 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

(vi) 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.

* * * Main Lecturers * * *

B Ludwig (Frankfurt) E.T.Adman M E Lidstrom (Caltech) J LeGall (Seattle) P L Dutton (Philadelphia) B A Averill (Amsterdam) J A Duine (Delft) I Pecht (Weizmann Institute) S J Ferguson (Oxford) W G Zumft (Karlsruhe) F S Mathews (St Louis) A V Xavier (Lisbon) I Bertini (Florence) M Saraste (Heidelberg) M Brunori (Rome) D N Beratan H V Westerhoff

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

* * * IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE NATO/ESF WORKSHOP IN TOMAR, THERE WILL BE THE 3RD EUROPEAN RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY * * *

(vii) 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

7-11 May 1997. Tomar, Portugal.

The beautiful old town of Tomar is situated in delightful countryside c. 100km north east of Lisbon. The conference will take place in the Hotel dos Templarios with coach transport provided from Lisbon airport on Wednesday 7th May, returning on Sunday 11th May. The registration fee will be £50 for SBIC members, £100 for non-members. Accommodation including all meals, reception and the conference dinner will be £375 in a single room, £260 sharing a twin or double room. The conference dinner will be a medieval banquet on 10th May featuring local speciality dishes and wines.

There will be 30 subsidised places for post-docs/students (£130 to include registration, accommodation in shared rooms and conference dinner) provided each application is accompanied by at least one full paying registrant. Accompanying persons not participating in the science programme, sharing a room with a registrant will only be charged for accommodations, meals, banquet and coach tranfer (if requested) ie, £260 (+£10)

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.

Afternoons will be free for poster browsing and informal discussions

The scientific programme will comprise 1 plenary lecture (60 min)

18 invited lectures (45 min), 18 contributed talks (20 min)

Confirmation of booking, final programme including contributed talks, hotel and transportation information will be sent in early March 1997.

The closing date for registration is February 15th 1997. The meeting is restricted to 120 participants and early registration is strongly advised judging by the response to previous limited publicity.

Plenary Lecturer R.H. Holm (Harvard)

Invited Lecturers

F Armstrong (Oxford, UK) B Lippert (Dortmund, Germany) L Banci (Florence, Italy A Merbach (Lausanne, Switzerland) D Coucouvanis (Ann Arbor, USA) V Pecoraro (Ann Arbor, USA) S F Ferguson (Oxford, UK) P J Sadler (Edinburgh, UK) M Fontecave (Grenoble, France) R Scott (Athens, USA) C D Garner (Manchester, UK) S Sligar (Urbana, USA) J T Groves (Princeton, USA) E C Theil (North Carolina, USA) M Leng (Orleans, France) K Wieghardt (Mulheim, Germany)

Themes:- metal cofactor structure, synthesis and reactivity, free radical enzymes, electron transfer proteins, haem enzymes, iron storage proteins, metals in medicine. The programme will include 18 contributed talks selected form short abstracts submitted by registrants and a poster session on all aspects of biological inorganic chemistry.

Registration/booking form

Type or use block capitals - ONE form for EACH person. Complete a sperarate form for accompanying persons. Indicate the registrant with whom you are prepared to share a room. RETURN COMPLETED FORM BY FEBRUARY 15TH 1997.

NAME OF REGISTRANT/ACCOMPANYING PERSON

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Pounds sterling Total

Registration Fee, SBIC Member 50 £........

Registration Fee, non-member 100 £........

Accompanying person FREE

4 nights accommodation/meals*/conference banquet May 7th - 11th 1997

Single room per person 375 £........

Shared twin./double room, per person 260 £........

Coach transfer 10 £........

Student/Post-doc. ** registration 130 (includes accommodation/meals/conference banquet but NOT coach transfer).

TOTAL REMITTANCE £

* Any special dietary requirement e.g.vegetarian

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** Name of accompanying full paying registrant

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PAYMENT:

By cheque or international money order made payable to 'John Innes Centre (Tomar meeting)' in pounds sterling only. One cheque for multiple applications from a single institution is acceptable, but each applicant should return a separate registration/booking form.

I would like to give a contributed talk (20 min) and/or poster and enclosed an abstract (one A4 page maximum) for consideration by the conference chairman YES/NO

PLEASE RETURN TO:

Dr R N F Thorneley, Nitrogen Fixation Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK by 15th February 1997.

(viii) 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)

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.

(ix) FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PEROXYNITRITE 11-16 May 1997, Ascona, Switzerland.

The goal of this Conference is to enhance the understanding of the fundamental chemistry of peroxynitrite, of its production in vivo, and of its toxicity. The Conference also aims to discuss novel discoveries and help resolve emerging controversies in the field. It is therefore intended for investigators already involved in research on peroxynitrite and on nitric oxide and superoxide.

The organization of the Conference will be similar to that of the Gordon conferences with lectures in the morning, posters in the late afternoon and discussions in the evening.

Preliminary Programme

The interest in peroxynitrite has sparked research in chemistry, biochemistry and medicine. The programme will reflect that, and the topics will vary from the quantum chemistry of peroxynitrite to the role of peroxynitrite in diseases. The list of speakers as of 1st October 1996 consists of Drs D S Bohle, J Crow, G Czapski, A Denicola, B Freeman, S Goldstein, K Houk, J K Hurst, H Ischiropoulos, R Kissner, L Klasinc, B Mayer, H Nakazawa, C Richter, H H H Schmidt, H Sies, C Szabo and A van der Vliet.

Admission

Space is limited: there can only be 67 participants, including the organisers. Interested scientists are requested to send an application to W H Koppenol at the address given below before 15th December 1996. The application should list on a single sheet: (a) name, (b) affiliation with e-mail address and telephone and fax numbers, and (c) a list of publications on peroxynitrite in the last three years. Furthermore, the application should be accompanied by a one-page single-spaced abstract of the intended contribution, to be circulated before the meeting. The conference fee of SFr (approx us$560/£340 pounds sterling) covers the hotel and all meals. There are a limited number of travel awards for younger scientists.

Conference Secretariat:

Prof W H Koppenol Institute for Inorganic Chemistry ETHZ Universitaetstrasse 6 CH-8092 Zurich Switzerland

Tel: +41 1 632 2875(2852) Fax: +41 1 632 1090 E-mail: koppenol@inorg.chem.ethz.ch

(x) EU/ESF ADVANCED COURSE CHEMISTRY OF METALS IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS 14-24 May 1997. Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

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 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

(xi) 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIOINORGANIC CHEMISTRY (ICBIC 8) 27th July-1st August, 1997; Yokohama, Japan.

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

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.

Plenary Speakers

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)

66 leading scientists from around the world have been invited to present their research results in 21 sessions.

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.

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.

REGISTRATION

The registration form should be returned by no later than 31st March 1997. It must be accompanied by full payment of the appropriate

registration fee shown below. The Conference costs, the Book of Abstracts and other printed materials, daily refreshments, and various evening events listed in Social Program are all inclusive of the registration fee. The fees are as follows:

Participant Y50,000 (Y60,000 *1) (Member of IUPAC and/or SBIC *2) Y45,000 (Y50,000 *1) Graduate Student *3 Y30,000 (Y40,000 *1) Non-scientific registrant Y15,000 (Y20,000 *1)

*1 For registration on or after 1st April 1997 *2 With a copy of his or her membership card of IUPAC or the letter certifying his or her membership of SBIC (Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry) *3 With documentation from the supervisor *4 Registration includes Sunday evening get-together party, Monday evening attraction, Tuesday evening concert, and Thursday evening banquet.

For further information please 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) Tax: +81 3 5800 6945

(xii) TENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CYTOCHROME P450 Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology 21-26 August 1997, San Francisco, California, 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 Modifications of P450s Heme-Thiolate Proteins other than P450 Mechanisms of P450 Gene Expression Regulatory Proteins and Receptors Chemical and Biochemical P450 Models Biotechnologyof Bacterial, Plant and other non-mammalian P450s Workshop on Homology Modelling of P450 Structure (NEW) Workshop on the Crystallization of Membrane Proteins Workshop on the Elusive Active Oxygen Intermediate (s)

In addition to the invited plenary and parallel session lectures, sixteen speakers will be selected from the submitted abstracts to present their work in the parallel sessions. This will facilitate the presentation of exciting new developments. The abstract deadline will be 17th March 1997. The abstract forms will be included with the information booklets distributed orthe Seventeenth International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

To obtain more information, contact;

John Dawson Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 USA

Tel: +1 803 777 7234/5276 Fax: +1 803 777 9521 E-mail: Dawson@psc.sc.edu Homepage: http://www.cosm.sc.edu/chem/dawson.html

(xiii) 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

ORGANISING COMMITTEE:

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.

1. Oxymolybdenum and oxotungsten enzymes 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.

Please direct enquiries to:

Dr A K Powell School of Chemical Sciences UEA Norwich NR4 7TJ

A.Powell@uea.ac.uk

(xiv) 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. 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 * 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.

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

(xv) 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.

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

(xvi) 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

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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) Workshop on Homology Modelling of P450 Structure (NEW)

In addition to the invited plenary and parallel session lectures, sixteen speakers will be selected from the submitted abstracts to present their work in the parallel sessions. This will facilitate the presentation of exciting new developments. The abstract deadline will be 17th March 1997. The abstract forms will be included with the information booklets distributed for the Seventeenth International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

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

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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

THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY MACROCYCLIC GROUP MEETING 18-19 December 1996. University of Wales, Cardiff, Wales. Contact: Dr I A Fallis Department of Chemistry University of Wales, Cardiff Cardiff CF1 3TB UK Email: fallis@cardiff.ac.uk

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 Tel: +44 (0)1223 363 271 Fax. +44 (0)1223 567 157 email mdavies@bridge.anglia.ac.uk

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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

ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY WARWICK CATALYSIS MEETING 8th January 1997, Warwick, UK. Contact: Dr Paul C Taylor Department of Chemistry University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL UK Tel: +44 (0) 1203 524 375 Fax: +44 (0) 1203 524 112 Email: P.C.Taylor@Warwick.ac.uk

COST GROUP D8 WORKSHOP THE CHEMISTRY OF METALS IN MEDICINE - THE INDUSTRIAL PERSPECTIVE 22-25 January 1997, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Contact: Prof P J Sadler (P.J.Sadler@ed.ac.uk) or Prof R R Crichton (Crichton@bioc.ucl.ac.be)

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. Tel: +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 (0)1603 456 900 ext 2739 Fax: +44 (0)1603 456 970 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

FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PEROXYNITRITE 11-16 May, 1997; Ascona, Switzerland. Contact: Professor W H Koppenol Laboratorium fur Anoganische Chemie ETHZ Universitatstrasse 6 CH-8092 Zurich Switzerland Tel: +41 1 632 2875 Fax: +41 1 632 1090 E-mail: koppenol@inorg.chem.ethz.ch

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 COST D1 WORKSHOP ON BIOCOORDINATION CHEMISTRY 11-13 September, 1997; Bergen, Norway. Contact: Professor Einar Sletten Department of Chemistry University of Bergen M-5007 Bergen Norway Tel: +47 5558 3352 Fax: +47 5558 9490 E-mail: einar.sletten@kj.uib.no

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. Contact Prof Dr. J Reedijk Leiden Institute of Chemistry P O Box 9502 2300 RA Leiden THE NETHERLANDS Tel: +31 71 527 4459 Fax: +31 71 527 4451 E-mail: reedijk@chem.leidenuniv.nl

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

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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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C DAVID GARNER 28 November 1996