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To:

COLLEAGUES with an interest in BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

N E W S L E T T E R 37

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 March, 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) Beginning with volume 1, issue 1, Feb 1997, the contents of JBIC will be available to the users of SciSearch, Research Alert, Biochemistry & Biophysics Citation Index, and Current Contents/Life Sciences. Our subject categorization will be in the CC/LS "Chemistry & Analysis" category, and the SciSearch and Journal Citation Reports "Biochemistry & Molecular Biology" and "Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear" categories.

(b) We have strengthened the Editorial team for JBIC. Two more Editors have been appointed to receive and handle manuscripts; as well as Ivano Bertini in Florence (who remains Chief Editor), Bob Scott in Athens, Georgia and Marc Fontecave in Grenoble will act as Editors. W.R. Hagen

(Wageningen), P.F. Lindley (Daresbury/Grenoble), Y. Sugiura (Kyoto),

and T.D. Tullius (Baltimore) will continue to act as Associate Editors. A JBIC Promotion Committee has been established to complement the SBIC Publications Committee chaired by Roger Thorneley (Norwich).

(c) 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.

(d) 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 AND SHOULD CONTACT EBBE NORDLANDER - ebbe.nordlander@inorgk1.lu.se.

MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL CAMPAIGN 1997

We are pleased to report that 70% 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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Tel:..................................................

Fax:..................................................

E-Mail:...............................................

I wish to join SBIC/renew my membership as a

Member* Ł65 (Ł48 retired) Student Member * Ł48 Student Associate* Ł10

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 Ł65 (pounds sterling) or Ł48 (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 Ł100 (Ł80 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 Ł ....

Card number:

Valid from date: Expiry date:

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

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

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(To which card statement is sent)

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

or, 2.* I attach a cheque for Ł65/Ł48* (Ł100/Ł80*) made payable to The University of Manchester (SBIC Account).

or, 3.* I attach a bankers draft for Ł65/Ł48* (Ł100/Ł80*) made
payable to The University of Manchester (SBIC Account).

* delete as appropriate.

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!

SBIC owns the copyright of JBIC; once the journal is profitable, half of the profits will be returned to SBIC to enable the promotion of Biological Inorganic Chemistry.

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) The 1997 PROGRAMME of EUROPEAN RESEARCH CONFERENCES

The 1997 Programme comprised of 40 conferences is now available on Web (conferences, places, and dates). Furthermore, details on EIGHTEEN of these conferences are already available our WWW server:

SO, CHECK IT OUT !

And of course, you can fill in an application form on-line, or (if you have
already applied) check if you have been accepted to a conference.

The direct path to the EURESCO Home page is:

http://www.esf.org/euresco

The "paper" version of the programme will be circulated in a week's time, but for your convenience, if you do not have access to the World Wide Web, we have also listed it at the end of this message.

The Programme of European Research Conferences is run by the European Science Foundation, in association with several learned societies, and mostly with funding from the Human Capital and Mobility Programme of the European Union, except those conferences marked **. Each Conference consists of a series of meetings, held typically every other year. There are neither written contributions nor proceedings. Unconventional ideas and new approaches, not yet fully explored, are encouraged.

Life Sciences

The Molecular Basis of Biological Membrane Protein Structure and
Function, B. de Kruijff (Utrecht) - Albufeira, Portugal, 19 - 24 April

Tetrapyrrole Photoreceptors in Photosynthetic Organisms: Tetrapyrrole Photoreceptors in Photosynthetic Bacteria, R.J. Cogdell (Glasgow) - Blarney, Ireland, 25 - 30 April

Biology of Molecular Chaperones: Molecular Chaperones in Biology and Medicine, R. Zimmermann (Homburg) - Obernai (near Strasbourg), France, 22 - 27 May

Control of Metabolic Flux: Approaches for Understanding the Control of flux in Yeasts and Fungi, J.-M. Gancedo (Madrid) - Giens (near Toulon), France, 14 - 18 June **

NMR in Molecular Biology: From Theory to Experiment: Opportunities for the Future, C.M. Dobson and C. Redfield (Oxford) - Oxford, United Kingdom, 23 - 28 August

Plant Cell Biology and Biotechnological Applications: Plants as Producers and Raw Material for Industry, K.M. Oksman-Caldentey (Helsinki) - Helsinki, Finland, 29 August - 3 September

Three-Dimensional Sensory and Motor Space: Polysensory Interaction in the Generation of Eye Movements, V. Henn (Zurich) - Giens (near Toulon), France, 5 - 10 September

Molecular Biology of RNA: Translation, Stability and Localization of mRNA, L.
Kuhn (Epalinges s/Lausanne) - Giens (near Toulon), France, 13 - 18 September

Membrane Dynamics in Endocytosis: Molecular Mechanisms, J. Gruenberg (Geneva)
- San Feliu de Guixols, Spain, 13 - 18 September

Protein Targeting: Protein Translocation Across Cellular Membranes, W.
Neupert (Munchen) - Albufeira, Portugal, 22 - 27 October

Molecular Biology of Cellular Interactions: Cell Adhesion Molecules and Receptor Cross-Talk, N. Kieffer (Luxembourg) - Granada, Spain, 31 October - 5 November

Biomedicine and Health

Functional Status Evaluation: New Methods for Measuring Functional Status in Older People, A. Hutchinson (Hull) - San Feliu de Guixols, Spain, 5 - 10 April

Disease Prevention: Scientific Controversies, R. Saracci (Pisa) -
Castelvecchio Pascoli, Italy, 24 - 29 May

Hormones, Blood Cells and Immunity: Prolactin, Growth Hormone and Insulin- like Growth Factor-I in the Immune System, R. Kooijman (Brussels) - Obernai (near Strasbourg), France, 3 - 8 October

Mechanisms in Toxicity: Recent Molecular Advances, S. Orrenius (Stockholm)
- Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy, 9 - 14 October

The number of participants will be limited to about 100. The emphasis will be on discussion about new developments. There will be a Registration Fee covers full board and lodging. Some grants will be available for younger scientists, in particular those from less favoured regions in Europe. Some conferences will also have limited funding for participants from Eastern and Central Europe.

Deadline for applications: 3 months before a conference.

If you would like further information on our 1997 Programme or a specific
conference, please contact us at the following address:

Dr. Josip Hendekovic, Head of EURESCO Unit, European Science Foundation, 1 quai Lezay-Marnésia, 67080 Strasbourg Cedex, France.

Tel: +33 3 88 76 71 35 Fax: +33 3 88 36 69 87 E-mail: euresco@esf.org (giving your full address)

(III) 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 *

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'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) ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY - SCOTTISH DALTON MEETING 5 February, 1997; University of Edinburgh, UK

Main Speakers:

Professor George Christou (Indiana)
Title to be announced

Professor Thomas Klapotke (Glasgow) "Experimental and Theoretical Studies on Small Main Group Azide Molecules"

Professor Stephen Lincoln (Adelaide)
"Aspects of Molecular Recognition in Metal Complexes"

Professor Len Lindoy (Sydney)
"Metals, Macrocycles and Molecular Assemblies"

These speakers will be supported by short talks from researchers at
other Scottish universities.

Registration/coffee from 10.00 am in the Department of Chemistry, King's
Buildings, West Mains Rd, Edinburgh.

Meeting starts at 11.00.

Registration cost of five pounds covers lunch and a wine reception at
18.00 pm.

Further details from Mrs Janet Hayes, Department of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JJ. Tel: 0131-650-4707 Email: j.m.hayes@ed.ac.uk.

(ii) 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 Email: lucia@risc1.lrm.fi.cnr.it

(iii) 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

(iv) 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

(v) 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 * * *

X-Sender: esfcmb@nessie.mcc.ac.uk (Unverified) Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 11:52:38 +0000 To: Dave.Garner@Manchester.ac.uk From: ESF-Chem-Metal-Biol@Manchester.ac.uk (Prof C.D. Garner) Subject: ESF Newsletter 37 Part II

(vi) 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 Ł50 for SBIC members, Ł100 for non-members. Accommodation including all meals, reception and the conference dinner will be Ł375 in a single room, Ł260 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 (Ł130 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, Ł260 (+Ł10)

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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ADDRESS....................................................

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TEL................................

FAX................................

EMAIL..............................

Pounds sterling Total

Registration Fee, SBIC Member 50 Ł........

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

Accompanying person FREE

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

Single room per person 375 Ł........

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

Coach transfer 10 Ł........

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

TOTAL REMITTANCE Ł

* 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.

(vii) 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.

(viii) 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

(ix) 5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF HYDROGENASES 12-17 July, 1997; Albertsville, France

Scientific Programme

Saturday July 12 1997

14h30-16h: COST 818 Management Committee meeting (I) 16h -17h30: Registration - Poster mounting 17h30-17h40: Opening of the Conference 17h40-18h10: Session I: Some history... 18h30-20h30: Get-together party

Sunday July 13 1997

8h30-10h10: Session II : (1st overview) : (2nd overview) 10h10-10h30: Coffee break 10h30-12h: Session III: Protein Structure - Active site 12h -14h: Buffet 13h -14h30: Business meeting of Working Groups 1 & 2 14h -16h: Posters I 16h -16h30: Coffee break 16h30-19h: Session IV: Active site (spectroscopic techniques; site-directed mutagenesis)

Monday July 14 1997

8h30-10h30: Session V: Genetics & Biosynthesis 10h30-11h: Coffee break 11h -13h: Session VI: Genetics & Biosynthesis 13h -14h: Buffet 14h -15h: Business meeting of Working Groups 3 & 4 14h -16h: Posters II (15h30-16h: Coffee break) 16h -17h: Round-Table I (including Discussion of Posters): Genetics & Biosynthesis 17h -17h15: Break 17h15-19h15: Session VII: Synthetic models 19h30: Dinner

Tuesday July 15 1997

8h30 -10h30: Session VIII: Ni metabolism and hydrogenase-related processes or Ni enzymes: 10h30-11h: Coffee break 11h -12h30: Session IX (short, 15 min oral presentations) 12h30-14h: Buffet 14h -18h: Excursion 18h -19h: COST Management Committee meeting (II) 19h30-23h: Dinner in Aix-Marlioz and return to Albertville

Wednesday July 16 1997

8h30-10h30: Session X: Biological Functions and Applications 10h30-11h: Coffee break 11h- 12h30: Session XI (short, 15 min oral presentations) 12h30-14h: Buffet 14h- 16h: Posters III (15h30-16h:Coffee-break) 16h- 16h45: Round-Table II (including Discussion of Posters) 16h45-17h30: Round-Table III (including Discussion of Posters) 17h30-18h: Break 18h -19h30: Session XII:Environmental and Energy-relate aspects 19h30-19h35: Closing of the Conference

19h35-20h30: Business meeting of Working Group 5
20h30: Banquet

Contact: Dr Michel Frey
Institut de Biologie Structurale

Jean-Pierre Ebel Grenoble Tel: +33 4 76 88 59 24 Fax: +33 4 76 88 51 22 Email: frey@lccp.ibs.fr

(x) PRE-ICBIC-8 OKAZAKI SYMPOSIUM 25 - 26 July, 1997; Okazaki Conference Hall, Japan

Supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Area
"Molecular Biometallics"

Subject: Roles of Metal Ions in Biological Activities Topics: 1) Oxygen Activation by Heme and Nonheme Proteins and Their Models 2) Structural and Functional Control of Nucleic Acids by Metal Complexes 3) Advanced Spectroscopy of Metalloproteins

Organizing Committee: Eiichi Kimura, Teizo Kitagawa, Isao Morishima, Takeshi Nishino, and Yoshihito Watanabe Local Committee: Teizo Kitagawa (Chair), Mitsuhiko Shionoya, and Yoshihito Watanabe

Registration Fee: Free (registration is required) Accommodation: 6,800 Yen per night (single occupancy) Deadline for submission of paper title and accommodation: April 1st, 1997 Deadline for abstract submission: June 15th, 1997 Transportation to Yokohama on Sunday of July 27: Direct Bus Transportation from Okazaki to Yokohama will be Arranged. Transportation fee is around 5,000 Yen (ca. $50).

Please address registration forms and general inquiries concerning the symposium to: Yoshihito Watanabe (General Secretary) Institute for Molecular Science

Okazaki, 444 JAPAN Tel: +81-564-55-7430 Fax: +81-564-54-2254 E-mail: yoshi@ims.ac.jp

(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) Fax: +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

2-5, September 1997; University of East Anglia/Nitrogen Fixation
Laboratory, UK

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) 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

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ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY - SCOTTISH DALTON MEETING 5 February, 1997; University of Edinburgh, UK Contact: Mrs Janet Hayes Department of Chemistry The University of Edinburgh EH9 3JJ UK Tel: 0131-650-4707 Email: j.m.hayes@ed.ac.uk.

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. Contact: Professor Lucia Banci University of Florence Via Gino Capponi 7 50121 Florence Italy. Tel: +39 55 275 7550 Fax: +39 55 275 7555 Email: 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

IR0N-SULPHUR PROTEINS GROUP MEETING 18 April, 1997; Kings College London, UK Contact: Richard Cammack Kings College London Centre for the Study of Metals in Biology and Medicine Campden Hill Road London W8 7AH UK Tel: +44 (0)171 333 4264 Fax: +44 (0)171 333 4500 Email: richard.cammack@kcl.ac.uk

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

5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF HYDROGENASES 12-17 July, 1997; Albertsville, France Contact: Dr Michel Frey Institut de Biologie Structurale Jean-Pierre Ebel Grenoble Tel: +33 4 76 88 59 24 Fax: +33 4 76 88 51 22 Email: frey@lccp.ibs.fr

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 Tel: +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
31 January 1997