Dear Colleagues,

The EMBO Workshop "Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs): biophysical characterisation and biological significance" (http://embo-iup.enzim.hu/) will take place on May 20-24, 2007 in Budapest, Hungary, at the Central European University (CEU) Conference Center http://www.ceucenter.hu/.
Registration at our website is already open.

The aim of the workshop is to bring together researchers and students in Europe and across the world in order to share results and concepts in the novel and rapidly developing field of protein disorder (intrinsically unstructured/disordered/unfolded proteins). We intend to focus on various aspects of IDPs, by presenting and discussing recent developments in their bioinformatic and structural characterization, and assessing their physiological and pathological significance.

Invited speakers are listed in the comments.

Important dates:
Deadline for application: Feb 28th, 2007
Deadline for abstracts: March 10th, 2007


Poster
Please find the poster of the meeting attached. Its high-resolution version can be downloaded from the website of the conference http://embo-iup.enzim.hu/. We strongly encourage you to post this poster in your institute and advertise the meeting to your colleagues.

We hope to see you in Budapest next may, the organizing committee:

Dr Peter Tompa, Prof. Joel Sussman, Prof. Israel Silman, and Prof. Istvan Simon

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6-th Parnas Conference

Molecular Mechanisms of Cellular Signaling

Jagielonian University Medical College
Chair of Medical Biochemistry

30th May – 2nd June, 2007.
Krakow, Poland

http://www.parnas.cm-uj.krakow.pl/

The Conference Office: 6th Parnas Conference Office 12 St. Anna Street, 31-008 Krakow, POLAND phone: (+4812) 421-46-64Fax: (+4812) 421-46-64E-mail: parnas@cm-uj.krakow.pl

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It is my pleasure to announce that the International Congress on Plant Mitochondrial Biology 2007 (ICPMB2007) will be organized from June 25 - 29, 2007 in Nara, Japan.
ICPMB2007 has dedicated sessions to accommodate all types of research on plant mitochondria. We expect that the program is appealing to a wide array of scientists and students from around the world to present and discuss their latest results with international peers.

http://park.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ICPMB2007/Invitation

Dear RNA Scientists,

The Third edition of The RNA World is freely accessible on-line, courtesy of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. Here's how to find it. Log into http://rna.cshl.edu. If it's your first visit to CSHL Press, you'll need to register, which is quick and free. If you're already registered, just enter your e-mail address. You will then see the sentence "Click here to view the Table of Contents", after which you can click on individual chapters. You can also access the chapters from the second edition (1999) that are not rewritten in the third edition; most of them have stood up very well to the test of time.

One hint: printing the chapters of The RNA World III straight from the Web page is inefficient. You get only a narrow strip of text on each page. But if you select the text and paste it into a Word document, it's extremely efficient: you can print the equivalent of two pages of the book on a single page.

Sincerely,

Ray Gesteland, Tom Cech, and John Atkins, editors

  

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12th European Conference on Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules (ECSBM - 12)


http://www.ecsbm.eu


Dear Collegue,

This is the First announcement for the 12^th European Conference on Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules (ECSBM - 12) that will be held in Bobigny (Paris region), in September 1 - 6, 2007 (website http://www.ecsbm.eu).

ECSBM conferences are held every two years in a European country. The first edition took place in Reims, France, in 1985 whereas the 11^th edition in 2005 was held in Aschaffenburg, Germany.

The conference will deal with all branches of pure and applied biospectroscopy. Main topics will include:

* Application of optical spectroscopy (UV, CD, Raman, SERS, IR) and imagery to different biosystems

* Multidimensional spectroscopies

* Biological systems analysed by neutron scattering and synchrotron radiation

* Magnetic spectroscopies (NMR and EPR)

* Biomolecular dynamics within different time-scales

* Single molecule and/or single cell spectroscopies

* Theoretical approaches used for analysing biomolecular systems

* Spectroscopic applications in medicine (diagnosis)

* Applications in nanobiotechnology, micro-arrays, biosensors, lab-on-chip

* Spectroscopic applications in pharmaceutical and food domains


You will find as an attached file an announcement poster which you can display in your Department/Institution. We will be pleased to send, upon request, a printed and larger one to your postal address.

We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this message and remain
at your disposal, should you need additional information.

Sincerely,

Alberto Mezzetti, Ph.D.
Member of the Organizing Committee of ECSBM 2007


Early registration : April 16 2007
Normal registration : May 14 2007

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Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine International Symposium “The Plant Cytoskeleton: Genomic
and Bioinformatic Tools for Biotechnology and Agriculture” 19-23 September 2006
(Supported as NATO ESP.NUKR.ARW.982090 and INTAS Symposium)

http://www.auapb.org/ukr/pagesukr/yalta_2006_2/announc_1.pdf

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ISRHML 2006

The International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation

13th ISRHML International Conference - Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada

September 22-26, 2006

http://www.isrhml.org.umu.se/

http://www.isrhml.org.umu.se/meetingsep06/...NOLbrochure.pdf

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RNA in Disease and Therapy
2-4 October 2006
Organized by:
Alfredo Berzal-Herranz ( Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina "López-Neyra", CSIC, Granada, Spain )
Bryan Cullen (Duke University, Durham, USA)
Mariano Garcia-Blanco (Duke University, Durham, USA)

DEADLINE: 31 JULY 2006
More information


PATHOCYCLES: Role of cell cycle regulators in the induction of virulence programme in pathogenic fungi
23-25 October 2006
Organized by:
Jaime Correa-Bordes (Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain)
Paul Nurse (Rockefeller University, New York, USA)
José Pérez-Martín. (Centro Nacional de Biotecnología,CNB-CSIC, Madrid, Spain)

DEADLINE: 8 SEPTEMBER 2006
More information


Mechanisms and biological consequences of recombinational DNA repair-mediated genome instability
6-8 November 2006
Organized by:
Andrés Aguilera (Universidad de Sevilla, Spain)
Roland Kanaar ( Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

DEADLINE: 15 SEPTEMBER 2006
More information


MITOCHONDRIOPATHIES. Diverse origin of mitochondrial diseases
27-29 November 2006
Organized by:
Joaquín Arenas ( Centro de Investigación Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain)
Salvatore DiMauro ( Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, USA)
Plácido Navas (Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain)

DEADLINE: 27 SEPTEMBER 2006
More information

If you know some colleagues of your research centre or other centre who could be
interested in participating in some of these workshops, please forward this message to them.

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Dear Friends and Colleagues,

As we previously informed you, the "Sialoglycoscience 2006, Fifth
International Conference, Mishima, Japan," will be held in August
27-30, 2006, at Torey Human Resources Development Center located in
Mishima, Japan.
With this e-mail, we would like to update the following three things.

(1) On May 1, 2006, detail information on Sialoglycoscience 2006 has
become available at our website:
http://www.gak.jp/sialo06/
We apologize to you for the delayed notification of the detail
information of Sialoglycosience 2006. Please visit us at the website.

(2) Registration: The site for Registration and Room reservation is
now open at our website. Please register through this site.

(3) Call for papers: Now we would like to invite you to
Sialoglycoscience 2006. In addition to an excellent list of noted and
outstanding researchers as invited speakers, we believe your
contributions would be the most important to make the conference more
exciting and fascinating. We would appreciate if you submit your paper
through the Call for Paper in our website.

Please feel free to ask anything to us, if you have any questions on
the Sialoglycoscience 2006.

We are looking forward to seeing you at the meeting in August.

With best wishes,

Yasuo Suzuki
Chair of the Sialoglycoscience 2006
Makoto Kiso
Co-Chair

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Important Dates:
Monday, May 1, 2006: Opening of Abstract Submission
Wednesday, May 31, 2006: Deadline for early Registration
Friday, June 30, 2006: Deadline of Abstract Submission
Friday, July 28, 2006: Deadline for Registration
Sunday, August 27 to Wednesday, August 30, 2006: Conference
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We are pleased to invite you at the 2nd Eastern European Conference on Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs, entitled “FOSTERING RESEARCH ON RARE DISEASES IN EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES” (www.conf2006.raredis.org).


The conference will be carried out on 8-9 September 2006 in the beautiful town of Plovdiv (Bulgaria) under the auspices of the Bulgarian Ministry of Health. It is organized by the Information Centre for Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs - a project of the Bulgarian Association for Promotion of Education and Science.

This event is a logical continuation of the very successful First Eastern European Conference on Rare Diseases and Orphan Drugs, which took place on 27 May 2005 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The aim of this first and very important conference was to raise governmental and public awareness in Eastern Europe on rare diseases and orphan drugs. All presentations are available online (www.conf2005.raredis.org) in video and PDF form giving free access to all interested parties. Up to know, the conference website is accessed by 2 800 unique visitors from more than 80 countries!

Now, we have decided to invite researchers and teams from Eastern Europe to present their research on rare diseases and orphan drugs by oral presentations and posters. The scientific committee consists of prominent scientists with extensive experience on the topic. A special panel session with invited speakers from leading EU institutions will increase the knowledge of attendees and will present to them the best European standards and practices on rare diseases research.

Participants from Eastern European countries with scientific paper/poster could apply for a fellowship. Presented papers/posters will be published in full text after the conference.

Scientific papers about all rare diseases and rare forms of common diseases will be considered!

PRIORITY TOPICS
Genodermatoses
Muscular dystrophies
Metabolic diseases
Hereditary ataxia
Dysmorphic syndromes
Autoimmune diseases
Rare epileptic syndromes
Trombocytopenia / Thrombocytemia

PRIORITY DISEASES
Autism
Crohn disease
Myasthenia gravis
Behcet's syndrome
Hereditary angioedema
Prader-Willi syndrome
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Rare cases

Important dates to remember:
Deadline for fellowship applications: 1 June 2006
Deadline for free registration of patient associations: 1 July 2006
Deadline for abstract submission: 15 July 2006

For detailed information about the conference, registration and abstract submission,
please visit our website www.conf2006.raredis.org.

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The Second Automated Function Prediction Meeting
August 30 - September 1, 2006. University of California, San Diego
AFP 2006 will feature three exciting days of discussions on computational function prediction in molecular biology. The meeting program includes plenary talks delivered by leading researchers in the field, a special discussion panel on gene and protein annotation and a poster session. Talk abstracts are invited, and accepted speakers will have the opportunity to publish their work as an article in a special section of BMC Bioinformatics.

Talk abstract submission deadline: April 26, 2006.

http://news.biomedcentral.com/t/957173/3598855/81770/0/

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Structure-function relationships in fructosyltransferase enzymes from Lactobacillus reuteri 121
Ozimek
University of Groningen, Printed by: JAKS Wrocław, Poland; 2005; pp.128

Ozimek, Lukasz Krzysztof (2005)
Structure-function relationships in fructosyltransferase enzymes from Lactobacillus reuteri 121
http://irs.ub.rug.nl/ppn/289755824

Contents:

Chapter 1
General introduction 11

Chapter 2
Site-directed mutagenesis study of the three catalytic residues of the fructosyltransferases of Lactobacillus reuteri 33

Chapter 3
Mutational analysis of the role of calcium ions in the Lactobacillus reuteri strain 121
fructosyltransferases (levansucrase and inulosucrase) enzymes 43

Chapter 4
The levansucrase and inulosucrase (fructosyltransferase) enzymes of Lactobacillus reuteri 121 catalyze (non-) processive transglycosylation reactions 55

Chapter 5
Engineering of the active site of inulosucrase of Lactobacillus reuteri 75

Chapter 6
Summary and concluding remarks 91

Chapter 7
Samenvatting en conclusies 99

Chapter 8
Podsumowanie i wnioski 107

Reference list 115

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Area: Microbiology (bacteriology, virology, mycology), Genetics & Selection, Molecular biology (biochemistry, gene engineering)

Language & level: Special (eng), Other languages

Were to get: Personal Library, On the publisher web-site

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The BioMail program does not work anymore, because the PubMed now offers the analogous service. We strongly recommend you to switch to it. Another possibility is to use the BioMail program on the web site http://www.biomail.org/ .

To set up your PubMed e-mail alerts, you should perform the following steps:
(1) visit the PubMed web page: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/ ;
(2) click the "register" link in the right upper corner of the page;
(3) fill in a short form: username, password and e-mail address (in a few minutes you will get a message from PubMed with a web link to confirm your registration);
(4) perform the search with selected keywords and click the link "Save search" (to the right of the search window);
(5) the question "Would you like to receive e-mail updates..." would appear in a small window, select "Yes" as an answer;
(6) select the e-mail alerts parameters (time intervals, etc) - and that is it

Sincerely,
molbiol.ru team

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Dear Friends,

We are pleased to announce that online registration and abstract submission for the 20th IUBMB International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and 11th FAOBMB Congress are NOW available.

Please visit the site at http://www.congre.co.jp/iubmb/registration.html to register!

20th IUBMB International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and 11th FAOBMB Congress

Date: June 18-23, 2006
Venue: Kyoto International Conference Hall & Kyoto Takaragaike Prince Hotel

Important Dates:
-Abstract Submission Deadline: January 31, 2006
-Online Registration Deadline: May 18, 2006

For more information, please refer to the 2nd Announcement which is downloadable at http://www.congre.co.jp/iubmb/.

We look forward to seeing you all in Kyoto next year!

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RNA 2006 Annual Meeting
June 20th - June 25th in Seattle

ANNOUNCING: RNA 2006 - The 11th Annual Meeting of the RNA Society

When: Tuesday, June 20 - Sunday, June 25, 2006
Where: University of Washington - Seattle, Washington

Registration for RNA 2006 is now open. The deadline for registration and abstract submission is Monday, March 20, 2006. For full details, registration, and abstract submission, visits:

http://depts.washington.edu/rna2006/index.html

RNA 2006 will include oral and poster presentations covering the entire field of RNA including structure, function, chemistry, and biology. Sessions will cover RNAi, chromatin silencing, riboregulation, noncoding RNA, RNA structure and folding, RNA catalysis, splicing mechanisms and regulation, 3' end formation, RNP function and dynamics, RNA transport and localization, RNA editing and modification, RNA biogenesis, ribosomes, translation, bioinformatics, and RNA turnover. As always, the meeting will involve the membership of the society to the fullest extent, with all presentations being selected from submitted abstracts, and additional workshops being arranged as required.

We hope to see you at RNA 2006!

Organizing Committee:

Andrea Barta, Medical University of Vienna
Adrian Ferre-D'Amare, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Elisa Izaurralde, European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Alan Weiner, University of Washington

Session Coordinators:

Witec Filipowicz (Basel)
Danesh Moazed (Harvard)
Amy Pasquinelli (San Diego)
Karen Wasserman (Wisconsin)
Saba Valadkhan (Case Western Reserve)
Stephen Cusack (Grenoble)
Melissa Jurica (Santa Cruz)
Juan Valcarcel (Barcelona)
David Bentley (Denver)
Kathy Collins (Berkeley)
Maria Carmo-Fonseca (Lisbon)
Ken Stuart (Seattle)
Eric Phizicky (Rochester)
Jon Lorsch (Johns Hopkins)
Kim Mowry (Brown)
Todd Lowe (Santa Cruz)
Elena Conti (Heidelberg)
Gabriele Varani (Seattle)

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Fructosyltransferases of Lactobacillus reuteri: characterization of genes, enzymes, and fructan polymers
Hijum
University of Groningen; 2004; pp.112

S.A.F.T. van Hijum. Fructosyltransferases of Lactobacillus reuteri: characterization of genes, enzymes, and fructan polymers. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Groningen. Groningen. The Netherlands. 2004. 112 p.
http://irs.ub.rug.nl/ppn/263444007
http://dissertations.ub.rug.nl/FILES/facul...ijum/thesis.pdf

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Area: Microbiology (bacteriology, virology, mycology), Genetics & Selection, Molecular biology (biochemistry, gene engineering)

Language & level: Special (eng)

Were to get: Personal Library, On the publisher web-site

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Радиационная биофизика (ионизирующие излучения)
Кудряшов Ю.Б.
Москва-Физматлит; 2004; pp.448; ISBN: 5922103881

_http://rapidshare.de/files/8921190/Radiation_Biology.djvu.html

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Area: Molecular biology (biochemistry, gene engineering), Biophysics, Computational science & Bioinformatics, Biology (other)

Language & level: High school (rus), Special (rus)

Were to get: Book shop, Personal Library, Personal e-library, Other (e-book)

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Dear Participants,

We are glad to inform you that the 14th European Bioenergetics Conference (EBEC) will take place in Moscow, July 22- 27, 2006. The conference venue is M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University.

The scientific program will seek to address the main areas of interest and current research within the field of fundamental and applied bioenergetics, extending the traditional topics to related areas of cell biology, including physiological, pathological and environmental aspects. It will provide a forum for the free exchange of ideas and information.
Moreover, “Perspectives of bioenergetics” will be discussed at a round table. “Colloquia suggested by participants” and poster sessions will be included in the program. Some time will be reserved for informal discussions.

PLENARY SESSIONS AND COLLOQUIA PLANNED BY ORGANIZERS
1. Molecular bioenergetics
1.1.Respiratory chain
1.2.Light-driven energy transducers
1.3.ATP-synthase and ATPase
1.4.Energy-consuming porters
1.5.Coupling mechanisms
2. Physiology and pathology of mitochondria (in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo studies)
2.1.Uncoupling
2.2.Reactive oxygen species
2.3.Aging
2.4.Cancer, ischemia and degenerative disorders
2.5.Programmed death of the cell (apoptosis and necrosis) and of the mitochondrion (mitoptosis)
2.6.Dynamics of mitochondrial morphology
2.7.Therapeutic approach
The preliminary program is available at www.be2006.ru

The Conference is supported by the Professional Congress Organizer (PCO) - Monomax Congresses and Incentives Co Ltd., a member of the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA).
Monomax Congresses and Incentives Co Ltd. will render the conference the following services:
accept conference registration fee;
accept abstracts;
reserve a hotel according to the application;
prepare documents for getting Russian Tourist visa;
provide transportation to/from airport from/to hotel;
propose and prepare a cultural program for conferees and accompanying persons;

TO REGISTER and send ABSTRACT please link at www.be2006.ru.
Deadline for ABSTRACT submission is 15 January, 2005.

The Registration Fee for all participants includes attendance to the conference, the conference materials, admission to the Welcome Reception, City Tour, lunches and coffee/tea in the breaks, tourist visa invitation for the period of the conference, transfers hotel-conference venue- hotel. For accompanying persons the fee includes the Welcome Reception, tourist visa invitation for the period of the conference, transfers hotel-conference venue- hotel.

Category of participants
Before 31 March 2006
Regular Participant EUR 600.-
Student (with student card) EUR 450.-
Accompanying person EUR 200.-

After 31 March 2006
Regular Participant EUR 650.-
Student (with student card) EUR 500.-
Accompanying person EUR 250.-

Cancellation, refund:
Before 31 May 2006 80% refund
After 31 May 2006 no refund

ACCOMMODATION
We are glad to offer the accommodation for the conference participants in the following hotels:
Hotel Ukraine****
Single standard room: 80 euro
Double comfort room: 123 euro
Hotel Orlenok****
Single room: 150 euro
Double room: 165 euro
Hotel Sputnik***
Single standard room: 55 euro
Double renovated room: 100 euro
Hotel Akademicheskaya***
Single standard room: 80 euro
Double standard room: 85 euro
Student House at Moscow State University-hostel
Single room (room in block): 20 euro
The prices are given for situation on October, 2005. Probably the prices will change.
You can book the hotel later on www.be2006.ru

TRANSFERS
The transportation by buses from the hotels to the conference venue and from the conference venue to the hotels will be provided during all conference period. The participants can also book the service of transfer from/to airport to/from the hotel additionally. The coast of this transportation is not included in the registration fee. The service will be available later on web page www.be2006.ru

SOCIAL PROGRAM
During the Conference the participants will be able to take part in events of social program. For the conferees and accompanying persons will be offered such excursions as: the bus tour around the city (included in the registration fee), excursion to the Kremlin, Novodevichy Convent, Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, State Tretyakov Gallery, and post conference tours such as: tour to St. Petersburg, and Golden Ring of Russia (not far away from Moscow).

All information about attendance at the conference and news are available on the conference web page www.be2006.ru.
All services should be booked online at www.be2006.ru

CONTACT INFORMATION:
National Organizing Committee
E-mail: info@be2006.ru
Website: www.be2006.ru
PCO - Monomax Congresses and Incentives Co Ltd
Svetlana Pagaeva project manager
e-mail: svetlana.pagaeva@monomax.org

We look forward to welcome you at the conference,
Russian Bioenergetics Group
Monomax Congresses and Incentives Co Ltd.

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The 4th International Veterinary Vaccines and Diagnostics Conference (IVVDC) on June 25-29, 2006 in Oslo, Norway. The conference provides an excellent opportunity to meet colleagues and be updated on recent progress and future perspectives in the fields of vaccinology and diagnostics.
The IVVDC has become an important meeting place for regulatory authorities, pharmaceutical companies and the scientific community. An exciting scientific program has been prepared covering the various areas of vaccinology and diagnostics. Many internationally known speakers are invited to address a number of "hot" topics. Contributions from conference delegates for poster display are most welcome. Abstracts must be submitted for both invited oral and poster presentations. Abstracts will be published in the abstract book. Social events will be an integral part of the conference.

Abstract deadline is 15 February 2006
Last date low registration fee is 15 April 2006
For more information, visit the conference website www.ivvdc.org
We look forward to seeing you in Oslo!

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