Meeting of the Coordination Action "NMR-Life"

Advances in Structural Studies

of Large Protein-Nucleic Acid Complexes

Brno, February 1-2, 2008

Organization

The meeting is organized by Partners 3 (R. Boelens, Bijvoet Center, Utrecht) and 8 (V. Sklenář, Masaryk University, Brno) as an activity of the Coordination action "NMR-Life" funded by EU Framework 6. The meeting will be held on February 1-2, 2008, at the Conference Center of the Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. The following speakers have agreed to participate:

• Sattler, Michael; University of Munich, Germany
• Feigon, Juli; University of California, Los Angeles, USA
• Ramos, Andres; National Institute for Medical Research, London, England
• Westhof, Eric; Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Strasbourg, France
• Williamson, Jamie; Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA
• Boelens, Rolf; Utrecht University, The Netherlands
• Schwalbe, Harald; Frankfurt University, Germany
• Allain, Frédéric; Eidgenösische Technische Hochschule, Zürich, Switzerland
• Lukavsky, Peter; MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England
• Šponer, Jiří; Institute of Biophysics, Brno, Czech Republic
• Lima, Christopher D.; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
• Simon, Berd; European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelbeg, Germany

Titles of their talks are specified in the program.

Program

Visit a program web page or dowload a PDF version.

Fees

There is no conference fee. Accommodation and meals will be paid from the CA funds too. Travel expanses will be reimbursed to the speakers from groups outside the network of the CA partners. It is possible to apply for a limited number of travel stipends via the on-line registration form.

Accommodation

Participants will be accommodated in the Garni Hotel in twin rooms with a small kitchen and a bathroom. There is public transportation operating frequently between the hotel and downtown, where the lectures will be held (approx. 15 min by tram).

Rooms for the invited speakers are reserved in a four-star Hotel International within a walking distance from the Conference center (5 min. walk).

Travel and Local Transport

Practical hints for traveling and local transportation are provided.

Registration

Use the on-line registration form. The extended registration deadline is Jan. 11, 2008.

Contacts

Scientific program: sklenarchemi.muni.cz

Meeting organization: triskovarect.muni.cz