Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of Prof. Emma Raven, I'd like to draw your attention to the 'Iron in Biology' due to be held at the University of Leicester in a couple of weeks. All are welcome.
http://www.le.ac.uk/ch/pdf/IroninBiology2008.pdf
Frank and Catherine May Lecture Theatre - Henry Wellcome Building - University of Leicester
Half Day Symposium: Wednesday 22 October 2008
1.00 – 1.30 Tea/coffee
CHAIR: Emma Raven (University of Leicester)
1.30 – 2.15 Professor Paul Ortiz de Montellano (University of California - San Francisco)
Tuberculosis: Oxidative enzymes and therapeutic approaches
2.15 – 2.45 Dr Julie Morrissey (Department of Genetics - University of Leicester)
Hijacking host resources: the bacterial fight for iron
2.45 – 3.05 Dr Emily Flashman (University of Oxford)
From oxygen sensing to obesity: The role of Fe/2-oxoglutarate oxygenases in human biology
3.05 – 3.45 Tea break
CHAIR: Martin Warren (University of Kent)
3.45 – 4.15 Professor Peter Rich (University College London)
Mid-IR vibrational spectroscopy: application to protein structures, mechanisms and dynamics
4.15 – 4.35 Dr Jason Crack (University of East Anglia) - IBDG Young Investigator Award Winner
Biophysical characterization of S. coelicolor WhiD: A homologue of M. tuberculosis WhiB3
4.35 – 5.05 Professor Tim Bugg (University of Warwick)
Catalytic mechanisms of the catechol and carotenoid dioxygenases
5.15 Wine Reception – ALL WELCOME
Regards,
Mark Lowe
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