Biochemical/ biophysical processes involving water (a very reactive molecule) include oxidation, reduction, condensation, hydrolysis, self-assembly and aggregation. It has been said that biochemistry is actually the chemistry of water. This short discussion meeting considers aspects of water and its relation to biological macromolecules, how it affects their properties and how its location, its structure and its dynamics can have a bearing on biophysical properties of small and large biological macromolecules and assemblies.
The meeting will consist of three invited talks and a small number of shorter talks by younger scientists.
http://auc2010.uthscsa.edu/rsc_discussion.php
It will be followed on 15-16th September by a conference on Analytical Ultracentrifugation.
The invited speakers are:
Professor Felix Franks (Bioupdate Foundation, London)
Water and Life: Friend or Foe?
Professor Joe Zaccai (ILL, Grenoble)
X-ray & Neutron Scattering
Professor Martin Blackledge (IBS, Grenoble)
NMR and Hydration Dynamics
The meeting will consist of three invited talks and a small number of shorter talks by younger scientists.
http://auc2010.uthscsa.edu/rsc_discussion.php
It will be followed on 15-16th September by a conference on Analytical Ultracentrifugation.
The invited speakers are:
Professor Felix Franks (Bioupdate Foundation, London)
Water and Life: Friend or Foe?
Professor Joe Zaccai (ILL, Grenoble)
X-ray & Neutron Scattering
Professor Martin Blackledge (IBS, Grenoble)
NMR and Hydration Dynamics
