STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC MEMBRANES
Advanced Summer School
Lectures and Practical Demonstrations
For Training Junior Scientists
August 23 - September 1, 1998, Szeged, Hungary.
Organized by Z. Gombos, A.J. Hoff and P. Maroti
under the auspices of the
European Science Foundation, Biophysics of Photosynthesis ESF
Programme and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. At the Biological
Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in collaboration
with Attila Jozsef University, Szeged.
The major aim of the school is to demonstrate the use of modern
biophysical and biochemical techniques in solving biological problems,
specifically with regards to structural aspects of lipids in
membranes. We will show that spectroscopic techniques combined with
methods of molecular biology and biochemistry yield valuable
information on the function and regulation of biomembranes.
Photosynthetic membranes represent a good model system to demonstrate
the correlation between functioning and structure of biomembranes.
Lectures and practical demonstrations will cover the following topics.
Physical principles of some basic spectroscopic methods: Magnetic
resonance techniques (EPR). Polarization spectroscopy (CD, LD),
vibrational spectroscopy (FTIR, resonance Raman), transient optical
spectroscopy, fluorescence induction, fluorescence anisotropy.
Biochemical methods: Lipid analyzis of isolated membranes (GC, TLC).
Molecular biological methods: Cyanobacterial gene expression (RNA
isolation, Northern blot, cyanobacterial transformation). Structural
analyses of biomembranes: Microscopic techniques (EM, LSM)
Invited lecturers:
D. Bryant(USA)*, A.R. Crofts (USA)*, R. A. Dilley(USA)*,
T. Farkas(H)*, E. Gantt(USA)*, G. Garab(H)*, W. Gruszecki(PL)*,
J.L. Harwood(UK), A.J. Hoff(NL)*, S. Itoh(J)*, W. Junge(G)*,
D.A. Los(R)*, P. Maroti(H)*, D. Marsh(G), R. Mendelsohn(USA)*,
N. Murata(J), B. Robert(F), H. Scheer(G)*, P. Sebban(F)*,
P.A. Siegenthaler(CH), B. Szalontai(H)*,
Teaching staff: V. Barzda, S.Demeter, T. Farkas, G, Garab, Z.
Gombos, T. Javorfi, M. Kis, P. Maroti, T. Mattioli, L. Mustardy, T.
Pali, B. Szalontai, M. Szekeres, Zs. Toeroek, O. Zsiros.
The number of students is limited to 32.
No tuition fee is charged.
Participation fee (including full board): DEM 450
Financial assistance is available to a limited number of
participants. Deadline of application: June 15, 1998. Application
letters, along with a short c.v. a list of publications, a letter of
recommendation and a statement concerning the need for and the extent
of financial assistance requested should be sent to:
Dr Zoltan GOMBOS
INSTITUTE OF PLANT BIOLOGY E-mail:gombos at everx.szbk.u-szeged.hu
BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER Phone: (36)-62-432-232
HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Fax: (36)-62-433-434
H-6701Szeged,Temesvari krt. 62.
P.O.Box 521
Hungary
