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****   ELECTRON AND PROTON TRANSFER IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS     ****
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TIME:       13-17 December, 1999. (Start at 0900 on Monday)
 
VENUE:      Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki,
            A.I. Virtasen aukio 1, Helsinki, Finland.

LANGUAGE:   English.

LECTURERS:  J. Ulstrup(Copenhagen) (4h) : "Introduction and Some 
            Pre-requisites" (1h) "The Dielectric Solvent and Theory of 
            Simple Electron Transfer Processes" (1h) "Towards Preciser 
            Theory of Molecular Charge Transfer" (1h) "Introduction to 
            Condensed Matter Proton Transfer Theory" (1h) 
            S. Scheiner(Carbondale) (4h) "Ab initio quantum chemical
            studies of hydrogen bonding and proton transfer in biological 
            systems" 
            M. Wikström(Helsinki) (2h) "Energy transformation processes 
            in cellular respiration"  
            W. Zinth(Munich) (1h) "The primary steps in photosynthesis - 
            ultrafast reactions for optimum energy conversion" and
            (1h) "Electron transfer at and beyond the limits of conventional 
            theory".
            P. Bala(Torun) Introduction to the mixed quantum-classical approach 
            for proton transfer" (2h) and "Theoretical modeling of proton 
            transfer processes in enzymes" (2h)
            J. Korppi-Tommola(Jyväskylä) "Electron transfer processes in 
            practical use in chemical solar cells" (1h)

PROGRAM: 
               Monday            Tuesday           Wednesday         Thursday          Friday
                                                                                                  
09:00-09:15    Welcome                                                                            
09:15-10:00    J. Ulstrup        J. Ulstrup        S. Scheiner       S. Scheiner       Exam
10:00-10:30    Break             Break             Break             Break             Exam
10:30-11:15    J. Ulstrup        J. Ulstrup        S. Scheiner       S. Scheiner       Exam
11:30-12:15    W. Zinth          P. Bala           M. Wikström       M. Wikström       Exam
12:15-13:30    Lunch & posters   Lunch & posters   Lunch & posters   Lunch & posters   Exam
13:30-14:15    W. Zinth          P. Bala           Free              Departure         
14:15-14:45    Break             Break             Free                               
14:45-15:30    P. Bala           J. Korppi-Tommola Free                        
15:45-16:30    P. Bala           Posters           Free              
17:00-         Posters           Posters           Free              

The Annual meeting of the Computational Chemistry Section will take place 
on 15th of December, 1999, at 1.30 PM, at the Chemistry Building of the
University of Helsinki, in the meeting room of the Swedish-speaking
teaching laboratory. 

A meeting of the graduate school LASKEMO will take place on Monday, 
13th of December at 4:30 PM. 

CONTRIBUTED Any member of the School is welcome to put up
PAPERS:     a poster on the premises.

PROCEEDINGS: None.

LEVEL:     Post-graduate and research, for scientists already involved in
           computational quantum chemistry. The course is obligatory for
           PhD-students within the LASKEMO grad school. A written test is
           planned for Friday morning, Dec. 17. The course will give 2 credits.

FEES:      University students and staff: none.

ADMISSION: The participants are requested to register
           by 15 November, 1999 to the address below.

LOCAL      Mrs. Susanne Lundberg, Department of Chemistry,
SECRETARY: P.O.Box 55 (A.I. Virtasen aukio 1),
           FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland.
           Telephone: 358-9-191 40170.
           FAX:       358-9-191 40169.
           E-mail:    Susanne.Lundberg@helsinki.fi

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